Cleo Lemon
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| Cleo Lemon | |
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| Date of birth | August 16, 1979 |
| Place of birth |  Greenwood, Mississippi |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| College | Arkansas State |
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| Team(s) | |
| 2003-2005 2005-present |
San Diego Chargers Miami Dolphins |
Cleo Lemon (born August 16, 1979 in Greenwood, Mississippi) is an American football player who currently is a backup quarterback for the Miami Dolphins.
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[edit] College career
Lemon played in 42 games during his four-year career at Arkansas State University. He is the all-time career yardage leader in school history (7,706), completed his college career averaging most yards per game in school history (178.3) and finished second all-time in yards per game in a single season (206.7). He was the only quarterback in school history to pass for over 400 yards in a game (403) until the record was broken by Nick Noce (418) on September 18th, 2004 against the University of Memphis. He also passed for a school record 49 touchdowns during his career and holds the Arkansas State record for most passes completed (551).
[edit] NFL career
In 2002, Lemon was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Baltimore Ravens but was released prior to the regular season.
[edit] San Diego Chargers
Lemon was signed by the San Diego Chargers on April 4, 2003. He was waived prior to the start of the season, then re-signed to the Chargers' practice squad where he spent the entire 2003 season.
In 2004, Lemon was on the active roster for San Diego all 16 games as the No. 4 quarterback, but never played in any regular season games. Though teams rarely keep more than three quarterbacks, a holdout by 2004 first-round pick Philip Rivers caused the rookie to miss nearly all of training camp. As a result, the team retained starter Drew Brees and Doug Flutie along with Rivers and Lemon for the entire season.
In the 2005 preseason, Lemon completed 34 of 49 passes (69.4%) for 369 yards with three touchdowns, no interceptions and a passer rating of 111.7. He served as the team's third-string quarterback until October 18, 2005, when he was traded to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for quarterback A.J. Feeley and a fifth-round draft choice.
[edit] Miami Dolphins
Lemon served as the Dolphins' third-string quarterback behind Gus Frerotte and Sage Rosenfels during 11 contests in 2005, but did not see any action.
In the 2006 preseason, Lemon was 42-59 for 450 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a rating of 104.5. In his start on August 31 against the St. Louis Rams, he has 21-27 for 271 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions for a rating of 120.8. Lemon served as the third-string quarterback for the first four games of 2006, and is currently the backup behind starter Daunte Culpepper. Rookie wide receiver and former Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick is currently listed as the No. 3 "emergency" quarterback on the depth chart.
On December 17th in a game against the Buffalo Bills, Lemon replaced Harrington and threw for 98 yards on 9 of 16 passing with no touchdowns and no interceptions. He would replace Harrington at halftime 8 days later on Monday Night Football versus the New York Jets. He finished the game 11 of 16 passing for 104 yards (68.8%) and 1 touchdown, earning a 107.3 QB rating. However, he could not lead the Dolphins to victory as the Jets won on a last minute field goal. After a career as a backup quarterback, Lemon was the starter for the Dolphins last regular season game against the Indianapolis Colts.[1]
| Preceded by Joey Harrington |
Miami Dolphins Starting Quarterbacks 2006 |
Succeeded by TBD |
| Miami Dolphins Starting Quarterbacks |
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| Wood • Bo. Griese • Strock • Woodley • Marino • Fiedler • Br. Griese • Feeley • Frerotte • Culpepper • Harrington • Lemon |
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