Ronald Blair
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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
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Born: | Greensboro, Georgia, U.S. | January 21, 1993||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 270 lb (122 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Greene County (Greensboro, Georgia) | ||||||||
College: | Appalachian State | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 2016 / Round: 5 / Pick: 142 | ||||||||
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Ronald Blair (born January 21, 1993) is a former
Early years
Blair was born in Greensboro, Georgia and attended Greene County High School, where he played football. In 2010, he was named the Georgia Region 4-AA Defensive Player of the Year.[2]
College career
Blair played college football at Appalachian State University from 2011 to 2015. In 2015, Blair was named Sun Belt Conference Defensive Student-Athlete of the Year, first-team all-conference honoree. In the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl, he forced a fumble and returned it 20 yards in the Mountaineers 31–29 victory over the Ohio Bobcats.[2]
Professional career
Pre-draft
Coming out of Appalachian State, analysts had Blair projected to be drafted anywhere from the third to sixth round. He was ranked the thirteenth best
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle |
Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 2+1⁄8 in (1.88 m) |
284 lb (129 kg) |
34 in (0.86 m) |
10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m) |
5.15 s | 1.74 s | 2.96 s | 4.53 s | 7.95 s | 30 in (0.76 m) |
9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) |
32 reps | |
All values from |
San Francisco 49ers
Blair was drafted by the
On September 3, 2017, Blair was placed on
On November 13, 2019, Blair was placed on injured reserve after he tore his ACL in a Week 10 27–24 overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks.[9] Without Blair, the 49ers reached Super Bowl LIV, but lost 31–20 to the Kansas City Chiefs.
On March 23, 2020, Blair re-signed with the 49ers.
New York Jets
On June 1, 2021, Blair signed with the New York Jets, reuniting him with his former defensive coordinator Robert Saleh.[14] He was released on August 31, 2021 and re-signed to the practice squad the next day.[15][16]
References
- ^ "UL Lafayette's McGuire Headlines All-Sun Belt Conference Teams and Individual Award Winners". www.sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- ^ a b "Ronald Blair - Football".
- ^ "Ronald Blair, DS #13 DE, Appalachian State: 2016 NFL Draft". NFLDraftScout.com. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ^ "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles – Ronald Blair". nfl.com. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Combine workout: Ronald Blair". nfl.com. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ Price, Taylor (April 30, 2016). "San Francisco 49ers Draft Appalachian State DL Ronald Blair". 49ers.com. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ "49es Claim DL Xavier Cooper off Waivers, Sign 8 Players to Practice Squad". 49ers.com. September 3, 2017. Archived from the original on January 30, 2018.
- ^ "49ers Announce Roster Moves". 49ers.com. November 4, 2017. Archived from the original on March 2, 2018.
- ^ "49ers Sign DL Damontre Moore; Place DL Ronald Blair III on Injured Reserve". 49ers.com. November 13, 2019.
- ^ Gantt, Darin (March 17, 2020). "49ers bringing back Ronald Blair for another year". Pro Football Talk. NBC Sports.
- ^ "49ers Announce Roster Moves". 49ers.com. July 28, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ^ "49ers Announce Roster Moves". 49ers.com. September 5, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ "49ers Tender One-Year Contract to OL Daniel Brunskill". 49ers.com. March 12, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ Greenberg, Ethan (June 1, 2021). "Jets Sign DL Ronnie Blair, Waive DL Sharif Finch". NewYorkJets.com.
- ^ Lange, Randy; Greenberg, Ethan (August 31, 2021). "Jets Remove 27 Players from Roster to Reach 53-Man Limit". NewYorkJets.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
- ^ "Jets Sign 13 to the Practice Squad". NewYorkJets.com. September 1, 2021.