Alex Honig
TE · Graduate
6'6" · 275 lbs · Offense
Background
- Hometown
- Bavaria
- High school
- Schwäbisch Hall
- Previous school
- UConn / TCU
Recruiting
- Rating
- 3-star (0.8704 247 composite)
- National rank
- #683
- Class
- 2021
- Source
- 247 composite
2026 season
No 2026 stats recorded yet.
Season by season
2025tap to read
Named to The Athletic's 2025 College Football "Freaks List" … Appeared in all 12 regular season games for UConn with seven starts … Set career highs in receptions (13), receiving yards (162), rushes (one) and rushing yards (26) and tied his career high in receiving touchdowns (three) … Scored his first career touchdown and hauled in two passes for 21 yards against Syracuse (9/6) … Set a career high in single-game receiving yards with two catches for 55 yards against Boston College (10/18) … Hauled in two passes for 44 yards and a touchdown in the regular-season finale against Florida Atlantic (11/22).
2024tap to read
Played in 11 games during the season … caught six passes for 59 yards and three touchdowns … caught three passes for 36 yards and a touchdown in the win over Merrimack (9/7) … had a season-long reception of 13 yards and a touchdown in the loss to Duke (9/14) … recorded two receptions for 10 yards and a touchdown in the Fenway Bowl win over North Carolina (12/28).
2023tap to read
Appeared in the first two games of the season before an injury at Georgia State (9/9) cost him the rest of the 2023 season.
2022tap to read
Played in 12 of 15 games in his redshirt first-year season, primarily on special teams … Named to the 2022 first team Academic All-Big 12 team.
2021tap to read
Redshirted and did not see game action. High School: Was rated as a three-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals …The No. 27 pro-style quarterback in the 247Sports composite rankings … Rated the No. 1 quarterback and overall player in Germany … Excelled for the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns, one of the top American football youth teams in Germany.
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2025 Redshirt Senior (at UConn):
Named to The Athletic's 2025 College Football "Freaks List" … Appeared in all 12 regular season games for UConn with seven starts … Set career highs in receptions (13), receiving yards (162), rushes (one) and rushing yards (26) and tied his career high in receiving touchdowns (three) … Scored his first career touchdown and hauled in two passes for 21 yards against Syracuse (9/6) … Set a career high in single-game receiving yards with two catches for 55 yards against Boston College (10/18) … Hauled in two passes for 44 yards and a touchdown in the regular-season finale against Florida Atlantic (11/22).
2024 Redshirt Junior (at UConn):
Played in 11 games during the season … caught six passes for 59 yards and three touchdowns … caught three passes for 36 yards and a touchdown in the win over Merrimack (9/7) … had a season-long reception of 13 yards and a touchdown in the loss to Duke (9/14) … recorded two receptions for 10 yards and a touchdown in the Fenway Bowl win over North Carolina (12/28).
2023 Redshirt Sophomore (at UConn):
Appeared in the first two games of the season before an injury at Georgia State (9/9) cost him the rest of the 2023 season.
2022 Redshirt First-Year (at TCU):
Played in 12 of 15 games in his redshirt first-year season, primarily on special teams … Named to the 2022 first team Academic All-Big 12 team.
2021 Redshirt First-Year (at TCU):
Redshirted and did not see game action.
High School:
Was rated as a three-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals …The No. 27 pro-style quarterback in the 247Sports composite rankings … Rated the No. 1 quarterback and overall player in Germany … Excelled for the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns, one of the top American football youth teams in Germany.