Jay Leeuwenburg
Encyclopedia
Jay Robert Leeuwenburg is a former American football
offensive lineman in the National Football League
for the Kansas City Chiefs
, Chicago Bears
, Indianapolis Colts
, Cincinnati Bengals
, and the Washington Redskins
. He played college football
at the University of Colorado
and was drafted
in the ninth round of the 1992 NFL Draft
.
Leeuwenburg coauthered the book Yes I Can! Yes You Can! with Denny Dressman, an autobiography that focuses on his struggles with diabetes, diagnosed at twelve, 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.
Leeuwenburg is also an elementary school teacher.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
offensive lineman in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
for the Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...
, Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Indianapolis Colts
Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
, Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...
, and the Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
. He played college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
at the University of Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
and was drafted
NFL Draft
The National Football League Draft is an annual event in which the National Football League teams select eligible college football players and it is their most common source of player recruitment. The basic design of the draft is each team is given a position in the drafting order in reverse order...
in the ninth round of the 1992 NFL Draft
1992 NFL Draft
The 1992 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 26–27, 1992. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft...
.
Leeuwenburg coauthered the book Yes I Can! Yes You Can! with Denny Dressman, an autobiography that focuses on his struggles with diabetes, diagnosed at twelve, 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.
Leeuwenburg is also an elementary school teacher.