Elex Price
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Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S.
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| Position | Defensive tackle | ||||
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| Born | August 11, 1950 Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||
| Listed weight | 208 lb (94 kg) | ||||
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| High school | N.D. Taylor (Yazoo City, Mississippi) | ||||
| College | Alcorn State (1969–1972) | ||||
| NFL draft | 1973: undrafted | ||||
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Elex Drummond Price (born August 11, 1950) is an American former defensive tackle. He played eight seasons in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints from 1973 to 1980. He played college football at Alcorn State University, where he earned first-team Little All-American honors as a senior.
Price was born on August 11, 1950, in Yazoo City, Mississippi, as one of 12 children raised by a sharecropper.[1][2] Although he lived in Yazoo County, he attended high school in the town of Louise in adjacent Humphreys County because he was on the bus route.[3] Price was discovered by Pete Boston, then-head coach of N.D. Taylor High School in Yazoo City, who was refereeing one of his games in Louise.[3] Boston, whose brother was Ralph Boston,[4] convinced Price to come play for him at N.D. Taylor.[3]
Price played fullback, tight end, offensive tackle, and defensive tackle at N.D. Taylor under Boston, earning two letters.[2][5] His coach later said that Price was "just a big ole country boy who caught on [to football] real quick."[6] He graduated from N.D. Taylor in 1969.[7] Price received offers to play college football from Alcorn State, Lincoln, Marshall, Mississippi Valley State, and Prairie View A&M.[2]
College career
Price attended Alcorn State University, where he majored in physical education while earning four letters for the Braves football team.[5] As a junior, Price was named a first-team NAIA All-American.[8] As a senior, he was named the SWAC Defensive Player of the Year.[9] He also earned first-team Little All-American and first-team NAIA All-American honors.[10][11]