Nice to see Chris Leak back in the Swamp. One of three Florida Gator Football quarterbacks to lead them to an NCAA national champitonship in 2006, he was hired to compliment the current coaching staff for Will Muschamp. As Leak is looking to step into a career in coaching, Gatorsports' Robbie Andreu is reporing that Muschamp added him as a quality control coach. His post college career included stints with the NFL's Chicago Bears where he was signed undrafted in the 2007 season and trained under former Gator Rex Grossman, the CFL [Hamilton Tigercats & Saskatchewan Roughriders], an aborted AAFL career [Team Florida], and finally the Arena Football League where he briefly played for the Jacksonville Sharks. He was released and finished his playing career after signing with the Orlando Predators.
In his senior year in 2006 he led the Florida Gators to a National Chapionship with Tim Teabow as a freshman back up in an astounding 41-14 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes under Urban Meyer. He managed to snag the game MVP honors after completing 25 passes in 36 attempts with 213 yards and 1 touchdown. This after starting the game with nine straight passes.
On top of a great career with the Gators on the field he did pretty well of the field as well. Each year he played he was named to the SEC's Academic Honor Roll. This resuted in him being named a finalist for the 2006 Draddy Award which is considered the Academic Heisman trophy for college football. He was also well know for his off the field charity work with the Goodwill Gators program. It will be nice to see Leak back on the sidelines again where he left as a champion in more ways than one.
