Mike Alstott

Michael Joseph Alstott (born December 21, 1973), is a former American football fullback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Nicknamed "A-Train", he played college football at Purdue and was selected by the Buccaneers in the second round of the 1996 NFL Draft. Alstott received six Pro Bowl and three first-team All-Pro honors during his career, in addition to being part of the Buccaneers team that won the franchise's first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXXVII. For his accomplishments in Tampa Bay, he was inducted to the Buccaneers Ring of Honor in 2015.

Mike Alstott
Alstott in February 2010
No. 40
Position:Fullback
Personal information
Born: (1973-12-21) December 21, 1973
Joliet, Illinois
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:248 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High school:Joliet Catholic (Joliet, Illinois)
College:Purdue
NFL Draft:1996 / Round: 2 / Pick: 35
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Rushing attempts:1,359
Rushing yards:5,088
Average:3.7
Rushing touchdowns:58
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

College career

Alstott attended Purdue University for four years, where he became the first player in school history named MVP in three consecutive seasons. Alstott scored 12 touchdowns as a sophomore, 14 as a junior, and 11 as a senior, and held the Purdue rushing touchdown record with 39 until Kory Sheets broke it in 2008. He averaged 5.6 yards per attempt during his Purdue career before graduating in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in business. He finished as Purdue's all-time leading rusher with 3,635 yards, including a school-best 1,436 yards in 1995.[1]

Professional career
Alstott signing autographs as a member of the Buccaneers in 2006.

Alstott was selected in the second round (35th overall) by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Buccaneers utilized Alstott primarily as a running fullback as opposed to a blocking fullback that teams were starting to switch to at the time. He was a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers team that won Super Bowl XXXVII (2002), played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. Alstott rushed for 15 yards and the first Super Bowl touchdown in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history. He also caught five passes for 43 yards.

Alstott signed a one-year contract to stay in Tampa Bay for the 2005 season, and signed a similar contract at the conclusion of the 2006 season after contemplating retirement. However, he spent all of the 2007 season on injured reserve because of neck problems, leading to his retirement on January 24, 2008.

In the summer of 2007, shortly before he suffered his season-ending and ultimately career-ending neck injury, Alstott appeared in a television commercial for ESPN Fantasy Football along with former teammate Warrick Dunn, who was later signed by the Falcons.

He was ranked #10 on the NFL Network's "Top Ten Power Backs".[2]

NFL career statistics

Rushing statistics

YearTeamGPAttYardsAvgLngTDFDFumLost
1996TB 16963773.93932121
1997TB 151766653.84773443
1998TB 162158463.93784944
1999TB 162429493.93074766
2000TB 131314653.62053732
2001TB 161656804.139114000
2002TB 161465483.83253721
2003TB 427772.92921000
2004TB 14672303.43222011
2005TB 1634802.4961200
2006TB 16601712.91731711
Total1581,3595,0883.747583242319

[3]

Receiving statistics

YearTeamGPRecYardsAvgLngTDFDFumLost
1996TB 16655578.62932821
1997TB 15231787.72631310
1998TB 16221526.9261711
1999TB 16272398.92421100
2000TB 1313937.2210300
2001TB 16352316.6191922
2002TB 16352426.94421121
2003TB 410838.3170300
2004TB 14292027.02001111
2005TB 16252228.92411100
2006TB 1621854.0180600
Total1583052,2847.5441311396

[3]

Personal life

Alstott is married to Nicole Alstott. The couple have three children.[4] His son Griffin is the back-up quarterback at Western Michigan University after spending the 2017 season at Purdue.[5]

References
  1. "2011 Purdue Football Information Guide" (PDF). cstv.com. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
  2. "Buccaneers101.com's Top 25 Buccaneers of All-Time: Number 5 – Mike Alstott".
  3. "Mike Alstott". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  4. "Alstott & Family". Retrieved December 31, 2008.
  5. "Griffin Alstott - Football". Western Michigan University Athletics. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

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