Date of birth | November 23, 1969 |
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Place of birth | Huntington Beach, California, U.S. |
Career information | |
Status | Retired |
CFL status | International |
Position(s) | RB |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
Weight | 203 lb (92 kg) |
US college | Iowa State |
NFL draft | 1991 / Round: 6 |
Drafted by | New York Jets |
Career history | |
As player | |
1993 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
1993– 1996 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Blaise X. Bryant (born November 23, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). [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]
Today Blaise Bryant is a married and a parent living in Orange County, CA. He works as a successful mortgage and real estate broker.[ citation needed]
Year [4] | Team | GP | Rush | Yards | Y/R | Lg | TD |
1993 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 | 24 | 100 | 4.2 | 25 | 0 |
1993 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8 | 62 | 313 | 5.0 | 68 | 1 |
1995 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 232 | 1289 | 5.6 | 65 | 10 |
1996 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14 | 159 | 664 | 4.2 | 25 | 7 |
1997 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 7 | 69 | 278 | 4.0 | 32 | 1 |
CFL Totals | 546 | 2622 | 4.8 | 68 | 19 |