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PITTSFORD – Don't ask Lorenzo Alexander for his "natural" weight. He doesn't know what it is. When he was in seventh grade, he weighed 235 pounds. Early in his NFL career, he was a 315-pound offensive guard, the position to which he shifted after entering the league as a defensive tackle when the Carolina Panthers signed him as an undrafted free agent from the University of California. Now, at 34 years old and entering his 11th pro season, Alexander is back to 235. That's abo

INDIANAPOLIS -- After a decade's worth of doing the dirty work as one of the NFL's habitually unheralded utility men, Lorenzo Alexander got the football world's attention in 2016, making a stunning run at the NFL sack title. So when the Buffalo Bills' veteran pass rusher and special teams standout got singled out by then-offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn at a team meeting the night before a mid-November game at Cincinnati, he expected to soak up some hard-earned glory. "Rex

Lorenzo Alexander has been asked to do almost everything you can imagine in his 10-year NFL career. The former undrafted college free agent out of Cal has been a stalwart on every special teams unit for the four NFL teams for whom he's played. He's been urged to bulk up to 315 pounds try to stick with teams as a run stuffer, and he's been instructed to slim down to 235 pounds to try to play with more speed on the edge. He's been a football vagabond, an easily coachable, team-

Lorenzo Alexander had nothing left to prove, but the Buffalo Bills linebacker managed to earn one more accolade Sunday night, earning Defensive MVP honors as the AFC won the 2017 Pro Bowl, 20-13. The former undrafted free agent had played defensive tackle, offensive guard, tight end, and outside linebacker in his mission to stay in the NFL, lasting ten years in the league (mostly playing special teams). Signed to a veteran-minimum contract last offseason, Alexander accomplish