Breaking News:Age Yourself by naming an NFL player from childhood . I’II start: Shaun Alexander

In 2001 Alexander began a streak of five consecutive 1,000-yard-plus seasons by gaining 1,318 yards—including a Seahawks record of 266 yards in one game, among the highest single-game totals in NFL history. The next year he recorded a franchise-record-breaking 16 touchdowns it took several seasons for him to step into the limelight nationally.

In the process he became the first player in league history to score 15 or more touchdowns in five consecutive seasons. For the 2005–06 season he was named Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year and NFL Most Valuable Player after setting an NFL record for the most touchdowns scored in a season (28; a record that was broken the following year appearance in franchise history. In 2006 he negotiated an eight-year contract with the team for $62 million, the highest amount for a running back to date in NFL history. Alexander’s on-field production decreased significantly over the following two seasons, however, and injuries forced him to miss games for the first time in his professional career. After averaging 89.6 and 55.1 rushing yards per game in 2006 and 2007, respectively, he was released by the Seahawks in April 2008. Alexander signedwho retired as the NFL’s all-time leading receiver and in 1995 was the first Seahawk inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

In 1983 head coach Chuck Knox led the Seahawks to the AFC championship game in his first season with the team, and over the next nine years he posted a record of 83 wins and 67 losses. The Seahawks had their worst season in franchise history after Knox left in 1991, winning only two games that season.