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In his sophomore season, Alexander made the varsity team as the second-string running back. By mid-season, he was the team's featured running back as he rushed for 1,095 yards and fourteen touchdowns. During his junior season in 1993, Alexander ran for 2,396 yards and 42 touchdowns as Boone County made it to the state semifinals. In a game versus Campbell County, Alexander rushed for seven touchdowns. He was listed in "Faces in the Crowd" section of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' in January 1994.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1004711/index.htm |title=Faces in the Crowd |work=Sports Illustrated |date=2004-01-10 |accessdate=2008-09-15 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 1994, his senior season, Alexander rushed for 3,166 yards and a state record 54 touchdowns<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khsaa.org/records/football/statefootballindividualrecords.pdf |title=KHSAA state football records |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-09-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030141101/http://www.khsaa.org/records/football/statefootballindividualrecords.pdf |archivedate=2008-10-30 |df= }}</ref> and was named [[Kentucky Mr. Football Award|Kentucky's "Mr. Football"]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.kfca.info/mrFootball.html| title=Mr. Football| accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref> He also was selected All-American by ''[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]'' and [[USA Today]]'s [[USA Today All-USA high school football team (1990–1999)#1994 team|1994 All USA team]], named "Old Spice Athlete of the Month" by Sports Illustrated, and was known as "Alexander the Great" and had his high school number 37 retired a few weeks before his graduation.<ref name="Biography Today, p.13"/> In three varsity seasons, Alexander rushed for 6,657 yards and 110 touchdowns—both of which are Top 10 prep all-time records.
==College career==
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*[http://www.shaunalexander.com/ Official Website]
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205192840/http://www.seahawks.com/Team/Players.aspx?id=12840 |date=February 5, 2008 |title=Seattle Seahawks bio }}
*[http://www.redskins.com/gen/players/Shaun_Alexander.jsp Washington Redskins bio]
*[http://www.weplay.com/users/ShaunAlexander Shaun Alexander on Weplay]
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