Todd Blackledge
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 25, 1961 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Canton, Ohio | ||||||||
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| High school: | North Canton (OH) Hoover | ||||||||
| College: | Penn State | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1983 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7 | ||||||||
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| TD–INT: | 29–38 |
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| Yards: | 5,286 |
| QB Rating: | 60.2 |
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Todd Alan Blackledge (born February 25, 1961) is a former American football quarterback in both the NCAA and National Football League. In college, he led the Penn State Nittany Lions to a national championship; and, as a pro, he played for the Kansas City Chiefs (1983–1987) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (1988–1989). Blackledge is currently a high school basketball coach.
Blackledge attended Princeton High School in Princeton, New Jersey, from 1975–76, until he returned to the Canton area to finish his high school career at North Canton Hoover High School in North Canton, OH, from which he graduated in 1979.
Blackledge was a three-year starter at Penn State, where he guided the Nittany Lions to 31–5 record including a national championship in 1982. Following the 1982 season, he won the Davey O'Brien Award for best quarterback in the nation.
Blackledge was the seventh pick in the first round of the 1983 NFL Draft, chosen by the Kansas City Chiefs. He was picked behind John Elway but ahead of Dan Marino, astounding both Marino (who believed that he was better than Blackledge) and Blackledge himself (who had expected to be picked in the middle of the round). He was also drafted ahead of Hall of Famer Jim Kelly. He was a Chief for five seasons (1983–1987) before ending his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1988–1989)
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