LIONS SIGN CB LEIGH BODDEN TO CONTRACT EXTENSION
LIONS SIGN CB LEIGH BODDEN TO CONTRACT EXTENSIONAllen Park, Mich. - The Detroit Lions announced today that they have signed CB Leigh Bodden to a contract extension with club options that could extend through 2013. Additional terms were not disclosed.
Bodden (6-1, 193) arrived in Detroit after spending the first five years of his career with the Cleveland Browns. Throughout his career, he has registered 208 tackles (144 solo), 12 interceptions (130 yards), 48 pass defenses, three fumble recoveries, one forced fumble and 30 special teams tackles. Over the past three seasons, he is tied for 12th in the NFL with 12 interceptions over that span.
Last season Bodden tied for fifth in the NFL with six interceptions, a team-high for the Browns, and was one of only eight players in the league with at least six picks. He finished the season playing and starting in all 16 games as he collected 93 tackles (68 solo) and 14 pass defenses.
Additionally, Bodden tied for second in the NFL with a total of nine individual takeaways (six interceptions and three fumble recoveries), and his three fumble recoveries tied for third in the league (tied for first among defensive backs) in 2007. He was the only player to record at least three interceptions and recover three fumbles. Bodden was fifth among cornerbacks with 88 credited tackles according to NFL.com press box stats, and he was the only player to have at least 88 tackles and six interceptions.
Bodden's breakout year occurred in 2005 when he played 13 games (11 starts), recorded 59 tackles (36 solo), three interceptions and 20 pass defenses-all career highs through his first three NFL seasons. That year, Bodden also recovered a blocked field goal and returned it 59 yards for a touchdown at Pittsburgh (11/13/05).
Following the 2003 NFL Draft, Bodden was signed as an undrafted free agent (May 2) out of Duquesne.
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