American football player
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Position: | Safety | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Born: | (1971-07-10) July 10, 1971 (age 53) Gallatin, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 189 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Gallatin | ||||||||
College: | Tennessee St. | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 1994 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Ronald Brent Alexander (born July 10, 1971) is a former American football safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played professionally for the Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers, Pittsburgh Steelers, and New York Giants. After retirement, he spent three years as the head coach at Station Camp High School in his hometown of Gallatin.
Biography
Alexander was born in Gallatin, Tennessee and graduated from Gallatin High School in Gallatin. He played college football at Tennessee State University. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Arizona Cardinals in 1994. He played in the NFL for twelve years.
After retiring from the NFL, Alexander became a high school math teacher.
NFL career statistics
Legend | |
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Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
1994 | ARI | 16 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | ARI | 16 | 13 | 68 | 51 | 17 | 0.5 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | ARI | 16 | 15 | 81 | 52 | 29 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1997 | ARI | 16 | 15 | 76 | 54 | 22 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | CAR | 16 | 16 | 97 | 68 | 29 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
1999 | CAR | 16 | 16 | 84 | 72 | 12 | 0.0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | PIT | 16 | 16 | 80 | 65 | 15 | 1.5 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | PIT | 16 | 16 | 73 | 53 | 20 | 2.0 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | PIT | 16 | 16 | 77 | 52 | 25 | 1.0 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | PIT | 16 | 16 | 85 | 62 | 23 | 1.0 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
2004 | NYG | 16 | 16 | 80 | 56 | 24 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 0 |
2005 | NYG | 16 | 16 | 61 | 46 | 15 | 0.0 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
192 | 178 | 898 | 657 | 241 | 8.0 | 28 | 253 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 52 | 0 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2001 | PIT | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | PIT | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | NYG | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 0.0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
- Robinson, George. "Why Brent Alexander's resignation as Station Camp football coach surprised administrators". The Tennessean. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
- "Brent Alexander". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- "Brent Alexander". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- "Brent AlexanderS#26". SI.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2000. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
External links
- Brent Alexander at NFL.com
- Retirement
- SI.com
- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from Gallatin, Tennessee
- Sportspeople from the Nashville metropolitan area
- Players of American football from Tennessee
- American football safeties
- American football cornerbacks
- Tennessee State Tigers football players
- Arizona Cardinals players
- Carolina Panthers players
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- New York Giants players