Elijah Alexander
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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| Born | August 2, 1970 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Died | March 24, 2010 (aged 39) Dallas, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
| Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Fort Worth (TX) Dunbar | ||||||||||
| College | Kansas State | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1992: 10th round, 254th overall pick | ||||||||||
| Expansion draft | 1999: 1st round, 12th overall pick | ||||||||||
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Elijah Alfred Alexander III (August 2, 1970 – March 24, 2010) was an American professional football linebacker who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Denver Broncos, Indianapolis Colts and Oakland Raiders. In 2005, Alexander was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. In 2006, he founded the Tackle Myeloma Foundation, which raised funds to help find a cure and raise awareness about myeloma (since then shut down by his surviving wife).