Kwon Alexander
 Alexander 2015 |
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| San Francisco 49ers - No. 56 | |
| Linebacker | |
| Date of birth: August 3, 1994 | |
| Place of birth: Oxford , Alabama | |
| Height: 1.85 m | Weight: 103 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2015 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Career | |
| College : LSU | |
| NFL Draft : 2015 / Round: 4 / Pick: 124 | |
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| Current status: Injures Reserve | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Tackles | 414 |
| Sacks | 7.5 |
| Interceptions | 7th |
| Forced fumbles | 7th |
| Passes prevented | 26th |
| Touchdowns | 1 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Kwon Alexander (* 3. August 1994 in Oxford , Alabama ) is an American American football poker players in the National Football League (NFL). He plays for the San Francisco 49ers as a linebacker .
college
Alexander, who also made a name for himself as a track and field athlete during high school , attended Louisiana State University (LSU) and played for their team, the Tigers, as a linebacker in 2012 and 2014. In 32 games he was able to set 167 tackles and achieve 1.5 sacks .
NFL
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
In the 2015 NFL Draft , he was selected in the fourth round as the 124th player by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers . The Bucs swapped their fourth and seventh round picks for the Oakland Raiders ' fourth round picks in order to move forward and select him. He was awarded a $ 2.75 million four-year contract .
Alexander was able to establish himself immediately and was a starter in twelve games in his rookie season . He has been banned from the league for a doping violation in the last four games . In the following seasons he blossomed into a pillar of the Buccaneers defense. In 2016 he started all games and scored his first touchdown in the game against the Los Angeles Rams . After an interception, he carried the ball for 39 yards into the opposing end zone. In 2017 he was called up to the Pro Bowl for the first time, although he had to pause four games due to a thigh injury . In 2018 he was unlucky with injuries and the season ended with a cruciate ligament rupture after just six games.
San Francisco 49ers
In March 2019, Alexander signed a four-year deal worth $ 54 million , 27 of which was guaranteed, with the San Francisco 49ers .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ College stats on sports-reference.com, accessed May 31, 2018
- ↑ Report on sbnation.com from May 2, 2015, accessed on May 31, 2018
- ↑ Contract details on spotrac.com, accessed on May 31, 2018
- ↑ Report on bucsnation.com from December 7, 2015, accessed on May 31, 2018
- ↑ Report on buccaneers.com of October 22, 2018, accessed on March 15, 2019
- ↑ Report on nfl.com from March 11, 2019, accessed on March 15, 2019
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Alexander, Kwon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford , Alabama , United States |