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Derrick Alexander

Retired

Minnesota Vikings · WR

Derrick Alexander recorded 125 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 9 rostered seasons with Minnesota Vikings, Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns.

▶Best highlights

55.4

rec yds/gm

1.7

rush yds/gm

2

playoff games

125

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Derrick Alexander's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1996
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
BALTIMORERAVENS
DEC 1, 1996

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Baltimore Ravens

Regular Season · Dec 1, 1996

7 rec · 198 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
2000
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
OAKLANDRAIDERS
NOV 5, 2000

Kansas City Chiefs vs Oakland Raiders

Regular Season · Nov 5, 2000

9 rec · 139 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Regular Season
2000
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
OCT 29, 2000

Kansas City Chiefs vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Oct 29, 2000

4 rec · 137 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Regular Season
1998
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
NOV 22, 1998

Kansas City Chiefs vs Los Angeles Chargers

Regular Season · Nov 22, 1998

5 rec · 173 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
1998
ARIZONACARDINALS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
NOV 29, 1998

Arizona Cardinals vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Nov 29, 1998

6 rec · 116 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Derrick Alexander's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 198 receiving yards

Regular Season
1996
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
BALTIMORERAVENS
DEC 1, 1996

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Baltimore Ravens

Regular Season · Dec 1, 1996

7 rec · 198 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Career highs: 9 receptions · 2 receiving touchdowns · 15 targets

Regular Season
2000
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
OAKLANDRAIDERS
NOV 5, 2000

Kansas City Chiefs vs Oakland Raiders

Regular Season · Nov 5, 2000

9 rec · 139 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Career high: 2 receptions of 40+ yards

Regular Season
2000
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
OCT 29, 2000

Kansas City Chiefs vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Oct 29, 2000

4 rec · 137 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Derrick Alexander's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1985–1995

01
CLEALEXANDER—Derrick Alexander
CLEKOSAR19Bernie Kosar
CLEMATTHEWS—Clay Matthews Jr.

Three AFC title games, three painful endings

Cleveland Browns · Kosar and the Denver heartbreaks

A homegrown contender reached three conference championship games in four seasons before The Drive and The Fumble became permanent Cleveland memories.

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Franchise era

1996–1999

02
BALALEXANDER—Derrick Alexander
BALLEWIS52Ray Lewis
BALOGDEN75Jonathan Ogden

A new franchise drafts its defensive spine

Baltimore Ravens · The Baltimore foundation

The Ravens used their first draft to select Lewis and Ogden, giving a young franchise two Hall of Fame pillars before the wins arrived.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

03
KCALEXANDER—Derrick Alexander
KCTHOMAS58Derrick Thomas
KCSMITH90Neil Smith

Defense and power make the Chiefs a fixture

Kansas City Chiefs · Martyball restores Arrowhead

Marty Schottenheimer and Thomas produced seven playoff appearances and one of football's loudest home advantages, though no Super Bowl trip followed.

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Franchise era

1999–2012

04
KCALEXANDER—Derrick Alexander
KCGONZALEZ88Tony Gonzalez
KCHOLMES31Priest Holmes

Priest Holmes and an elite line light up Sundays

Kansas City Chiefs · Great offenses, painful Januarys

Kansas City built record-setting offenses but remained unable to win a playoff game, then bottomed out before a transformative coaching hire.

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Franchise era

2001–2013

05
MINALEXANDER—Derrick Alexander
MINPETERSON28Adrian Peterson
MINALLEN69Jared Allen

A singular runner carries changing teams

Minnesota Vikings · The Peterson years

Peterson returned from major knee surgery to rush for 2,097 yards, while Brett Favre's 2009 season produced another painful NFC title-game finish.

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Career accomplishments

9 NFL seasons125 career games210 career rushing yards1 career rushing touchdowns413 career receptions6,923 career receiving yards40 career receiving touchdowns5 career solo tacklesDrafted by: CLEDraft pick: 29Jersey: 822 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 11, 1994Most recent: Nov 3, 2002

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history