Blaine Berger
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Idaho Falls, Idaho, U.S.
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| Position | Defensive tackle | ||
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| Born | December 28, 1970 Idaho Falls, Idaho, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Weight | 305 lb (138 kg) | ||
| Career information | |||
| High school | Idaho Falls (Idaho Falls, Idaho) | ||
| College | Utah (1990-1993) | ||
| NFL draft | 1994: undrafted | ||
| Career history | |||
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Blaine Berger (born December 28, 1970) is an American former football defensive tackle. He played college football at Utah. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Amsterdam Admirals of the World League of American Football (later known as NFL Europe).
He also played for the London Monarchs, Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL), Portland Forest Dragons of the Arena Football League (AFL) and the Las Vegas Outlaws of the XFL.
Berger attended Idaho Falls High School where he was a First-team All-state, All-area and All-conference defensive tackle. As a junior and senior, Idaho Falls went undefeated and won the Idaho State Football Championship each season, one of which he was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the championship game. While he was here, Idaho Falls never lost a football game.[2]
College career
Berger attended the University of Utah where as a true freshman he redshirt in 1990. In 1991 as a redshirt freshman, he served as a backup nose guard and defensive tackle and recorded 17 tackles and one sack. As a redshirt sophomore in 1992, he recorded 68 tackles, and six sacks. In 1993, as a redshirt junior, he finished second on the team in tackles with 85. He also recorded eight tackles-for-loss, three sacks, two forced fumbles and one pass broken up and was named All-conference. As a redshirt senior in 1994, he recorded 44 tackles, three sacks and five passes broken up.[2]
For his career, Berger recorded 214 tackles, 29 tackles-for-loss, 13 sacks, seven passes broken-up and two forced fumbles.[3]