Alridge spent the 2008 season on injured reserve with the Denver Broncos after suffering a knee injury in preseason.As a senior at the University of Houston, Alridge rushed for 1,597 yards (6.2 avg.) and 14 touchdowns and caught 42 passes for 428 yards and five touchdowns.
NFL Acquisition: Signed with the Denver Broncos as an undrafted rookie free agent in May 2008
How Acquired: Signed with the Redskins as an unrestricted free agent in January 2009
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Spent the 2008 season on injured reserved with the Denver Broncos.
2008 (Broncos)
Signed as an undrafted free agent on April 29, 2008
Was placed on injured reserve with a knee injury on August 30, 2008
Twice received second-team All-Conference USA honors (2006-07) at Houston and was a Doak Walker Award (nation’s best running back) semifinalist in 2007
Finished his career at Houston ranked sixth in school history with 2,595 rushing yards on 363 carries for a 7.1-yard rushing average in 39 career games
Also caught 74 career passes for 997 yards (13.5 avg.) with nine touchdowns and returned 38 kickoffs for 846 yards (22.3 avg.)
Totaled the fourth-most career all-purpose yards (4,438) in Houston history, averaging a school-record 9.4 yards per play
Posted the second-highest single-season rushing total in Houston annals (1,597 yds., 6.2 avg., 14 TDs) along with 42 receptions (428 yds., 5 TDs) as a senior
Averaged 10.1 yards per rush (95-959) as a junior, leading the nation in that category and posting the highest single-season average (min. 75 att.) in the NCAA since 1945 (Army’s Glenn Davis, 11.5 avg., 82-944)
Majored in sociology
Rated the 19th best all-purpose running back in the nation by Rivals.com as a senior at Denton High School in Denton, Texas, where he was a third-team all-state choice and was named District 6-4A Offensive Player of the Year
Rushed for 1,626 yards (9.3 avg.) and scored 27 touchdowns as a senior at Denton
