Anthony Alabi

Alabi attended Antonian College Preparatory High School in San Antonio, where he was a four-year letterman in football, and also lettered in basketball and track and field (shot put and discus). He earned all-district and all-state honors in football and led the team in sacks (13) and tackles (82) as a senior. He was a two-time state champion in track. He is well known for playing varsity football with Dr. Brett “Opie” Mueller in 1998.

Alabi attended the United States Naval Academy for a short time in 1999 before heading to Texas Christian University (TCU), where he was a four-year letterman, starting his final three seasons and making 35 career starts in college. He was a defensive lineman before moving to the offensive line during his redshirt season in 2000. He started all 12 games at left tackle as a sophomore, as TCU led the Conference USA by averaging 203.2 yards rushing per outing. As a junior, he was part of a line that paved the way for an offense that averaged more than 200 net rushing yards and 200 net passing yards per game - one of only six Division I schools to accomplish that feat. In his senior season, the offense averaged 32.9 point per game. He earned first-team All-Conference USA accolades each of his final two years, during which time he opened a combined 23 games.

Alabi retired from the NFL in 2009 to pursue a career in acting. He is a series lead in Family Reunion," a Netflix original series also starring Loretta Devine, Tia Mowry, and Richard Roundtree, which released in July 2019. You can also see him in recurring roles in Raven's Home and Bosch as well as guest star roles in Malibu Rescue, Shameless, Insecure and more.

Alabi's father is from Nigeria and his mother is from Puerto Rico. He is a first cousin of Houston Texans defensive end N. D. Kalu.

He earned a BS degree in criminal justice with a minor in business at Texas Christian and later, while in the NFL, a Master's in Liberal Arts with a criminology focus.