Maurice Alexander (safety)
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Position: | Safety | ||||||||
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Born: | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | February 16, 1991||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Eureka (Eureka, Missouri) | ||||||||
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NFL draft: | 2014 / Round: 4 / Pick: 110 | ||||||||
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Maurice Alexander (born February 16, 1991) is a former American football linebacker and safety. He played college football at Arizona Western College and Utah State and was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL draft.
Early life
Alexander attended
College career
Alexander attended Arizona Western College. In two seasons at Arizona Western, Alexander registered 179 tackles, 15 sacks, and four interceptions.[1] He was a two-time all-conference selection in the Western States Football League and he was a first-team all-region honoree.[2]
Though he had played defensive end since high school, Alexander switched to linebacker when he transferred to Utah State University.[3] In early 2012, he got into a fight with a teammate after a party. The teammate, running back Joseph DeMartino, was knocked unconscious and required surgery for injuries to the face and eye.[4] Alexander was dismissed from the team. Facing a year in jail, he entered a guilty plea to reduced charges, receiving a one-year sentence with all but 45 days of it suspended.[5]
During his year away from college football, Alexander worked as a janitor at the
Professional career
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Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle |
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6 ft 1+1⁄4 in (1.86 m) |
220 lb (100 kg) |
32+5⁄8 in (0.83 m) |
8+7⁄8 in (0.23 m) |
4.54 s | 1.56 s | 2.66 s | 4.51 s | 7.05 s | 38.0 in (0.97 m) |
10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) | ||
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St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams
2014
The St. Louis Rams selected Alexander in the fourth round (110th overall) of the 2014 NFL draft.[10] Alexander was the eighth safety drafted in 2014.[11] Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was cited as one of the top contributing factors in the selection of Alexander and claimed he would take awhile to develop, but would be comparable to Sean Taylor after doing so.[12]
On June 23, 2014, the Rams signed Alexander to a four-year, $2.68 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $464,260.[13][14]
Throughout training camp, Alexander competed for a job as a backup safety against Cody Davis, Christian Bryant, Lamarcus Joyner, and Matt Daniels.[15] Head coach Jeff Fisher named him the backup strong safety to begin the regular season, behind T. J. McDonald.[16]
He made his professional regular season debut in the Rams' Week 2 matchup at the
2015
During training camp, Alexander competed against Mark Barron and Davis to be the Rams' primary backup strong safety.[20] He was named the third string strong safety to begin the regular season.[21]
On September 27, 2015, Alexander sustained a
2016
Alexander entered training camp in 2016 slated as a backup safety and competed for the starting free safety job after it was left vacant by the departure of Rodney McLeod. Williams held an open competition for the job between Alexander, Davis, and Bryant.[27] Fisher named Alexander the starting free safety to begin the regular season, opposite strong safety McDonald.[28]
On October 2, 2016, Alexander collected five combined tackles and a sack in their 17–13 victory at the
2017
Throughout training camp, Alexander competed against rookie John Johnson for the job as the starting strong safety. Head coach Sean McVay named him the starting strong safety to begin the season, along with free safety Lamarcus Joyner.[34]
He started in the
On October 16, 2017, Alexander attended a private visit with the Seahawks, but did not receive an offer at the time.[37] It was also reported that Alexander attended a private workout with the New York Jets earlier in the week.[38]
Seattle Seahawks
On March 17, 2018, the Seahawks signed Alexander to a one-year, $880,000 contract that includes a signing bonus of $50,000.[39][14] He was released on September 1, 2018.[40] He was re-signed on October 3, 2018.[41]
Buffalo Bills
On March 22, 2019, Alexander signed with the Buffalo Bills as a linebacker.[42] He was placed on injured reserve with knee and calf injuries.[43]
NFL career statistics
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Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2014 | STL | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | STL | 14 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
2016 | LAR | 14 | 14 | 50 | 38 | 12 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | LAR | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | SEA | 9 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | BUF | 7 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
57 | 23 | 134 | 102 | 32 | 3.0 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Personal life
Alexander’s younger brother, Hassan Haskins, is a running back for the Tennessee Titans.[44]
References
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- ^ a b c Denniston, Wade (March 19, 2013). "Alexander grateful for second chance with Utah State". The Herald Journal. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
- ^ Wagoner, Nick (June 2, 2014). "Searching for Alexander's safety spot". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
- ^ Morgan, Emiley (July 31, 2012). "Ex-USU football player Maurice Alexander sentenced to jail for hitting teammate". Deseret News. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
- ^ a b c Schwartz, Nick (May 10, 2014). "St. Louis Rams draft player who used to work as a janitor at the Edward Jones Dome". USAToday.com. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
- ^ Hartwell, Darren (May 11, 2014). "Rams draft Utah State safety who used to be Edward Jones Dome janitor". Fox Sports. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
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- ^ Rams draft defensive back Maurice Alexander 110th overall Archived September 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine St. Louis Rams
- ^ "2014 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
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- ^ Wilkinson, Sean (July 20, 2015). "2015 Rams Roster Preview: Has S Cody Davis' Time Run Out?". turfshowtimes.com. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ "Ourlads.com: Los Angeles Rams Depth Chart: 10/01/2016". Ourlads.com. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ "St. Louis Rams At Arizona Cardinals: Official Game Injury Report Adds S Maurice Alexander To Unavailable Rams". turfshowtimes.com. October 2, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ Lyons, Joe (November 7, 2015). "Rams facing injury trouble for Vikings game". stltoday.com. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ "NFL Game Center: Week 9-2015: St. Louis Rams @ Minnesota Vikings". NFL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ Alper, Josh (December 9, 2015). "Rams lose Robert Quinn, T.J. McDonald to season-ending surgeries". NBCSports.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ^ "NFL Player stats: Maurice Alexander (2015)". NFL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
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- ^ "NFL Game Center: Week 14-2016: Atlanta Falcons @ Los Angeles Rams". NFL.com. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- ^ Wilhame, Matt (December 12, 2016). "Things you might have missed during the Rams' 42–14 loss to the Falcons". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
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- ^ Brown, Chris (November 5, 2019). "Bills sign free agent DT Corey Liuget". BuffaloBills.com. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
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