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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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Born: | Florence, Kentucky, U.S. | August 30, 1977||||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 228 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | Boone County (Florence, Kentucky) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Alabama (1996–1999) | ||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2000 / round: 1 / pick: 19 | ||||||||||||||
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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.