University of South Alabama Athletics

Jaguar Highlights: Participated in spring practice with the special teams unit ... Listed second on the depth chart at long snapper entering preseason camp ... Made the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List following the spring semester.

Rhodes College Highlights (2006): Part of a Lynx program that recorded a 6-4 finish in his only year on campus.

High School Highlights: Lettered all four years at Davidson High ... Selected to the academic all-state team as a senior ... Helped the Warriors to four consecutive region titles ... DHS advanced to the quarterfinals of the state 6A playoffs his senior season ... Warriors also won a first-round postseason contest in ecah of his first three years on the team.

Personal: Full name is John Harman Leech, Jr. ... Born Oct. 14, 1987, in Mobile, Ala. ... Son of John, Sr. and Pamela Leech ... Grandfather, S.R. Marshall, is a member of the Mississippi College Athletic Hall of Fame ... Favorite movie is "Braveheart" ... Favorite team is the New Orleans Saints ... Favorite musical acts are System of a Down and Buckcherry ... Would like to practice law after earning his degree ... A political science major.