Leomont Evans
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||
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| Born: | July 12, 1974 Abbeville, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 213 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Abbeville (SC) | ||||||||
| College: | Clemson | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1996 / round: 5 / pick: 138 | ||||||||
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Leomont Dozier Evans (born July 12, 1974) is a former American football safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He also played for the Los Angeles Xtreme of the XFL. He played college football at Clemson University and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1996 NFL draft.[1] In 2002, Evans suffered a serious neck injury[2] in the first half of the Houston Texans' NFL debut against the New York Giants.[3]
He has 3 children, Kamyia, 24, Cierra, 18, and son Leomont Jr., 22.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "1996 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ a b "Although hurt, Texans' Evans won't ask, 'Why me?'". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- ^ "ESPN.com: NFL - Texans safety Evans suffers scary injury". a.espncdn.com. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
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