Ciron Black

Education

A native of Tyler, Texas, Black attended Robert East. Lee High School, where he was teammates with Matt Flynn, Justin Warren, and Brandon Pettigrew.

Career

Ciron holds the Louisiana State University record for career starts at 53, and one off the all-time National Collegiate Athletic Association football record. As a senior, Black averaged four pancake blocks per game and was named first-team 5A all-state in Texas. Considered a three-star prospect by Rivals.com, Black was listed as the Number.

12 offensive guard prospect in the nation.

Scout.com rated Black as a four star prospect and the 31st best offensive tackle prospect in the nation. After redshirting his initial year at Louisiana State University, Black started all 13 of the Tigers’ games at left tackle in 2006, succeeding Andrew Whitworth.

Black and Whitworth were the only two players to play at left tackle for Louisiana State University between the 2002 season and 2009 season. He earned Freshman All-American honors by the Football Writers Association of American.

Still a starter in his sophomore year, he played all 14 games for the Tigers at left offensive tackle, while setting a school-record by playing 1,031 snaps from scrimmage in 2007.

He earned second-team All-Securities and Exchange Commission honors from the Securities and Exchange Commission Coaches that year. As a junior, Black ran his streak of consecutive starts at left tackle to 40 straight and was a second team All-Securities and Exchange Commission selection for the second straight year. He helped pave the way for an Louisiana State University team that ranked fourth in the Securities and Exchange Commission in rushing with 166.8 yards per game.

In 2009, Black was listed at Number.

4 on Rivals.com′s preseason offensive tackle power ranking. 2010 NFL Draft

Black projected as a right tackle in the NFL. Black went undrafted in the 2010 NFL Draft.

Early reports claimed that Black had signed with the Steelers, but those reports were incorrect. He gave a statement in early May saying he would release an official statement concerning his football career in the near future.

Achievements

• He was also named to the 2009 Outland Trophy watch list.

Membership

Was a 3 year letterman in football and was a member of the baseball, track, and basketball teams.