Mike Alstott

Mike Alstott

Alstott in February 2010.
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Position:	Fullback
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1973-12-21) December 21, 1973 (age 43)
Place of birth:	Joliet, Illinois
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	248 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High school:	Joliet (IL) Catholic
College:	Purdue
NFL Draft:	1996 / Round: 2 / Pick: 35
Career history
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1996–2007)
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (XXXVII) 6× Pro Bowl (1997–2002) 3× First-team All-Pro (1997–1999) Second-Team All-Pro (1996) Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ring of Honor Consensus All-Big Ten (1995) Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame Indiana Football Hall of Fame
Career NFL statistics
Rushing attempts: 1,359 Rushing yards: 5,088 Average: 3.7 Rushing touchdowns: 58 Player stats at NFL.com

Michael Joseph Alstott (born December 21, 1973), nicknamed "A-Train", is a former American football fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He spent his entire 12-year career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football at Purdue. During his career, Alstott was selected to six Pro Bowls and won Super Bowl XXXVII with the Buccaneers.

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.

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.