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2024 Football Roster

2 Brian Blades II

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 172
  • Position Defensive Back
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
  • High School American Heritage

Biography

2023: Started 10 of 12 games at defensive back…registered 36 tackles (27 solo)…defended six passes, forced a fumble and blocked and blocked a kick…rang up a season-best eight stops, broke up four passes and forced first fumble of career in win over Maine (9/2)…tabbed four tackles in win over North Texas (9/9)…added four stops in road win at UConn (9/16)…recorded four tackles and blocked a kick in overtime win at Sam Houston (10/18)…notched four tackles at Middle Tennessee (11/11) and at Arkansas (11/18)…closed out season with three stops and a pass breakup vs. Western Kentucky (11/25).

2022: Saw action in four games at defensive back…tabbed a total of six tackles and one pass breakup…totaled four tackles at Western Kentucky (9/24).

2021: Appeared in four games as a reserve… posted six tackles, including four solo stops… registered one stop each vs. Old Dominion (11/6) and North Texas (11/20)… made three tackles at Marshall (10/30).

Prep: Product of American Heritage High School… Rated a three-star recruit by 247 sports… Collected 14 tackles in eight games as a senior… Tallied 83 tackles and four tackles for loss over his 30-game prep career.

Statistics

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2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 39

    2021Freshman

    DB
    5'10" 160 lbs
    39
  • 22

    2022Freshman

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 160 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 170 lbs
    22
  • 2

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 172 lbs
    2