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For the next three years, including after Bill Clark became head coach in 2014, Alexander followed the same schedule as the other players, working out with them in the weight room and taking what he calls “mental reps” on the practice field.

Published: 11:13 EDT, 22 July 2016 | Updated: 14:08 EDT, 22 July 2016. Once paralyzed from the neck down, Tim Alexander has become an invaluable member of the UAB Football family as a champion of the program’s return and a continuing inspiration. The comments below have not been moderated. “ I’ve heard a lot of good speakers, but Timothy Alexander is one of the best in the country that the world hasn’t seen yet. That just wasn’t for me.”.

Alexander likes to say he does not need things to be easy. “Everybody has a moment,” he said. On Monday, Timothy Alexander (pictured), a former Alabama high school football star, stood for the first time without assistance after years of physical therapy. 10 yrs AND STILL believing THAT I WILL WALK AGAIN!'

Alexander says that after the accident he struggled with depression and even had suicidal thoughts. Last edited on 6 September 2020, at 17:19, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim_Alexander_(footballer)&oldid=977053739, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only, This page was last edited on 6 September 2020, at 17:19. Twenty minutes prior to the game, Alexander joined many of his 2014 teammates on the field in front of more than 45,000 screaming fans.

'I have a stand up chair...normally if they take the brake off I fall straight down. Alexander is a busy man, traveling the country inspiring others in addition to working as director of Character Development for the UAB Blazers football team. “I always say God worked things out so we could meet,” Shannon said. Tim Alexander delivered the game ball prior to the Blazers' first game of the 2017 season.Ten years ago, Alexander was a star football player at Erwin High School in Center Point, Alabama, and confident he could play college football at any school in the country. On Sept. 2, Blazer football kicked off its return, after two seasons away, against Alabama A&M.

By … Only this time he was not in a wheelchair. Natalie Shannon (below) has been Alexander's therapist for the last two years.Shannon and Alexander first met after her mother saw a local television report on his recovery.

Before his accident Alexander, now 27, was a star high school football player and said he was ranked No. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Megyn Kelly joins the backlash against California Gov. Alexander’s current therapy sessions begin with stretching every muscle in his body. Click here to read more about Tim Alexander in UAB Magazine. “I had gone from being a good athlete to being cared for like a baby. 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He was walking. Tim Alexander Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. Alexander (pictured), 27, was able to stand on his own for the first time in a decade since losing the use of his legs in a car accident. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Thanks in part to his tireless efforts, football was reinstated and now has more fan and financial support, and more momentum than ever before. Once paralyzed from the neck down, Tim Alexander has become an invaluable member of the UAB Football family as a champion of the program’s return and a continuing inspiration. Afterward, he is fitted with a special brace that extends from his chest to his feet that stabilizes his body and allows support while he works out on an anti-gravity treadmill, which takes the weight off his legs while he learns to walk — difficult and exhausting work, but not a problem for him. “That’s the only way,” he said. 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He then attended every team practice, game and became a motivator for his teammates. After the accident he said he was paralyzed from the neck down, but worked hard to gain use of his upper body. Ten years later, the 27-year-old has stood for the first time without assistance following years of therapy. 'The first year I was very suicidal,' Alexander said. — Bill Clark, Uab Football Head Coach “ Tim Alexander is creating his own footsteps in the sand, and I’m not talking about tire-treads. I knew, if we did what we had to do, then football would be back.”. What many people did not see was the hard work and determination Alexander showed for a decade to reach that moment. Plans to unite our students, faculty and staff, © 2020 The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Through all the pain, the heartache and struggle, Alexander says, he did not like the man he had become, and decided to change. Timothy Alexander was a promising high school football player until he lost the use of his legs in a horrific car accident. 'When I first had my car wreck I had a lot of doctors and therapists that did give me a chance, but after my insurance ran out they said there was nothing they could do. In 2008, he began 'embracing a positive attitude' and started working out, still dreaming he might one day play football at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “I was just ready to give up,” he said. Even for just a few moments, and with assistance from his physical therapy team, he was walking. 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Over the course of the last six months, Alexander and his trainer of more than two years, Natalie Shannon of Drayer Physical Therapy, a UAB School of Health Professions alumna, have been working behind the scenes to prepare him for UAB football’s return and his own.

I was able to hold myself up for about 3 seconds,' he said. After the announcement that three athletics programs, including football, were shutting down in 2014, Alexander became a champion for the return of those programs.

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