#13

Saeed Blacknall

Wide receiver for Penn State. 2017: 17 catches, 289 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Penn State · #13

6′3″ · 217 lb · Manalapan, NJ

Penn State 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 140 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 wide receiver for Penn State. 2017: 17 catches, 289 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Penn State, 979 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20146 games

Signed with Penn State4-star out of Manalapan

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#140 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under James Franklin — 36-17 over that span.

2014Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2015Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2016Penn State11-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2017Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (85th percentile). Concern: receptions (17th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#81 / 539 · 85th pct

17.0

Rec TDs#279 / 539 · 40th pct

Rec yards#378 / 539 · 30th pct

289

Long catch#391 / 539 · 26th pct

Receptions#439 / 539 · 17th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	1.3	20.3	15.4	0.1
Road5g	1.6	29.4	18.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	30.3	16.8	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	1.2	17.8	16.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Penn State	17	289	17.0	2	--
2016	Penn State	15	347	23.1	3	--
2015	Penn State	8	248	31.0	1	--
2014	Penn State	10	95	9.5	1	--
Career		50	979	19.6	7	--

Season	Team
2017	Penn State	--	--	--	--	--
2016	Penn State	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Penn State	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Penn State	1	-1	--	--	--
Career		1	-1	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2017

W 35–28

vs Washington

1 rec · 20 yds

Edged out Washington at home in a shootout.

With T. McSorley — 342 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 90.4 · 60 rush yds (12 car) · S. Barkley — 137 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 33-14vs Pittsburgh	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 3	W 56-0vs Georgia State	3	64	21.3	1	35
Wk 4	W 21-19@ Iowa	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 5	W 45-14vs Indiana	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 6	W 31-7@ Northwestern	4	74	18.5	0	38	Season-high 74 yds
Wk 8	W 42-13vs Michigan	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 9	L 38-39@ Ohio State	1	21	21.0	0	21
Wk 10	L 24-27@ Michigan State	1	27	27.0	1	27
Wk 11	W 35-6vs Rutgers	2	14	7.0	0	10
Wk 12	W 56-44vs Nebraska	1	22	22.0	0	22
Wk 13	W 66-3@ Maryland	1	19	19.0	0	19
Bowl	W 35-28vs Washington	1	20	20.0	0	20
Total		17	289	16.7	2	38

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