Leon Neal
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Position: | Running back | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | September 11, 1972||||
Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Paramount (Paramount, California) | ||||
College: | Washington | ||||
NFL draft: | 1996 / round: 6 / pick: 196 | ||||
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Leon Neal (born September 11, 1972) is a former American football running back at the University of Washington. He was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the 1996 NFL draft, but played for the Indianapolis Colts.[1]
High school
[edit]Neal attended Paramount High School in Paramount, California.[2]
College
[edit]Neal played for the Washington Huskies from 1991 to 1995 for coaches Don James and Jim Lambright.[3] Neal and six teammates, "The Medford Seven," were severely injured in an automobile accident while travelling home to California during winter break in 1991.[4] Neal primarily served as a backup to Napoleon Kaufman, until starting his senior season in 1995.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "1996 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. November 29, 1990.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ HuskiesSeattle Times. Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Unselfish Neal Shows Class Despite Frustrating Career | The Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com.