Leigh Torrence
| No. 24 New Orleans Saints | |
| Cornerback | |
| Personal information | |
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| Date of birth: January 4, 1982 | |
| Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Weight: 179 lb (81 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: Stanford | |
| Undrafted in 2005 | |
| Debuted in 2005 for the Atlanta Falcons | |
| Career history | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 13, 2011 | |
| Tackles | 130 |
| Interceptions | 2 |
| Pass deflections | 9 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Leigh Torrence (born January 4, 1982 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American football cornerback for the New Orleans Saints. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at Stanford and has played for the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins before going to the New Orleans Saints in the middle of the 2008 season.
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[edit] Early life
Torrence attended Marist School near Atlanta, where he played football, ran track, and won two state tennis titles. At Stanford he won two letters in track and four in football, and was named to the Academic All-Pac 10 team.[1]
[edit] Professional career
[edit] New Orleans Saints
With the Saints in 2009, Torrence was active for five of the team's first ten games, recording 10 tackles and a half sack. He injured his shoulder in the Saints' November 22 win over Tampa Bay and was placed on the injured reserve list on November 23, making room for the Saints to re-sign veteran cornerback Mike McKenzie.[2]
On March 9, 2010, Torrence signed a 1 year contract to return to the New Orleans Saints. He was waived on September 7 but re-signed on September 14. Torrence made several key plays in a nationally-televised Sunday Night Football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on October 31, 2010, first tackling Antwaan Randle El just short of the goal line to prevent a Steelers touchdown in the first half, then intercepting Ben Roethlisberger's pass late in the fourth quarter to seal the Saints' 20-10 win.[3] It was the first interception of his NFL career.[4]
Torrence has been noted for his support of the Sojourner Truth Academy, a New Orleans charter school high school founded by a Stanford classmate: Torrence raised $50,000 from his Saints teammates that was matched by an NFL grant and used to fund the school's football team.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ New Orleans Saints bio (accessed November 3, 2010).
- ^ Nakia Hogan, "New Orleans Saints place cornerback Leigh Torrence on IR to make room for Mike McKenzie", Times-Picayune, November 23, 2009.
- ^ Brian Allee-Walsh, "Monday Morning Quarterback: All Saints Night in Halloween win over Steelers", NewOrleans.com, November 1, 2010.
- ^ a b Jeff Duncan, "Leigh Torrence was an unlikely hero for the New Orleans Saints against Pittsburgh", Times-Picayune, November 2, 2010.
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Raleigh, North Carolina
- People from Atlanta, Georgia
- Players of American football from North Carolina
- Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)
- American football cornerbacks
- Stanford Cardinal football players
- Undrafted National Football League players
- Green Bay Packers players
- Atlanta Falcons players
- Washington Redskins players
- New Orleans Saints players
