Antonio Blackmon: CB · Purdue · #14.
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Antonio Blackmon
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Played for two head coaches at Purdue: Gerad Parker and Jeff Brohm. On tape: 9 tackles against Michigan State, Week 9, 2018.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
60 tackles. 7 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-31vs Northwestern | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 19-20vs Eastern Michigan | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 37-40vs Missouri | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-13vs No. 23 Boston College | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-28@ Nebraska | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 46-7@ Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-20vs No. 2 Ohio State | 8 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-23@ Michigan State | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-36vs No. 19 Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-41@ Minnesota | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 44-47vs Wisconsin | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-21@ Indiana | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 60 | 50 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 |
Week 8 · 2018
W 49-20
vs Ohio State
0.5 tackles for loss · 8 tackles · 2 pass breakups
Dominant 29-point win at home against Ohio State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
60tackles this season60 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 7 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
56.1%
509 pass / 399 run
Plays / game
69.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
556 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
60 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Purdue, 80 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Darrell Hazell, Gerad Parker, and Jeff Brohm. Multi-era developmental context.
