Shaun Alexander

Shaun Alexander

Alexander in 2006
No. 37
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Born:	(1977-08-30) August 30, 1977 (age 46) Florence, Kentucky, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	228 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school:	Boone County (Florence, Kentucky)
College:	Alabama (1996–1999)
NFL draft:	2000 / Round: 1 / Pick: 19
Career history
Seattle Seahawks (2000–2007) Washington Redskins (2008)
Career highlights and awards
NFL Most Valuable Player (2005) NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2005) First-team All-Pro (2005) Second-team All-Pro (2004) 3× Pro Bowl (2003–2005) Bert Bell Award (2005) NFL rushing yards leader (2005) 2× NFL rushing touchdowns leader (2001, 2005) NFL scoring leader (2005) NFL 2000s All-Decade Team Seattle Seahawks 35th Anniversary team Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor First-team All-American (1999) First-team All-SEC (1999) Second-team All-SEC (1998) SEC Player of the Year (1999)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards: 9,453 Rushing average: 4.3 Rushing touchdowns: 100 Receptions: 215 Receiving yards: 1,520 Receiving touchdowns: 12
Player stats at PFR

Shaun Edward Alexander (born August 30, 1977) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, earning first-team All-American honors in 1999. He was selected by Seattle 19th overall in the 2000 NFL draft. In 2011, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

Alexander set numerous NFL and Seahawks' franchise records and was named the NFL MVP in 2005. He was also named to the NFL's 2000 All-Decade team,^[1] and ranks eighth all time in NFL history for rushing touchdowns (100). Alexander was the first athlete featured on the cover of both the NCAA Football and Madden NFL series of video games.