ReShard Lee is an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 running back

Running back

A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...

 in the National Football League

National Football League

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 who is currently a free agent

Free agent

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. He played college football

College football

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 for Middle Tennessee State University

Middle Tennessee State University

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.

ReShard Lee signed as an undrafted free agent in with the Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...

, but after needing arthroscopic surgery was released with an injury settlement. He was re-signed by the Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...

 in but was released before the start of the season. He then signed with the Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills

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, but they also released him before the start of the season. He then signed with the Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...

  and played in a few games. After being injured he was released by the team before the end of the season. He was signed by the Oakland Raiders

Oakland Raiders

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 in , and played for them that season. In he hurt his knee during practice and was waived. When he cleared waivers

Waivers (American football)

Waivers is a National Football League labor management procedure by which a team makes an American football player contract or NFL rights available to all other teams...

 he was put on Injured Reserve

Injured reserve

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and released with an injury settlement.