DaBryan Blanton

{{short description|American sprinter}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = DaBryan Blanton

| nationality = {{USA}}

| sport = Running

| event = Sprints

| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1984|07|03|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Forney, Texas

| residence =

| coach = Shanon Atkinson

| collegeteam = Oklahoma Sooners

| club = Nike

| height = {{convert|5|ft|11|in|m|2|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|155|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

| pb = 100 m: 10.07 (Lincoln 2003)
200 m: 20.37 (Austin 2001)

| medaltemplates =

}}

DaBryan Blanton (born July 3, 1984) is an American sprint athlete. He attended the University of Oklahoma, where he was a three-time Big 12 champion in the 100 metres,{{Cite web |url=http://www.soonersports.com/sports/c-track/archive/outdoor_conference_champions.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523225024/http://www.soonersports.com/sports/c-track/archive/outdoor_conference_champions.html |archive-date=2012-05-23 |url-status=dead }} until 2005, when he decided to sign a professional contract with Nike.[http://www.terrelltribune.com/articles/2005/06/29/sports/sports01.txt Blanton turns pro, inks deal with Nike]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In his freshman season at Oklahoma, while still a junior athlete by IAAF standards, Blanton ran a 10.07 in the 100 metres, which at the time tied Stanley Floyd's American Junior Record.

A native of Forney, Texas, Blanton also played football in high school, and was ranked the No. 47 prospect in the nation by Rivals.com.[https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals100/2002 Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com Ranking - Rivals100: The Rivals100 2002]