Lyneal Alston

{{Short description|American football player (born 1964)}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Lyneal Alston

| number = 81

| position = Wide receiver

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|7|23}}

| birth_place = Mobile, Alabama, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 205

| high_school = Theodore (AL)

| college = Southern Miss

| undraftedyear = 1987

| pastteams =

• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1987}})

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 3

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 84

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 2

| pfr = AlstLy20

}}

Lyneal Alston (born July 23, 1964) is an American former professional football wide receiver. He played college football for the University of Southern Mississippi{{cite news |title='Big-Play' Alston carving reputation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hattiesburg-american-big-play-alston-c/133475650/ |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=Hattiesburg American |date=27 September 1985 |page=3C |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}{{cite news |author1=Andy Clay |title=Alston answers distress calls with tough catches |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hattiesburg-american-alston-answers-dist/133475689/ |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=Hattiesburg American |date=5 November 1986 |pages=1D, 3D |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} from 1983 to 1986, where he had 64 receptions, 1,261 yards and 10 touchdowns during his career and appeared in the 1986 Senior Bowl.{{cite news |title=Lyneal Alston |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hattiesburg-american-lyneal-alston/133475866/ |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=Hattiesburg American |date=24 December 1989 |page=4C |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} He later professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers.{{cite news |author1=Don Hudson |title=With Lipps as model, USM product Alston earns spot with Steelers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-with-lipps-as-model-usm/133475782/ |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=Clarion-Ledger |date=21 September 1987 |page=C1}}{{cite news |title=Steelers sign Boyle, Alston |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/ellwood-city-ledger-steelers-sign-boyle/133475712/ |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=Ellwood City Ledger |agency=Associated Press |date=6 November 1987 |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} He was cut by the Steelers in August 1988.{{cite news |title=Packers ax vet passer Wilson as NFL teams make final cuts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-the-pittsburg-stee/133475745/ |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=The Commercial Appeal |date=30 August 1988 |page=D6 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 6

| height in = 0 1/8

| weight = 202

| dash = 4.64

| ten split = 1.62

| twenty split = 2.69

| shuttle = 4.52

| vertical = 32.0

| broad ft = 9

| broad in = 6

| bench = 7

| arm span = 33

| hand span = 10

}}