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 Leak (second from the left) visits President George W. Bush during ceremonies at the White House. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence |
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| Date of birth: | May 3, 1985 |
| Place of birth: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| Position(s): | QB |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) In American football, each team has 11 players on the field at one time Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. 80 m) |
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| College: | University of Florida |
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| 2007 2008-present |
Chicago Bears Team Florida (AAFL) Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
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2002 Hall Trophy |
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Christopher Patrick Leak (born May 3, 1985 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American football quarterback for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. This is a List of Athletic Conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. Inaugural regular season schedule Current roster Reserve List – Other League All-time first-round draft picks The All American Football League is a proposed professional American football league The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the The Hall Trophy (actually the US Army National Player of the Year Award) has been awarded annually since 2000 to the most outstanding high school football player The Pete Dawkins Trophy is awarded to Most valuable player of the annual U Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in He formerly played for Team Florida of the All American Football League, and the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. Inaugural regular season schedule Current roster Reserve List – Other League All-time first-round draft picks The All American Football League is a proposed professional American football league The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. In 2006, he led the Florida Gators to a 13-1 record, which culminated with a BCS Championship 41-14 victory over the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. The Florida Gators are the athletic teams that collectively represent the University of Florida in Gainesville Florida. The Ohio State University 's intercollegiate sports teams and players are called the "Buckeyes" (after the state tree the Buckeye) and participate in the NCAA
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High school career
Chris attended Independence High School in Charlotte where he led his high school team to 3 consecutive state championships and a near perfect record having lost only once as a starter under head coach Tommy Knotts. Independence High School (or The Big I) is a High school near Mint Hill North Carolina in southeast Charlotte North Carolina, United He set North Carolina state records for passing yards in a career (15,593) and completions in a career (1,013), as well as the national record for touchdown passes in a career (185).
College career
Freshman (2003)
Chris began his career at Florida as a freshman, seeing playing time in the first few games, and taking over as the starter in the game against Kentucky. The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public, Co-educational, University, and is also the state's land-grant university located Leak finished his freshman year with a Southeastern Conference record for a freshman going 6-3 as a starter including wins over the eventual National Champion, LSU and rival, Georgia. The Southeastern Conference (SEC is a College Athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which operates in the southeastern The LSU Tigers football team aka "Fighting Tigers" represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge Louisiana, United States in The University of Georgia ( UGA) is a public research University located in Athens, Georgia, the oldest and largest of the Chris was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and Rivals.com’s Freshman All American Team. Rivals is a network of Websites that focus mainly on College football and basketball recruiting.
Sophomore (2004)
In his sophomore year, Chris' quarterback skills progressed, transforming him into one of the notable quarterbacks in college football. He started all of Florida’s games, including a memorable school record-tying six touchdown performance against South Carolina. This article is about the University of South Carolina in Columbia However, following a disappointing loss to unranked Mississippi State and an on-campus confrontation with a fraternity house, head coach Ron Zook was fired. Ron Zook (born April 28, 1954 in Loudonville Ohio) is an American football coach and the current Head coach at the University After the Mississippi State loss and the removal of Ron Zook as head coach, Leak was rumored to have been transferring to Toledo. In December of that year, head coach Urban Meyer was hired and introduced his “spread option” offense. Urban Meyer (born July 10, 1964 in Ashtabula Ohio) is currently the head football coach at the University of Florida. Dan Mullen was introduced as the offensive coordinator. This would be the third offensive coordinator change for Leak.
Junior (2005)
Heading into his junior season, Leak had to learn a third offensive scheme in as many years. He was touted as a possible Heisman Trophy candidate. Chris won his first five games, including a big win over SEC East rival Tennessee, but struggled in the option portion of the offense. Since Leak was a drop back passer and not the ideal choice to run Meyer's spread option offense, Meyer tweaked the offense to tailor it to Leak's abilities after the Gators struggled midway through its schedule. The result was successful with the team winning its last two games against ranked competition in 2005. The 2005 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the 2005 college football season.
Senior (2006)
Heading into his senior season, there was (unsubstantiated) speculation that Leak might not be the starting quarterback in 2006 due to the emergence of talented freshman Tim Tebow. The 2006 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the 2006 college football season. Timothy Richard "Tim" Tebow (born August 14, 1987) is an American football Quarterback for the Florida Gators. [1] This speculation proved false when Florida head coach, Urban Meyer, publicly endorsed Leak to be the starting quarterback and affirmed that Tim Tebow will play the back-up role. Preseason analysis showed that Florida had the hardest schedule in the country. Florida would have to play Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, LSU, Auburn, and Georgia in back to back weeks. The 2006 season proved to be a redemption year for Leak: leading the Gators to their first SEC Championship since 2000, and a spot in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game against Ohio State University (their first championship game appearance since 1996). The SEC Championship Game refers to the game determining the Southeastern Conference 's football season champion The 2007 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game or BCS Title Game was played on January 8 2007 at the University of Phoenix The Ohio State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research university in the state of Ohio. Leak also broke many University of Florida passing records set by Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel. Daniel Carl Wuerffel (born May 27, 1974 in Pensacola Florida) is a former American football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy He eclipsed Wuerffel's record for career passing yards at Florida during the 2006 SEC championship.
Leak led the Florida Gators to their second National Championship win with a 41-14 victory over Ohio State on January 8, 2007, taking home the offensive MVP award for the game. Leak's performance was solid throughout the championship game, completing his first nine passes at the start of the game. His final games stats includes completing 25 of 36 passes for 213 yards and one touchdown-- sealing a University of Florida rout of Ohio State University.
Chris Leak graduated from the University of Florida in the Fall 2006 semester with a degree in Sociology from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research Sociology (from Latin: socius "companion" and the suffix -ology "the study of" from Greek λόγος lógos "knowledge" The University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ( CLAS) is the University of Florida's College for the Liberal arts and Sciences He was a finalist for the Draddy Trophy, also known as the Academic Heisman for college athletes. Vincent dePaul Draddy Trophy is a trophy awarded by the National Football Foundation that is given to the American College football player with the best He was a keynote speaker during the graduation ceremony, an honor only a handful of individuals are allowed to participate in due to their achievements in college. During his speech, he thanked mentor Joel Salituri for setting a lifelong example to which Leak "hopes to one day aspire".
While in college, Leak was listed on the SEC Academic Honor Roll each semester at UF. His mentors describe him as possessing tremendous motivation, compassion and the unique ability to lead by example. His peers agreed and elected him team captain three of the four years he played at UF.
When he's not on the field, Leak volunteers with children through the Goodwill Gators Program, encouraging them to put school first and stay away from drugs if they want to succeed. At home in Charlotte, N. C. , he works with the Boys and Girls Club and the Steele Creek Youth Athletic Association. He served as an inspirational speaker with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and spoke at area middle schools encouraging students to stay focused on their goals.
Professional career
NFL
Leak was not selected during the 2007 NFL Draft. The 2007 National Football League Draft took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 28 and April 29 2007 The Chicago Bears signed him immediately after the draft. The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. [2] He spent the summer of 2007 working with the team, and training under former Gator Rex Grossman. Rex Daniel Grossman III (born August 23, 1980 in Bloomington, Indiana) is an American football Quarterback for the [3] However, Leak only saw playtime during the final game of the preseason, where he completed eleven of sixteen passes for eighty-eight yards, an interception and touchdown. [4] He was eventually cut on September 16.
For the 2008 season, Leak tried out with the Kansas City Chiefs. The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City Missouri. [5]
AAFL
In November of 2007, Leak announced his intentions to play for Team Florida in the All American Football League. Inaugural regular season schedule Current roster Reserve List – Other League All-time first-round draft picks The All American Football League is a proposed professional American football league [6] He was later drafted in the 6th round by Team Florida. The 2008 AAFL Draft took place in Atlanta GA on January 26, 2008. But due to fundings the All American Football League was postponed until the 2009 season.
CFL
On June 3, 2008, Chris Leak signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League[7]. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in He was claimed by the Montreal Alouettes on June 9th after being released a day earlier. The Montreal Alouettes ( French: les Alouettes de Montréal) are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.
Personal life
Leak was married February 23, 2008[8].
References
- ^ USATODAY.com - Senior Leak will remain starter; freshman Tebow turning heads
- ^ Palm Beach Post, Chris Leak to Chicago Bears Retrieved on April 29, 2007
- ^ Chicagobears. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. com, Leak sees Bears as 'best situation for me' Retrieved on May 14, 2007
- ^ ChicagoBears. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. com, Browns v. Bears Box Score, Retrieved on September 15, 2007. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ FOX Sports on MSN - Rumors
- ^ Gatorsports. com, Leak to try out for AAFL Retrieved on September 22, 2007
- ^ Slam. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ca, Hamilton Tiger-Cats sign former Florida Gators quarterback Chris Leak Retrieved on June 3, 2008
- ^ All American Football League - Florida Featured News
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