Ronald Blair

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Ronald Blair
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Blair with the 49ers in 2019
No. 98, 54
Position: Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1993-01-21) January 21, 1993 (age 32)
Greensboro, Georgia, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
High school: Greene County
(Greensboro, Georgia)
College: Appalachian State
NFL draft: 2016  / round: 5 / pick: 142
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-Sun Belt (2015)
  • Second-team All-Sun Belt (2014) [1]
  • Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year (2015)
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:116
Sacks:14.5
Forced fumbles:1
Fumble recoveries:2
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Ronald Blair (born January 21, 1993) is an American former professional football defensive end. He played college football at Appalachian State. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL draft, and played for the team until 2020.

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Early life

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

Blair in a game against the Denver Broncos Ronald Blair.JPG
Blair in a game against the Denver Broncos

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 defensive end out of the 171 available by NFLDraftScout.com. Blair was invited to the NFL Combine and performed all the drills. He injured his quad on his first 40-yard dash attempt. At Appalachian State's Pro Day, he was able to successfully improve on all his numbers, except the shuttle, but chose not to redo his bench press or 3-cone drill. He improved his 40-yard dash from 5.18 to 4.85, his 20-yard from 2.96 to 2.81, his 10-yard from 1.74 to 1.63, his vertical from 30 inches to 33.5 inches, and broad jump from 9'5" to 9'11". [3]

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
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)		4.85 s1.63 s2.81 s4.53 s7.95 s33.5 in
(0.85 m)		9 ft 11 in
(3.02 m)		32 reps
All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day [4] [5] [6] [7]

San Francisco 49ers

Blair was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the fifth round, 142nd overall, in the 2016 NFL draft. [8] On November 27, 2016, Blair got his first NFL sack on Ryan Tannehill of the Miami Dolphins. He ended his rookie season playing in all 16 games, recording 16 tackles and three sacks.

On September 3, 2017, Blair was placed on injured reserve. [9] He was activated off injured reserve to the active roster on November 4, 2017. [10]

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. [11] Without Blair, the 49ers reached Super Bowl LIV, but lost 31–20 to the Kansas City Chiefs. [12]

On March 23, 2020, Blair re-signed with the 49ers. [13] He was placed on the active/physically unable to perform list (PUP) at the start of training camp on July 28, 2020, [14] and was placed on the reserve/PUP list at the start of the regular season on September 5, 2020. [15] He was released after the season on March 12, 2021. [16]

New York Jets

On June 1, 2021, Blair signed with the New York Jets, reuniting him with his former defensive coordinator Robert Saleh. [17] He was released on August 31, 2021 and re-signed to the practice squad the next day. [18] [19]

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  1. ↑ "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.
  2. 1 2 "Ronald Blair - Football".
  3. ↑ "Ronald Blair, DS #13 DE, Appalachian State: 2016 NFL Draft". NFLDraftScout.com. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ronald Blair Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Ronald Blair College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  6. ↑ "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles – Ronald Blair". NFL.com. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  7. ↑ "2016 Combine workout: Ronald Blair". Seahawks.com. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  8. ↑ Price, Taylor (April 30, 2016). "San Francisco 49ers Draft Appalachian State DL Ronald Blair". 49ers.com. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "49ers Announce Roster Moves". 49ers.com. November 4, 2017. Archived from the original on March 2, 2018.
  11. ↑ "49ers Sign DL Damontre Moore; Place DL Ronald Blair III on Injured Reserve". 49ers.com. November 13, 2019. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Kansas City Chiefs rally to beat San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl, franchise's first championship in 50 years". AP News. February 3, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  13. ↑ Gantt, Darin (March 17, 2020). "49ers bringing back Ronald Blair for another year". Pro Football Talk. NBC Sports.
  14. ↑ "49ers Announce Roster Moves". 49ers.com. July 28, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  15. ↑ "49ers Announce Roster Moves". 49ers.com. September 5, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  16. ↑ "49ers Tender One-Year Contract to OL Daniel Brunskill". 49ers.com. March 12, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  17. ↑ Greenberg, Ethan (June 1, 2021). "Jets Sign DL Ronnie Blair, Waive DL Sharif Finch". NewYorkJets.com.
  18. ↑ Lange, Randy; Greenberg, Ethan (August 31, 2021). "Jets Remove 27 Players from Roster to Reach 53-Man Limit". NewYorkJets.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
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