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Running back, LSU, 1975–78
Charles Alexander
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Charles Alexander played running back at LSU (1975–78). He finished fifth in the 1978 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1977 and 1978. The Cincinnati Bengals took Alexander in the first round, No. 12 overall in the 1979 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 2012College Football Hall of Fame
- 1977, 1978Consensus All‑American
- 1977SEC Player of the Year
- 1977, 1978First-team All-SEC
- 1977Ninth in the Heisman vote
- 1978Fifth in the Heisman vote
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Rushing | Receiving | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 1975 | 108 | 301 | 2.8 | 2 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 1976 | 155 | 876 | 5.7 | 7 | 82 | 10.3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 311 | 1,686 | 5.4 | 17 | 80 | 6.7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 281 | 1,172 | 4.2 | 14 | 263 | 9.4 | 2 |
| Career | 855 | 4,035 | 40 | 431 | 2 | ||
From the college statistics table in Alexander’s Wikipedia article (Charles Alexander (running back), CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
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