| No. 69 Jacksonville Jaguars | |
| Defensive tackle | |
| Personal information | |
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| Date of birth: May 31, 1986 | |
| Place of birth: Tampa, Florida | |
| Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | Weight: 305 lb (138 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: UCF | |
| Undrafted in 2008 | |
| Debuted in 2008 for the New York Giants | |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2011 | |
| Tackles | 51 |
| Sacks | 1.0 |
| Forced fumbles | 0 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Leger Douzable (born May 31, 1986 in Tampa, Florida) is an American football defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at UCF.
Douzable has also played for the New York Giants, St. Louis Rams and Detroit Lions.
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He was a two-year letter winner at Alonso High School in Tampa. As a senior he finished with 50 tackles and 10 sacks and also returned an interception for a touchdown along with blocking two field goals and forcing two fumbles . He was a Second-team All-County selection as a senior.
Douzable ended his 2007 season with 49 tackles and seven sacks, bringing his career totals to 102 tackles and 14 sacks and was awarded First-team All Conference USA. In 2006 he made nine starts and saw action in all 12 games splitting time between defensive tackle and defensive end. He was Third-team All-Conference USA after leading the team with seven sacks and 10½ tackles for loss. In 2005 he played in 12 games, including one start as a sophomore and ended the season with 17 tackles and two tackles for loss. In 2004 he played in all 11 games as a true freshman at defensive tackle and ended the season with four total tackles.
Douzable began his rookie season on the Minnesota practice squad before being waived on September 8, 2008.
He signed to the New York Giants practice squad on September 11, 2008 and spent the majority of the season there before joining the Giants’ active roster (12/3) and inactive for the Giants over the final four games of the 2008 regular season and the NFC Divisional Playoff. He was released in September, 2009.
On September 17, 2009, Douzable was signed to the practice squad by St. Louis and thirteen days later was signed to the active roster. For the 2009 season he played in 12 games posted 16 tackles (11 solo), including five tackles for loss to tie for second-most on the team and also had four quarterback hits.
The St. Louis Rams waived Douzable on June 28, 2010.[1]
Douzable was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Lions on June 29, 2010.[2] He was waived on August 4.
Douzable was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars on August 8, 2010, and made the Jaguars 53-man opening day roster.[3]