Legette was born in
Colorado Springs, Colorado,[1] and attended
Billy Mitchell High School in Colorado Springs.[2] He was a star tailback for the Mitchell football team,[3][4] rushing for over 300 yards in one game during his senior year.[5] He was selected as a Parade magazine All-American in his senior year.[6] He was also a sprinter for Mitchell's track team.[7]
Legette played college football as a fullback for the University of Michigan from 1989 to 1992.[10] In four years with the Wolverines, Legette gained 592 rushing yards and scored four rushing touchdowns on 43 carries for an average of 3.6 yards per carry.[2] His longest run for Michigan was a 50-yard gain against
Iowa on October 5, 1991.[2] Legette also had 145 receiving yards and 121 kickoff return yards for the Wolverines.[2]
Professional football
Legette was not drafted in the
1993 NFL Draft, but he signed a free agent contract with the
New England Patriots and played for the Patriots in the
1993 and
1994 NFL seasons.[1][11] He appeared in ten games for the Patriots.[1] He suffered a hamstring pull in July 1995,[12] and was cut by the Patriots in late August 1995, shortly before the start of the
1995 NFL season.[13]
^Ed Duckworth (August 11, 1995).
"PATRIOTS JOURNAL Untimely hamstring injury hurts Legette's chances of making team". Providence Journal-Bulletin.("Legette has done more watching than playing since he pulled the hamstring in his right leg shortly after the Pats began their two-a-day workouts at Bryant College last month. The injury has left Legette in a Catch-22 situation, unable to impress his coaches at practice yet also unable to get the rest he needs for the muscle to heal.")