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| Position: | Offensive tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1986-10-29)October 29, 1986 (age 38) Tyler, Texas, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight: | 310 lb (141 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Tyler (TX) Lee |
| College: | LSU |
| Undrafted: | 2010 |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Ciron Qunadra Black (born October 29, 1986) is a formerAmerican footballoffensive tackle for theLSU Tigers. Black holds the LSU record for career starts at 53, and one off the all-time NCAA football record.
A native ofTyler, Texas, Black attendedRobert E. Lee High School, where he was teammates withMatt Flynn,Justin Warren, andBrandon Pettigrew. As a senior, Black averaged four pancake blocks per game and was named first-team 5A all-state in Texas. Was a 3-year letterman in football and was a member of the baseball, track, and basketball teams.
Considered a three-star prospect byRivals.com, Black was listed as the No. 12 offensive guard prospect in the nation.[1]Scout.com rated Black as a four star prospect and the 31st best offensive tackle prospect in the nation.[2]
Afterredshirting his initial year at LSU, Black started all 13 of the Tigers' games at left tackle in 2006, succeedingAndrew Whitworth. Black and Whitworth were the only two players to play at left tackle for LSU between the2002 season and2009 season. He earned Freshman All-American honors by theFootball Writers Association of American.[3] Still a starter in his sophomore year, he played all 14 games for the Tigers at left offensive tackle, while setting a school-record by playing 1,031 snaps from scrimmage in 2007. He earned second-team All-SEC honors from the SEC Coaches that year.
As a junior, Black ran his streak of consecutive starts at left tackle to 40 straight and was a second team All-SEC selection for the second straight year. He helped pave the way for an LSU team that ranked fourth in the SEC in rushing with 166.8 yards per game.In 2009, Black was listed at No. 4 onRivals.com′s preseason offensive tackle power ranking.[4] He was also named to the 2009Outland Trophy watch list.[5]
Black projected as a right tackle in the NFL. Black went undrafted in the 2010 NFL Draft. Early reports claimed that Black had signed with the Steelers, but those reports were incorrect. He gave a statement in early May saying he would release an official statement concerning his football career in the near future.[6]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | Bench press | |||||||
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| 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 300 lb (136 kg) | 33 in (0.84 m) | 10+1⁄8 in (0.26 m) | 5.3 s | 33 reps of 225 reps | |||||||
| All values from NFL Combine[7] | ||||||||||||