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#60 Nick Leckey

Position	C
DOB	3/12/82
Height	6-3
Weight	302
College	Kansas State
NFL Exp.	5

TRANSACTIONS:
� 10/6/07 � signed as a free agent by St. Louis.
� 4/13/07 � re-signed as a restricted free agent by Arizona.
� 4/25/04 � selected by Arizona in the sixth round (167th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft.

PRO: NFL veteran in his fifth year�signed with the Rams in 2006 after three seasons with the Arizona Cardinals...played in 44 games with 20 starts for the Cardinals...entered the NFL as a sixth-round draft choice (167th overall) of the Cardinals in the 2004 NFL Draft.

2007 SEASON: Played in three games with two starts for the Rams�did not play in one contest and was inactive for eight others�signed with the Rams 10/6 before Week 5 contest vs. Arizona�inactive for the first two games of the season for the Cardinals before being released
9/18.
� Saw first action as a Ram in Week 8 vs. Cleveland 10/28�entered contest at right guard at the end of the first quarter in place of an injured Richie Incognito.
� Made first start of the season at right guard in Week 10 at New Orleans 11/11�blocking efforts. allowed QB Marc Bulger pass for 302 yards and two touchdowns in Rams� first win of season.

2006 SEASON: Assumed the starting center position for the Cardinals in Week 6 vs. Chicago
10/16 and appeared in 14 games with 11 starts.
� Recorded his first start of the season in vs. Chicago 10/16, starting in place of Alex Stepanovich
on Monday Night Football.
� Started his eighth consecutive game at center vs. Seattle 12/10, helping RB Edgerrin James to his second consecutive 115-yard rushing performance...part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack.
� Blocking efforts helped James rush for 105 yards at San Francisco 12/24, becoming the first Cardinals RB to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season since Adrian Murrell in 1998.

2005 SEASON: Saw action in 14 games with nine starts...was inactive for two contests, at
New York Giants 9/11 and vs. St. Louis 9/28 with an ankle injury.
� Made first career start at center vs. Seattle 11/6 due to an injury to Alex Stepanovich...went on to start each of the last nine games at center.

2004 SEASON: Saw action on special teams in all 16 games for the Cardinals.
�Made his NFL debut in the season opener at St. Louis 9/12.

� Began career at guard for Kansas State before switching to center as a senior.
� Started 41 consecutive games from midway through his freshman season...did not allow a sack in any game that he started.
� Earned first-team All-America honors from ESPN and Sports Illustrated as a senior...Consensus All-Big 12 Conference first-team choice.
� Named Kansas State�s Offensive Lineman of the Year as a senior.
� Majored in hotel/restaurant management at Kansas State.

� Born Nicholas Nathan Leckey.
� Three-year starter at Grapevine (Texas) High...helped the squad to a pair of state titles.
� Won state heavyweight wrestling title as a senior at Grapevine.
� Married to Erin Kathleen Leckey.