Alexander Mattisonreturns for his fifth season with Minnesota in 2023. He was originally draftedin the third-round (102nd overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft. Mattison has played in 59 career games (six starts) and recorded 404 rushes for 1,670 yards and 11 touchdowns. Additionally, he has caught 70 passes for 526 yards and three touchdowns. In 2022, Mattison posted a career-high five rushing touchdowns and recorded his third game with 100-plus rushing yards. The San Bernadino, California, native attended Boise State from 2016-18 and was named to the 2018 All-Mountain West First Team.
• Majored in communication at Boise State.
• Has 2 older twin brothers, Lamarr and Darrell Jr.
• Father, Darrell, and grandfather, James Mattison, served in the Air Force and uncle, Lawrence Mattison, served in the Army.
• Participated in The Power to Change Movement.
• Was featured as a speaker at the Integrated New Families Opportunity graduation at Ecclesia Christian Center in 2015.
• Active in Make-A-Wish programs at Boise State.
• Teammates with Vikings OT Ezra Cleveland at Boise State, drafted in 2nd round of 2020.
• Started a pair of games in place of Dalvin Cook in 2020, his 1st career starts ( vs. Atlanta and at Detroit).
• Scored a rushing and receiving TD in 2020 season finale at Detroit (1/3/21), his career-best day scoring.
• Drafted #102 overall, the 39th pick in the 3rd round, in 2019.
• Pick #102 is the same as Kirk Cousins (Washington, 2012).
• The 1st Boise State Bronco to be drafted by the Vikings.
• The lone Bronco drafted in 2019, joins a list of recent RBs from the school selected that includes Jay Ajayi (2015, 5th round) and Doug Martin (2012, 1st round).
• Started games vs. Atlanta (10/18) and at Detroit (1/3/21), his first starts of his career.
• Had a game-high 95 yards rushing and added 50 yards receiving, scoring a rushing and receiving TD in a game for the 1st time in his career at Detoit (1/3/21), scoring on a 28-yard pass from Kirk Cousins and on a 2-yard run.
• Inactive for game at New Orleans (12/25).
• Returned to lineup vs. Chicago (12/20), catching a 14-yard pass and carrying once for 1 yard.
• Inactive vs. Jacksonville (12/6) and at Tampa Bay (12/13).
• Finished game vs. Detroit (11/8) with 69 yards on 12 carries in relief of Cook, who had rushed for 206 yards, giving the team 275 yards on the ground.
• Started 1st career game when Dalvin Cook was inactive with injury vs. Atlanta (10/18).
• Had 1st career 100-yard day at Seattle (10/11), going for 112 yards on 20 carries and added 24 yards on 3 catches after replacing an injured Dalvin Cook for the 2nd half in a narrow 27-26 loss on Sunday Night Football.
• Scored 1st TD of the season at Houston (10/4) on a 4-yard run in the 4th quarter, the final Vikings score in their 31-23 win, the 1st victory of the season.
• Tied for team-high with 50 rushing yards, including team-long 21-yarder, and had 2nd-most catches by a Viking with 4 in season-opener vs. Green Bay (9/13).
• Finished the 2019 regular season with 100 carries for 462 yards (4.6 avg.) and 10 receptions for 82 yards.
• Made his NFL debut vs. Atlanta (9/8), carrying 9 times for 49 yards with a long rush of 23 yards.
• Scored his 1st career TD on a 10-yard rush vs. Oakland (9/22), ending the day with 12 carries for 58 yards and 1 TD.
• Hauled in his 1st career reception at Chicago (9/29).
• Led the team and set career high with 62 rushing yards vs. Philadelphia (10/13) with career-long 35-yard run.
• Rushed for 61 yards on 13 carries vs. Washington (10/24) and added 2 receptions for 3 yards.
• Had 73 scrimmage yards at Seattle (12/2) with 51 receiving yards on 4 receptions.
• Inactive with an injury Weeks 15-17.
• Made his NFL postseason debut in the Wild Card win at New Orleans (1/5/20), rushing 5 times for 20 yards and catching 1 pass for 10 yards.
• Played in all 40 games during his Boise career, helping team to Mountain West title in 2017 and capping that season with a win over Oregon in the Las Vegas Bowl to finish 11-3.
• Two-time Academic All-Mountain West (2016-17).
• Became the 1st Boise player to claim a Mountain West rushing crown in 2018, ranking 8th in the country with 1,415 rushing yards. Also ranked 3rd in the FBS with 302 rushing attempts and tied for 7th with 17 rushing TDs (1st in the MWC).
• Ended Broncos career tied for 2nd in school history with 3 games of 200+ rushing yards while also posting 10 games with 100+ rushing yards.
• Tied school record with 40 rushes vs. Fresno State (12/1/18).
• Three-star recruit from San Bernardino (CA) HS.
• Ran for 2,000+ yards each of his final 2 seasons, going for 2,017 yards and 26 TDs in 2014 and 2,057 with 22 TDs in 2015.
• Won a league wrestling title at 195 pounds and was named all-league as a junior.
• Won the Mountain Valley League title in the 110 hurdles.
• Boasted a 4.7 cumulative grade-point average.
