Jay Leeuwenburg

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Jay Leeuwenburg
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Position: Offensive line
Personal information
Born: (1969-06-18) June 18, 1969 (age 55)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:294 lb (133 kg)
Career information
College: Colorado
NFL draft: 1992  / round: 9 / pick: 244
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:137
Games started:108
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Jay Robert Leeuwenburg (born June 18, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts, Cincinnati Bengals, and the Washington Redskins. He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes, earning unanimous All-American honors in 1991. He was selected in the ninth round of the 1992 NFL draft with the 244th overall pick. [1]

He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. At age twelve, Leeuwenberg was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. [2] Leeuwenburg coauthored the book Yes I Can! Yes You Can! with Denny Dressman, an autobiography that focuses on his struggles with diabetes and his journey to the NFL.

Leeuwenburg currently works as a college football analyst on The mtn television network, of the NCAA Mountain West Conference. He is also an elementary school teacher at Colorado Academy, a high-achieving private K-12 school in Denver.[ citation needed ] He is a coach at D evelyn high school.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "1992 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  2. "Jay Leeuwenburg". Diabetes Health. March 2000. Retrieved January 22, 2017.