Blaise Bryant

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Blaise Bryant
Born: (1969-11-23) November 23, 1969 (age 54)
Huntington Beach, CA
Career information
StatusRetired
CFL statusAmerican
Position(s)RB
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight203 lb (92 kg)
CollegeIowa State Cyclones
NFL draft1991 / Round: 6
Drafted byNew York Jets
Career history
As player
1993Saskatchewan Roughriders
19931996Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Blaise X. Bryant (born November 23, 1969) is a former running back in the Canadian Football League who played with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.[1]

He played college for the Iowa State Cyclones and is one of the college's all-time leading rushers.[2] A 6th-round pick in 1991 by the NFL's New York Jets, Bryant enjoyed great success playing for the Canadian Football League'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.

Career regular season rushing statistics

Year[3] 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

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Blaze X. Bryant on Statscrew