Leon Seals
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| Position | Defensive end | ||||||||
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| Born | January 30, 1964 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
Listed weight | 265 lb (120 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Scotlandville (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) | ||||||||
| College | Jackson State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1987: 4th round, 109th overall pick | ||||||||
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Leon Seals Jr. (born January 30, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL).
Seals played college football for the Jackson State Tigers in Jackson, Mississippi, earning the nickname "Dr. Sack".
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | ||
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| 6 ft 4+7⁄8 in (1.95 m) | 263 lb (119 kg) | 32+1⁄4 in (0.82 m) | 9 in (0.23 m) | 5.05 s | 1.79 s | 2.96 s | 4.79 s | 22.5 in (0.57 m) | 8 ft 5 in (2.57 m) | 10 reps | ||
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Seals joined the Buffalo Bills after the 1987 NFL draft as a fourth-round draft choice (number 109 overall). He played with the Buffalo Bills from 1987 until 1991. He started at defensive end in Super Bowl XXV and XXVI.[citation needed] He retired after the 1992 season with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Seals currently lives in Clinton, Mississippi. He has served as a member of the Hinds County Sheriff's Department.
References
- 1 2 3 "Leon Seals". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- ↑ "Leon Seals (DE)". RAS.football. Retrieved October 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Eagles acquire defensive help in Bills' Leon Seals". Gettysburg Times. Associated Press. September 2, 1992. Retrieved March 15, 2010 – via Google News.
- ↑ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "Prep notebook: Former NFL player Leon Seals to return to Scotlandville in NFL initiative". The New Orleans Advocate. October 16, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ↑ Posey, Shanderia K. (January 7, 2016). "Sworn in to serve". The Mississippi Link. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
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