Biography
Pronunciation
ALF-tin
Altin's Cal Career Game Highs
Tackles: 2 tackles (at Stanford, 2021)
Tackles For Loss: 0.5 (at Ole Miss, 2019)
Tackle For Loss Yards: 2 (at Ole Miss, 2019)
Blocked Kicks: 1 (twice, last vs. Oregon State, 2021)
Blocked Punts: 1 (twice, last vs. Oregon State, 2021)
Cal Career (2018 – Present)
• Has played in 29 career contests since his arrival at Cal in 2018 including one start at outside linebacker as a 2019 redshirt freshman at Ole Miss in 2019
• Started his Cal career as an outside linebacker before switching to tight end during fall camp in his 2018 true freshman season but returned to outside linebacker prior to the Bears’ game at Ole Miss in 2019 due to multiple injuries at the position and then moved back to tight end two weeks later and has remained there since
• Has nine career tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss (-2 yards)
• Also a primary special teams player who has two career blocked kicks (both blocked punts)
Junior (2021)
• Earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors from the league's coaches and Cal's J. Scott Duncan Award as the team's Most Valuable Special Teams Player
• Played in all 12 games off the bench primarily as one of the club's top special teams players and a reserve tight end
• Had both of Cal's blocked kicks and co-leads the Pac-12 while tying for second nationally with his pair of blocked kicks, both of which were punts
• Also registered a career-high six tackles
• Nevada - 1 tackle
• at TCU - participated
• Sacramento State - participated
• at Washington - participated
• Washington State - 1 tackle, 1 blocked kick (1 blocked punt)
• at Oregon - 1 tackle
• Colorado - participated
• Oregon State - 1 blocked kick (1 blocked punt) ... Golden Bears scored a touchdown on a 38-yard pass play from Chase Garbers to Trevon Clark on the next play
• at Arizona - participated
• at Stanford - 2 tackles
• at UCLA - 1 tackle
• USC - participated
Sophomore (2020)
• Played in all four games off the bench primarily as one of the club's top special teams players and a reserve tight end during a season shortened to four games by COVID-19
Freshman (2019)
• Played in 10 games mostly on special teams but also made his first career start as an outside linebacker at Ole Miss
• Worked on both sides move the ball, moving from outside linebacker to tight end during training camp then back to outside linebacker prior to the Ole Miss game before returning to tight end for the rest of the season in advance of the contest at Oregon
• Had a single tackle in back-to-back games at Ole Miss and vs. Arizona State, adding 0.5 tackles for loss (-2 yards) against the Rebels
• Did not play in Cal's spring game
Freshman (2018)
• Played in three games off the bench and had one tackle against Colorado
• Made his collegiate debut against Idaho State and also played at USC but did not record any stats other than participation in those contests
• Redshirted
Archbishop Mitty HS (Class Of 2018)/Woodside HS (2014-15)
• Finished his three-year varsity prep career with 112 tackles, 31.0 tackles for loss, 15.0 sacks (-85 yards), 35 quarterback hurries, one interception, nine passes deflected, four fumble recoveries that he returned for 18 yards, two forced fumbles including one that he returned for a touchdown as a 2015 sophomore and two blocked punts
• Played on teams that reached the Central Coast Section Open Division II Section playoffs in each of his three varsity campaigns
• Earned first-team All-West Catholic Athletic League honors as a 2017 senior after contributing 45 tackles, 12.0 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks (career-high -41 yards), a career-high 17 quarterback hurries, one pass deflected and one fumble recovery for a squad that reached the first round of the CCS Open Division II Section playoffs
• Had career-high totals of 50 tackles, 19.0 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks (-39 yards), as well as 15 quarterback hurries and a career-high-tying four passes defended as a 2016 junior when his team reached the finals of the CCS Open Division II Section playoffs
• Added a career-high-tying one blocked punt in both his sophomore and junior seasons as well as a career-high-tying four passes defended as a sophomore
• Also had four receptions for 32 yards and one touchdown in his senior campaign that were his lone career offensive stats in his first significant prep action on offense as a tight end
• Wore No. 6
• Earned All-WCAL honors in volleyball as a 2016 sophomore
• Spent his 2014-15 academic year as a freshman at Woodside High School
Recruiting Notes And Ratings (As Of December 20, 2017)
Stars: 247Sports (3), 247Sports Composite (3), ESPN (3), Rivals (3)
National Overall Player Ratings: 247Sports Composite (899), 247Sports (1211)
National Defensive End Ratings: ESPN (72)
National Strong-Side Defensive End Ratings: 247Sports Composite (39), 247Sports (57)
Regional Overall Player Ratings: ESPN (115)
California Overall Player Ratings: ESPN (72), 247Sports Composite (88), Rivals (92), 247Sports (125)
Ratings/Scout Grades: 247Sports Composite (0.8547), 247Sports (84), ESPN (77), Rivals (5.6)
Other
• Born December 2, 1999
• Son of Per and Jenine Alftin
• Sister, Christine Alftin, played volleyball at Cal from 2014-17
• Major is legal studies
Last Updated
December 19, 2021
