:Victor Leyva

{{Short description|Mexican gridiron football player (born 1977)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| number = 77

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|12|18}}

| birth_place = Guanajuato, Mexico

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lbs = 307

| high_school = Porterville (CA) Monache

| college = Arizona State

| draftyear = 2001

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 135

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Games

| statvalue1 = 10

| pfr = LeyvVi20

}}

Victor Samuel Leyva (born December 18, 1977) is a Mexican former guard in American football. He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fifth round of the 2001 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2001 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2001/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} Levya's NFL career started in 2002 and ended in 2005 after playing for three years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LeyvVi20.htm|title=Victor Leyva Stats {{!}} Pro-Football-Reference.com|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2018-07-26}} He played college football at Arizona State, where he earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors as a senior in 2000.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/124666838/?clipping_id=115101790|title=Better than All-Chandler|work=The Arizona Republic|first=Don|last=Ketchum|date=November 28, 2000|access-date=December 23, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|page=27}}

Leyva played for the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots in 2005 before retiring.

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