Junior defensive lineman for Jackson State. 2025: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 13 tackles.
6′7″ · 235 lb · Detroit, MI
How he plays
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
QB hurries: 88th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sack · 2025
1 TFL · 13 tackles · 4 hurries
Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 1 tackles, at Texas State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive lineman for Jackson State. 2025: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 13 tackles.
Messiah Blair
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Eastern Michigan to Jackson State — the move that set up everything since. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Long Island University — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Jackson State
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 9-15 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (8th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | 13 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 14 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-52@ Texas State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-28vs Long Island University | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 34-31vs Louisiana | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-24@ Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-31@ Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 16-10vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Lloyd Summerall III’s 2024 season.
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As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Landon Woodson's sophomore season at UCF (2021).
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