Touchdown Alexander Touchdown Alexander is an autobiography about the author, Shaun Alexander. Shaun is from the small town of Florence, Kentucky and was born on August 30th in 1977. His parents are Curtis and Carol Alexander, he also has one full brother named Durran who is older than him. His parents sadly separated when he was the age of 11. There are many different settings in this book. The first setting is Florence, Kentucky where he grew up and played high school football. The next setting is in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where he played college football for the crimson tide.The last setting in this book is placed in Seattle,Washington where he played professional football for the seattle seahawks and had a various amount of achievements. …show more content…
Touchdown Alexander teaches how you can really teaches how you can accomplish anything through christ. It brings you through Shaun's whole football career and life, how he met his wife, when he got married, when he got drafted and when he broke records.An example is when Shaun told us how he had to leave right before a game to go help his wife go through childbirth.
My likes about this book is how he really puts a lot of detail into the stories he tells. Another is that he really talks alot about how much god blessed him “at the time of writing this book, I am 28 years old.and I have realized i’m blessed(Alexander 209).”. I don’t really have any dislikes about the book, it is one of my favorite books of all time. My feelings about this book is that i loved it and highly recommend it if you're into football and christ.
Some achievements in Shauns career are in highschool. He had his number retired and broke his school record in rushing yards and touchdowns in one game, year and career. His College achievements were most touchdowns in career 50, most rushing yards in a season 1383.Some more are most rushes in a game 36, and most touchdowns in a game at