Christian Blake Explained

Christian Blake
Position:	Wide receiver
Birth Date:	June 8, 1996
Birth Place:	Plantation, Florida, U.S.
Height Ft:	6
Height In:	1
Weight Lbs:	181
High School:	Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
College:	Northern Illinois
Undraftedyear:	2018
Pastteams:	Atlanta Falcons (–) Arizona Cardinals * Pittsburgh Steelers *
Statleague:	NFL
Statlabel1:	Receptions
Statvalue1:	28
Statlabel2:	Receiving yards
Statvalue2:	257
Statlabel3:	Receiving touchdowns

Christian Blake (born June 8, 1996) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Northern Illinois.

Professional career

Atlanta Falcons

Blake signed with the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent on May 1, 2018.^[1] He was waived on September 1, 2018.^[2] He was re-signed to the practice squad on September 10, 2018.^[3] He was released on September 26, 2018.^[4] He was re-signed to the practice squad on December 18, 2018.^[5] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Falcons on December 31, 2018.^[6]

On August 31, 2019, Blake was waived by the Falcons and was signed to the practice squad the next day.^{[7] [8]} He was promoted to the active roster on October 23, 2019.^[9]

Blake signed a contract extension with the Falcons on March 11, 2021.^[10]

Arizona Cardinals

On May 16, 2022, Blake signed with the Arizona Cardinals.^[11] He was waived on August 2, 2022.^[12]

Pittsburgh Steelers

On August 11, 2022, Blake signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers.^[13] He was released on August 23, 2022.^[14]

External links

• Northern Illinois Huskies bio

Notes and References

1. Web site: May 1, 2018 . Falcons announce agreements with 27 undrafted free agents . FalconsWire.USAToday.com . June 17, 2018.
2. Web site: McFadden, Will . September 1, 2018 . Falcons 2018 roster: Atlanta announces roster cuts, trims active roster down to 52 . AtlantaFalcons.com.
3. Web site: McFadden, Will . September 10, 2018 . Falcons waive Deante Burton, Jeff Overbaugh; sign trio of players . AtlantaFalcons.com . September 12, 2018 . September 12, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180912091907/https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/falcons-waive-deante-burton-jeff-overbaugh-sign-trio-of-players . dead .
4. Web site: McFadden, Will . September 25, 2018 . Falcons place Ricardo Allen on injured reserve; make several roster moves . AtlantaFalcons.com.
5. Web site: McFadden, Will . December 18, 2018 . Falcons announce flurry of transactions, place Jeremy Langford on active roster . AtlantaFalcons.com.
6. Web site: Conway, Kelsey . December 31, 2018 . Falcons sign nine players to reserve/futures contracts . AtlantaFalcons.com . January 1, 2019 . October 20, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201020200725/https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/falcons-sign-nine-players-to-reserve-futures-contracts . dead .
7. Web site: McFadden, Will . August 31, 2019 . Falcons 2019 roster announced . AtlantaFalcons.com.
8. Web site: McFadden, Will . September 1, 2019 . Falcons sign seven players to practice squad . AtlantaFalcons.com.
9. Web site: McFadden, Will . October 23, 2019 . Falcons sign receivers to active roster, practice squad . AtlantaFalcons.com.
10. Web site: March 11, 2021 . Falcons re-sign Younghoe Koo, three more exclusive rights free agents . March 11, 2021 . AtlantaFalcons.com.
11. Web site: Cardinals Sign QB Jarrett Guarantano After Rookie Tryout. Urban, Darren. AZCardinals.com. May 16, 2022.
12. Web site: Cardinals Activate Hollywood Brown, Add Rashaad Coward. Urban, Darren. AZCardinals.com. August 2, 2022.
13. Web site: Steelers Sign Former Falcons Wide Receiver; Ex-Notre Dame WR Waived. Zasky, Jason. Heavy.com. August 11, 2022.
14. Web site: Steelers reduce roster to 80 players. Varley, Teresa. Steelers.com. August 23, 2022. August 24, 2022. August 24, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220824024549/https://www.steelers.com/news/steelers-reduce-roster-to-80-players. dead.