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Antonio Alfano (born November 10, 2000) is an American-Canadian professional
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Early life

Alfano was born on November 10, 2000, in
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. Raised in
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, Alfano attended the local public schools through eighth grade before enrolling at
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. He transferred to
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in his hometown, before moving from Rahway to the Avenel section of
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, and transferring to
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in New Jersey. As a senior, Alfano was a 5-star recruit and the fifth-ranked overall player in the class of 2019, and was named to the All-American team by
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. He received scholarship offers from Alabama, Notre Dame,
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,
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,
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and others.


College career

As a freshman at Alabama, Alfano was absent from class and practices in September for unspecified reasons, though his father tweeted that his son's absence may have stemmed from Alfano's grandmother, who had been in ill health at the time. Alfano entered the NCAA transfer portal on September 13, 2019, and Colorado Buffaloes head coach (and former Alabama Crimson Tide defensive backs coach)
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announced that Alfano transferred to Colorado on November 4, 2019. Alabama head coach
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addressed the player's time with the team by saying he "basically quit." He saw no playing time with the Crimson Tide. Buffaloes head coach Mel Tucker had previously recruited Alfano to
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, where Tucker was the defensive coordinator at the time. One month after Alfano officially enrolled at Colorado, Tucker left to be the head coach at
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, while Alfano's position coach at Colorado, Jimmy Brumbaugh, also left the same week to take a coaching job at the
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. On May 29, 2020, it was reported that Alfano left both Colorado and its football team. On August 19, 2020, Alfano was reinstated to the team. Without playing a game at Colorado, Alfano transferred to
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, but never saw game action there, either. After a year out of football, he joined
Lackawanna College Lackawanna College (Lackawanna or LC) is a private college in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. It also has satellite centers in Hawley, Hazleton, Sunbury, Towanda, and Tunkhannock, and an Environmental Education Center in Covington ...
in
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, playing in five games with 14 tackles (eight for loss), four sacks, one pass knockdown and one forced fumble.


Professional career

The
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drafted Alfano in the 2024 CFL supplemental draft. He obtained Canadian citizenship via his mother who is from
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but was not able to formally acquire it in time to be eligible for the
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.


References


External links


Edmonton Elks bioColorado Buffaloes bio247sports.com bio
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