Alex will have a new rival when Quantico returns this spring.

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Making friends at the Academy isn't easy. The NATs all have their secrets and grand ambitions, neither of which promotes qualities that make for the most amiable of classmates. When Quantico debuts three new characters, one of them will lock horns with our hero.

Former NFL star and leader of a formidable trio of second-year NATs, Drew Perales (Lenny Platt) will clash with Alex (Priyanka Chopra) both academically and personally, according to Entertainment Weekly.

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"He's very much a charismatic alpha," executive producer Jake Coburn says. "You might even say he's a crusader in a certain way."

Luckily, Alex won't have to deal with the former jock in the present day. Between the command center explosion and looming terror threats, the young agent already has her hands full.

"One of the things that has happened in the back [half of the season], which I think is a good thing, is that characters are no longer required to play on both sides of the story," executive producer Josh Safran told Entertainment Weekly.

Meet Drew when Quantico returns to ABC on March 6.

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