Jody Littleton

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Jody Littleton
No. 57
Position: Long snapper
Personal information
Born: (1974-10-23) October 23, 1974 (age 49)
Denver, Colorado
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school: Brighton (Brighton, Colorado)
College: Baylor
Undrafted: 1998
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:18
Player stats at PFR

Jody E. Littleton (born October 23, 1974) is a former American football long snapper. He played college football at Baylor and for the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, and Cleveland Browns during his National Football League career.

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Early life and college career

Born in Denver, Littleton graduated from Brighton High School in Brighton, Colorado. [1] [2] At Baylor University, Littleton played at long snapper and linebacker for the Baylor Bears from 1994 to 1997. [2] [3] The first-team long snapper in his final three seasons, he had eight tackles in 1996 and 25 tackles in 1997. [4]

NFL career

Following the 1998 NFL draft, Littleton signed as an undrafted free agent with the Atlanta Falcons but was waived on July 2, 1998. [5]

Littleton then was the special teams coordinator at Hico High School in Hico, Texas until signing with the New York Giants on May 14, 2001. [5] [6] He was waived during the preseason on August 28, 2001. [5] He signed again with the Giants on January 9, 2002, and was allocated to the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe on February 9. [5] With the Galaxy, Littleton played in 10 games at weak side linebacker with five starts, making nine tackles and two passes defended. [3] The Giants waived Littleton on August 27, 2002, prior to the regular season. [5]

On October 16, 2002, Littleton signed with the Chicago Bears. [5] In his first NFL career action, Littleton played in two games with the Bears at long snapper in 2002 before being waived on October 29. [3] [5] He signed with the Detroit Lions practice squad on December 19, 2002; while signed with the Lions, Littleton had his second allocation with the Frankfurt Galaxy on January 30, 2003. [5] Playing in 10 games with six starts at linebacker, Littleton made 12 tackles for the Galaxy and was part of a Galaxy team that won World Bowl XI. [3] The Lions waived Littleton on September 1 but brought him back to the team on December 11, 2003. [5] Littleton played in the final three games of the 2003 season with the Lions in place of injured long snapper Bradford Banta, making one special teams tackle. [3] [2]

In the 2004 season with the Lions, Littleton played in eight games again at linebacker. He made one special teams tackle. [3] The Lions waived Littleton on August 23, 2005, prior to the regular season. He was briefly signed again with the Lions from October 25 to November 1, 2005. [5]

On November 28, 2005, Littleton signed with the Cleveland Browns. [5] Playing primarily at long snapper, Littleton played in five games with five special teams tackles in his final pro football season. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Jody Littleton". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jody Littleton: Player Bio". Cleveland Browns. Archived from the original on March 17, 2006. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jody Littleton". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Jody Littleton". NFL Europe. Archived from the original on August 26, 2003. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Jody Littleton". Cleveland Browns. Archived from the original on March 17, 2006. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Hico special teams' coach takes shot at NFL" . Stephenville Empire-Tribune. July 2, 2001. Retrieved November 9, 2020– via NewsBank.
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