Cleo Lemon

On September 6, 2011, Lemon was released by the Argonauts after the team went just 2-6 with him under centre up to that point in the 2011 season.

On March 17, 2010, Lemon signed with the Toronto Argonauts. On June 22, Lemon was named the starting quarterback of the Argonauts.

With him at the helm, Toronto returned to the playoffs in 2010 after a three-year absence with a 9-9 record, though his individual stats were not overly impressive.

He was released on June 17, 2009 after struggling to pick up the Jaguars' system.

After originally joining the Baltimore Ravens as a street free agent in 2002, Lemon re-signed with Baltimore on August 16, 2009. The move reunited him with Ravens offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, whom Lemon had previously played for with both the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins. He was waived on September 1 because of family issues.

On February 29, 2008, Lemon signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The three-year deal was worth just under $9 million. He played in only two games and missed in both pass attempts in his debut season with the Jags.

Lemon has lived in Jacksonville since 2008. He and his wife had their first daughter in 2010. Since retiring from playing professional football, Lemon lives a relatively solitary life raising crayfish and alligators on his 130-acre wetland property. In 2014 Lemon had the second child and first son Cleo Lemon III. From 2016 to 2017, Lemon was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Pearl River Community College. Since April 2017, Lemon has been Wide Receivers coach at Jacksonville State University.

Lemon, who was a restricted free agent in the 2007 offseason, was tendered a one-year, $1.3 million contract by the Dolphins on March 3. He signed the tender on May 29. New head coach Cam Cameron was offensive coordinator for the Chargers during Lemon's entire tenure there.

In the 2006 preseason, Lemon was 42-59 for 450 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a rating of 104.5. In his start on August 31 against the St. Louis Rams, he was 21-27 for 271 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions for a rating of 120.8. Lemon served as the third-string quarterback for the first four games of 2006, and became the primary backup after Daunte Culpepper became inactive starting Week 5.

In the 2005 preseason with San Diego, Lemon completed 34 of 49 passes (69.4%) for 369 yards with three touchdowns, no interceptions and a passer rating of 111.7. He served as the team's third-string quarterback until October 18, 2005, when he was traded to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for quarterback A. J. Feeley and a sixth-round draft choice in 2006.

Lemon was inactive as the third quarterback for all 11 games with the Dolphins in 2005.

Lemon was re-signed by the Chargers on January 12, 2004. In preseason, Lemon completed 17 of 27 passes (63.0%) for 178 yards one interception. After a contract holdout by Philip Rivers forced the first-round pick to miss most of training camp, Lemon was able to make the team as the No. 3 quarterback behind Drew Brees and Doug Flutie. He was inactive for all 16 regular season games and Wild Card playoff contest.

In February 2003, Lemon signed with the af2's Memphis Xplorers.

Lemon was signed by the San Diego Chargers on April 4, 2003. He was waived prior to the start of the season, then re-signed to the Chargers' practice squad where he spent the entire 2003 season.

Cleo Lemon, Jr. (born August 16, 1979) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League and Canadian Football League. He most recently played for the Toronto Argonauts. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2002. He played college football at Arkansas State.