WATCH: UTSA student fakes way into Texas A&M locker room after Alabama win

Somehow, it was Alex Sunderland, not Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher, that pulled off the most improbable stunt of Saturday evening.

Saturday was a monumental day in Fisher’s four-year career at Texas A&M, as the Aggies’ head coach managed to upset the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide and become the first former assistant to beat Nick Saban, dropping Saban’s record to 24-1 in those matchups. Meanwhile, Sunderland, a pseudo-recruit, was there to witness it all.

Sunderland is not a Texas A&M Aggie, nor is he an Alabama student. He’s not the kicker that converted the game-winning field goal under pressure, Seth Small, nor is he the backup-turned-starting quarterback that made good on a game-winning drive moments after a fourth-quarter knee injury, Zach Calzada. Nay, Sunderland is a student at the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) — and he duped the entire security staff at Kyle Field, posing as a top-ranked kicking recruit with an all-access field pass he found laying on the ground.

And with that pass, Sunderland managed to make his way into the Texas A&M locker room for the post-win celebration, where he took pictures with Small and Fisher, among others.

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“I don’t even go to [Texas] A&M, but I found this VIP pass on the ground,” Sunderland said in a viral TikTok. “I decided, ‘f— it, I’m going to see how far I can go with this.’ Walked past security, convinced an usher that I was a recruit. He took me to where all the recruits are … Convinced one of the players that I was a recruit, he took me to the locker room. I got to see Coach Fisher — is that him? Fisher? I don’t even know his name. Jimbo?”

Sunderland confirmed to Sports Illustrated that he never even purchased tickets to the game, and he never even planned on attending the game. As he later found out, the Texas A&M VIP pass that he found on the floor and used to gain full access wasn’t even for the game; it was for a local radio station’s event in College Station. And that was confirmed in a subsequent TikTok by the very person who created the pass: “Hey, fun fact, I made this VIP pass that this guy managed to use to get exclusive access to the Alabama-A&M football game. … This pass should in no way grant access to the field or the coaches or anything else this guy managed to get to.”

In truth, the pass that Sunderland found shouldn’t have even gotten him in the door — yet it got him into the locker room.

At one point, Sunderland managed to switch seats, too. Utilizing his persona, he capitalized on some Texas A&M fans showing hospitality, who volunteered to give up their closer seats for a recruit.

However, his cover was nearly blown when an usher directed him onto the field and into a sideline club, where all the recruits were hosted. Sunderland told Sports Illustrated that he thought this encounter would see him escorted from the stadium, seeing as all the Texas A&M recruits had spent the whole day together and surely recognized one another.

But he remained confident. And when approached by the Texas A&M support staffer, Sunderland spoke in an accent and told him that he was the Aggies’ kicking recruit from Mexico.

“And he goes, ‘Oh yeah, of course; follow me,’” Sunderland said to Sports Illustrated. “I said under my breath, ‘There’s no way this is happening.’”

Sunderland’s TikTok has since gone viral, as it concludes with him celebrating with the Aggies players in the locker room. He even thanked Coach Fisher in the locker room, expressing gratitude for his (pseudo) recruiting visit.

“[Fisher] goes ‘I’m glad you had a great time. We have a great program here. We have a great family and a great community. I hope you really consider it,’” Sunderland said to Sports Illustrated. “And I’m laughing to myself, this guy is actually recruiting me right now. He has no idea I’m 22.”

In the end, it was an unforgettable night for Texas A&M. But it was an unforgettable night for Sunderland, too.