{{Short description|American football player (born 1976)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2023}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Alfonso Boone | image = | caption = | number = 70 | position = Defensive end | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|1|11}} | birth_place = Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lbs = 320 | high_school = Arthur Hill (Saginaw) | college = Mt. San Antonio (1998–1999) | draftyear = 2000 | draftround = 7 | draftpick = 253 | pastteams = * Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|2000}})* * Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|2000}}–{{NFL Year|2006}}) * Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|2007}}–{{NFL Year|2008}}) * San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|2009}}–{{NFL Year|2010}}) | highlights = | statlabel1 = Total tackles | statvalue1 = 194 | statlabel2 = Sacks | statvalue2 = 15.5 | statlabel3 = Forced fumbles | statvalue3 = 2 | statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue4 = 3 | statlabel5 = Pass deflections | statvalue5 = 16 | pfr = BoonAl20 }}
'''Alfonso D. Boone''' (born January 11, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is the only player to be selected in the history of the NFL draft from a junior college.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Gary |date=2000-04-18 |title=Mt. Sack Makes a Name for Himself |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-18-sp-20825-story.html |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> He was selected by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round of the 2000 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2000 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2000/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played college football at Mt. San Antonio College.
Boone has also played for the Chicago Bears and Kansas City Chiefs.
==Early life== Boone attended Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw, Michigan and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track and field graduating in 1995. Boone saw time as a fullback his sophomore season which went to the state championship game. He did not play his junior year.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1994-09-01 |title=Saginaw Arthur Hill Top 25 Prep |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-saginaw-arthur-hill-t/183435949/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=59}}</ref> As a senior, he was nominated all-area honorable mention.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1994-11-26 |title=All-Area Gridders |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-saginaw-news-all-area-gridders/183436417/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |work=The Saginaw News |pages=30}}</ref> Boone qualified for the state meet in the shot put.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1994-05-22 |title=Athletes qualify for state meet. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-saginaw-news-athletes-qualify-for-st/183436486/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |work=The Saginaw News |pages=44}}</ref>
Upon graduation, Boone enrolled at Central State University and was part of the team which won the 1995 NAIA Division I championship in 1995. The school folded the football team after his freshman year. After three years out of football, Boone enrolled at Mt. San Antonio College where he would earn all-American honors and Defensive Player of the Year All for the Mission Conference.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1999-12-01 |title=JC All Americans 1999 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-jc-all-americans-1999/183435286/ |access-date=2025-10-22 |work=North County Times |pages=25}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=FAME |first=SAGINAW COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF |date=2024-01-24 |title=Alfonso Boone |url=https://saginawcountysports.org/alfonso-boone/ |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=SAGINAW COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME |language=en-US}}</ref>
==NFL career statistics== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! colspan="2"| Legend |- | '''Bold''' | Career high |}
===Regular season=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! TFL !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! PD !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD |- ! 2001 !! CHI | 11 || 0 || 13 || 11 || 2 || 2.0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || '''1''' || '''6''' || 0 |- ! 2002 !! CHI | '''16''' || 5 || '''32''' || '''28''' || 4 || 1.5 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''1''' || '''1''' || 0 || 0 |- ! 2003 !! CHI | '''16''' || 6 || 31 || 27 || 4 || 1.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2004 !! CHI | 12 || 2 || 15 || 11 || 4 || 2.5 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2005 !! CHI | '''16''' || 1 || 18 || 12 || 6 || 1.5 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2006 !! CHI | 12 || 4 || 26 || 22 || 4 || 2.0 || '''6''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2007 !! KAN | 15 || '''15''' || 26 || 19 || 7 || 1.0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''5''' || 0 || '''1''' || 0 || 0 |- ! 2008 !! KAN | 15 || 4 || 18 || 17 || 1 || 1.0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2009 !! SDG | 13 || 4 || 15 || 7 || '''8''' || '''3.0''' || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || '''1''' || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2010 !! SDG | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 129 !! 41 !! 194 !! 154 !! 40 !! 15.5 !! 29 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 16 !! 2 !! 3 !! 6 !! 0 |}
===Playoffs=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! TFL !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! PD !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD |- ! 2001 !! CHI | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2005 !! CHI | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2006 !! CHI | '''3''' || 0 || '''2''' || '''2''' || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2009 !! SDG | 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 6 !! 0 !! 3 !! 3 !! 0 !! 0.0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |}
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==External links== {{Footballstats |nfl=Alfonso-Boone|pfr=B/BoonAl20}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080614174820/http://www.kcchiefs.com/player/alfonso_boone/ Kansas City Chiefs bio] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090930031423/http://www.chargers.com/team/roster/alfonso-boone/28a3e84b-8af6-4474-acbd-345a8fd8f409/ San Diego Chargers bio]
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