Blake Cotton is a cornerback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Utah.
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Arrived at Utah from UC Davis. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Baylor — Week 12, 2025.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 7 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Utah | 27 | 19 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
| Career | 27 | 19 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-10@ UCLA | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 63-9vs Cal Poly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-34vs No. 17 Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-10vs No. 21 Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24@ No. 15 BYU | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 53-7vs Colorado | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-14vs No. 17 Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 55-28@ Baylor | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 51-47vs Kansas State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-21@ Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 44-22vs Nebraska | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 19 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 7 |
Week 13 · 2025
W 51-47
vs Kansas State
4 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 3 solo tackles
Edged out Kansas State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
26%7 pass breakupsTackle volume
27tackles this season27 tackles · 2 for loss · 7 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
Pass share
39.8%
371 pass / 562 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
367 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #224 at the position.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
In the portal · 2026
In transfer portal
