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He previously attended the University of Houston.
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Leone played high school football at Roswell High School at the quarterback, punter, and kicker positions. While in high school, he averaged 44.1 yards per kick. From 2010 to 2013, Leone played college football for the Houston Cougars as a punter and kicker and started for all four years.
He was on the Conference United States of America first team in 2012 and the American Athletic Conference second team in 2013.
He averaged 43.1 yards on punts and placed the ball within the opponents" 20-yard line on 52.4 percent of attempts during 2013. In his senior year, Leone was named a second team All-American.
Leone was one of five punters invited to the 2014 NFL scouting combine. He went undrafted in the 2014 NFL Draft, but was signed as a free agent by the Baltimore Ravens on May 12.
Leone competed with Sam Koch for the punter position in training camp, and played in three preseason games.
He was waived on August 25 before the beginning of the regular season. Leone was signed by the British Columbia Lions on October 20 to their practice roster, but left the team a month later. On January 27, 2015, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed Leone to challenge Brad Wing for the starting punter position, but he was released in May.
He returned to the British Columbia Lions before training camp as the Lions reportedly searched for a single player to handle punting, kickoffs, and kicking.
Leone remained on the active roster after the preseason as he fulfilled all three kicking duties. He made his Canadian Football League debut against the Ottawa Redblacks on July 4, where he scored two field goals from 11 and 13 yards as well as an extra point.
As of August 3, 2015, Leone had the highest punt average in the Canadian Football League (501 yards). He began his season with 13 consecutive made field goals before missing a 46-yard kick on August 6 in a game against the Edmonton Eskimos.
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Leone was also a three-time semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award. The following game, on July 10, Leone kicked a 56-yard field goal, setting a British Columbia Lions record for longest field goal and tying the game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders 29–29 with 31 seconds remaining. A game which the Lions won in overtime.
