Leonard Stephens (born July 9, 1978) is a former
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
tight end
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. He played high school football at West Windsor Plainsboro High School in Princeton Junction, New Jersey and college football at Howard University. He was signed by the
San Diego Chargers as an
undrafted free agent
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in 2000.
Stephens was also a member of the
Detroit Lions,
Washington Redskins
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,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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,
Seattle Seahawks and
Tennessee Titans
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.
External links
Detroit Lions bioPerfect Performance Bio
Players of American football from Miami
American football tight ends
Howard Bison football players
San Diego Chargers players
Detroit Lions players
Scottish Claymores players
Washington Redskins players
Frankfurt Galaxy players
Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
Seattle Seahawks players
Tennessee Titans players
1978 births
Living people
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