Robert
Blanton.
Robert
Blanton.
Notre Dame· 6'1"· 208 lb· 4.66s 40
Robert Blanton projects best in a hybrid Cover-3 or Cover-4 scheme, where his tackling prowess and zone coverage skills can be maximized close to the line of scrimmage, allowing him to play a flexible role.
Year 1 rotational strong safety with special teams duties, with a ceiling as a reliable starting box safety.
A pure single-high safety scheme where he would be consistently asked to cover deep zones in man-to-man situations.
Blanton's size and tackling ability make him a strong fit for schemes that value versatility and run support from their safeties.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.66sp50
- Vertical
- 34inp50
- Broad jump
- 116inp50
- Three-cone
- 6.71sp50
- Shuttle
- 3.97sp50
- Bench
- 12repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Notre Dame | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Notre Dame | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 50 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.