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Born: | Missouri City, Texas, U.S. | July 9, 1998||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 307 lb (139 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: |
Elkins ( Missouri City, Texas) | ||||||||||
College: | TCU (2016–2019) | ||||||||||
Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2020 / Round: 2 / Pick: 40 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Ross Blacklock (born July 9, 1998) is an American football defensive tackle who is a free agent. He played college football at TCU.
Blacklock's father, Jimmy, played for and later served as a coach for the Harlem Globetrotters. [1] Growing up in Missouri City, Texas, Blacklock became a football star at Elkins High School. [2] Following his senior season for the Knights, he was selected to play in the 2016 U.S. Army All-American Game and verbally committed to play college football at TCU during the broadcast of the game. [3]
After redshirting during his first season on campus in Fort Worth, Blacklock became a full-time starter as a redshirt freshman in 2017, helping lead the Frogs to the program's first-ever berth in the Big 12 Championship Game and a win in the 2017 Alamo Bowl over Stanford. [4] His individual performance earned him Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honors [5] as well as Freshman All-American honors from the Football Writers Association of America. [6]
In August 2018, Blacklock suffered an injury caused him to miss his entire sophomore season. [7] Nine months later, he was cleared by doctors to return for his junior season in 2019. [8] Following a junior season where he was named to the first-team All- Big 12, Blacklock announced that he would forgo his senior season and declare for the 2020 NFL Draft. [9]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
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6 ft 3+1⁄8 in (1.91 m) |
290 lb (132 kg) |
32+3⁄8 in (0.82 m) |
9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) |
4.90 s | 1.70 s | 2.86 s | 4.67 s | 7.77 s | 29.0 in (0.74 m) |
8 ft 11 in (2.72 m) | ||
All values from NFL Combine [10] [11] |
Blacklock was selected in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft with the 40th pick by the Houston Texans, their first choice in the draft. [12] The Texans originally obtained this pick in the trade that sent DeAndre Hopkins to the Arizona Cardinals for David Johnson. [13]
In Week 2 against the Baltimore Ravens, Blacklock was ejected from the game late in the fourth quarter after throwing a punch. [14] In his first year as a professional, Blacklock did not live up to expectations. [15] He finished his first season with 14 tackles, including one tackle for a loss, and no sacks. [16]
On August 30, 2022, Blacklock and a seventh-round pick were traded to the Minnesota Vikings for a sixth-round pick. [17] He was waived on August 29, 2023. [18]
On September 4, 2023, Blacklock was signed to the Jacksonville Jaguars practice squad. [19] He was released on October 23.
On October 24, 2023, the Indianapolis Colts signed Blacklock to their practice squad. [20] He was released on October 30. [21]
On November 15, 2023, the Tennessee Titans signed Blacklock to their practice squad. [22] He was signed to the active roster on December 30. [23]