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BLAKE AT A GLANCE:
• A rookie offensive lineman who spent the 2012 season on injured reserve with a thumb injury.
• Started all 38 career games in three seasons at Baylor University —26 at center and 12 at right tackle—and recorded 254 knockdown blocks and 48 touchdown-resulting blocks during that time.
• Named to the Rimington Trophy (nation’s best center) Watch List his final two seasons after replacing Broncos teammate J.D. Walton as the Bears’ starting center in 2010.
• Started all 13 games as a senior in 2011 and was named a first-team All-Big 12 Conference selection by the league coaches and a first-team All-America pick by The NFL Draft Report.
• Directed the offensive line on a 2011 Baylor squad that ranked second nationally in total offense (587.1 ypg), fourth in passing offense (351.5 ypg), fourth in scoring offense (45.3 ppg) and 10th in rushing offense (235.6 ypg).
• Spent his freshman season at Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas, where he played mostly center and was selected as a second-team All-Southwest Junior College Football Conference pick.
• Played two seasons of prep football at Champlain Regional College in Lennoxville, Quebec, after graduating from Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School in Etobicoke, Ontario, in 2005.
• Chosen by the Montreal Alouettes with the 23rd overall pick in the 2011 Canadian Football Draft before opting to return to Baylor for his senior season.
• Selected by the Broncos in the fourth round (108th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft.

2012: Blake was placed on injured reserve with a thumb injury on Sept. 18 after being inactive for the team’s first two games of the season.

2011: Blake earned first-team All-Big 12 Conference honors from the league coaches and first-team All-America accolades from The NFL Draft Report after starting all 13 games at center for a Baylor offense that ranked second nationally in total offense (587.1 ypg), fourth in passing offense (351.5 ypg), fourth in scoring offense (45.3 ppg) and 10th in rushing offense (235.6 ypg)... Totaled a team-best 96 knockdowns and 23 touchdown-resulting blocks along with an 85.8 percent grade for blocking consistency... Named to the ESPN All-Bowl Team for his performance in Baylor’s 67-56 win vs. Washington (12/29) in the Alamo Bowl.

2010: Blake was an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection after opening all 13 games for the Bears at center following the departure of third-round NFL Draft pick J.D. Walton... Helped Baylor rank third in the conference in rushing (194.6 ypg) and third in sacks allowed (1.54/gm)... Recorded 82 knockdowns and 10 touchdown-resulting blocks on the season while receiving a coaches grade of 81 percent or higher in all but two games.

2009: Blake started all 12 games at right tackle in his first season with Baylor and registered 76 knockdowns and 10 touchdown-resulting blocks in addition to grading out at 82 percent on the year.

2008: Blake spent his freshman season at Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas, where he earned second-team All-Southwest Junior College Football Conference honors as a center for the Apaches... Saw playing time at offensive tackle in addition to the interior line and delivered 13 touchdown-resulting blocks for a ground attack that averaged 259.5 yards per game.

2006-07: Blake played two seasons of prep football at Champlain Regional College in Lennoxville, Quebec., competing at center for the Cougars.

HIGH SCHOOL: Blake graduated from Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School in Etobicoke, Ontario, in 2005.

PERSONAL: Blake majored in sociology at Baylor and graduated in August 2011... Selected by the Montreal Alouettes with the 23rd overall pick in the 2011 Canadian Football League Draft... Philip Anthony Blake was born on Nov. 27, 1985 in Toronto.