Reed Blankenship: S · Middle Tennessee · #12.
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Reed Blankenship
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Fifth year in the same secondary at Middle Tennessee. All-Conference USA in 2021 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 13 tackles against Charlotte — Week 4, 2021.
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
106 tackles. 8 passes defended. 1 interception. 10 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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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Middle Tennessee | 110 | 75 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 8 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 76 | 37 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | 1 |
| 2019 | Middle Tennessee | 58 | 40 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Middle Tennessee | 101 | 63 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 7 | 4 | -- |
| 2017 | Middle Tennessee | 68 | 44 | 7.0 | 1.0 | -- | 2 | -- |
| Career | 413 | 259 | 26.5 | 3.0 | 19 | 9 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 50-15vs Monmouth | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-35@ No. 19 Virginia Tech | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-27@ UTSA | 13 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 39-42@ Charlotte | 13 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-28vs Marshall | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-41@ Liberty | 9 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 44-13@ UConn | 9 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-10vs Southern Miss | 8 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-48@ Western Kentucky | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 50-10vs Florida International | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-24vs Old Dominion | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-17@ Florida Atlantic | 10 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 106 | 71 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 8 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
110tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%10 TFL110 tackles · 10 for loss · 1 sack · 8 pass breakups · 1 interception.
5 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 29-32 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 7.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Road7g | 10.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 9.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rick Stockstill
Pass share
51.0%
463 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
75.6
12 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
483 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #4 of 509 FBS safeties by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2021 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #4 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Middle Tennessee, 413 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 52 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM
All-Conference USA 1st team (2021)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2021)
Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rick Stockstill.
