Todd Blackledge
Sugar Bowl Hall of Fame
Penn State
Sugar Bowls: 1983
Inducted: 2018
Todd Blackledge keyed Penn State’s first national championship with a Most Outstanding Player performance in the 1983 Sugar Bowl. The junior quarterback threw for 228 yards and a critical 47-yard TD strike early in the fourth quarter to clinch the victory over Georgia. The 1982 winner of the Davey O’Brien Award as the top collegiate quarterback in the nation, Blackledge played seven years in the NFL before beginning his broadcasting career. He has added to his Sugar Bowl legacy by serving as the television analyst for six Sugar Bowl broadcasts on ABC (December 1995) and ESPN (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018). Todd was the analyst for the College Football Playoff Semifinal on Saturday night in Arlington and hurried to New Orleans to be part of this Hall of Fame event while also preparing to continue his Sugar Bowl legacy by working his seventh Sugar Bowl broadcast tonight.
