| Marc Liegghio | |
| Number: | 33 |
| Team: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Image Upright: | 1 |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada |
| Status: | Active |
| Import: | no |
| Position1: | Placekicker/Punter |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 8 |
| Weight Lb: | 195 |
| Cis: | Western |
| High School: | Bill Crothers Secondary |
| Cfldraftedyear: | 2020 |
| Cfldraftedround: | 5 |
| Cfldraftedpick: | 39 |
| Cfldraftedteam: | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| Playing Years1: | – |
| Playing Team1: | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| Playing Years2: | –present |
| Playing Team2: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
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| Cfl: | marc-liegghio/165764/ |
Marc Liegghio (born February 13, 1997) is a Canadian professional football placekicker and punter for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Liegghio played U Sports football for the Western Mustangs from 2015 to 2019.[1] He sat out the 2015 season due to injury, but became the team's placekicker and punter in 2016 where he was named an OUA Second Team All-Star.[1]
In 2017, Liegghio was named a U Sports Second-team All-Canadian as a placekicker after connecting on 29 of 33 field goal attempts and all but one of his point-after-touchdown converts.[1] [2] He finished that season as a Vanier Cup champion when the Mustangs completed an undefeated season and defeated the Laval Rouge et Or in the 53rd Vanier Cup game.[3] In that game, Liegghio missed his only field goal attempt, but was perfect on five point-after-touchdown converts and had eight punts with a 41.8-yard average.[4] In 2018, he was named a U Sports Second-team All-Canadian, but this time as a punter.[5] His best season came in 2019 when he became the first player to be named a U Sports First-team All-Canadian at both the placekicker and punter positions as he set a U Sports single-season record with a 47.5-yard punt average and connected on 22 out of 24 field goal attempts.[6] In four seasons with the Mustangs, he became the all-time leading scorer in OUA history with 442 points and set the U Sports record with 92 successfully made field goals (from 105 attempts).[6]
Liegghio was drafted in the fifth round, 39th overall, in the 2020 CFL Draft, by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.[7] However, he did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of both the 2020 CFL season and the 2020 U Sports football season. Instead, he signed with the Blue Bombers on January 7, 2021 to a rookie contract.[8] He was named the team's punter following training camp with Tyler Crapigna handling the placekicking duties. Liegghio played in his first professional game on August 5, 2021 against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats where he had 10 punts for a 41.4-yard average (36.2-yards net average).[9] With Crapigna out with injury in the week 4 game against the Calgary Stampeders, Liegghio was also named the team's placekicker for the August 29, 2021 game.[10] On June 3, 2023, Liegghio was released by the Blue Bombers.[11]
On June 17, 2023, it was announced that Liegghio had signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats,[12] with incumbent kicker Seth Small being placed on the suspended list.[13]