Leon Lett

  • 3x Super Bowl winner (XXVII, XXVIII, XXX)
  • 2x Pro Bowl (1994, 1998)

Leon Lett Jr. ( born October 12, 1968 in Mobile, Alabama), nicknamed " The Big Cat " is a former American professional American football player at the position of the defensive tackles. He played ten of his eleven years in the National Football League ( NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, with whom he three times the Super Bowl (XXVII, XXVIII, XXX) won.

College

Lett played as a defensive tackle at the Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. This college is playing with his team, the Emporia State Hornets in the American College Football not matter ( only 14 players came so far in a professional league ). With a professional career Lett could not count first.

Professional career

In the 1991 NFL Draft Lett was obligated consequent late. The Dallas Cowboys selected him in the seventh round of the 173 players. The head coach of the Cowboys, Jimmy Johnson, but also provided with this obligation his nose for promising young players to the test. Lett became a fixture in the defense of the Cowboys and ran for the team from Dallas on as defensive tackle and defensive end. His team, peppered with numerous later superstars like Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Jay Novacek or Darren Woodson became the dominant football team in the 1990s.

1992 could win the Super Bowl XXVII with the Cowboys 52:17 with 52:17 against the Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy and under quarterback Jim Kelly, a year later, the Super Bowl XXVIII was obtained with 30:13 against the same team. The following year, they failed until the NFC Championship Game at San Francisco 49ers with 38:28 that could win the Super Bowl then later. In 1995, the Cowboys with their coach Barry Switzer could then move in with a 38:27 victory over the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXX and Pittsburgh Steelers beat there at the quarterback Neil O'Donnell and head coach Bill Cowher with 27:17.

In 2001, Lett to the Denver Broncos and finished there after this season after eleven seasons in the NFL his career.

Lett scored in the NFL also because of two mishaps notoriety. In Super Bowl XXVII he had conquered a fumble and had to run with the ball going into the opponent's end zone. Ten yards from the finish, he began his "victory ceremony ", slowed while its speed and could by the fast wide receiver the Bills, Don Beebe, should be sought. This hit the ball out of Lett 's hand, which rolled through the end zone on the foul line and resulted in a touchback for the Bills. The Cowboys led at that time already 52:17, so the fumble for the outcome of the game was no longer important. However, the Cowboys so missed the record for the most points scored in a Super Bowl (San Francisco 49ers 55:10 against the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV).

1993 led the Cowboys in a game of regular season against the Miami Dolphins with 14:13. A few seconds before the end, the Dolphins Missed a field goal and had thus lost the game, as Lett tried to take the ball and faded to wear in the direction opposing end zone. He slipped on the smooth playing surface, lost the ball and the Dolphins were able to secure this and win by a field goal or 16:14.

But in the second Super Bowl against the Bills Lett could also set a highlight of his career. The Cowboys were back to 13:7 when he could hit the ball out of the hands of the opposing running back Thurman Thomas. His teammate James Washington recovered the ball and scored a touchdown for the Cowboys.

Honors

Lett played twice in the Pro Bowl, the season final game of the best players of the season.

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