Lyle Leong
{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1987)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
|name=Lyle Leong
|image=
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|number= 13
|position=Wide receiver
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1987|8|23}}
|birth_place=Abilene, Texas, U.S.
|death_date=
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|high_school = Abilene
|height_ft = 6
|height_in = 1
|weight_lbs = 175
|college=Texas Tech
|undraftedyear=2011
|pastteams=
- Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|2011}})*
- Saskatchewan Roughriders ({{CFL Year|2013}})*
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats ({{CFL Year|2013}})
|highlights =
- Second-team All-Big 12 (2010)
|cfl-archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001110752/http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/5715
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Lyle Leong (born August 23, 1987) is a former professional gridiron football wide receiver. He played collegiate football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Professional career
=Dallas Cowboys=
Lyle Leong went undrafted in the 2011 NFL draft. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2011.{{cite news|last=Mendez|first=Carlos|title=Texas Tech's Lyle Leong Jr. could catch on as Cowboys' No. 3 receiver|url=http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/07/26/3248449/texas-techs-lyle-leong-jr-could.html|accessdate=28 July 2011|newspaper=Fort Worth Star Telegram|date=26 July 2011}}{{cite news|last=Davis|first=Courtney|title=Potts, Leong lead several Red Raider free agency signings|url=http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/mostpopular/story/Texas-Tech-football-lockout-NFL/KciZsYP79k6Jh9dPqlOHZQ.cspx|accessdate=13 August 2011|newspaper=KJTV-TV|date=27 July 2011}}{{cite news|title=Former Abilene High Star Lyle Leong Signs As Free Agent With Cowboys|url=http://www.ktxs.com/sports/28670571/detail.html|accessdate=13 August 2011|newspaper=KTXS|date=26 July 2011}}{{cite web| url = https://www.espn.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4680721/cowboys-begin-the-free-agency-period| title = Cowboys begin the free agency period - Dallas Cowboys Blog- ESPN| date = 26 July 2011}}
=Saskatchewan Roughriders=
Signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League in February 2013.
=Hamilton Tiger-Cats=
On May 23, 2013, Leong Jr was traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL in exchange for Jermaine McElveen.[https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=423831 Traded to the TiCats]
Coaching career
= Levelland High School =
On June 9, 2021, Lyle Leong was named Head Football Coach and athletic director of the Levelland Lobos by the Levelland Independent School District Board of Trustees.{{Cite web|last=Christy|first=Pete|title=Former Red Raider Wide Receiver Lyle Leong Jr. the new Head Football Coach/AD at Levelland|url=https://www.kcbd.com/2021/06/10/former-red-raider-wide-receiver-lyle-leong-jr-new-head-football-coachad-levelland/|access-date=2021-06-10|website=www.kcbd.com|language=en}}
References
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Category:Abilene High School (Abilene, Texas) alumni
Category:Players of American football from Abilene, Texas
Category:Texas Tech Red Raiders football players
Category:American football wide receivers
Category:Dallas Cowboys players
Category:Saskatchewan Roughriders players
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
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