UNLV: After lettering at linebacker last season, Blair switched sides of the ball during 2010 spring practice and is now listed as team's top fullback heading into fall ... Earned a spot on the Dean's Honor List in fall 2008 and spring 2010 ... Also one of 17 Rebels to earn Academic All-MWC honors last season.
2009: Earned his first letter as a Rebel by playing in the first eight games of the season ... Recorded seven total tackles while appearing on both special teams and a linebacker spot.
2008: Redshirted season.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of McClintock HS ... A PrepStar West Coast All-Region honoree who starred for three years on both sides of the ball ... Named all-region in three seasons, all-city his last two and to the Arizona Republic's All-Arizona High School Football Team as a senior ... Registered 146 total tackles, including a pair of 20-takedown nights, to go with 4.5 QB sacks his senior season ... Also lined up at FB for the Chargers and rushed for 125 yards on 26 carries in 2007 ... Racked up 120 tackles and added 106 yards rushing as a junior and totaled 132 tackles as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: David Joe Blair was born on April 17, 1990, in Chandler, AZ ... The son of Dawn Young and Patrick Blair ... Has a sister, Erica ... Picked the Rebels over San Diego State and Army ... Majoring in film studies.
--Courtesy of UNLVRebels.com
2009: Earned his first letter as a Rebel by playing in the first eight games of the season ... Recorded seven total tackles while appearing on both special teams and a linebacker spot.
2008: Redshirted season.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of McClintock HS ... A PrepStar West Coast All-Region honoree who starred for three years on both sides of the ball ... Named all-region in three seasons, all-city his last two and to the Arizona Republic's All-Arizona High School Football Team as a senior ... Registered 146 total tackles, including a pair of 20-takedown nights, to go with 4.5 QB sacks his senior season ... Also lined up at FB for the Chargers and rushed for 125 yards on 26 carries in 2007 ... Racked up 120 tackles and added 106 yards rushing as a junior and totaled 132 tackles as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: David Joe Blair was born on April 17, 1990, in Chandler, AZ ... The son of Dawn Young and Patrick Blair ... Has a sister, Erica ... Picked the Rebels over San Diego State and Army ... Majoring in film studies.
--Courtesy of UNLVRebels.com
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