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{{Short description|American football player (born 1979)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| image         =
| alt           = 
| caption       = 
| number        = 52
| position      = [[Linebacker]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1979|07|2}}
| birth_place   = [[Morehead City, North Carolina]], U.S.
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 5
| weight_lbs    = 238<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FishLe20.htm Pro-football-Reference.com]</ref>
| high_school   = [[Carteret County Public Schools|Beaufort (NC) East Carteret]]
| college       = [[NC State Wolfpack football|North Carolina State]]
| draftyear     = 2002
| draftround    = 2
| draftpick     = 49
| undraftedyear = 
| pastteams     =
* [[Arizona Cardinals]] (2002–2004)
* [[New Orleans Saints]] (2005)*
| highlights    =
* 2× First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[2000 College Football All-America Team|2000]], [[2001 College Football All-America Team|2001]])
* [[Atlantic Coast Conference football individual awards#Defensive Player of the Year|ACC Defensive Player of the Year]] (2000)
* 2× First-team All-[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] ([[2000 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team|2000]], [[2001 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team|2001]])
| statlabel1    = Games played
| statvalue1    = 23
| statlabel2    = Games [[Starting lineup|started]]
| statvalue2    = 15
| statlabel3    = [[Tackle (football move)|Tackles]]
| statvalue3    = 68
| statlabel4    = [[Quarterback sack|Sacks]]
| statvalue4    = 1.0
| statlabel5    = [[Fumble]] recoveries
| statvalue5    = 2
| pfr           = FishLe20 
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'''Levar Depree Fisher''' (born July 2, 1979) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[linebacker]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played [[college football]] for the [[NC State Wolfpack football|NC State Wolfpack]]. He was with the [[Arizona Cardinals]] from 2002 to 2004 and in the off-season of 2005 the [[New Orleans Saints]].

==Early life==
Fisher attended [[Carteret County Public Schools|East Carteret High School]] in [[Beaufort, North Carolina]], where he was a three-year [[Letterman (sports)|letterman]] in [[High school football|football]]. As a senior, he [[Rush (American football)|rushed]] for 1043 yards on [[Offense (sports)|offense]], and on [[Defense (sport)|defense]], made 147 [[Tackle (football move)|tackles]] (14 for losses).

==College career==
A four-year [[Starting lineup|starter]] for the [[NC State Wolfpack football|Wolfpack]], Fisher was the [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]'s Defensive Player of the Year in 2000 and a first-team All-ACC selection in 2000 and 2001. He finished his career with 492 tackles, 12 [[Quarterback sack|sacks]] and 9 [[fumble]]s caused.  In 2000, he led the nation in tackles per game with 15.1. He was a 2001 ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' first-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] LB, with [[Rocky Calmus]] and [[E. J. Henderson]].

==Professional career==
Drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the [[2002 NFL draft]], Fisher's career was short lived because of knee problems.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2002 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2002/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He was later signed by the New Orleans Saints and left the NFL in 2005.

==Motivational speaker==
Fisher currently{{when|date=August 2021}} works as a motivational speaker.<ref>[http://www.levarfisher.com/ LevarFisher.com]</ref> He wrote the book ''Hold On to Your Dreams'', published in 2011.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8545332/bio Levar Fisher Biography], ''IMDb''</ref>

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[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Players of American football from North Carolina]]
[[Category:American football linebackers]]
[[Category:NC State Wolfpack football players]]
[[Category:Arizona Cardinals players]]
[[Category:New Orleans Saints players]]
[[Category:People from Morehead City, North Carolina]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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