Marc Liegghio (born February 13, 1997) is a professional

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placekicker and punter for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the

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(CFL).

Amateur career

Liegghio played

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for the

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from 2015 to 2019. He sat out the 2015 season due to injury, but became the team's placekicker and punter in

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where he was named an OUA Second Team All-Star. In

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, Liegghio was named a

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Second-team All-Canadian as a placekicker after connecting on 29 of 33 field goal attempts and all but one of his point-after-touchdown converts. He finished that season as a

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champion when the Mustangs completed an undefeated season and defeated the

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in the

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game. In that game, Liegghio missed his only field goal attempt, but was perfect on five point-after-touchdown converts and had eight punts with a 41.8-yard average. In 2018, he was named a U Sports Second-team All-Canadian, but this time as a punter. His best season came in

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when he became the first player to be named a U Sports First-team All-Canadian at both the placekicker and punter positions as he set a U Sports single-season record with a 47.5-yard punt average and connected on 22 out of 24 field goal attempts. In four seasons with the Mustangs, he became the all-time leading scorer in

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history with 442 points and set the

record with 92 successfully made field goals (from 105 attempts).

Professional career

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Liegghio was drafted in the fifth round, 39th overall, in the

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, by the

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. However, he did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of both the

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and the

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. Instead, he signed with the Blue Bombers on January 7, 2021 to a rookie contract. He was named the team's punter following training camp with

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handling the placekicking duties. Liegghio played in his first professional game on August 5, 2021 against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats where he had 10 punts for a 41.4-yard average (36.2-yards net average). With Crapigna out with injury in the week 4 game against the

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, Liegghio was also named the team's placekicker for the August 29, 2021 game. On June 3, 2023, Liegghio was released by the Blue Bombers.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

On June 17, 2023, it was announced that Liegghio had signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, with incumbent kicker Seth Small being placed on the suspended list.

References

External links

Hamilton Tiger-Cats bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liegghio, Marc 1997 births Living people Canadian football placekickers Canadian football punters Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Sportspeople from Vaughan Players of Canadian football from Ontario Western Mustangs football players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players