Cody Ledbetter
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | July 9, 1973 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Stephenville, Texas | ||||||||||
| Date of death: | September 5, 2015 (aged 42) | ||||||||||
| Place of death: | Aledo, Texas | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Stephenville (TX) | ||||||||||
| College: | New Mexico State | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1996 | ||||||||||
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| Comp. / Att.: | 94 / 208 |
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| 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. As a senior in 1995, he led all NCAA major college players in total offense yards (3,724), passing attempts (453), and interceptions (20).
Ledbetter 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.
He fled from Texas back to Canada while on probation for having an improper relationship with a student while he was a teacher, and awaiting sentencing in a similar case. He was eventually extradited back to Texas in 2010 and sentenced to 12 years. He was paroled 18 months later and died on September 5, 2015 in a suicide in Aledo, Texas. He left behind his wife, three children and two step-children,
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