Eastern Washington University Athletics

Career: Leonardi played 24 games for the Eagles as a member of the offensive line.

2022: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He played in seven games and made three starts.

2021: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Leonardi appeared in 10 games for Eastern, starting in two. Eastern finished first in the FCS with 555.7 yards of total offense per game, ranking as the third-best passing offense (400.5 yards per game). The team was also second in scoring offense (44.0 points per game). With 7,224 yards of total offense, the 2021 squad is fourth all-time in EWU history.

2020-21: He played in five Eastern games as a backup offensive lineman. He helped block for an Eastern team which finished third in FCS in total offense with an average of 524.9 yards per game after entering the postseason leading FCS. The Eagles were also fourth nationally in passing (367.3) and eighth in scoring offense (37.7). Eastern’s passing average was the third-best in school history and the average of 524.9 yards per game of total offense was fourth, just ahead of the 2019 average of 524.8 which led FCS.

2019: Was a non-lettering squad member and played in two games. He made his Eagle debut against Northern Arizona (11/2/19) and also played the week after that versus Idaho State (11/9/19). He was offensive scout team player of the week once.

2018: Did not play and counts as his redshirt season.

HS: Graduated from Cedar Park Christian HS in 2017. He played in the 2017 Earl Barden 1A/2A East-West All-Star Game. As a senior in 2016, he earned second team All-Cascade Conference honors as both a linebacker and offensive lineman. He was also team caption as a senior. In his junior season, he earned second team all-conference honors as an offensive lineman and defensive end, and as a sophomore earned honorable mention as an offensive lineman. Was coached in high school by Bill Marsh. Also played basketball and baseball in high school, and earned honorable mention All-Cascade Conference honors as a senior in hoops. His baseball team finished second in the state his senior season.

Personal: Construction management technology and business major at EWU. Had a 3.18 grade point average through spring quarter of 2022. Born 9/18/99 in Santa Rosa, Calif. Mother is Nancy Leonardi.