Canales is a 6-3, 221, Freshman linebacker from Mountain Pointe HS (in Arizona), Plano, TX. Last year he had 59 tackles (3 for a loss) and 2 interceptions. He holds records at his high school for weight lifting and also ran the 100 meter on the track team. Canales comes from a family of athletes. His Dad, Fernando, is a 3 time Olympian in swimming from Puerto Rico and Olympic flag bearer for Puerto Rico in 1984 and his mother, Mona, swam for the Norweigen National team. I believe him to be an early entry walk-on, which you don't see very often. In any case, he was on the spring roster and has a jump on the other new linebackers in learning the system.
