Eli Blakey is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Miami (OH).
Blakey plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Five seasons in the Miami (OH) secondary to date. All-MAC in 2025 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 16 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against UNLV — Week 4, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
118 tackles. 8 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 4.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miami (OH) | 118 | 62 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | Miami (OH) | 89 | 46 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | 46 | 21 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Miami (OH) | 27 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2021 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 281 | 143 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 17 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-17@ Wisconsin | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-45@ Rutgers | 10 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 38-41vs UNLV | 16 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 38-0vs Lindenwood | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 25-14@ Northern Illinois | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-7@ Akron | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 44-30vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 26-17vs Western Michigan | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 20-24@ Ohio | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-24vs Toledo | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-20@ Buffalo | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-24vs Ball State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 13-23vs Western Michigan | 15 | 9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 3-18vs Fresno State | 13 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 118 | 62 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 8 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
118tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%4 TFL118 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 1 sack · 8 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
5 seasons under Chuck Martin — 40-28 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 8.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 7.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 9.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 7.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chuck Martin
Pass share
43.4%
367 pass / 478 run
Plays / game
60.4
14 games
Team sack rate
6.4%
376 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #7 of 544 FBS safeties by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2025 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #7 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-MAC
Based on 2025: #1 of 40 Mid-American DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).
The No. 1,627 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Mid-American as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chuck Martin.
