Alex Padilla

Alex Padilla (born March 15, 2001) is an American football quarterback who plays college football at SMU. He previously played at Iowa. Early life and high school Padilla was born on March 15, 2001, in Greenwood Village, Colorado. He played high school football at Cherry Creek High School. During his time at Cherry Creek he was a four-year letterman in football and baseball and led the football team to four straight playoff appearances, and finishing as state runner-ups as a senior in 2018. Padilla was 40–12 as a starter, he holds the school's record for touchdown passes in a season with 40 as a junior and holds the record for passing yards in a season with 2,678 also in his junior year. He was named first-team all-conference in his junior year as well as first-team all-state honors. In Padilla's senior year he threw for 1,951 yards and 24 touchdowns, which was good enough to earn first-team all-state honors once again along with being a first-team all-conference player. That year he led the team to a 12–2 (4–1 in 5A Metro East) record only losing against Grandview High School 21–28 in overtime and in the championship game against Valor Christian High School 14–24. Padilla was a three star recruit and he committed to play for the Iowa Hawkeyes on June 14, 2018. College career