Last confirmed: Pittsburgh, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · Pittsburgh, PA · Upper St. Clair
Rori Blair: DL · Pittsburgh · #92.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Rori Blair
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 2 sacks against Virginia — Week 7, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Pittsburgh | 22 | 12 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| Career | 22 | 12 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-7vs Villanova | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-39vs Penn State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 38-45@ Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 36-37@ North Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 43-27vs Marshall | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 37-34vs Georgia Tech | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-31@ Virginia | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 36-39vs No. 25 Virginia Tech | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-14vs Duke | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 76-61vs Syracuse | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 12 | 4.5 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Week 7 · 2016
W 45-31
at Virginia
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out Virginia on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%4 TFLSack rate
16%4 sacksHurry rate
23%5 hurries22 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
37.7%
320 pass / 528 run
Plays / game
65.2
13 games
Team sack rate
2.9%
348 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Pittsburgh, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Chryst → Pat Narduzzi. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
