Ja'Quain Blakely: DL · Tennessee · #48.
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Ja'Quain Blakely
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches in four seasons at Tennessee. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against South Carolina — Week 6, 2021.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-6vs Bowling Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 34-41vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-0vs Tennessee Tech | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-38@ No. 11 Florida | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-20vs South Carolina | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 26-31vs No. 13 Ole Miss | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-52@ No. 4 Alabama | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-42@ No. 18 Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-41vs No. 1 Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 60-14vs South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-21vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 9 | 5.0 | 1.5 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
17%5 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksHurry rate
14%4 hurries29 tackles · 5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
39.5%
374 pass / 572 run
Plays / game
78.8
12 games
Team sack rate
10.0%
430 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #275 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Tennessee, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Butch Jones, Jeremy Pruitt, and Josh Heupel. Multi-era developmental context.
