Gardner Minshew spoke from the heart as he addressed the crowd at college football legend Mike Leach's memorial service on Tuesday ... even dropping an f-bomb as he remembered his former coach.
The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback was excused from team practice so he could attend the ceremony ... and the former Washington State quarterback expressed how much Leach meant to him during their time together in 2018 while at the podium at Humphrey Coliseum.
"He touched so many lives, impacted so many people," Minshew said. "I know how much he impacted mine and I was really just with him for about six months.