2021 PFN Player Profile: Alexander Yost-Altoona Mountain Lions @AlexanderYost4 @AltoonaAthletic @LionsMt

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Billy Splain | August 6, 2021

Alexander Yost

Altoona Mountain Lions

Class Of: 2023

Position(s): OLB, RB

Jersey#: 22

Ht: 6’0 – Wt: 200

Stats You’d like to Share:
Freshman Year I had 21 TDs and over 1,000 rushing yards

Other Sports: Baseball and Wrestling

Awards:
District 6 Champion

Twitter @AlexanderYost4

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why do you play football?
To follow in my dads footsteps and I love the sport. I couldn’t see myself playing anywhere else.

Who is your favorite sports star and why?
Dez Bryant, grew up watching him with my dad. The way he would go up and win those jump balls and contested catches was ridiculous. Anytime the ball was in the air you knew Dez was going to make a play on it.

What are your goals for this coming season?
To gain attention from colleges. Help my team go back to back D6 Champs.

What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?
Dallas Cowboys

What game, yours, college or pro, was your favorite game and why?
Penn State vs. Michigan, October 12th, 2013, Michigan was ranked 18th at the time and Penn State was unranked. It’s the 4th Overtime and Christian Hackenberg drops back and throws a deep ball to Allen Robinson who comes down at the two yard line with it. Bill Belton runs it in for the win and the stadium goes crazy. Best game I’ve ever been to. It felt like the stadium was going to fall down because of how loud everybody was. You could hear the rumbling of the seats and see it shake.

What sports movie would you watch every day if you had to pick one and why?
Remember The Titans. I would pick this because it shows the true definition or brotherhood.

If your mom and dad are screaming at you from the stands, what is it they usually yell?
To stop using my shoulders to make tackles.

Who is your mentor, the person you want to be like?
My dad

Name a sport you’d love to play but can’t:
Rugby

What is your most embarrassing sports moment?
Definitely throwing up in the trash can in front of all the cheerleaders.

Is there anyone in your family, besides your parents, you could consider your biggest fan? Who, Why?
Probably my Pap. He’s played all the sports I’ve played. He knows what’s going on when I’m playing. He always reminds me what I’m doing wrong and what I need to do better.

When you aren’t playing, practicing or training for sports, what is your go to activity and why?
Hanging out friends and family. I love my friends.

What is your favorite football memory to date?
My Freshman year of football. That whole year was the most fun I’ve had playing football.

What is your favorite play to run?
Any screen pass or outside run.

What scares you the most?
Playing my last High School football game.

Music of choice?
Can’t go wrong with some Michael Jackson and the old music.

What was your favorite gift as a little boy? Why?
A Teddy Bear my grandmas gave me. The reason it’s my favorite, is because I still have it till this day.

What restaurant is your go to when you need a big meal?
Applebee’s

Which one? Sheetz or Wawa
Sheetz

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