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Rob Leonard

Run Game Coordinator/Defensive Line

College: North Carolina State

Experience: 13 years

Biography

Rob Leonard enters his first season as the run game coordinator/defensive line coach for the Las Vegas Raiders in 2025, his third season with the Silver and Black. Leonard now has 15 years of coaching experience, including 12 seasons coaching in the NFL ranks.

Last season (2024), Leonard coached a defensive line unit that recorded 20 passes defensed, the second most in the NFL among D-line units. The Raiders also logged 38 total sacks, including 18 sacks over the last six games, tied for the fourth most in the NFL over that span. Despite injuries throughout the defensive line, the Raiders saw sack production in 2024 with 18 different players recording at least a half-sack, tied for the most in the NFL and the most players with at least a half-sack in Raiders history in a single season. Leonard saw DE Maxx Crosby earn his fourth consecutive Pro Bowl selection after finishing the season with 45 tackles, 17 tackles for loss (t-6th in NFL), 7.5 sacks, 20 quarterback hits and five passes defensed (t-5th among DL).

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