Mark DeAndre' LeGree is an American football

American football

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 safety

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 free agent

Free agent

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 of the National Football League

National Football League

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. LeGree played collegiately

College football

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 with the Appalachian State University Mountaineers

Appalachian State Mountaineers football

The Appalachian State Mountaineers football team is the college football team at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. The Mountaineers have competed in the Southern Conference since 1972, and are currently a Division I Football Championship Subdivision member of the National...

. LeGree was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks

Seattle Seahawks

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 but released after the 2011 preseason.

Early life

LeGree was born on St. Helena Island, South Carolina and played high school football at Pacelli High School

Pacelli High School (Columbus, Georgia)

Pacelli High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Columbus, Georgia. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah and is the only Catholic high school in southwestern Georgia. The school is connected to St. Anne School and both schools are governed through a joint system...

 in Columbus, Georgia

Columbus, Georgia

Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...

, one of the smallest high schools in the state.

College

LeGree was a two-time All-American in NCAA Division I Football Championship (Division I-AA) at Appalachian State. He intercepted 10 passes in 2008 and 7 in 2009. Despite LeGree's all-state status in high school, he was not highly recruited at the college level. LeGree's offer to play at Appalachian State came only after he sent the school a video tape of his high school play.