All-Delco Football: In all phases, Trey Blair was Haverford’s star

HAVERFORD — Trey Blair was feeling a bit nostalgic as he walked onto A.G. Cornog Field.

A few days earlier, on Thanksgiving morning, Haverford High’s outstanding senior quarterback ran for 225 yards and three touchdowns in a blowout win against Upper Darby.

“It’s starting to hit me now, like it did on Thanksgiving,” Blair said. “Hard to believe it’s over…”

Blair will transition to college football soon — he was set to enroll in the University of Buffalo in January, to which he had committed before his senior season, but just Thursday evening decided to reopen his recruitment.

In 2019, Blair became the starting quarterback at Haverford, a position he hadn’t played since freshman year. All he did was shatter the school record for most rushing yards in a career, while leading Delco with 2,154 yards and 27 touchdowns. He ran for nearly 800 more yards than the county’s second-leading rusher, quarterback Barry Brown of Academy Park.

Blair threw for 1,160 yards and 13 touchdowns, and he was the best defensive back in the county, even though he hardly saw any action because quarterbacks didn’t dare throw his way. Nonetheless, Blair recorded two interceptions this year (both in the postseason) and broke the school record for career interceptions with 13.

Blair returned kicks and punts for touchdowns … and he could punt the ball, too.

“I got a little better at it,” he said, modestly.

Trey Blair is the 2019 Daily Times Player of the Year. This is not a surprise to anyone who saw him perform on the football field.

Even in a year dominated by amazing, dual-threat quarterbacks, Blair stood far and above the rest.

Blair’s father, Chet, was an All-Delco basketball player during his time at Strath Haven. Chet became a Hall of Fame basketball player at West Chester University. Trey played varsity basketball and baseball his freshman year.

“I went into high school playing all three sports,” he said. “I was actually on varsity for baseball, but after my freshman year, I thought that was it, I was getting a little bored with baseball. I actually tweaked my back after my sophomore football season, going into my sophomore basketball season, so that’s when I knew just to stay with football. I was worried that I would get hurt doing all three. In my sophomore season, too, I knew I had to start sending highlights to schools and making contact with coaches. I realized in my sophomore year I wanted to play college football.”

The moment that stands out the most is the Ridley game on Sept. 1, 2017.

“Sophomore year, at Ridley, it was my second game starting as a varsity football players,” he said. “If I could pick one moment when I knew I could be a really good football player, I had an interception in that game with maybe a minute to go. It was a close game … and I had an interception inside our 20-yard line, so they were on their way to scoring and winning the game. That feeling I had, like I kind of saved the game, that’s kind of when I knew.”

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