2025 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 8
Jaylen Blackwell
- Class:
 - Redshirt Senior
 
- Position:
 - Linebacker
 
- Height:
 - 6-1
 
- Weight:
 - 227
 
- Hometown:
 - Atlanta, Ga.
 
- High School:
 - Union Grove
 
- Shop:
 - Athlete's Thread
 
2024 (Redshirt Junior): Missed the season due to injury.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore): Appeared in seven games with two starts before a season-ending injury… collected 11 tackles on the year… posted a season-high seven tackles, including one TFL, against Northern Illinois (9/2)... picked up three tackles vs. Holy Cross (9/9).
2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in all 12 games and made two starts… totaled 20 tackles, four tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks… picked up three tackles and a sack against Rutgers (9/3)... made a season-high eight tackles at Virginia Tech (9/10) with two TFLs and a sack… collected four tackles at Connecticut (10/29).
2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in all 12 games and made two starts… totaled 20 tackles, four tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks… picked up three tackles and a sack against Rutgers (9/3)... made a season-high eight tackles at Virginia Tech (9/10) with two TFLs and a sack… collected four tackles at Connecticut (10/29).
2021 (Freshman): Played in three games and maintained a redshirt season … totaled two tackles.
High School: Three-star prospect according to ESPN … rated the No. 132 safety in the country and Georgia's No. 170 prospect by ESPN … earned All-Region 4-AAAAA and All-Henry County honors as a junior … played running back and safety to help lead Union Grove to the Georgia state playoffs … also a track standout for Union Grove … entered his senior season with 1,048 career rushing yards and 15 touchdowns along with 62 tackles and five tackles for loss and an interception.
Personal: Son of Deshawna Blackwell … Recipient of the Joseph Ramos M.D. '77 Football Scholarship Fund ... Pursuing a Masters of Science in Leadership.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore): Appeared in seven games with two starts before a season-ending injury… collected 11 tackles on the year… posted a season-high seven tackles, including one TFL, against Northern Illinois (9/2)... picked up three tackles vs. Holy Cross (9/9).
2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in all 12 games and made two starts… totaled 20 tackles, four tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks… picked up three tackles and a sack against Rutgers (9/3)... made a season-high eight tackles at Virginia Tech (9/10) with two TFLs and a sack… collected four tackles at Connecticut (10/29).
2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in all 12 games and made two starts… totaled 20 tackles, four tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks… picked up three tackles and a sack against Rutgers (9/3)... made a season-high eight tackles at Virginia Tech (9/10) with two TFLs and a sack… collected four tackles at Connecticut (10/29).
2021 (Freshman): Played in three games and maintained a redshirt season … totaled two tackles.
High School: Three-star prospect according to ESPN … rated the No. 132 safety in the country and Georgia's No. 170 prospect by ESPN … earned All-Region 4-AAAAA and All-Henry County honors as a junior … played running back and safety to help lead Union Grove to the Georgia state playoffs … also a track standout for Union Grove … entered his senior season with 1,048 career rushing yards and 15 touchdowns along with 62 tackles and five tackles for loss and an interception.
Personal: Son of Deshawna Blackwell … Recipient of the Joseph Ramos M.D. '77 Football Scholarship Fund ... Pursuing a Masters of Science in Leadership.
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Tuesday, November 04
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