Ronald Blair with the San Francisco 49ers, 2019
With the San Francisco 49ers, 2019. Photo: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive line, App State, to 2015

Ronald Blair

Number
No. 49
Height
6′4″
Weight
270 lb
Hometown
Greensboro, GA
Born
Jan 21, 1993, in Greensboro, Georgia

Wikipedia readers: about 362 a month over the past year

Ronald Blair played defensive line at App State (to 2015). The San Francisco 49ers took Blair in round 5, No. 142 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2015
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year
Drafted
No. 142
Round 5, 2016 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2015App State1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). 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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksPBUFF
2011N1218224011.53.511
2012N122535608.53––
2013N31671.5100
2014E10 of 12171734––––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2014App State49DL
2015App State49DL6′4″270

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

2015 App State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 31vs.TroyW 44–⁠411

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

Named to the 2016 East–West Shrine Game (East team) but didn’t play.

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height6′2⅛″
Weight284 lb
Arm length34″
Hand size10¼″
Wingspan80¾″W
40-yard dash5.15 s
10-yard split1.75 s
Vertical jump30″
Broad jump9′5″
Bench press32 reps
3-cone drill7.95 s
20-yard shuttle4.53 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). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 48 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2016San Francisco 49ers111330
2017San Francisco 49ers51120
2018San Francisco 49ers16335.50
2019San Francisco 49ers82030
2021New York Jets82310
NFL career4810014.50

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.

Is this you, or do you know of something wrong or missing here? Suggest a correction. We check each one against a source before changing the page.