Joey Blount: S · Virginia · #29.
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Joey Blount
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Fifth year in the same secondary at Virginia. The first career honor came in 2019: All-ACC. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Wake Forest — Week 4, 2021.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
86 tackles. 3 passes defended. 3 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 43-0vs William & Mary | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-14vs Illinois | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 39-59@ No. 21 North Carolina | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 17-37vs Wake Forest | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-28@ Miami | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-0vs Duke | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-40vs Georgia Tech | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 49-66@ No. 25 BYU | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-28vs No. 7 Notre Dame | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 38-48@ No. 20 Pittsburgh | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-29vs Virginia Tech | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 86 | 54 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
86tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%5 TFL86 tackles · 5 for loss · 1 sack · 3 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
5 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall — 34-28 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 8.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 8.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Pass share
62.3%
551 pass / 334 run
Plays / game
73.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
604 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
86 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #111 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Virginia, 303 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 51 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC
All-ACC mention (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bronco Mendenhall.
