This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

Robert BlantonWWikipedia↗

DB · 6′1″ 200 lb · Born 1989-09-07 · College: Notre Dame · Played 2012–2017 · Drafted 2012 round 5, pick 139 by Minnesota Vikings ·

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Photo: original: U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Michel Sauret on behalf of 416th Theater Engineer Command Army Reservederivative: Diddykong1130, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Defense

Year	Team	Pos	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int	PD	FF	TD
2014	MIN	DB	14		0	1	2	0	0
Total			14	0	0	1	2	0	0

Teams

Year	Team	Pos	#
2012	Minnesota Vikings	SS	36
2013	Minnesota Vikings	SS	36
2014	Minnesota Vikings	SS	36
2015	Minnesota Vikings	SS	36
2016	Buffalo Bills	DB	26
2017	Buffalo Bills	DB	29

Snap counts

Year	Team	G	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	MIN	16	0%	394	34%	281	55%
2014	MIN	15	0%	948	92%	128	31%
2015	MIN	16	0%	231	23%	227	50%
2015	MIN	1	0%	0	0%	12	50%
2016	BUF	10	0%	269	41%	164	56%
2017	BUF	2	0%	0	0%	34	60%

Games with a snap count on file (2012 on); percentages are the average share per game.

Depth chart history

Year	Team	Listed at	Weeks as starter	Weeks listed
2012	MIN	SS	0	17
2013	MIN	SS, FS	1	18
2014	MIN	SS, FS	15	16
2015	MIN	SS	2	18
2016	BUF	S	3	12
2017	BUF	SS	0	2

Regular-season depth charts (2001 on). A starter is a first-string listing that week.

Contracts

Signed	Team	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
2017	Dallas Cowboys	1	$855,000	$855,000	$80,000	0.5%
2017	Buffalo Bills	1	$775,000	$775,000	$0	0.5%
2016	Buffalo Bills	1	$840,000	$840,000	$80,000	0.5%
2012	Minnesota Vikings	4	$2.3M	$577,763	$211,052	0.5%

Career contract value $4.8M (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is the average per year against that season's salary cap.

Combine

Year	Pos	School	Ht	Wt	40	Bench	Vert	Broad	3-cone	Shuttle
2012	CB	Notre Dame	6′1″	208	4.66	12	34.0	116	6.71	3.97

All of the 2012 combine →

Traded

Date	From	To
2012-04-26	Cleveland Browns	Minnesota Vikings	details

Injury reports (13)

Year	Wk	Team	Injury	Game status	Practice
2012	1	MIN	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2012	7	MIN	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2012	8	MIN	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2012	15	MIN	Neck	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2014	15	MIN	Ankle / Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
2014	16	MIN	Ankle / Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2014	17	MIN	Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2015	11	MIN	Back	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2015	12	MIN	Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2015	13	MIN	Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2015	14	MIN	Knee	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
2015	15	MIN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2016	12	BUF	Foot	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice