{"id":162102,"date":"2025-09-22T19:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T19:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/162102\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T19:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T19:42:07","slug":"who-is-lions-no-34-detroits-alex-anzalone-catches-eyes-of-nfl-fans-with-flowing-blonde-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/162102\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Lions’ No. 34? Detroit’s Alex Anzalone catches eyes of NFL fans with flowing blonde hair"},"content":{"rendered":"

There might not be better hair in the NFL than that belonging to Alex Anzalone.<\/p>\n

The Detroit Lions<\/a>‘ star middle linebacker has his blonde mane just flowing out of his helmet each and every gameday.<\/p>\n

He also has a play style that lends itself to standing out. It feels sometimes like Anzalone is everywhere at once out on the field.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0What’s wrong with Mark Andrews?<\/a><\/p>\n

Who is Lions’ 34?<\/p>\n

The Detroit Lions’ linebacker wearing No. 34 is Alex Anzalone.<\/p>\n

Yeah, 34 used to be mostly reserved for running backs, but Anzalone has claimed it for himself in Detroit.<\/p>\n

Anzalone joined the Lions in March 2021.<\/p>\n

In 2022, he had 125 tackles, and then he had 129 in 2023.<\/p>\n

Anzalone missed time with a broken arm in 2024.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0Cowboys are clearly missing Micah Parsons<\/a><\/p>\n

Where did Alex Anzalone go to college?<\/p>\n

Alex Anzalone played his college football at the University of Florida.<\/p>\n

He had previously been committed to both Ohio State and Notre Dame but then chose the Gators.<\/p>\n

Anzalone is originally from Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0Patriots’ Rhamondre Stevenson made the worst kind of Tom Brady history for New England<\/a><\/p>\n

Alex Anzalone 40 time<\/p>\n

Alex Anzalone is a fast dude for his size. He ran a\u00a04.62-second\u00a040-yard dash at the NFL Combine in 2017.<\/p>\n

Anzalone is now listed at 6-foot-3, 234 pounds, a lanky, rangy linebacker that is crucial to the Lions’ successes.<\/p>\n

MORE NFL NEWS:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There might not be better hair in the NFL than that belonging to Alex Anzalone. The Detroit Lions‘…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-162102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}