Terry LeCount

{{Infobox NFL player

|name = Terry LeCount

|number = 80

|position = Wide receiver

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|7|9|mf=y}}

|birth_place = Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.

|height_ft = 5

|height_in = 10

|weight_lb = 178

|high_school = Jacksonville (FL) Raines

|college = Florida

|draftyear = 1978

|draftround = 4

|draftpick = 91

|pastteams =

San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1978}}–{{NFL Year|1979}})
Minnesota Vikings (1979–{{NFL Year|1984}}, {{NFL Year|1987}})

|statleague = NFL

|statlabel1 = Receptions

|statvalue1 = 89

|statlabel2 = Receiving yards

|statvalue2 = 1,354

|statlabel3 = Touchdowns

|statvalue3 = 7

|pfr = LeCoTe00

}}

Terry Jerome LeCount (born July 9, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. LeCount played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the San Francisco 49ers and Minnesota Vikings of the NFL.

Early life

LeCount was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1956.Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LeCoTe00.htm Terry LeCount]. Retrieved March 18, 2011. He attended William M. Raines High School in Jacksonville,databaseFootball.com, Players, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111120224254/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LECOUTER01 Terry LeCount]}}. Retrieved March 18, 2011. and he led the Raines Vikings high school football team to the Florida Class 4A state championship game as their quarterback in 1973. LeCount was a multi-sport athlete and flourished in track and field where he was champion of the 220 and 440-yard dashes.

College career

LeCount accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Doug Dickey's Florida Gators football team from 1974 to 1977.[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2011/media_guide.pdf 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402035222/http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2011/media_guide.pdf |date=April 2, 2012 }}, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 139–140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 165, 183 (2011). Retrieved August 30, 2011. He was the second African-American, following Donald Gaffney, who played the quarterback position for the Gators, and led Dickey's "gatorbone" offense, a variation of the wishbone offense.

Professional career

The San Francisco 49ers selected LeCount in the fourth round (ninety-seventh pick overall) in the 1978 NFL draft,Pro Football Hall of Fame, Draft History, [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/story.aspx?story_id=2012 1978 National Football League Draft]. Retrieved March 18, 2011. and he played for the 49ers during his first NFL season in {{NFL Year|1978}} and part of his second season.National Football League, Historical Players, [http://www.nfl.com/players/terrylecount/profile?id=LEC726754 Terry LeCount]. Retrieved March 18, 2011. The 49ers traded him to the Minnesota Vikings in {{NFL Year|1979}}. LeCount was a Viking from 1979 through {{NFL Year|1984}}, and again in {{NFL Year|1987}}, after coming back from an injury. He finished his eight-season NFL career having played in seventy-two games, started nineteen of them, with eighty-nine receptions for 1,354 yards and seven touchdowns.

Life after football

LeCount worked at ArchRival Sports at Strawberry Village in Mill Valley from 1988 to 2002. He was an assistant manager while coaching Track and Field at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California.

LeCount married his former college sweetheart Valjean in 2002, and they live in Atlanta, Georgia. As of 2015, he works as a fan ambassador at the College Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta. He formerly worked as a paraprofessional in the Decatur public schools.John Manasso, "[http://www.myajc.com/news/news/grace-and-gridiron/njjXR/?ecmp=ajc_social_facebook_2014_sfp#164d3d84.3307635.735609 Personal Journeys: Grace and Gridiron]," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (January 8, 2015). Retrieved November 11, 2015.

References

Bibliography

Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). {{ISBN|0-7948-2298-3}}.
Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). {{ISBN|0-9650782-1-3}}.
Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). {{ISBN|1-58261-514-4}}.
McCarthy, Kevin M., [https://books.google.com/books?id=_Tk-IQepI6cC Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football], Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). {{ISBN|978-0-7385-0559-6}}.
Nash, Noel, ed., The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998). {{ISBN|1-57167-196-X}}.