Derrick_Alexander_(defensive_end)

Derrick Alexander
No. 90, 94
Position:	Defensive end
Personal information
Born:	November 13, 1973 (age 50); Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	286 lb (130 kg)
Career information
High school:	Jacksonville (FL) Raines
College:	Florida State
NFL draft:	1995 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11
Career history
	Minnesota Vikings (1995–1998); Cleveland Browns (1999);
Career highlights and awards
	National champion (1993); 2× First-team All-American (1993, 1994); ACC Defensive Player of the Year (1994); First-team All-ACC (1994);
Career NFL statistics
Sacks:
Sacks:	20

Derrick Alexander (defensive end)

American football player (born 1973)

Derrick Alexander (born November 13, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected from Florida State University in the first round of the 1995 NFL draft ahead of such big names as Hugh Douglas and Warren Sapp.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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After Alexander retired, he worked in the front office for the Cleveland Browns for several years. Alexander was inducted into the Florida State Hall of Fame in 2007.^[4] From 2011 to 2013 he was the head football coach at Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School in Spring Hill, Florida.^[5]

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Jim Souhan, "Profile: Derrick Alexander; In a rush to make his mark Drafted ahead of Warren Sapp in 1995, the Vikings' Derrick Alexander was under immediate pressure to produce. Now, Alexander's the one applying pressure - on opposing quarterbacks." Star Tribune, November 19, 1998.

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Tim Linafelt, "FSU All-Time Countdown - No. 21 - Derrick Alexander", Miami Herald blog, July 2013.

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"1995 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.

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"Florida State Athletic Hall of Fame bio" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-06-23.

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"FSU great Derrick Alexander no longer Bishop head coach" Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, Tampa Bay Times, April 1, 2014.

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Year	Team	Games		Tackles					Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Team	GP	GS	Cmb	Solo	Ast	Sck	TFL	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	FR	Yds	TD
1995	MIN	15	12	34	22	12	2.0	-	-	-	0	-	-	2	1	0	0
1996	MIN	12	9	48	33	15	3.5	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	1	3	0
1997	MIN	14	14	51	35	16	4.5	-	-	-	0	-	-	3	1	0	0
1998	MIN	16	16	42	37	5	7.5	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	0	0
1999	CLE	16	16	53	37	16	2.5	5	-	-	0	-	1	0	0	0	0
		73	67	228	164	64	20.0	5	-	-	-	-	1	5	3	3	0

Year	Team	Games		Tackles					Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Team	GP	GS	Cmb	Solo	Ast	Sck	TFL	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	FR	Yds	TD
1996	MIN	1	0	2	2	0	1.0	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	0	0
1997	MIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	0	0
1998	MIN	2	2	6	3	3	0	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	0	0
		4	2	8	5	3	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0

Derrick_Alexander_(defensive_end)

Derrick Alexander (defensive end)

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