(1961-02-25) February 25, 1961 (age 63) Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:
225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:
Hoover (North Canton, Ohio)
College:
Penn State (1979–1982)
NFL draft:
1983 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7
Career history
Kansas City Chiefs (1983–1987)
Pittsburgh Steelers (1988–1989)
Career highlights and awards
National champion (1982)
Davey O'Brien Award (1982)
Career NFL statistics
TD–INT:
29–38
Passing yards:
5,286
Passer rating:
60.2
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
Todd Alan Blackledge (born February 25, 1961) is a former American football quarterback in both the NCAA and National Football League (NFL). In college, he led the Penn State Nittany Lions to a national championship. A member of the famed Class of 1983, he played for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers and is largely considered a draft bust. Blackledge is a college football television broadcaster, working for ABC Sports from 1994 through 1998, for CBS Sports from 1999 to 2005, ESPN from 2006 through January 2023, and NBC since February 2023.
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quarterback ToddBlackledge in the 1983 NFL Draft believing that Blackledge was a better choice than Jim Kelly and Dan Marino. Blackledge never started...
quarterback selected by the Chiefs in the first round since selecting ToddBlackledge seventh overall in the 1983 NFL draft. On July 20, 2017, the Chiefs...
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was broadcast on nationwide radio by ESPN Radio with Mike Tirico and ToddBlackledge on the call, with Holly Rowe and Joe Schad on the sidelines. Locally...
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