34 Facts About Chris Leak

Christopher Patrick Leak was born on May 3,1985 and is an American football coach and former gridiron football quarterback.

Chris Leak played college football for the University of Florida, and led the Florida Gators to victory in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game.

Chris Leak attended Independence High School in Charlotte, where he played for the Independence Patriots high school football team.

In four years as the Patriots' starting quarterback, Chris Leak led his team to three consecutive North Carolina 4-A state championships.

Chris Leak set North Carolina state records for passing yards in a career and completions in a career, as well as the national record for touchdown passes in a career.

Chris Leak is considered by some to be the greatest high school quarterback of all time.

Chris Leak was recognized as a Parade magazine All-American as well as Parade's Player of the Year in 2003.

Chris Leak accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Ron Zook and coach Urban Meyer's Florida Gators football teams from 2003 to 2006.

Chris Leak was known for his quiet leadership as a quarterback, and was elected a team captain by his teammates two of his four years as a Gator.

Chris Leak began his career at Florida as a freshman, seeing playing time in the first few games, and taking over as the starter in the game against the Kentucky Wildcats.

Chris Leak was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and Rivals.

Chris Leak started all of Florida's games, including a memorable school record-tying six-touchdown performance against the South Carolina Gamecocks.

Chris Leak won his first five games, including a big win over the SEC East rival Tennessee Volunteers, but struggled in the option portion of the Meyer's offense.

Since Chris Leak was a drop-back passer and not the ideal choice to run Meyer's spread option offense, Meyer tweaked the offense to tailor it to Chris Leak's abilities after the Gators struggled midway through its schedule.

The 2006 season proved to be a redemption year for Chris Leak: leading the Gators to their first SEC Championship since 2000, and a spot in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game against Ohio State Buckeyes.

Chris Leak broke many Gators' passing records set by Heisman Trophy-winner Danny Wuerffel, including Wuerffel's record for career passing yards set during the 2006 SEC championship game.

Chris Leak's performance was solid throughout the BCS championship game, completing his first nine passes at the start of the game, and finishing with twenty-five completions in thirty-six attempts for 213 yards and one touchdown.

Chris Leak was listed on the SEC Academic Honor Roll each year he attended Florida, and was a finalist for the Draddy Trophy, known as the "Academic Heisman" for college football players.

Chris Leak graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in sociology, with honors, in December 2006, and was a keynote speaker during the graduation ceremony.

Chris Leak is remembered for volunteering with children in the Goodwill Gators Program, encouraging them to put school first and avoid drug use.

Chris Leak spent the summer of 2007 working with the team, and training under former Gator quarterback Rex Grossman.

However, Chris Leak only saw playtime during the final game of the preseason, where he completed eleven of sixteen passes for 88 yards, an interception and a touchdown.

Chris Leak was eventually cut from the Bears' roster on September 16,2007.

In November 2007, Chris Leak announced his intentions to play for Team Florida in the All American Football League.

Chris Leak was later drafted in the 6th round by Team Florida.

On June 3,2008, Chris Leak signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.

Chris Leak made his first CFL start at quarterback on September 3,2010, against the BC Lions.

Chris Leak suffered an apparent injury early in the fourth quarter and did not return.

On May 5,2011, Chris Leak signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders as a free agent.

On June 25,2011, Chris Leak was cut from the Roughriders.

Chris Leak became a graduate assistant, helping coach the team's offense.

Chris Leak was promoted to the position of wide receivers coach in May 2014.

Chris Leak worked in football development and youth outreach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2015.

Chris Leak was hired as the head coach of the football team at Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida, in February 2016.