Robert Blanton with the Minnesota Vikings, 2014
With the Minnesota Vikings, 2014. Photo: U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Michel Sauret on behalf of 416th Theater Engineer Command Army Reserve, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Cornerback, Notre Dame, 2008–⁠11

Robert Blanton

Number
No. 12
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Matthews, NC
Born
Sep 7, 1989, in Clackamas, Oregon

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Robert Blanton played cornerback at Notre Dame (2008–⁠11). The Minnesota Vikings took Blanton in round 5, No. 139 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2008*Notre Dame2
2009Notre Dame2
2010*Notre Dame2
2011*Notre Dame2
Career8

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUHur
2008112673330230
20091221173810220
2010132925547.51.5240
20111348227081261
On file1247119519.52.58151

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2008Notre Dame12CB
2009Notre Dame12CB
2010Notre Dame12CB
2011Notre Dame12CB6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Notre Dame 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 10atMichiganL 31–⁠351
Sep 17vs.Michigan StateW 31–⁠131
2010 Notre Dame 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 2atBoston CollegeW 31–⁠131
Dec 31 ✦vs.MiamiW 33–⁠171
2009 Notre Dame 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 5vs.NevadaW 35–⁠01
Oct 31vs.Washington StateW 40–⁠141
2008 Notre Dame 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 27vs.PurdueW 38–⁠211
Nov 29atUSCL 3–⁠381

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2012Combine or pro day 2012
Height6′0¾″
Weight208 lb
Arm length31¼″
Hand size9⅛″
Wingspan76⅛″W
40-yard dash4.70 s
10-yard split1.58 s
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump9′8″
Bench press12 reps
3-cone drill6.71 s
20-yard shuttle3.97 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 59 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2012Minnesota Vikings81200
2013Minnesota Vikings165900
2014Minnesota Vikings1410501
2015Minnesota Vikings113100
2016Buffalo Bills83100
2017Buffalo Bills2200
NFL career5924001

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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