Bennie Blades

Bennie Blades
Blades 2015
Position (s): Safety	Jersey number (s): 36
born on September 3, 1966 in Fort Lauderdale , Florida
Career information
Active : 1988 - 1997
NFL Draft : 1988 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3
College : Miami
Teams
Detroit Lions ( 1988 - 1996 ) Seattle Seahawks ( 1997 )
Career statistics
Tackles	772
Interceptions	14th
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowl ( 1991 ) All-Pro (1988) 2 × Consensus All-American (1986, 1987) Jim Thorpe Award (1987) College Football Hall of Fame (2006)
College Football Hall of Fame

Horatio Benedict "Bennie" Blades Sr. (* 3. September 1966 in Fort Lauderdale , Florida ) is a former American American football poker players to position the Safties . He played for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League (NFL) for nine years . He also played for the Seattle Seahawks for a year before retiring .

Early years

Blades went to high school in Sunrise , Florida . He later played college football for the University of Florida . Here he received the Jim Thorpe Award in 1987.

NFL

Blades was selected third in the first round in the 1988 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions . He was immediately a permanent member of the Lions. In his first season he caught two interceptions . After the 1991 season he was elected to the Pro Bowl . For the 1997 season he moved to the Seattle Seahawks and ended his career there after a year.

Personal

Blade's nephew, Horatio Benedict Blades Jr. , played for the Washington Redskins as a linebacker in the NFL from 2007 to 2010 .

His brother Al Blades (1977-2003) played college football for the University of Miami from 1996 to 2000 and was under contract with the San Francisco 49ers for two years .

His older brother Brian Blades played for the Seattle Seahawks as a wide receiver in the NFL for eleven years .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bennie Blades still feels sting of his NFL career: 'My brain is mush' .
2. ↑ HB Blades, LB .
3. ^ Former Miami, 49ers Safety Killed in Car Accident. ESPN, March 21, 2003, accessed July 8, 2019 (American English): "Blades played for the Hurricanes from 1996-2000" 
4. ^ Former Miami, 49ers Safety Killed in Car Accident. ESPN, March 21, 2003, accessed July 8, 2019 (American English): “Blades signed with the 49ers as a free agent in 2001 and was placed on the practice squad. He was signed to the active roster twice but was released during training camp last summer. " 
5. ↑ Brian Blades, WR .