Alex Lincoln is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 linebacker

Linebacker

A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...

 for the San Francisco 49ers

San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

 in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

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Lincoln attended Murphy High School in Mobile, AL. Lincoln later played college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 for Auburn University

Auburn University

Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...

 before being selected as the ninth pick of the seventh round in the 2001 NFL Draft

2001 NFL Draft

The 2001 NFL Draft took place on April 21–22, 2001 at the theater at Madison Square Garden, in New York City. This was the 66th National Football League draft in league history. The draft was broadcast on ESPN both days and eventually moved to ESPN2. No teams elected to claim any players in the...

. Mel Kiper had noted Lincoln in his list of top inside linebackers available in the draft.http://espn.go.com/melkiper/s/2001/0411/1171670.html

Lincoln was college roommate of Heath Evans, Fullback for the 2007 New England Patriots.

Lincoln is General Manager of Athletes' Performance

Athletes' Performance

Athletes' Performance is an American company that provides integrated performance services for the top athletes in the world. Founded by Mark Verstegen in 1999 and based in Norwell, Massachusetts, it has private training facilities in Tempe, Arizona; at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California;...

 Florida, located in Gulf Breeze, FL, on a Baptist Healthcare campus adjoining the Andrew's Institute of world renowned orthopoedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews.

Alex Lincoln now "works" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a System Administrator in the Computer Science Department where he makes double minimum wage.