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Leigh Bodden

Leigh Edmond Bodden

About Me

I was Duquesne's record-setting defensive back. In my final season with Duquesne, I was an American Football Coaches Association Division I-AA All-American and the 2002 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Football League Defensive Player of the Year. I also was a consensus All-American as a junior. I finished my career with 28 interceptions, tying the previous I-AA career record since broken by fellow AFCA All-American Rashean Mathis of Bethune-Cookman. As the holder of every Duquesne interception record, I picked off seven passes in my last season under Coach Gattuso including a school record-tying three vs. Iowa. I was a prime reason DU's defense was ranked No. 1 in Division I-AA in 2002 in total and scoring defense and second in pass and pass efficiency defense.I now play for the Clevland Browns. In my first season with Cleveland in 2003, I had 23 tackles, 19 of them solos, in 13 games including one as a starter.

My Interests

Football of course. I also love the game of chess, the ultimate strategy game.

I'd like to meet:

My wonderful supportive fans for whom without I could never had made it as far in life as I have.

Music:

A Tribe Called Quest, Aaliyah, Aesop Rock, Airborn Audio, Anthrax, Antipop-Consortium, Ashanti, Atmosphere, Avalanches, Beans, Blackalicious, Brandy, Tony Braxton, Brother Ali, Mariah Carey, John Coltrane, Common, D4L, DMX, Dan the Automator, Miles Davis, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Destiny's Child, Earth Wind & Fire, El-P, Eminem, Faith No More, Ginuwine, Gorillaz, Herbie Hancock, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Hieroglyphics, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Jedi Mind Tricks, Juvenile, Kool Keith, John Legend, Lil' Wayne, Ludacris, MF Doom, Massive Attack, Master P, Monica, Nas, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Peanut Butter Wolf, Piano Overlord, Prefuse 73, Prince, Princess Superstar, Quasimoto, RJD2, The Roots, Sade, Seal, Shadow Huntaz, Silkk the Shocker, Soulja Slim, Talib Kweli, Thelonious Monk, Luther Vandross, Kanye West, Wu-Tang Clan, X-Ecutioners

Movies:

Amelie, Brazil, Gattaca, L'Appartement, Troiscouleurs: Bleu, The Machinist, The Passion of the Christ, Secretary, Sex and Lucia, The Ten Commandments Trois couleurs: Rouge, Trzy kolory: Bialy, Velvet Goldmine

Television:

24, The Boondocks, Boston Legal, Dancing with the Stars Everybody Hates Chris, The L Word, Lost, The Office, The Sapranos, Veronica Mars

Books:

The Holy Bible!1984, A Separate Peace, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Animal Farm, Brave New World, The Catcher in the Rye, The Color Purple, Death in Venice, Deliverance, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Gatsby, Hamlet, Heart of Darkness, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Lord of the Flies, Moby Dick, Of Mice and Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Portable Nietzsche, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tropic of Cancer

Heroes:

God, My Father & Mother, Howard Cosell, Mel Gibson, Jim Brown, Dante Lavelli, Paul Brown, Mike McCormack, Joe DeLamielleure, Bobby Mitchell, Len Ford, Marion Motley, Frank Gatski, Ozzie Newsome, Otto Graham, Paul Warfield, Lou Groza, Bill Willis, Leroy Kelly

My Blog

Winning is a great deodorant

     At least according to John Madden it is. If that is the case we've been drenched in sweat all year. It is just disappointing for me when you go into a season with such high ex...
Posted by Leigh Bodden on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:48:00 PST

New York Times article propels Browns to victory?

I don't know how many of you read the New York Times last Wednesday but there was an interesting article in there. It was a great article because it wasn't bashing the Browns or belittling us, but it ...
Posted by Leigh Bodden on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:49:00 PST

A tough loss a springboard for success.

We took a tough loss today, I'm sorry you guys. But I don't think this is a horrible thing. Today is the first day of the rest of our lives. We learned a lot of things. What to work on, what works, an...
Posted by Leigh Bodden on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:21:00 PST

Today is the day

Today is our first pre-season game, and I know you're all pumped to see me out there but something interesting has emerged, this year's Madden ratings.Check out my ratingDo you agree? Anyway, I hope t...
Posted by Leigh Bodden on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:23:00 PST

Training Camp is going to be awesome this year.

My rookie season was a great learning experience. Last year I felt almost overwhelmed at what the NFL and training camp were throwing at me. As with everything, time and experience helped. Now this ye...
Posted by Leigh Bodden on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 05:25:00 PST

What an off-season so far!

The Browns are having one hell of an off-season. They've signed LeCharles Bentley, Joe Jurevicius, and even more to come. With so many high caliber players getting signed there's no was we won't make ...
Posted by Leigh Bodden on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:39:00 PST

Appreciation for the appreciation.

I'm sorry if I haven't answered a lot of your guy's messages but, I've been a bit busy as of late. I do appreciate all the love you're giving me, its great. I'm glad I could bring some smiles to all o...
Posted by Leigh Bodden on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:27:00 PST