Blaise Bryant

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Blaise Bryant
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Position Running back
Personal information
Born (1969-11-23) November 23, 1969 (age 55)
Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight203 lb (92 kg)
Career information
College Iowa State
NFL draft 1991: 6th round
Career history
1991 New York Jets*
1993 Saskatchewan Roughriders
19931996 Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Awards and highlights

Blaise X. Bryant (born November 23, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. [1]

He played college football for the Iowa State Cyclones and is one of the college's all-time leading rushers. [2] A sixth-round pick in 1991 by the NFL's New York Jets, [3] Bryant enjoyed great success playing for the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers from where he has several playing records, notably a single game rushing record for most yards (246) against Hamilton, September 17, 1994 which stood for almost 15 years til it was broken August 21, 2009. [1]

Career regular season rushing statistics

Year [4] TeamGPRushYardsY/RLgTD
1993 Saskatchewan Roughriders 2241004.2250
1993 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 8623135.0681
1994 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1623212895.66510
1995 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 141596644.2257
1996 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7692784.0321
CFL Totals54626224.86819

References

  1. 1 2 "Regular Season All-Time Records Archived 2015-01-04 at the Wayback Machine ." CFL.ca. Retrieved on November 2, 2010.
  2. Boyles, Bob & Paul Guido. 50 Years of College Football: A Modern History of America's Most Colorful Sport. Skyhorse, 2007. 931.
  3. "1991 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  4. Blaze X. Bryant on Statscrew