Mike Alstott

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Mike Alstott

Alstott in 2010
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Position:	Fullback
Personal information
Born:	(1973-12-21) December 21, 1973 (age 50) Joliet, Illinois, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	248 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High school:	Joliet Catholic
College:	Purdue (1992–1995)
NFL draft:	1996 / round: 2 / pick: 35
Career history
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1996–2007)
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (XXXVII) 3× First-team All-Pro (1997–1999) Second-Team All-Pro (1996) 6× Pro Bowl (1997–2002) Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ring of Honor Third-team All-American (1995) 2× Second-team All-Big Ten (1994, 1995) Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame Indiana Football Hall of Fame (2014)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing attempts: 1,359 Rushing yards: 5,088 Rushing touchdowns: 58 Receptions: 305 Receiving yards: 2,284 Receiving touchdowns: 13
Player stats at PFR

Michael Joseph Alstott (born December 21, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Nicknamed "A-Train", he played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers and was selected by the Buccaneers in the second round of the 1996 NFL draft. Alstott received six Pro Bowl and three first-team All-Pro honors during his career, in addition to being part of the Buccaneers team that won the franchise's first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXXVII. For his accomplishments in Tampa Bay, he was inducted to the Buccaneers Ring of Honor in 2015. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fullbacks of all time. One of the NFL's YouTube channels called Alstott "the last legendary fullback".^[1]