2001: Hard-nosed player that was used mostly in a two-back backfield ... makes the move to R-back this spring ... a tremendous blocking back who was a big factor in the Tigers’ high red zone percentage (82.5 percent) ... only carried the ball three times, but was productive with each carry ... scored his first career rushing touchdown on the goal line vs. Baylor ... got a carry late in the same game and bulldozed his way for eight yards breaking several tackles ... a spirited special teams player as well who racked up eight special teams tackles
2000: Broke his ankle during pre-season camp and was forced to miss the entire year …
1999: Played in eight games starting two of them while fighting several injuries ... rushed for 38 yards and caught five passes for 60 yards and a touchdown ... named to the Champions Club following the Western Michigan game when he was the lead blocker for the MU tailbacks who combined for 375 yards on the ground ... caught an 8-yard touchdown pass against Iowa State …
1998: Redshirt year ... was a tailback for the offensive scout-team earning scout-team “Player of the Week” in back-to-back games against Northwestern State and Iowa State …
HIGH SCHOOL: Set a single-season rushing record as a senior at Norman High School ... scored 28 touchdowns and caught five passes for 119 yards ... set additional school records for rushing in a game (304), single-game carries (36), touchdowns in a game (4) and points scored in a season (172) ... second-team all-state selection ... was Norman’s MVP and Homecoming King ... earned all-conference honors and was district MVP ... chose Missouri over Army, Navy and Colorado State ... runner-up for the Daily Oklahoma’s Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year award ... also lettered in baseball …
PERSONAL: Son of Thomas and Rebecca Leon ... father is a respiratory therapist and was a four-year wrestling letterman at St. Francis University in Pennsylvania ... has an older sister, Monica, who was an all-state sprinter and twice lettered at the University of Oklahoma ... high school coach- Butch Peters ... born Nov. 21, 1979 in Amarillo, Texas ... majoring in parks, recreation and tourism ... active in Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
