Shaun Alexander
Shaun Alexander
Shaun Edward Alexanderis a former American football running back who played for the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Alabama, and was drafted by the Seahawks 19th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. In May 2011, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Alexander set numerous NFL and Seattle Seahawks' franchise records, and was named the NFL MVP in 2005. He was also named to...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth30 August 1977
CityFlorence, KY
CountryUnited States of America
He is really athletic and I think he will do well. He has to be in the right system and everybody has to be patient with him. He has a really good arm and can scramble, and he'll have to learn to do it at the pro level.
He is always going to find a way to laugh and enjoy himself. But it's one of those things, it comes off balanced. He knows when to get serious and he knows when to laugh.
He is definitely coming. This is my best friend. He'll be there, probably wearing a Pittsburgh jersey, but that's OK.
He looked like he got in a fight with me. I sat around and cracked every joke I could that I had, to make him laugh ... It was tough, but he's going to be good. He's strong. I was more emotional than he was. He's going to be fine.
We took Seattle to a place it had never seen before. We've got a lot to be proud of.
We've got to wait and see. But it looks pretty good.
My mom told me a long time ago that the running back was a great position, but it's also the craziest. She's like, 'You know everybody's chasing you, right?' Once you chose to be a running back, you take the good with the bad.
My mom told me a long time ago that running back was a great position, but it's also the craziest. It just comes with the position.
I just don't care, I know who I am. Before this year, I wasn't the short-yardage guy. That wasn't my choice, but I'm not going to sit here and complain about it. We had bigger goals, and that was winning.
Anytime you lose, it's a terrible feeling. This was an exciting opportunity. I definitely think that if I come back to Seattle we'll be back. ... Where's the Super Bowl next year? Miami? Yeah, Miami's good.
At the same time you still have that gut-wrenching feeling that one more catch, one more run, one more tackle, and we'd be known as world champions.
At the same time, we've already started with Seattle and the conversations will continue (Monday) and we told them if it's correct, it's correct. But if it's not, we're going to play the field. If Carolina comes correct or Arizona, or whoever else it could be, Jacksonville, whoever, that is what it is.
That might help us. The Steelers have played great on the road in the playoffs, but this might be the closest they've had to a home game with all of the support here in Detroit.
I just think teams have been doing a good job of kicking my teeth in.