Teddy Lehman was born on November 18,1981 and is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for seven seasons in the National Football League.
25 Facts About Teddy Lehman
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Teddy Lehman played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, and was twice recognized as a consensus All-American.
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Teddy Lehman attended Fort Gibson High School in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, and played high school football for the Fort Gibson Tigers.
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Teddy Lehman started at both linebacker and running back, wearing number 34.
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Teddy Lehman ended his senior season with 151 tackles, 3 interceptions, 2 sacks, and 3 forced fumbles.
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Teddy Lehman shared the punting duties for the Tigers with an average of 39.6 yards.
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Teddy Lehman recorded more than 400 tackles and 7 interceptions during his four high school seasons.
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Teddy Lehman was not highly recruited out of high school but ran a 4.4 40-yard dash at an Oklahoma football camp for high school players and was offered a scholarship shortly after.
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Memorably, he caught the interception by Texas quarterback Chris Simms which was jarred loose by Roy Williams and Teddy Lehman took it into the endzone for the game clinching score.
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Teddy Lehman finished the season with 83 tackles, including 2 sacks and 10 stops for losses.
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In 2002, Teddy Lehman moved to weakside linebacker, replacing Butkus Award winner Rocky Calmus.
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Teddy Lehman was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American, after receiving first-team honors from the Associated Press, the Football Writers Association of America, the Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News, CNNSI, ESPN and Sports Illustrated.
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Teddy Lehman posted six tackles in the Rose Bowl against Washington State and sacked quarterback Jason Gesser twice for a loss of 17 yards.
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Teddy Lehman was recognized as a unanimous first-team All-American and a first-team All-Big 12 selection.
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Teddy Lehman was rated the top outside linebacker pro prospect in the country by The NFL Draft Report.
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Teddy Lehman was selected by the Detroit Lions with the fifth pick of the second round in 2004.
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Teddy Lehman was the only rookie linebacker in the NFL to start all 16 games in 2004.
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Teddy Lehman logged a total of 1,225 plays, more than any other member of the team.
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Teddy Lehman finished the season with 102 tackles, the second-highest total on the team.
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Teddy Lehman signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an unrestricted free-agent on March 4,2008.
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On July 26,2008, Teddy Lehman re-signed with the Detroit Lions.
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Teddy Lehman was signed by the Buffalo Bills on November 7,2008, after cornerback Ashton Youboty was placed on injured reserve.
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Teddy Lehman signed with the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League on August 5,2009.
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On May 11,2010, Teddy Lehman signed a contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Teddy Lehman now has a local Sportstalk Radio show, "The Rush," on Sportstalk 1400AM and, he does an OU podcast with former OU player, Gabe Ikard.