Leon Bright
Leon Bright Jr.
Born: May 19, 1955
Starke, FL USA
Position: RB
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 192
College: Florida St.
High School: Merritt Island (FL)
Career: 1977-1985
Leon Bright played from 1977 to 1985 during his career with the BC Lions, New York Giants and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bright ran for 345 yards in his career on 66 attempts, scoring 3 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 178 passes for 2,713 yards and 13 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1977 | CFL BC Lions | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 24 | 0 |
1978 | CFL BC Lions | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 63 | 1 |
1979 | CFL BC Lions | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 13 | 0 |
1980 | CFL BC Lions | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
1981 | NFL New York Giants | 51 | 197 | 3.9 | 25 | 2 |
1982 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
1983 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
CFL | 13 | 141 | 10.8 | 63 | 1 | |
NFL | 53 | 204 | 3.8 | 25 | 2 | |
Totals | 66 | 345 | 5.2 | 63 | 3 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1977 | CFL BC Lions | 45 | 816 | 18.1 | 78 | 7 |
1978 | CFL BC Lions | 52 | 781 | 15.0 | 89 | 2 |
1979 | CFL BC Lions | 36 | 569 | 15.8 | 106 | 3 |
1980 | CFL BC Lions | 13 | 204 | 15.7 | 57 | 1 |
1981 | NFL New York Giants | 28 | 291 | 10.4 | 36 | 0 |
1982 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
1983 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 |
CFL | 146 | 2370 | 16.2 | 106 | 13 | |
NFL | 32 | 343 | 10.7 | 36 | 0 | |
Totals | 178 | 2713 | 15.2 | 106 | 13 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1977 | CFL BC Lions | 29 | 419 | 14.4 | 108 | 1 |
1978 | CFL BC Lions | 40 | 498 | 12.4 | 51 | 0 |
1979 | CFL BC Lions | 21 | 319 | 15.2 | 101 | 2 |
1980 | CFL BC Lions | 47 | 790 | 16.8 | 93 | 1 |
1981 | NFL New York Giants | 52 | 410 | 7.9 | 55 | 0 |
1982 | NFL New York Giants | 37 | 325 | 8.8 | 33 | 0 |
1983 | NFL New York Giants | 17 | 117 | 6.9 | 20 | 0 |
1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 23 | 173 | 7.5 | 21 | 0 |
1985 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 12 | 124 | 10.3 | 29 | 0 |
CFL | 137 | 2026 | 14.8 | 108 | 4 | |
NFL | 141 | 1149 | 8.1 | 55 | 0 | |
Totals | 278 | 3175 | 11.4 | 108 | 4 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1977 | CFL BC Lions | 18 | 596 | 33.1 | 100 | 1 |
1978 | CFL BC Lions | 18 | 425 | 23.6 | 35 | 0 |
1979 | CFL BC Lions | 27 | 820 | 30.4 | 79 | 0 |
1980 | CFL BC Lions | 25 | 635 | 25.4 | 48 | 0 |
1981 | NFL New York Giants | 25 | 481 | 19.2 | 41 | 0 |
1982 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 |
1983 | NFL New York Giants | 21 | 475 | 22.6 | 36 | 0 |
1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 303 | 18.9 | 33 | 0 |
1985 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 11 | 213 | 19.4 | 47 | 0 |
CFL | 88 | 2476 | 28.1 | 100 | 1 | |
NFL | 77 | 1544 | 20.1 | 47 | 0 | |
Totals | 165 | 4020 | 24.4 | 100 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1980 | CFL BC Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1981 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
1983 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1985 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
CFL | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1977 | CFL BC Lions | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
1978 | CFL BC Lions | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
1979 | CFL BC Lions | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
1980 | CFL BC Lions | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
1981 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
CFL | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | |
NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
Totals | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1977 | CFL | BC Lions | 15 | |
1978 | CFL | BC Lions | 15 | |
1979 | CFL | BC Lions | 11 | |
1980 | CFL | BC Lions | 15 | |
1981 | NFL | New York Giants | 15 | 1 |
1982 | NFL | New York Giants | 8 | 0 |
1983 | NFL | New York Giants | 7 | 0 |
1984 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 12 | 0 |
1985 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8 | 0 |
Awards
1977 - CFL Most Outstanding Rookie
Honors
1977 - CFL CFL All-CFL
1977 - CFL CFL West All-Star