1. Michael Joseph Alstott was born on December 21,1973 and is an American former professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League for 12 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
12 Facts About Mike Alstott
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Mike Alstott is widely regarded as one of the greatest fullbacks of all time.
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Mike Alstott attended Purdue University for four years, where he became the first player in school history named MVP in three consecutive seasons.
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Mike 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.
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Mike Alstott averaged 5.6 yards per attempt during his Purdue career before graduating in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in business.
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Mike Alstott finished as Purdue's all-time leading rusher with 3,635 yards, including a school-best 1,436 yards in 1995.
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Mike Alstott was selected in the second round of the 1996 NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Mike Alstott rushed for 15 yards and the first Super Bowl touchdown in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history.
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Mike 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.
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Mike Alstott was ranked No 10 on the NFL Network's "Top Ten Power Backs".
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Alstott remained the Buccaneers' all-time leading touchdown scorer until November 22,2021, when wide receiver Mike Evans scored his 72nd TD as a Buccaneer.
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Mike Alstott's son Griffin was a quarterback at Western Michigan from 2018 to 2020, after spending the 2017 season at Purdue.