Education
Alexander attended Eureka High School and was a two-time all-state football selection. Alexander attended Arizona Western College.
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Maurice Alexander
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He was drafted by the Rams in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona Western College and Utah State. Alexander was a janitor at the Edward Jones Dome during a year away from Utah State related to assault charges.
He also participated in track and wrestling, finishing third in the Missouri wrestling championships.
In two seasons at Arizona Western, Alexander registered 179 tackles, 15 sacks and four interceptions. He was a two-time all-conference selection in the Western States Football League and he was a first-team all-region honoree.
Though he had played defensive end since high school, Alexander switched to linebacker for the Utah State University football team In early 2012, he got into a fight with a teammate after a party.
The teammate, running back Joseph DeMartino, was knocked unconcscious and required surgery for injuries to the face and eye.
Alexander was dismissed from the team Facing a year in jail, he entered a guilty plea to reduced charges, receiving a one-year sentence with all but 45 days of it suspended. During his year away from college football, Alexander got a job as a janitor at the Edward Jones Dome.
He returned to the team in 2013, moving to safety.
Utah State coach Matt Wells said, "In Maurice’s situation, he did everything from the legal standpoint and from the university standpoint, and internally, what we asked him to do. He fulfilled all those obligations and we"ve allowed him back in." Upon his return, Alexander said, "I"m starving.
I"m starving to get out there, I"m starving to make plays. I want to make every play.
I"m greedy right now." He started 13 games.
He received All-Mountain West Conference honorable mention honors. 2014 NFL Draft
He attended the NFL Scouting Combine in 2014, where he ran a 4.5-second 40-yard dash. He was drafted in the fourth round as the 110th pick overall in the 2014 NFL Draft by the Saint Louis Rams.
Sportswriter Nick Wagoner said, "Were it not for the team"s seventh-round choice of defensive end Michael Sam, Alexander"s story might have been the best story of the draft"s final day."
Saint Louis/Los Angeles Rams
In the second week of the 2014 season, Alexander made his NFL debut by playing on special teams.
He did not earn any tackles or other statistics.
