Alton Alexis

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1957)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| number = 82

| position = Wide receiver

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|11|16}}

| birth_place = New Iberia, Louisiana, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 184

| high_school = New Iberia (LA) Senior

| college = Tulane

| draftyear = 1980

| draftround = 11

| draftpick = 281

| pastteams =

• Cincinnati Bengals ({{NFL Year|1980}})
• Calgary Stampeders ({{CFL Year|1981|1982}})
• Jacksonville Bulls (1984-1985)
• Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|1986}})*
• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1988}})*

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 1

| pfr = AlexAl20

}}

Alton Alexis (born November 16, 1957) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL) in 1980. He also played 18 games with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1981 to 1982. Alexis scored five touchdowns with the Stampeders with 30 catches for 535 yards.{{cite book|last1=Maher|first1=Tod|last2=Gill|first2=Bob|title=The Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia: Every Player, Coach and Game, 1946–2012|date=2013|publisher=Maher Sports Media|isbn=978-0983513667|page=142}}

Alexis played in 1984 and 1985 with the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL.

In 2016 Alexis was convicted of bankruptcy fraud and sentenced to 16 months in federal prison.

{{cite web

|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/fort-worth-man-sentenced-16-months-federal-prison-making-false-statement-bankruptcy

|author= Department of Justice

|title= Fort Worth Man Sentenced to 16 Months in Federal Prison for Making a False Statement in a Bankruptcy Case -- Defendant Also Fraudulently Diverted More Than $480,000 in Loan Proceeds, Intended to Construct a Movie Theatre Restaurant, for His Personal Benefit

|publisher=Dept of Justice

|date=September 2, 2016

|access-date=Oct 27, 2016

}}