Background

Albert Regis grew up in La Porte, Texas, and attended La Porte High School, where he played both sides of the ball, earning first-team all-district at TE as a junior and District 21-6A Sophomore of the Year, and ran an 11.53-second 100 meters on the track team as a sophomore. A four-star recruit, he initially committed to Minnesota before flipping to Texas A&M. He redshirted in 2021 and made his first career start against Miami in 2022, blocking a field goal attempt and breaking up a pass in the upset victory, finishing the year with 16 tackles and the team's Most Improved Defender award. From that point, he built steadily: he recorded 15 tackles and a sack in 2023, and in 2024, as a full-time starter, he had 36 tackles and six pass breakups, ranking third among all SEC defensive linemen. He returned for a fifth year in 2025 rather than enter the draft early because his fiancée, Kaley Schmidt, was expecting their first child, and he wanted to finish his degree and become the first person in his family to graduate college. His daughter Akari was born in June 2025, and he responded with the best season of his career: 49 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 sacks, a forced fumble, and a blocked kick across 13 starts. He participated in the East-West Shrine Bowl before declaring for the 2026 NFL Draft.

Physical Attributes

RAS:

Regis is an explosive athlete. He fires off the line straight into the chest of blockers and gets some pushback. His base is decently strong, and does not get pushed around by too many linemen. Could use a little more core and upper body strength, as he can get dictated to by stronger blockers looking to move his weight into a gap he does not want to be in. Had some of the best movement ability at the combine during drills., scoring an 8 by my rating scale.

Data and Tape Analysis

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Regis benefitted from being on one of the most talented defenses in college football, with one of its most skilled play callers. That's not to downplay Regis' ability, just to provide a context for his high run defense grade, where he definitely benefited from that.

Usually, I would agree that he did a great job against the run. He holds his spot well and does a decent job of disengaging blockers when he can make a play. This is not on easy mode either, with a lot of double teams coming his way in the run game. All of that kind of fell apart against Notre Dame, though. His weakness against more coordinated and stronger offensive line play showed up pretty ruthlessly there. That being said, it was still his highest-graded performance of the year by PFF because he battled through that and found a way to have three tackles, three assisted tackles, and two stops.

This is normally where I would talk about a pass rush, but as you can see above, there is not really one to speak of. I saw him attempt to use a club move at one point, and the effect was like a kid punching a tree, so, yeah.

Grade and Outlook

Albert Regis is a solid, if not great, run defender. Without a pass rush to speak of, and being undersized as a run-stopping specialist, the path for anything more than depth contribution for Regis seems unlikely.

Grade: 3.6 (5th Rounder)