Michael Blair


Michaelangelo Christopher Blair is a former National Football League running back who played for the Cincinnati Bengals and Green Bay Packers in 1998. His Bengal team career totaled three games, and he played 11 games for the Packers. Finishing his NFL career with 3 rushing attempts for 7 yards, and 3 catches for 20 yards. In 2001, he played for the New York/New Jersey Hitmen in the XFL. He also played for the Grand Rapids Rampage, the Carolina Cobras, the New Orleans VooDoo, and the New York Dragons in the Arena Football League from 2002 through 2006. He is now retired and is coaching football and track and field for a local high school located in Skokie, IL, named Niles West.
Blair attended Ball State University, where he played on the 1996 Cardinals Las Vegas Bowl team.
In 2006 Blair played a football player in We Are Marshall starring Matthew McConaughey and The Game Plan starring Dwayne "Rock" Johnson. In 2007, he became a TJ or Travel Journalist for 5 Takes:Latin America on the Travel Channel.