playing_years databasefootball draftedround birth_place playing_team collegehof stats article_title position birth_date pfr number college name draftedyear
1979-1985 alexacha01 1 / pick 12 galveston , texas cincinnati bengals 90241 y charles alexander -lrb- running back -rrb-
 running back 28 july 1957 alexch00 40 louisiana state charles alexander 1979
charles alexander -lrb- running back -rrb-

charles fred alexander , jr. -lrb- born july 28 , 1957 -rrb- is a former american college and professional football player who was a running back in the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- for seven seasons during the late 1970s and 1980s .
alexander played college football for louisiana state university , and received all-american honors .
he was a first-round pick in the 1979 nfl draft , and played professionally for the nfl 's cincinnati bengals .
