2021: Played in all 13 games, starting six games at safety ... Registered 54 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, two pass breakups and two QB hurries ... Had nine tackles apiece against Buffalo and UTEP ... Recorded 1.5 tackles for loss to go along with nine tackles at UTEP ... Recorded four tackles in the Myrtle Beach Bowl against Tulsa.
2019: Played in 10 games, starting seven at safety ... Finished sixth on the team with 42 tackles ... Also notched one tackle for loss ... Recorded his first career interception and returned it 22 yards against Western Kentucky ... Had one pass breakup and forced one fumble ... Registered a season-high seven tackles and an interception against WKU ... Notched six tackles at Marshall and FIU ... Totaled three tackles and one tackle for loss at UAB.
JUCO: A two-star recruit by Rivals out of high school … Had 56 tackles, four interceptions, two pass breakups, a blocked punt and two touchdowns in 10 games for Copiah-Lincoln this season … Earned second-team all-conference accolades … Recorded 146 tackles as a senior at Callaway high school.
PERSONAL: Son of Harrell Blackmon Sr. and Tarica Jackson ... Full name is Harrell Lee Blackmon Jr. ... One of 10 children ... Majoring in sport management.
HARRELL BLACKMON CAREER STATS
Year | Games | UT | AT | TOTAL | TFL | Sacks | INT | FF | FR | PBU |
2019 | 10 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 13 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
TOTAL | 23 | 41 | 18 | 96 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |