From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cleo Lemon
Cleo Lemon
Cleo Lemon Lemon has also been a member of the San Diego
Free agent Chargers, Miami Dolphins, Jacksonville Jaguars, Balti-
more Ravens, and Toronto Argonauts.
Quarterback
Personal information
Professional career
birth:
Date of birth August 16, 1979 (1979-08-16)
Place of birth Greenwood, Mississippi
birth: San Diego Chargers
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight: 215 lb (98 kg)
Lemon was signed by the San Diego Chargers on April 4,
2003. He was waived prior to the start of the season, then
Career information re-signed to the Chargers’ practice squad where he spent
College Arkansas State
College: the entire 2003 season.
Lemon was re-signed by the Chargers on January 12,
Undrafted in 2001 2004. In preseason, Lemon completed 17 of 27 passes
Debuted in 2006 for the Miami Dolphins (63.0%) for 178 yards one interception. After a contract
holdout by Philip Rivers forced the first-round pick to
miss most of training camp, Lemon was able to make the
team as the No. 3 quarterback behind Drew Brees and
Career history
Doug Flutie. He was inactive for all 16 regular season
• Baltimore Ravens (2002)* games and Wild Card playoff contest.
• San Diego Chargers (2003–2005)* In the 2005 preseason with San Diego, Lemon com-
• Miami Dolphins (2005–2007)
• Jacksonville Jaguars (2008)
pleted 34 of 49 passes (69.4%) for 369 yards with three
• Baltimore Ravens (2009)* touchdowns, no interceptions and a passer rating of
• Toronto Argonauts (2010–2011) 111.7. He served as the team’s third-string quarterback
*Offseason and/or practice squad member only until October 18, 2005, when he was traded to the Miami
Dolphins in exchange for quarterback A.J. Feeley and a
Roster status Active
status: sixth-round draft choice in 2006.
status:
CFL status Import
Miami Dolphins
Career highlights and awards
Lemon was inactive as the third quarterback for all 11
• None games with the Dolphins in 2005.
In the 2006 preseason, Lemon was 42-59 for 450 yards
Career NFL statistics as of 2008
with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a rating of
TD/INT
TD/ 8-7 104.5. In his start on August 31 against the St. Louis Rams,
he was 21-27 for 271 yards with one touchdown and no
Passing yards 2,185
interceptions for a rating of 120.8. Lemon served as the
QB Rating 72.2 third-string quarterback for the first four games of 2006,
Stats at NFL.com
and became the primary backup after Daunte Culpepper
became inactive starting Week 5.
Stats at CFL.ca On December 17 in a game against the Buffalo Bills,
Lemon replaced starter Joey Harrington and threw for
Cleo "Cleonardo" Lemon, Jr. (born August 16, 1979 in 98 yards on 9 of 16 passing with no touchdowns and
Greenwood, Mississippi) is a Canadian football quarter- no interceptions. While Harrington started the following
back in the Canadian Football League who is currently a week, Lemon replaced him at halftime eight days later on
free agent. He most recently played for the Toronto Arg- Monday Night Football versus the New York Jets. He fin-
onauts. He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an un- ished the game 11 of 16 passing for 104 yards (68.8%) and
drafted free agent in 2002. He played college football at one touchdown, earning a 107.3 passer rating. However,
Arkansas State.[1] he could not lead the Dolphins to victory as the Jets won
on a last-minute field goal.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cleo Lemon
After a career as a backup, Lemon started the first Toronto Argonauts
regular season game of his career in the season finale
On March 17, 2010, Lemon signed with the Toronto Arg-
against the Indianapolis Colts on December 31. Lemon
onauts. In a media release, he stated[4]:
played fairly well against the eventual Super Bowl cham-
pions, completing 18 of 36 passes for 210 yards, a touch- "Signing with the Toronto Argonauts is a great op-
down and an interception. He also led the team to 10 portunity with a great organization. Now it is my
fourth-quarter points as the Dolphins fell just short, los- responsibility to be in the best shape of my life and
ing 27-22. learn as much about the Canadian game as possible
Lemon, who was a restricted free agent in the 2007 before I hit the field. I’m excited about this oppor-
offseason, was tendered a one-year, $1.3 million contract tunity and intend to take full advantage of it. I be-
by the Dolphins on March 3. He signed the tender on May lieve in preparation and will go full steam ahead in
29. New head coach Cam Cameron was offensive coor- doing my part to help lead this team to future suc-
dinator for the Chargers during Lemon’s entire tenure cess."
there.
With Joey Harrington moving on to the Atlanta Fal- On June 22, Lemon was named the starting quarterback
cons, Lemon became backup to the newly acquired Trent of the Toronto Argonauts.
Green. With an injury to Green in Week 5, Lemon was On September 6, 2011, Lemon was released by the
named the starter for the Dolphins’ away game against Argonauts after the team went just 2-6 with him under
Cleveland. After shaking off some early rust, Lemon led centre.[5]
the Dolphins to near victory against the Browns with sev-
eral successful drives (including a drive where the Dol- Career statistics
phins lost 20 yards on penalties that was capped with a
Passing
4th and 1 touchdown). Showing amazing determination,
Lemon brought victory within their grasp, with his two Year Team Games Started Att Comp Pct Yards TD Int Ratin
touchdown rushes, two touchdown passes, and an im- 2006 MIA 4 1 68 38 55.9 412 2 1 77.6
pressive 107.3 QB rating, but the Dolphins’ defense could 2007 MIA 9 7 309 173 56.0 1,773 6 6 71.0
not stop the Browns. His next start was in Miami’s 49-28 2008 JAC 2 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 39.6
loss to New England, going 24 for 37, with 1 rushing 2010 TOR 17 17 462 285 61.7 3,433 15 19 78.1
touchdown and 236 passing yards. But in Week 11, Lemon
2011 TOR 8 8 218 145 66.5 1,636 7 4 91.8
was replaced by rookie quarterback John Beck. Lemon
was re-named the Dolphins’ starting Quarterback in NFL totals 15 8 379 211 55.7 2,185 8 7 71.8
Week 15 against the Ravens. He threw a game-winning CFL totals 25 25 680 430 63.2 5,069 22 23 82.5
touchdown to Greg Camarillo in overtime to beat Balti-
more 22-16, giving Miami their first (and only) win of the
season.
References
[1] http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/
Jacksonville Jaguars profile?playerId=5051
[2] "NFL.com Friday roundup". 2008-02-29.
On February 29, 2008, Lemon signed with the Jacksonville
http://www.nfl.com/freeagency/
Jaguars. The three year deal was worth just under $9 mil-
story;jsessionid=27CED67F09965FA468CC476CB769219F?id=09000d
lion.[2] He played in only two games and missed in both
video&confirm=true. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
pass attempts in his debut season with the Jags.
[3] Jaguars cut one quarterback, sign another
He was released on June 17, 2009 after struggling to
[4] "Argos continue QB spree". The Sports Network.
pick up the Jaguars’ system.[3]
March 17, 2010. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/
?id=314370. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
Second stint with Ravens [5] Argonauts give veteran QB Lemon his walking
After originally joining the Baltimore Ravens as a street papers
free agent in 2002, Lemon re-signed with Baltimore on
August 16, 2009. The move reunited him with Ravens
offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, whom Lemon had External links
previously played for with both the San Diego Chargers • Toronto Argonauts bio
and Miami Dolphins. He was waived on September 1 be- • Jacksonville Jaguars bio
cause of family issues.
Persondata
Name Lemon, Cleo
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Alternative names Place of birth Greenwood, Mississippi
Short description Date of death
Date of birth August 16, 1979 Place of death
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