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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Middle Tennessee
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  It's hard to imagine a year much more trying than what Reed Blankenship has gone through. Middle Tennessee's star senior safety suffered a gruesome broken leg in the team's seventh game of the 2019 season against North Texas. Then, after having surgery and rehabbing, the COVID-19 pandemic threw multiple wrenches into his preparation for the 2020 campaign. Now, he's gearing up for a rematch with North Texas almost a year to the day after the injury. To say the matchup is bringing about added emotions is almost an understatement. "I think I have something to prove, especially after coming back from that," Blankenship said. "It's pretty special to me, so I'm just trying to grind as much as I can this week so I'm ready."

Blankenship was having a banner junior season until the injury. In seven games, he recorded 58 tackles, two interceptions, three pass breakups, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble, as well as two blocked kicks. Even without playing the last five games, he still did enough to earn All-Conference-USA Second Team honors, the third year in a row he was named all-conference, adding to an honorable mention nod as a freshman and first team as a sophomore. He was drawing the interest of NFL scouts from around the league until the injury, which was bad enough that a weaker man might've hung up his cleats. - Middle Tennessee Football

(DS#16 FS) rSr/2022 FS Reed Blankenship, Middle Tennessee
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  Middle Tennessee head coach Rick Stockstill announced Thursday the permanent captains for the Blue Raiders in 2020. Safety Reed Blankenship, defensive tackle Jordan Ferguson, wide receiver Jarrin Pierce and linebacker DQ Thomas, were honored as the 15th group of permanent captains in the FBS era at Middle Tennessee. The team voted on the four captains, and Coach Stockstill made the announcement during a team meeting this week. - Middle Tennessee Football

(DS#16 FS) rSr/2022 FS Reed Blankenship, Middle Tennessee
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  Jarrin Pierce has been the one bright spot on an offense that has struggled. Becoming O'Hara's safety blanket for any passes downfield, Pierce ranks 17th in the country in receiving yards with 221 on 22 catches. Against Troy, Pierce hauled in a career-high 11 receptions for 81 yards. He followed that up with seven receptions for 107 yards against UTSA. - Daily News Journal

(DS#277 WR) rSr/2022 WR Jarrin Pierce, Middle Tennessee
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  There will be no surprises to who will take the snaps under center when N.C. State takes on Virginia Tech this Saturday in Blacksburg. Bailey Hockman, who started the Wolfpack's 45-42 season-opener against Wake Forest this past Saturday, was listed over Devin Leary on N.C. State's two-deep depth chart released Monday. Hockman, a transfer from Florida State, completed 70 percent of his throws against the Demon Deacons, finishing with 191 yards passing and a touchdown. Leary beat out Hockman for the starting spot in the spring, but missed 20 practices due to COVID-19 contract tracing and fell behind Hockman in the quarterback battle.

Against Wake, Hockman also connected with nine different receivers. Leary was available to play, but Hockman took all the snaps under center. At his weekly press conference on Monday, Doeren said Leary would be available again this week, but Hockman has the job for now. "We're going to need both of them," Doeren said. "We're one injury/COVID test away from having a different player at every position. We need our quarterbacks to be elite." Leary did practice last week, but Doeren said Hockman would "continue to be our starter until Devin is in position to play." - Raleigh News Observer

(DS#999 QB) rSr/2022 QB Bailey Hockman, Middle Tennessee
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  2021 SENIOR BOWL WATCH LIST: Reed Blankenship, Middle Tennessee,...Inclusion on the list is just the latest for Blankenship, who this preseason has also been named to the watch lists for the Bednarik Award and Jim Thorpe Award and to Bruce Feldman's "Freak" list. The safety from Athens, Alabama was named to the All-Conference-USA Second Team in 2019, the First Team in 2018 and Honorable Mention in 2017, as well as the C-USA All-Freshman Team. - Middle Tennessee Football

(DS#16 FS) rSr/2022 FS Reed Blankenship, Middle Tennessee
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  2021 SENIOR BOWL WATCH LIST: Robert Jones, Middle Tennessee,...Jones was named an Honorable Mention All-C-USA in 2019, his first season at Middle Tennessee after transferring from Highland Community College (KS). The Chicago native played in all 12 games with 11 starts last season and was named the team's offensive player of the week twice. - Middle Tennessee Football

(DS#21 OG) Sr/2021 OG Robert Jones, Middle Tennessee
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  In his four seasons at MT, Shafer has made it a point to bring in defensive backs who can alternate between every position, from safety to corner and even nickel corner. That might be even more important this year with uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and players coming in and out of the lineup. "I feel like we're going to be more than two deep at every position," redshirt sophomore Decorian Patterson said. "We feel really good about it." The Blue Raiders will have a talented group of safeties led by Preseason All-Conference USA member Reed Blankenship and fellow senior Kylan Stribling.

Both are coming off injuries, but, when in the lineup, will be one of the most talented safety duos in the league. Blankenship owns 233 career tackles, 15.5 TFLs, 18 pass breakups, eight interceptions and two blocked kicks. He's been on the All-C-USA First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention in his career, as well as the All-Freshman Team in 2017. He missed the last five games of 2019 with an injury. "When you have a special player like Reed coming back, it's always great to have him playing alongside you," Stribling said. "It's great to have another smart player out there to check adjustments and stuff." - Middle Tennessee Football

(DS#16 FS) rSr/2022 FS Reed Blankenship, Middle Tennessee
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  2020 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE USA TEAM (COACHES): DB Reed Blankenship, Sr., Middle Tennessee,...Blankenship earned second team all-conference recognition last year despite missing the final five games of the season with an injury. Blankenship, who ranked tied for first nationally in blocked kicks with two, was fourth on the team in tackles with 58 to go with two interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. A team captain in 2019, Blankenship owns 233 career tackles, 15.5 TFLs, 18 pass breakups, eight interceptions and two blocked kicks. - Middle Tennessee Football

(DS#16 FS) rSr/2022 FS Reed Blankenship, Middle Tennessee
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  08/21/20 - Kyle Ulbrich, rSr/2023, Middle Tennessee, 5-11, 202 (DS#13 P) + More +

  2020 PRESEASON RAY GUY AWARD WATCH LIST: Kyle Ulbrich, Middle Tennessee,...Ulbrich played in all 12 games in 2019...Ended the season with 46 punts for a 41.4 average, while having seven go for 50 or more yards and nine being downed inside the 20-yard line. - Middle Tennessee Football

(DS#13 P) rSr/2023 P Kyle Ulbrich, Middle Tennessee
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  08/04/20 - Alex Usry, rSr/2023, Middle Tennessee, 5-10, 185 (DS#999 K) + More +

  2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PRESEASON ALL-BIG SOUTH FIRST TEAM: Alex Usry, Charleston Southern, Jr.,...A 2019 HERO Sports Sophomore All-American, Usry enters the 2020 season as the reigning Big South Special Teams Player of the Year. The McDonough, Ga. native was a four-time conference Special Teams Player of the Week recipient and set the CSU record for most field goals in a single season and longest field goal in program history (52 at North Alabama), while adding 82 total points on the year. - Charleston Southern Football

(DS#999 K) rSr/2023 K Alex Usry, Middle Tennessee
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  2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PRESEASON ALL-BIG SOUTH FIRST TEAM: Izaiah Gathings, Gardner-Webb, Jr.,...Gathings burst onto the scene last season with 71 catches for 1,046 yards and 11 touchdowns. He hauled in 59 passes for 763 yards and all 11 of his touchdowns against Big South foes, averaging 109.0 yards per game through the air over that stretch of games - which began with two touchdown grabs against Hampton on October 12. The Statesville, N.C., standout finished the season with an active streak of four-straight games with 10+ catches, 100+ yards and at least one touchdown catch - all Big South records that will extend into the 2020 season. Phil Steele also tabbed Gathings as a preseason All-America choice in his FCS projections. - Gardner-Webb Football

(DS#40 TE) rSr/2023 TE Izaiah Gathings, Middle Tennessee
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  2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT All-CAA THIRD TEAM: Christian Dixon, Towson, Jr.,...Dixon stepped into a starting role last year and finished third on the team in total tackles with 77, earning multiple tackles in every game including at least eight in six different contests. He tied for the team lead in sacks with 4.5 plus added nine tackles for loss and a pair of forced fumbles and recoveries. - Towson Football

(DS#121 OLB) rSr/2023 OLB Christian Dixon, Middle Tennessee
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  2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT BIG SOUTH PRESEASON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: WR Izaiah Gathings, Gardner-Webb, Jr.,...Gathings burst onto the scene last season with 71 catches for 1,046 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2019. He hauled in 59 passes for 763 yards and all 11 of his touchdowns against Big South foes, averaging 109.0 yards per game through the air over that stretch of games - which began with two touchdown grabs against Hampton on October 12. The Statesville, N.C., standout finished the season with an active streak of four-straight games with 10+ catches, 100+ yards and at least one touchdown catch – all Big South records that will extend into the 2020 season. - Gardner-Webb Football

(DS#40 TE) rSr/2023 TE Izaiah Gathings, Middle Tennessee
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  2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PRESEASON ALL-FCS FOURTH TEAM: WR Izaiah Gathings, Gardner-Webb, Jr.,...Gathings, a preseason FCS All-America selection by Hero Sports, burst onto the scene last season with 71 catches for 1,046 yards and 11 touchdowns. Blessed with NFL size and length, the 6-foot-4, 218-pound junior did much of his damage last season in conference games. He hauled in 59 passes for 763 yards and all 11 of his touchdowns against Big South foes, averaging 109.0 yards per game through the air over that stretch of games - which began with two touchdown grabs against Hampton on October 12. - Gardner-Webb Football

(DS#40 TE) rSr/2023 TE Izaiah Gathings, Middle Tennessee
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  2020 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: DB Reed Blakenship, Middle Tennessee,...A team captain in 2019, Blankenship owns 233 career tackles, 15.5 TFLs, 18 pass breakups, eight interceptions and two blocked kicks. - Middle Tennessee Football

(DS#16 FS) rSr/2022 FS Reed Blankenship, Middle Tennessee
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