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A second-round St. Louis selection in the 2007 draft,
Leonard was obtained by Bengals in a trade with the
Rams for DT Orien Harris on 5-7-09 … Limited to two
games with Rams last season, missing most of year with
a shoulder injury, but played every game with seven starts
as a rookie in ’07 … Posted 486 yards from scrimmage
in ’07, including a 100-yard rushing game.
RARE MOVE: Leonard is the first Bengal obtained
in a straight player-for-player trade in almost 20 years.
The last such Bengals transaction was Sept. 1, 1990,
when Cincinnati swapped DE Jim Skow to Tampa Bay
for CB Rod Jones.
2008 RECAP: Missed Rams’ last two preseason
games, and inactive for Games 1-3 of regular season,
due to shoulder injury suffered Aug. 16 vs. San Diego
… Played in Games 4-5, but suffered reaggravation of
shoulder injury in Game 5, Oct. 12 at Washington …
Placed on Reserve/Injured list on Oct. 13.
2007: Drafted by St. Louis in second round (52nd
overall) … Saw action at HB, FB and on special teams
while playing every game, with seven starts … Started at
HB in Games 4-7 as replacement for injured veteran Steven
Jackson … Rushed for 303 yards on the season on 86
carries (3.5 avg.) and was 30-for-183 receiving (6.1) …
Three receptions for 12 yards in NFL debut Sept. 9 vs.
Carolina … Made fi rst start Sept. 30 at Dallas and rushed
BRIAN LEONARD
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Halfback
Ht: 6-1
Wt: 230
3rd year in NFL
College: Rutgers
2008 Games-Starts: 2-0
Career Games-Starts: 18-7
— 67 —
Acquired: T(StL.)’09
Born: 2-3-84
16-for-58 … Rushed 18-for-102 in starting role Oct. 7 vs.
Arizona, with career-long 31-yard rush.
DRADDY TROPHY: As a Rutgers senior in 2006,
Leonard was the winner of the Draddy Trophy, awarded
by the National Football Foundation to the college player
with the best combination of academics, community
service and on-fi eld performance. Past winners have
included NFL standout QBs Peyton Manning (1997) and
Chad Pennington (1999). Past Bengals connections to
the award include Ohio State QB Craig Krenzel (2003),
who was with the Bengals in 2005, and Tennessee OT
Michael Muñoz (2004), the son of Bengals Hall of Fame
OT Anthony Muñoz.
MORE FROM COLLEGE: Left Rutgers with school
records for receptions (207), TDs (45) and rushing attempts
(678) and ranked fi fth in rushing yards (2775)
… Played four seasons (2003-06), seeing action in 47
games with 45 starts, and set a Big East record for most
games played with at least one catch in every contest (47)
… Led Big East in all-purpose yards as a sophomore in
2004, averaging 125.0 per game.
PERSONAL: Hometown is Gouverneur, N.Y. … Attended
Gouverneur High School, where he set New York
state career scoring record with 696 points, including 107
TDs, while rushing for 5854 yards … Holds degree from
Rutgers in labor studies.
BRIAN LEONARD’S STATISTICS
Rushing Receiving Scoring
YEAR TEAM G-S ATT YDS AVG LG TD NO YDS AVG LG TD TD TD-R TD-P TD-Rt 2-PtC PTS
2007 St. Louis 16-7 86 303 3.5 31 0 30 183 6.1 16 0 — — — — — —
2008 St. Louis 2-0 2 7 3.5 5 0 0 0 — — 0 — — — — — —
CAREER 18-7 88 310 3.5 31 0 30 183 6.1 16 0 — — — — — —
—— LEONARD'S SINGLE-GAME HIGHS ——
RUSHING — Attempts: 18 vs. Ariz. 10-7-07 (for StL.); Yards: 102 vs. Ariz. 10-7-07 (for StL.); Long: 31 vs. Ariz. 10-7-07 (for StL.)
RECEIVING — Receptions: 5 vs. Ariz. 10-7-07 (for StL.); Yards: 33 vs. Ariz. 10-7-07 (for StL.); Long: 16 vs. S.F. 9-16-07 (for StL.)..
TWO-POINTERS ARE TOUGH
The 2008 season saw fi ve two-point conversion attempts in Bengals games, and all five were turned
away. The Bengals were zero-for-two and their opponents were zero-for-three.
Since 1994, when the two-point conversion was added to the NFL rulebook, the Bengals are 13-for-36
(36.1 percent), and opponents are 16-for-37 (43.2 percent).
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