#11

Kendall Blanton

Senior tight end for Missouri. 2018: 22 catches, 177 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Missouri · Sr. · #11

6′6″ · 260 lb · Blue Springs, MO

Missouri 2018 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for Missouri. 2018: 22 catches, 177 receiving yards, 2 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Missouri, 476 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Missouri

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Barry Odom

Missouri

Played his entire career under Barry Odom.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Barry Odom — 19-19 over that span.

2016Missouri4-8HC: Barry Odom · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Missouri7-6HC: Barry Odom · Balanced

2018Missouri8-5HC: Barry Odom · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (5th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#49 / 109 · 54th pct

Rec TDs#44 / 109 · 44th pct

Fumbles lost#8 / 26 · 38th pct

Rec yards#78 / 109 · 29th pct

177

Yards / catch#101 / 109 · 8th pct

8.0

Long catch#104 / 109 · 5th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.6	20.8	8.1	0.2
Road5g	1.8	14.6	7.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	19.3	9.0	0.3
Weeks 8+3g	2.0	14.0	5.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Missouri	22	177	8.0	2	--
2017	Missouri	6	138	23.0	1	--
2016	Missouri	16	161	10.1	3	--
Career		44	476	10.8	6	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 51-14vs UT Martin	2	20	10.0	0	18	Season-high 35 yds
Wk 2	W 40-13vs Wyoming	3	21	7.0	1	12
Wk 3	W 40-37@ Purdue	2	16	8.0	0	10
Wk 4	L 29-43vs Georgia	3	21	7.0	0	11
Wk 6	L 35-37@ South Carolina	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 7	L 10-39@ Alabama	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 8	W 65-33vs Memphis	3	27	9.0	0	13
Wk 12	W 50-17@ Tennessee	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 13	W 38-0vs Arkansas	2	15	7.5	0	9
Bowl	L 33-38@ Oklahoma State	4	35	8.8	1	16
Total		22	177	7.9	2	18

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology