Jay Leeuwenburg

{{Short description|American football player (born 1969)}}

{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Jay Leeuwenburg

| number = 58, 57

| position = Guard
Center

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|6|18}}

| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 270

| high_school = Kirkwood (Kirkwood, Missouri)

| college = Colorado

| draftyear = 1992

| draftround = 9

| draftpick = 244

| pastteams =

• Kansas City Chiefs (1992)*
• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1992|1995}})
• Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|1996|1998}})
• Cincinnati Bengals ({{NFL Year|1999}})
• Washington Commanders ({{NFL Year|2000}})
• Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|2001}})*

| highlights =

• National champion (1990)
• Unanimous All-American (1991)
• 2× First-team All-Big Eight (1990, 1991)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 137

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 108

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 2

| pfr = LeeuJa20

}}

Jay Robert Leeuwenburg (born June 18, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts, Cincinnati Bengals, and the Washington Redskins. He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes, earning unanimous All-American honors in 1991. He was selected in the ninth round of the 1992 NFL draft with the 244th overall pick.{{Cite web |title=1992 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1992/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. At age twelve, Leeuwenberg was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.{{cite web|url=https://www.diabeteshealth.com/jay-leeuwenburg/|work=Diabetes Health|title=Jay Leeuwenburg|date=March 2000 |access-date=January 22, 2017}} Leeuwenburg coauthored the book Yes I Can! Yes You Can! with Denny Dressman, an autobiography that focuses on his struggles with diabetes 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. He is also an elementary school teacher at Colorado Academy, a high-achieving private K-12 school in Denver.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

He is a coach at D evelyn high school.{{cn|date=September 2024}}