Devon Blackmon

#19 · WR · BYU6′0″ · Fontana, CA

Devon Blackmon: WR · BYU · #19.

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Devon Blackmon

WR · BYU · #19

Moves the chains on third down. Second year in the same receiving corps at BYU. On tape: 142 receiving yards and 9 receptions against East Carolina, Week 6, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

BYU in the news

BYU athletic director leaving in Jan ‘27Oct 31
Big 12 addresses UCF fan chants at BYUFox News Oct 29
Big 12 penalizes discriminatory chantsKUTV Oct 29
BYU releases depth chart for Arizona State gameSports Ksl Oct 27

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	BYU	46	669	14.5	70
2014	BYU	10	130	13.0	56
Career		56	799	14.3	70

Season	Team
2015	BYU	84	--
2014	BYU	--	68
Career		84	68

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 33-28@ Nebraska	5	43	8.6	21
Wk 2	W 35-24vs No. 20 Boise State	6	105	17.5	70
Wk 3	L 23-24@ No. 10 UCLA	3	23	7.7	9
Wk 4	L 0-31@ Michigan	1	14	14.0	14
Wk 5	W 30-13vs UConn	3	15	5.0	9
Wk 6	W 45-38vs East Carolina	9	142	15.8	39	Season-high 142 yds
Wk 7	W 38-24vs Cincinnati	3	32	10.7	12
Wk 8	W 70-6vs Wagner	2	26	13.0	19
Wk 10	W 17-16@ San José State	6	102	17.0	39
Wk 11	L 16-20vs Missouri	2	15	7.5	14
Wk 12	W 52-10vs Fresno State	2	20	10.0	11
Wk 13	W 51-28@ Utah State	1	35	35.0	35
Bowl	L 28-35vs No. 20 Utah	3	97	32.3	45
Total		46	669	14.5	70

Signature game

Week 6 · 2015

W 45-38

vs East Carolina

9 rec · 142 yds

Edged out East Carolina at home in a shootout.

With T. Mangum — 332 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.8 · J. Linehan — 7 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Boise State · 3rd and 19 · Q3 · EPA +4.72Tanner Mangum pass complete to Devon Blackmon for 70 yds to the BoiSt 23 for a
Week 1 · Utah · 4th and 13 · Q4 · EPA +4.58Tanner Mangum pass complete to Devon Blackmon for 44 yds to the Utah 24 for a
Week 10 · San José State · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.50Tanner Mangum pass complete to Devon Blackmon for 39 yds to the SJSU 41 for a SAN JOSÉ ST Penalty, Defensive pass interference ( Yards) declined for a
Week 4 · Michigan · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.26Tanner Mangum pass complete to Devon Blackmon for 14 yds to the Mich 40 for a
Week 1 · Utah · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.17Tanner Mangum pass complete to Devon Blackmon for 45 yds to the Utah 4 for a
Week 10 · San José State · 2nd and 30 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Tanner Mangum pass complete to Devon Blackmon for 24 yds to the SJSt 13

4 more plays

Week 13 · Utah State · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.02Tanner Mangum pass complete to Devon Blackmon for 35 yds to the BYU 45 for a
Week 1 · Nebraska · 1st and 20 · Q2 · EPA +2.93Taysom Hill pass complete to Devon Blackmon for 21 yds to the Neb 39 for a
Week 6 · East Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Tanner Mangum pass complete to Devon Blackmon for 34 yds to the ECaro 35 for a
Week 10 · San José State · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +1.89Tanner Mangum pass complete to Devon Blackmon for 5 yds to the SJSt 45 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall — 17-9 over that span.

2014BYU8-5HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2015BYU9-4HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (84th percentile). Concern: td rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#165 / 684 · 76th pct

14.5

EPA / target#258 / 684 · 62nd pct

0.56

Explosive rate#254 / 684 · 62nd pct

13.0%

Catch rate#339 / 684 · 49th pct

66.7%

TD rate#553 / 684 · 10th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#82 / 521 · 84th pct

Rec yards#124 / 521 · 76th pct

669

Receptions#135 / 521 · 74th pct

Yards / catch#160 / 521 · 69th pct

14.5

Rec TDs#466 / 521 · 5th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.2	56.7	12.0	0.0
Road5g	3.2	43.4	16.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.1	58.9	13.9	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	39.6	16.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Bronco Mendenhall

Pass share

55.3%

502 pass / 405 run

Plays / game

69.8

13 games

Team sack rate

5.6%

549 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

46 catches in 13 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Devon Blackmon

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Career stats

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

46 catches in 13 games

Two seasons at BYU

Moves

2014 9 games