{"id":59436,"date":"2019-03-11T14:06:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T18:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=59436"},"modified":"2021-03-08T06:52:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T11:52:11","slug":"kwon-alexander-signs-with-49ers-on-four-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/03\/11\/kwon-alexander-signs-with-49ers-on-four-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwon Alexander Expected to Sign With San Francisco 49ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW245171705 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW245171705 BCX0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AlexKw00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kwon Alexander<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is expected to sign a four-year, $54 million\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW245171705 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW245171705 BCX0\">contract<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW245171705 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW245171705 BCX0\">\u00a0with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/49ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>, per multiple reports. His new contract carries $27 million in guarantees and keeps him with the team until 2022. Alexander spent the first four years of his career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/buccaneers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Source: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/49ers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#49ers<\/a> are signing LB Kwon Alexander to a 4-year deal worth $54M.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1105163455433199617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Kwon Alexander Expected to Sign With San Francisco 49ers<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Alexander spent the first four seasons of his career with the\u00a0Buccaneers and was an impact player on<strong> Dirk Koetter&#8217;s<\/strong> defense. However, the linebacker&#8217;s season was cut short in 2018 after he tore his ACL during Week Seven&#8217;s game. Alexander finished the year with 45 tackles, six tackles for loss, two pass deflections and one sack &#8211; all career lows.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Alexander battled a hamstring injury at the beginning of the season but was able to bounce back and participate in 12 games. He finished the year with 97 tackles, seven tackles for loss, four pass deflections and three interceptions. Alexander was also selected to the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career and joined <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/McCoGe99.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerald McCoy<\/a><\/strong> as the only two Bucs to get selected in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The former LSU Tiger really made a name for himself in the 2016\u00a0season. Alexander led the Buccaneers with 145 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, seven pass deflections, three sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one interception returned for a touchdown. His 108 solo tackles led the NFL that year and he emerged as the team&#8217;s top linebacker surpassing his teammate <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DaviLa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lavonte David<\/a><\/strong>. The two most impressive games of his career took place in 2016 as he recorded 21 tackles against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> in Week 14 and then 17 tackles against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/falcons\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> in Week One.<\/p>\n<p>As a rookie, Alexander made an immediate impact for Tampa Bay&#8217;s former coach <strong>Lovie Smith<\/strong>. Despite the lack of size, Smith inserted Alexander into the starting middle linebacker position and he flourished recording 93 tackles, six tackles for a loss, three sacks, nine pass deflections, two interceptions and two forced fumbles. The middle linebacker had six games of 10 or more tackle, however, his season was cut short due to a four-game suspension for violating the league&#8217;s PED policy.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander was drafted in the fourth round, 124th overall by the Buccaneers in the 2015 NFL Draft after a productive career at LSU.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"2oRBRp0SQ593FBKYr01Dag\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1052779258\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'2oRBRp0SQ593FBKYr01Dag',sig:'rt_KoQTJYVLKlue1EeXhrbTambof8m1fGEh3vx6Y55o=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1052779258',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linebacker Kwon Alexander is coming off a season cut short by injury which saw him finish with 43 tackles and one sack in six games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2490,"featured_media":60761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,36,31],"tags":[535,1026,2467,7325,7331],"class_list":["post-59436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buccaneers","category-nfl-news","category-49ers","tag-dirk-koetter","tag-kwon-alexander","tag-lovie-smith","tag-san-francisco-49ers-news","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers-news"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}