Leigh Bodden was a non-scholarship athlete during most of his time at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, a I-AA non-scholarship football program (at the time), before going undrafted in the 2003 NFL Draft. Leigh played 9 years in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions and New England Patriots. 

On Episode 13, Leigh & Noah talk about the underdog mentality and the mindset it took for Leigh to go from not even playing football his freshman year of HS, to signing million dollar deals in the NFL. Speaking about his: confidence starting at a young age...seeking out crazy challenges...self-assessing himself...questioning if he'd make it...keeping the faith and so much more!

Noah & Leigh talk about: 

- How being crazy worked for him
- Eagerness to learn 

- Financial literacy / financial freedom / building a team

- What clicks in the pro's mind at a young age

- Sustaining the mindset through the ups & downs

- Beating the odds of being non-scholarship & undrafted 

- What he would tell himself to eliminate his doubt & fears 

- Advice he'd give to someone who has played a sport their whole life and is now approaching the end 

Time Log 

0:00 - 3:25 - Noah's Intro

3:25 -  37:25 - Leigh's story / Mindset / Underdog mentality & perspective

37:25 - 1:07:45 - "Quick" Hitters - Memory of Brady & Belichick.....One fun moment about 0-16 season in Detroit....Moment w/ Deion Sanders....Being released by Pats.....What receiver in his era did he check the best....and a few more!

1:07:45  - 1:15:25 - Extra Leigh & Noah candid convo / Leigh's Commencement Speech / Noah’s Outro 

- Leigh scared to tried out for football freshmen yr of HS

- How Noah got Leigh on the pod

Leigh Bodden was a non-scholarship athlete during most of his time at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, a I-AA non-scholarship football program (at the time), before going undrafted in the 2003 NFL Draft. Leigh played 9 years in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions and New England Patriots.&nbsp;
On Episode 13, Leigh &amp; Noah talk about the underdog mentality and the mindset it took for Leigh to go from not even playing football his freshman year of HS, to signing million dollar deals in the NFL. Speaking about his: confidence starting at a young age...seeking out crazy challenges...self-assessing himself...questioning if he'd make it...keeping the faith and so much more!
Noah &amp; Leigh talk about:&nbsp;
- How being crazy worked for him - Eagerness to learn&nbsp;
- Financial literacy / financial freedom / building a team
- What clicks in the pro's mind at a young age
- Sustaining the mindset through the ups &amp; downs
- Beating the odds of being non-scholarship &amp; undrafted&nbsp;
- What he would tell himself to eliminate his doubt &amp; fears&nbsp;
- Advice he'd give to someone who has played a sport their whole life and is now approaching the end&nbsp;
Time Log&nbsp;
0:00 - 3:25 - Noah's Intro
3:25 -&nbsp; 37:25 - Leigh's story / Mindset / Underdog mentality &amp; perspective
37:25 - 1:07:45 - "Quick" Hitters&nbsp;- Memory of Brady &amp; Belichick.....One fun moment about 0-16 season in Detroit....Moment w/ Deion Sanders....Being released by Pats.....What receiver in his era did he check the best....and a few more!
1:07:45&nbsp; - 1:15:25 - Extra Leigh &amp; Noah candid convo&nbsp;/ Leigh's Commencement Speech / Noah&rsquo;s Outro&nbsp;
- Leigh scared to tried out for football freshmen yr of HS
- How Noah got Leigh on the pod

THE STORIES OF THE WALK-ONS! With insight into the world of college sports and beyond, WTZ features current and former college walk-ons who reflect on their personal experiences and journeys in the role of a walk-on; expressing the role it played for them in their life. Talking about what they took away from those invaluable experiences that led them into their careers and just what the experience ultimately did for them to help shape their growth mindsets and perspectives on life and themselves. The show is hosted by former college basketball walk-on, Noah Buono.

THE STORIES OF THE WALK-ONS! With insight into the world of college sports and beyond, WTZ features current and former college walk-ons who reflect on their personal experiences and journeys in the role of a walk-on; expressing the role it played for them in their life. Talking about what they took away from those invaluable experiences that led them into their careers and just what the experience ultimately did for them to help shape their growth mindsets and perspectives on life and themselves. The show is hosted by former college basketball walk-on, Noah Buono.

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WTZ Pod is here to highlight the journeys of current and former college walk-ons and their experiences in that role. CEO’s who were walk-ons, business owners that were walk-ons, or the walk-on that broke through the barrier that wasn’t supposed to or wasn’t picked to. How being a walk-on and having to start from the complete bottom to find their success helped shape their mentalities and perspectives on life. The slept on, the overlooked, the hardest workers, the underdogs.

WTZ Pod is here to highlight the journeys of current and former college walk-ons and their experiences in that role. CEO&rsquo;s who were walk-ons, business owners that were walk-ons, or the walk-on that broke through the barrier that wasn&rsquo;t supposed to or wasn&rsquo;t picked to. How being a walk-on and having to start from the complete bottom to find their success helped shape their mentalities and perspectives on life. The slept on, the overlooked, the hardest workers, the underdogs.

EP #4 | 9yr NFL Vet - LEIGH BODDEN / Non-scholarship & Undrafted

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