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Alexander brings NFL credentials as both player, coach to the Bobcats

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Gerald Alexander observed an NFL training camp through a totally different lens earlier this summer.

For the second time in as many years, Montana State’s new secondary coach was a part of the Bill Walsh Minority Fellowship, an internship program that brings young minority coaches to NFL training camps before their respective collegiate fall camps open. Alexander had a brief stop at spring mini camp with the Tennessee Titans in the spring of 2015. In July, Alexander spent two weeks working with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Between 2007 and 2011, NFL training camp elicited an entirely different feeling in Alexander. The former four-time first-team All-Western Athletic Conference selection led Boise State to an improbable win over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl to cap the 2006 season before becoming was the 61st overall selection in the 2007 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions.

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About Colter Nuanez

Colter Nuanez is the co-founder and senior writer for Skyline Sports. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference. In August of 2014, Colter and brother Brooks merged their passions of writing and art to found Skyline Sports.

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