Richie Leone

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Richie Leone
No. 3     BC Lions
Date of birth (1992-03-10) March 10, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Roswell, Georgia
Career information
Status Active
CFL status International
Position(s) P/K
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg)
College Houston
High school Roswell
Career history
As player
2014 Baltimore Ravens*
2014 BC Lions*
2015 Pittsburgh Steelers*
2015–present BC Lions
*Offseason and/or practice roster member only.
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star 2015
CFL West All-Star 2015
Career stats

Richie Leone (born March 10, 1992) is a gridiron football punter and kicker for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He previously attended the University of Houston.

Early career

Leone played high school football at Roswell High School at the quarterback, punter, and kicker positions.[1] While in high school, he averaged 44.1 yards per kick.[2]

From 2010 to 2013, Leone played college football for the Houston Cougars as a punter and kicker and started for all four years.[3] He was on the Conference USA first team in 2012 and the American Athletic Conference second team in 2013. Leone was also a three-time semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award.[3] He averaged 43.1 yards on punts and placed the ball within the opponents' 20-yard line on 52.4 percent of attempts during 2013.[4] In his senior year, Leone was named a second team All-American.[5]

Professional career

Leone was one of five punters invited to the 2014 NFL scouting combine.[6] He went undrafted in the 2014 NFL Draft, but was signed as a free agent by the Baltimore Ravens on May 12.[7] Leone competed with Sam Koch for the punter position in training camp,[8] and played in three preseason games.[9] He was waived on August 25 before the beginning of the regular season.[10] Leone was signed by the BC Lions on October 20 to their practice roster, but left the team a month later.[11][12]

On January 27, 2015, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed Leone to challenge Brad Wing for the starting punter position, but he was released in May.[12][13] He returned to the BC Lions before training camp as the Lions reportedly searched for a single player to handle punting, kickoffs, and kicking.[14] Leone remained on the active roster after the preseason as he fulfilled all three kicking duties. He made his CFL debut against the Ottawa Redblacks on July 4, where he scored two field goals from 11 and 13 yards as well as an extra point.[15] The following game, on July 10, Leone kicked a 56-yard field goal, setting a BC Lions record for longest field goal and tying the game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders 29–29 with 31 seconds remaining; a game which the Lions won in overtime.[16] As of August 3, 2015, Leone had the highest punt average in the CFL (50.1 yards).[17] He began his season with 13 consecutive made field goals before missing a 46-yard kick on August 6 in a game against the Edmonton Eskimos.[18]

Season statistics

As of September 16, 2015[19] Kicking Punting Defense
PAT FG
Year Team GP Att Made Att Made Pct Long Single No Yards Avg Long Single Net Net Avg STT
2015 BC 10 18 16 21 17 81.0 56 0 72 3,605 50.1 83 5 2,790 38.8 2

References

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