Ryan Leaf, a former first-round draft pick and short-lived NFL quarterback, is celebrating his weight loss journey in a series of recent Tweets.

Last Friday, Leaf posted a new workout video – showing that he had lost a significant amount of weight in recent months.

‘The Summer transformation is complete… 218 lbs & 7.5 [percent body fat],’ Leaf posted on the site. He added, ‘Football season is upon us!! #LFGOOOOO.’

Leaf revealed that he had weighed 274 pounds back in March, meaning that he’s lost an impressive 56 pounds.

He credits a Paleo diet and having had ‘no processed foods since March’ as well as consuming ‘200 oz water’ and ‘strength training 1 to 2 times a week’ as his secrets to success.

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf is documenting his weight loss journey – having dropped to 218 pounds and down 56 pounds from what he used to way as recently as this March

It’s been a rough road for Leaf since he left the NFL – serving time in prison in Montana on burglary & drug possession charges before being released back in December of 2014

Leaf was picked second overall by the Chargers in 1998, but was out of the NFL by 2002

Leaf showed off his physique in two videos: one of him doing chest exercises on a machine and the other pushing a weight sled.

He revealed in another Twitter exchange that he weighed 325 pounds – the most he’s ever weighed – when he got out of prison in December of 2014.

‘Super high blood pressure. It starts like anything, min by min, hr by hr, day by day!,’ he said.

Leaf was put in prison after breaking into a Montana home in 2012 to steal prescription pills. That was a violation of his probation for a previous crime committed in Texas back in 2008 for possession of a controlled substance. 

When asked if he was ‘using again’, Leaf said that he was going through the ‘absolute opposite of that’. He added, ‘You should try it, it’s liberating. If this is a projection, I know the way to freedom. DM me if you need help.’

While Leaf’s current weight loss journey is a success story, his career in the NFL was not exactly a fairy tale. 

After being picked by the Chargers second overall in 1998, Leaf lasted only four years in the league – struggling for most of that time before eventually retiring in 2002.

He has since gone on to pursue a career in broadcasting – joining ESPN in 2019 as an analyst for college football games.

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