This former Tulane football player is moving on from the NFL after seven seasons.
The Tulane Green Wave football team has several former stars who went on to the NFL, largely through the NFL draft. However, there are some guys who find the right practice squad after signing as an undrafted free agent and are able to make a bit of a career for themselves. Since 2019, the Green Wave have had 11 former players be selected by an NFL team. In the 2025 draft, that was defensive backs Caleb Ransaw and Micah Robinson, who went in the third and seventh rounds, respectfully. Another player from the 2024 season who managed to find a way to the league was defensive back Johnathan Edwards, who became the only undrafted free agent to make the Indianapolis Colts 53-man roster.
Another player went on to have a solid career who signed as an undrafted free agent back in 2019, offensive lineman John Leglue. Leglue recently announced his retirement from the league after seven NFL seasons with multiple NFL teams: Denver Broncos, New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, Atlanta Falcons, second-stint with Steelers, and Los Angeles Rams. Leglue made the 53-man roster with Pittsburgh in his first stint in 2021 with a pileup of injuries on the Steelers’ o-line. He went on to play six games that year, making his NFL debut in relief on Dec. 5 that season. He made his first start the next game and went on to be their starter at left guard for the remainder of the season, through a Wild Card loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. In total, he played in a career seven games with one appearance for the Falcons in 2023 and had five starts.
When at Tulane, Leglue was a four-year player with 49 career appearances and 38 career starts. He played four different positions on the offensive line for the Green Wave over those years. He started all 13 games at right guard for Tulane his senior year in 2018 and was part of a unit that blocked for a No. 5 rushing offense in the American conference. They went on to the AutoNation Cure Bowl against Louisiana that season, with Leglue getting a victory in his own career bowl game with a 41-24 win.
That type of versatility and four-year playing career endears teams to an undrafted player, especially one who was 6-foot-7. Leglue was able to endure seven years in the league that is a very elite and exclusive club to get into. He came out of Alexandria, La., as a local player who is now moving on to the next chapter of his life.