David Marshall Blough was born on July 31,1995 and is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League.
37 Facts About David Blough
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David Blough played college football at Purdue and signed with the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2019.
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David Blough has been a member of the Minnesota Vikings.
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David Blough's mother, LuAnn Blough is a cancer survivor and a graduate of Vanderbilt University.
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David Blough is the youngest of three brothers; his elder brothers are Matthew and Daniel.
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David Blough played high school football for Creekview High School in Carrollton, Texas.
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David Blough was rated as the seventh-best pocket passer quarterback in the class of 2014, according to ESPN during The Opening rankings, but was later rated as the thirty-fifth best pocket passer.
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David Blough appeared in the 2013 Elite 11, where he had an early lead as the camp's MVP; however, he ended up losing to Sean White.
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In May 2013, David Blough received a scholarship offer, and verbally committed to play college football at Purdue University following his visit on June 15,2013.
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David Blough attended Purdue's spring camp in April 2014 under coach Darrell Hazell.
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David Blough redshirted his entire freshman season for the 2014 Boilermakers as sophomore Danny Etling was named the team's starter.
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David Blough was the backup on a roster that had just three scholarship quarterbacks, the other being true freshman Elijah Sindelar, who was recovering from a high school knee injury, and who Hazell wanted to redshirt.
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David Blough made his Purdue debut on September 12,2015, throwing one incomplete pass in a three-and-out series in the closing minutes of a victory over Indiana State.
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Hazell ultimately decided to redshirt Sindelar during the 2015 season, resulting in David Blough seeing playing time as Appleby's principal backup.
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David Blough had completed 13 of 23 passes with a touchdown and an interception when Purdue received the ball with 2:51 minutes left in the game with Purdue down 3 points.
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David Blough finished the final drive 2 for 8, including three straight incomplete passes to end Purdue's hopes at an upset.
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Two day later it was announced David Blough had suffered a concussion and was ruled out against the Indiana.
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On Purdue's first drive, David Blough found Tario Fuller on a screen pass for a 27-yard gain.
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David Blough posted 4 touchdowns, but had 1 interception in the loss.
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David Blough entered training camp in a quarterback battle, with his primary competition being redshirt sophomore Elijah Sindelar and redshirt freshman Jared Sparks.
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David Blough was injured during Purdue's scrimmage on August 12,2017, but was not expected to miss the season opener.
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David Blough came in during the second quarter and sparked the struggling Purdue offense, leading two touchdown drives to give Purdue the lead and increase their lead.
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However, late in the third David Blough was intercepted twice, one of which being a 61-yard touchdown for Louisville.
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David Blough returned to the bench for the rest of the game in favor of Sindelar.
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David Blough finished the game 11-for-13 passing for 235 yards and three scores.
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On September 15,2018, against Missouri, David Blough threw for a school record 572 passing yards.
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David Blough set the Big Ten record for total yards with 590.
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David Blough was named the Big Ten offensive player of the week.
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David Blough was pulled from the game due to their lead, but accumulated 377 yards passing and three touchdowns with one interception.
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David Blough threw for 378 yards and three touchdowns in the game.
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David Blough was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent on May 3,2019.
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On November 27,2019, following injuries to Matthew Stafford and backup quarterback Jeff Driskel, David Blough was named the starting quarterback for the Lions for their game on Thanksgiving Day against the Chicago Bears, making it his first NFL start.
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David Blough finished the 2019 NFL season going 94-of-174 throwing for 984 yards with four touchdowns and six interceptions.
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On September 5,2020, David Blough was waived by the Lions and signed to the practice squad the next day.
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On December 14,2022, David Blough was signed off the Vikings practice squad to the Arizona Cardinals active roster.
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David Blough re-signed with the team on March 20,2023.
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David Blough married Colombian-American hurdler Melissa Gonzalez in March 2019, making him the brother-in-law of NFL player Christian Gonzalez.