Robert Blackwell is in his 39th year in the Cowboys video department, and his 31st as the team's director of coaching video. Blackwell is responsible for acquisition and maintenance of the club's vast digital video library of NFL and college games. He is also in charge of generating video, stats and scouting reports on upcoming opponents for the coaching staff. Blackwell is responsible for the input of Dallas Cowboys game video and its conversion to iPads for coaches and players to review immediately after games. Since 1988 Blackwell has served as the Dallas Cowboys representative at the NFL Draft.

Robert Blackwell is in his 39th year in the Cowboys video department, and his 31st as the team's director of coaching video. Blackwell is responsible for acquisition and maintenance of the club's vast digital video library of NFL and college games. He is also in charge of generating video, stats and scouting reports on upcoming opponents for the coaching staff. Blackwell is responsible for the input of Dallas Cowboys game video and its conversion to iPads for coaches and players to review immediately after games. Since 1988 Blackwell has served as the Dallas Cowboys representative at the NFL Draft.

A native of Garland, Texas, Blackwell earned his degree in communications from Stephen F. Austin State University, and later shot game films for Southern Methodist University's football and basketball programs (1979-84).

He and wife Diana live in Coppell, Texas. They have two children, Nate and Lora, and a grandchild, Rivers.