Shaun Alexander

Shaun Alexander (twitter: @shaunalexander)

Position: RB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 225 lbs.

Born: August 30, 1977 in Florence, KY
College: Alabama (school history)
Drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 68 (705th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 19, 2013 1:25AM

All-Time Rank: #397. Randy Cross… #398. Joe Fortunato… #399. Muhsin Muhammad… #400. SHAUN ALEXANDER… #401. Jay Hilgenberg… #402. Alan Ameche… #403. Eugene Robinson…

All-Time Rank: #397. Randy Cross… #398. Joe Fortunato… #399. Muhsin Muhammad… #400. SHAUN ALEXANDER… #401. Jay Hilgenberg… #402. Alan Ameche… #403. Eugene Robinson…

Rushing & Receiving

							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
2000	23	SEA	rb	37	16	1	64	313	2	50	4.9	19.6	4.0	5	41	8.2	0	18	0.3	2.6	354	2	2	3
2001	24	SEA	RB	37	16	12	309	1318	14	88	4.3	82.4	19.3	44	343	7.8	2	28	2.8	21.4	1661	16	4	12
2002	25	SEA	RB	37	16	16	295	1175	16	58	4.0	73.4	18.4	59	460	7.8	2	80	3.7	28.8	1635	18	3	11
2003*	26	SEA	RB	37	16	15	326	1435	14	55	4.4	89.7	20.4	42	295	7.0	2	22	2.6	18.4	1730	16	4	14
2004*	27	SEA	RB	37	16	16	353	1696	16	44	4.8	106.0	22.1	23	170	7.4	4	24	1.4	10.6	1866	20	5	13
2005*+	28	SEA	RB	37	16	16	370	1880	27	88	5.1	117.5	23.1	15	78	5.2	1	9	0.9	4.9	1958	28	5	16
2006	29	SEA	RB	37	10	10	252	896	7	33	3.6	89.6	25.2	12	48	4.0	0	14	1.2	4.8	944	7	6	5
2007	30	SEA	RB	37	13	10	207	716	4	25	3.5	55.1	15.9	14	76	5.4	1	18	1.1	5.8	792	5	2	4
2008	31	WAS		37	4	0	11	24	0	8	2.2	6.0	2.8	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.3	2.3	33	0	0	0
Career					123	96	2187	9453	100	88	4.3	76.9	17.8	215	1520	7.1	12	80	1.7	12.4	10973	112	31	78
8 yrs		SEA			119	96	2176	9429	100	88	4.3	79.2	18.3	214	1511	7.1	12	80	1.8	12.7	10940	112	31	78
1 yr		WAS			4	0	11	24	0	8	2.2	6.0	2.8	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.3	2.3	33	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
2000	23	SEA	rb	37	16	1							0	2	0	0	0
2001	24	SEA	RB	37	16	12							0	4	3	8	0
2002	25	SEA	RB	37	16	16							0	3	3	0	0
2003*	26	SEA	RB	37	16	15							0	4	2	0	0
2004*	27	SEA	RB	37	16	16							0	5	2	0	0
2005*+	28	SEA	RB	37	16	16							0	5	0	0	0
2006	29	SEA	RB	37	10	10							0	6	2	0	0
2007	30	SEA	RB	37	13	10							0	2	1	0	0
Career					123	96							0	31	13	8	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
2000	23	SEA	rb	37	16	1	2		2	12
2001	24	SEA	RB	37	16	12	14	2	16	96
2002	25	SEA	RB	37	16	16	16	2	18	108
2003*	26	SEA	RB	37	16	15	14	2	16	96
2004*	27	SEA	RB	37	16	16	16	4	20	120
2005*+	28	SEA	RB	37	16	16	27	1	28	168
2006	29	SEA	RB	37	10	10	7		7	42
2007	30	SEA	RB	37	13	10	4	1	5	30
Career					123	96	100	12	112	672

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?

NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Ted Brown, Brian Westbrook, John Riggins*, Jim Nance, Willie Parker, Don Bosseler, Edgar Bennett, Lydell Mitchell, Terry Kirby, Lynn Chandnois
4	Edgar Bennett, Sherman Smith, Altie Taylor, Neal Anderson, Willie Parker, Doak Walker, Delvin Williams, Dan Towler, John Brockington, John Riggins
5	Doak Walker, Altie Taylor, John Riggins, Maurice Jones-Drew, Neal Anderson, Brian Westbrook, Frank Gifford*, Edgar Bennett, Dan Towler, John Brockington
6	Eddie George, Franco Harris, Brian Westbrook, Clinton Portis, John L. Williams, Doak Walker, Earl Campbell*, Curt Warner, Wilbert Montgomery, Alan Ameche
7	Fred Taylor, Earl Campbell, Clinton Portis, Floyd Little, Ottis Anderson, John L. Williams, Greg Pruitt, Curt Warner, Brian Westbrook, Mark van Eeghen
8	Ottis Anderson, Clinton Portis, Earl Campbell, Freeman McNeil, Brian Westbrook, Fred Taylor, James Brooks, Greg Pruitt, Jim Taylor, Larry Csonka*
9	Ottis Anderson, Clinton Portis, Earl Campbell, Brian Westbrook, Larry Csonka, Mark van Eeghen, Calvin Hill, Curt Warner, Freeman McNeil, James Brooks
Career	Clinton Portis, Earl Campbell, Brian Westbrook, Mark van Eeghen, Curt Warner, Ricky Williams, Alan Ameche, Don Perkins, Wilbert Montgomery, Doak Walker

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Awards 2005 NFL AP MVP 2005 NFL PFWA MVP 2005 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP 2005 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year) 2005 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year	Pro Bowls 2003 2004 2005	First-Team All-Pro 2005	Rushing Att 2001 NFL 309 (9) 2002 NFL 295 (10) 2003 NFL 326 (7) 2004 NFL 353 (3/51) 2005 NFL 370 (1/27) Career 2187 (29)
Rushing Yds 2001 NFL 1318 (6) 2003 NFL 1435 (8) 2004 NFL 1696 (2/33) 2005 NFL 1880 (1/11) Career 9453 (30)	Rushing TD 2001 NFL 14 (1/56) 2002 NFL 16 (2/30) 2003 NFL 14 (3/56) 2004 NFL 16 (2/30) 2005 NFL 27 (1/2) Career 100 (7)	Long Rush 2001 NFL 88 (2/28) 2005 NFL 88 (2/28)	Yds/Rushing Att 2004 NFL 4.8 (5) 2005 NFL 5.1 (5) Career 4.3 (122)
Rushing Yds/Game 2001 NFL 82.4 (9) 2003 NFL 89.7 (10) 2004 NFL 106.0 (4/45) 2005 NFL 117.5 (1/16) 2006 NFL 89.6 (7) Career 76.9 (21)	Long Reception 2002 NFL 80 (7)	Touchdowns 2001 NFL 16 (2/73) 2002 NFL 18 (2/35) 2003 NFL 16 (5/73) 2004 NFL 20 (1/20) 2005 NFL 28 (1/2) Career 112 (14)	Points Scored 2004 NFL 120 (6) 2005 NFL 168 (1/3) Career 672 (102)
Rushing/Receiving TD 2001 NFL 16 (2/72) 2002 NFL 18 (2/34) 2003 NFL 16 (5/72) 2004 NFL 20 (1/19) 2005 NFL 28 (1/2) Career 112 (13)	Yds From Scrimmage 2001 NFL 1661 (6) 2003 NFL 1730 (8) 2004 NFL 1866 (4/96) 2005 NFL 1958 (3/69) Career 10973 (68)	All-Purpose Yds 2004 NFL 1866 (6) 2005 NFL 1958 (5) Career 10973 (104)	Total Offense Career 9453 (173)
Touches 2001 NFL 353 (8) 2002 NFL 354 (10) 2003 NFL 368 (8) 2004 NFL 376 (5/91) 2005 NFL 385 (4/64) Career 2402 (33)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
2004	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
2004	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
2004	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
2005	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
2005	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
2005	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
2005	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
2000	23	16	RB	47		54
2001	24	16	RB	262	127	4	5
2002	25	16	RB	272	119	5	5
2003	26	16	RB	269	127	6	8
2004	27	16	RB	307	149	1	3
2005	28	16	RB	364	221	1	1
2006	29	10	RB	136		28
2007	30	13	RB	109		35
2008	31	4	RB	3		133
				1769	743

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Ted Brown, Brian Westbrook, John Riggins*, Jim Nance, Willie Parker, Don Bosseler, Edgar Bennett, Lydell Mitchell, Terry Kirby, Lynn Chandnois
4	Edgar Bennett, Sherman Smith, Altie Taylor, Neal Anderson, Willie Parker, Doak Walker, Delvin Williams, Dan Towler, John Brockington, John Riggins
5	Doak Walker, Altie Taylor, John Riggins, Maurice Jones-Drew, Neal Anderson, Brian Westbrook, Frank Gifford*, Edgar Bennett, Dan Towler, John Brockington
6	Eddie George, Franco Harris, Brian Westbrook, Clinton Portis, John L. Williams, Doak Walker, Earl Campbell*, Curt Warner, Wilbert Montgomery, Alan Ameche
7	Fred Taylor, Earl Campbell, Clinton Portis, Floyd Little, Ottis Anderson, John L. Williams, Greg Pruitt, Curt Warner, Brian Westbrook, Mark van Eeghen
8	Ottis Anderson, Clinton Portis, Earl Campbell, Freeman McNeil, Brian Westbrook, Fred Taylor, James Brooks, Greg Pruitt, Jim Taylor, Larry Csonka*
9	Ottis Anderson, Clinton Portis, Earl Campbell, Brian Westbrook, Larry Csonka, Mark van Eeghen, Calvin Hill, Curt Warner, Freeman McNeil, James Brooks
Career	Clinton Portis, Earl Campbell, Brian Westbrook, Mark van Eeghen, Curt Warner, Ricky Williams, Alan Ameche, Don Perkins, Wilbert Montgomery, Doak Walker