Blaise Winter (born January 31, 1962) is an American motivational speaker as well as a former football player and coach.
[4] A shoulder injury landed him on injured reserve during his sophomore season; the Colts released him at the end of the year.
[2][7] Winter was signed by the San Diego Chargers in the time period preceding the 1992 NFL draft.
He originally sat third-string on the depth chart, but later started during the season after Joe Phillips refused to agree to a contract and George Thornton did not play well.
[4] Winter signed with the Buffalo Bills in spring 1995 after an onslaught of injuries to the team's defensive line,[5] but he himself spent the year on the injured reserve list.