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2013 ATLANTA FALCONS ROOKIES
ROBERT ALFORD
CORNERBACK
23
HT: 5’10” WT: 186 NFL EXP: R ACQ: D2-’13 1st YEAR WITH FALCONS
BIRTHDATE: 11/1/88 COLLEGE: SOUTHEASTERN LOUSIANA
TRANSACTIONS
• Selected as a second round (60 th overall) draft
choice by Atlanta in 2013.
COLLEGE
• Started 31-of-32 games at Southeastern Louisiana,
recording 137 tackles (110 solo) with 20 passes
defensed, 10 interceptions, six tackles for loss,
three fumble recoveries and one forced fumble.
• Also added nine punt returns for 104 yards,
including a 75-yard touchdown against Lamar
University.
• In 2012, was named the NCAA Football
Championship Subdivision National Defensive
Player of the Year by the College Sports Journal and
added FCS All American honors from the NFL Draft
Report and the Sports Network.
• Also added first-team All-Southland Conference
honors and was named a finalist for the Buck
Buchanan Award in 2012.
• In 2011, received second-team All-Southland
Conference honors after starting all 11 games
and notching 52 tackles (44 solo), seven passes
defensed, five interceptions, one forced fumble and
one fumble recovery.
• His five interceptions in 2011 tied Billy Ladner (1961),
Duriel Adams (2005) and Steve Keller (1969) for
eighth on the school’s all-time single-season list.
• Prior to redshirting the 2010 season, started nine
of the 10 games he appeared in as a sophomore in
2009. Finished the season with 46 tackles (31 solo),
five passes defensed, two fumble recoveries, and
one interception.
AUDIBLES
Alford is the first player from Southeastern Louisiana to
be selected in the NFL Draft since the school reintroduced
its football program in 2003.
PERSONAL
• Attended Hammond (La.) High School where he
earned All-District 7-5A first-team honors after
catching 10 touchdown passes as a senior.
• Also ran track, taking second in 400-meters at the
2007 Louisiana High School Athletic Association
Track and Field Championships.
• His older brother, Fred Booker, was a cornerback
at Louisiana State and played in the Arena Football
League and NFL Europe before suiting up for 12
games with the New Orleans Saints in 2005.
• His other older brother, Duke Adams, was a safety
for the Southeastern Louisiana Lions from 2003-
06 and earned All-Southland Conference recognition
as a junior
• Became the first player from Southeastern Louisiana
University to play in the Senior Bowl in over 40
years.
• Logged a 4.39 40-yard dash, 1.59 10-yard dash,
2.57 20-yard dash, 4.23 20-yard shuttle, 6.89
three-cone drill at the NFL Scouting Combine. Also
posted a 40’ vertical leap, 17 reps of 225 pounds an
mesured with 31 3/8-inch arms, 9 3/8-inch hands,
and a 74 ½-inch wingspan.
• Son of Robert Cox and Gloria Bridgewater.