Ken Blackman

{{Short description|American football player (born 1972)}} {{Use American English|date=September 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Ken Blackman | number = 66 | position = Guard | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|11|8}} | birth_place = Brunswick, Georgia, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = 320 | high_school = Abilene (TX) Wylie | college = Illinois | draftyear = 1996 | draftround = 3 | draftpick = 69 | pastteams = * Cincinnati Bengals ({{NFL Year|1996|1999}}) * Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1999) | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 35 | statlabel2 = Games started | statvalue2 = 31 | pfr = BlacKe20 }}

'''Kenneth Blake Blackman''' (born November 8, 1972) is an American former professional football player who was a guard for three seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the third round of the 1996 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1996 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1996/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> His playing weight was listed as 320 pounds. He played college football at the University of Illinois and high school at Wylie High School in Abilene, Texas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ken Blackman Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BlacKe20.htm |access-date=2025-09-27 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

Blackman lives with his wife, Charity, in Monmouth, Illinois.<ref name=monmouth>{{cite web|url=https://www.galesburg.com/story/sports/nfl/2017/06/20/nfl-to-little-league/20494655007/|title=NFL to Little League|author=Holt, Jeff|publisher=The Register Mail|access-date=October 20, 2022|date=June 19, 2017}}</ref> He was married to former professional wrestler Debrah Miceli from 1998 to 2008.<ref name=murphy>{{cite news|url=http://www.cincypost.com/sports/1999/black061199.html|title=Blackman wed to WCW star|first=Mike|last=Murphy|work=The Cincinnati Post|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company|date=June 11, 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041225062554/http://www.cincypost.com/sports/1999/black061199.html|archive-date=December 25, 2004}}</ref><ref name=tampa>{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2005/01/21/Tampabay/Have_truck__will_crush.shtml|title=Have truck, will crush|author=Brink, Graham|publisher=St. Petersburg Times|access-date=March 19, 2009|date=January 21, 2005}}</ref>

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