Cody Ledbetter

Cody Ledbetter
No. 11
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1973-07-09)July 9, 1973
Place of birth: Stephenville, Texas
Date of death: September 5, 2015(2015-09-05) (aged 42)
Place of death: Aledo, Texas
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school: Stephenville (TX)
College: New Mexico State
Undrafted: 1996
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career CFL statistics
Comp. / Att.: 94 / 208
Passing yards: 1,245
TD-INT: 7–10
Rushing yards: 277
Rushing TD: 1

Cody Ledbetter (July 9, 1973 – September 5, 2015) was an American football player. He played college football for the New Mexico State Aggies football team in 1991 and from 1993 to 1995.[1] As a senior in 1995, he led all NCAA major college players in both total offense yards (3,724)[2] passing attempts (453), and interceptons (20).[1] He later played in the Canadian Football League as a backup quarterback for the Edmonton Eskimos in 1996 and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1998 to 2001.[3] In 2005, he pleaded guilty to having an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old student at a high school where he was a teacher and football coach. He fled to Canada while on probation and was extradited back to Texas in 2010 and sentenced to 12 years. He was paroled 18 months later and died on September 5, 2015 in an apparent suicide in Aledo, Texas. He leaves behind his wife, 3 children and 2 step-children[4][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Cody Ledbetter". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  2. "Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Total Yards". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
  3. "Cody Ledbetter". cflapedia. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  4. Kirstie Chiappelli (September 7, 2015). "Former New Mexico State star Cody Ledbetter found dead in Texas". Sporting News.
  5. "Authorities: Ex-Alvarado coach found dead in Aledo hanged himself". Star-Telegram. September 6, 2015.
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