Alvin Blount
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Washington, D.C. U.S.
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||||||
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| Born | February 12, 1965 Washington, D.C. U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 197 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Eleanor Roosevelt (MD) | ||||||||||||
| College | Maryland | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1987: 9th round, 235th overall pick | ||||||||||||
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Alvin Wilbert Blount (born February 12, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys. He also was a member of the Washington Commandos and Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins.
Blount attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School, where he practiced football, baseball and track. He was a two-way player at running back and defensive back.
College career
He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Maryland, College Park.[1] As a freshman, he was a backup running back, only having 8 carries for 66 yards (8.3-yard avg.).
As a sophomore, he shared the running back position with Rick Badanjek, collecting 128 carries for 759 yards (5.9-yard avg.) and 5 touchdowns. Against both Wake Forest University and the University of North Carolina, he had matching 52-yard touchdown receptions. He was a part of one of the greatest comebacks in college football history, in the 42–40 win against the University of Miami.[2] Against Clemson University, he had a career-high 214 rushing yards.[3] Against the University of Virginia, he had a career long 72-yard touchdown run, finishing with 104 rushing yards.[4]
As a junior, he was named the regular starter, although he still shared the running back position with Badanjek. He registered 171 carries for 828 yards (4.8-yard avg.) and 4 touchdowns. Against the University of Virginia, he had 26 carries for 186 yards.[5]
As a senior co-captain, he had 119 carries for 505 yards (4.2-yard avg.) and 3 touchdowns. He didn't have any 100-yard games, but showed he was an all-round running back, displaying solid receiving and blocking skills.
He finished his college career with 426 carries for 2,158 yards (fifth in school history), a 5.1-yard rushing average, 12 rushing touchdowns, six 100-yard games, 64 receptions for 567 yards and 5 receiving touchdowns.