Will Blackwell
Encyclopedia
Will Blackwell is a former American football
player who played wide receiver
for the Pittsburgh Steelers
in the National Football League
. Blackwell was picked in the 2nd round of the 1997 draft with high expectations from his successful career at San Diego State, but played sparingly in five years in the NFL. He now coaches the Skyline High School (Oakland, California)
football team in Oakland, CA.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player who played wide receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. Blackwell was picked in the 2nd round of the 1997 draft with high expectations from his successful career at San Diego State, but played sparingly in five years in the NFL. He now coaches the Skyline High School (Oakland, California)
Skyline
A skyline is the overall or partial view of a city's tall buildings and structures consisting of many skyscrapers in front of the sky in the background. It can also be described as the artificial horizon that a city's overall structure creates. Skylines serve as a kind of fingerprint of a city, as...
football team in Oakland, CA.
Career stats
| Year | | Rushing | | Receiving | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Lng | ||
| 1997 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 168 | 14.0 | 1 | 46 | |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 297 | 9.3 | 1 | 24 | |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 186 | 9.3 | 0 | 26 | |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 14 | |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 682 | 10.2 | 2 | 0 | |