2022 Football Roster
Roster
Sinkfield, Alec

Jersey Number 26
Alec Sinkfield
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 193
- Hometown:
- Boynton Beach, Fla.
- High School:
- American Heritage
- Prev School:
- West Virginia
Bio
2021 (Redshirt Senior): Appeared in all 12 games in the backfield, rushing for 350 yards on 85 carries with two touchdowns … averaged 4.1 yards per carry … added one reception for six yards … returned four kickoffs over the final two weeks for 92 yards … rushed a season-high 13 times for 45 yards and a score at UMass (9/11) … posted a season-best 53 yards on nine carries and scored a touchdown at Louisville (10/23) … returned a kickoff 45 yards against Florida State (11/20) … carried five times for 39 yards against Wake Forest (11/27), including a season-long run of 33 yards.
2020 (Redshirt Junior at West Virginia): Appeared in 10 games and rushed for 327 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 4.2 yards per carry … his best game as a Mountaineer came during the 2020 season against Eastern Kentucky, when he rushed for a career-high 123 yards and two touchdowns … Academic All-Big 12 selection.
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore at West Virginia): Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … played in 12 games and started one … added depth at running back and used extensively on special teams … saw action on 207 plays, including 142 on special teams.
2018 (Redshirt Freshman at West Virginia): Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … played in five games and started one … missed time due to ankle injury sustained early in the season … finished with 19 caries for 68 yards and a touchdown with a long of nine yards against Youngstown State; four catches for 44 yards, long of 31 yards against Baylor.
2017 (Freshman at West Virginia): Redshirted the season.
High School: Played for coach Keith Hindsley at American Heritage High … selected to play in the Florida-Georgia All-Star Game … two-time all-state selection, including 2015 Florida Associated Press 3A All-State Second Team Defense (DB) … 2015 Florida High School Football All-State Honorable-Mention (RB) … named four-time All-County, including 2016 5A-1A First Team selection as a senior … helped lead the Stallions to a 10-3 record in 2015 and 11-2 in 2014 … finished with 2,231 career rushing yards, averaging 8.6 yards per carry and 26 touchdowns … had 1,046 career yards receiving and five touchdowns … registered 1,000 career return yards and two touchdowns … 163 career tackles and three interceptions on defense … rushed for 734 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior despite missing time with a toe injury … added 187 yards receiving and played a strong role in the return game … more than 1,000 all-purpose yards in his senior and junior seasons … finished with 384 rushing yards and three touchdowns as a junior … averaged 8.7 yards per rush … also added 280 yards receiving on 13 receptions for 21.5 yards per catch average.
Personal: Son of Alex and Monica Sinkfield … one of seven children … earned a degree from WVU in multidisciplinary studies … pursuing a master’s degree in sports administration in the Woods College of Advancing Studies ... recipient of the Dunican Family Flynn Fund Scholarship.
2020 (Redshirt Junior at West Virginia): Appeared in 10 games and rushed for 327 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 4.2 yards per carry … his best game as a Mountaineer came during the 2020 season against Eastern Kentucky, when he rushed for a career-high 123 yards and two touchdowns … Academic All-Big 12 selection.
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore at West Virginia): Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … played in 12 games and started one … added depth at running back and used extensively on special teams … saw action on 207 plays, including 142 on special teams.
2018 (Redshirt Freshman at West Virginia): Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … played in five games and started one … missed time due to ankle injury sustained early in the season … finished with 19 caries for 68 yards and a touchdown with a long of nine yards against Youngstown State; four catches for 44 yards, long of 31 yards against Baylor.
2017 (Freshman at West Virginia): Redshirted the season.
High School: Played for coach Keith Hindsley at American Heritage High … selected to play in the Florida-Georgia All-Star Game … two-time all-state selection, including 2015 Florida Associated Press 3A All-State Second Team Defense (DB) … 2015 Florida High School Football All-State Honorable-Mention (RB) … named four-time All-County, including 2016 5A-1A First Team selection as a senior … helped lead the Stallions to a 10-3 record in 2015 and 11-2 in 2014 … finished with 2,231 career rushing yards, averaging 8.6 yards per carry and 26 touchdowns … had 1,046 career yards receiving and five touchdowns … registered 1,000 career return yards and two touchdowns … 163 career tackles and three interceptions on defense … rushed for 734 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior despite missing time with a toe injury … added 187 yards receiving and played a strong role in the return game … more than 1,000 all-purpose yards in his senior and junior seasons … finished with 384 rushing yards and three touchdowns as a junior … averaged 8.7 yards per rush … also added 280 yards receiving on 13 receptions for 21.5 yards per catch average.
Personal: Son of Alex and Monica Sinkfield … one of seven children … earned a degree from WVU in multidisciplinary studies … pursuing a master’s degree in sports administration in the Woods College of Advancing Studies ... recipient of the Dunican Family Flynn Fund Scholarship.
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