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Player Dossier
2022-2024Mississippi State
Stone Blanton
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Jackson, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Stone Blanton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
98
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
88
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
89
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- South Carolina • Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Player Story
Stone Blanton built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a linebacker from Jackson, MS wearing No. 7, spending time with Mississippi State and South Carolina. The clearest part of Stone Blanton's career was...
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- Committed To
- South Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Stone Blanton, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State. Stone Blanton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 182
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 6
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Stone Blanton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 182
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Texas
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Madison-Ridgeland Academy · South Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Madison-Ridgeland Academy · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Junior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 124 tackles · LB 9th (top 1%) · SEC 2nd (top 1%) · National 10th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | South Carolina | 5 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 14.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Carolina | 12 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 53.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 12 | 124 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 67.1 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Carolina to Mississippi State | P4 to P4 | 81.2 | Dec 27, 2023 |
Stone Blanton played LB for South Carolina and Mississippi State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Stone Blanton recorded 182 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Mississippi State paired 9 primary output with 47.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 47.1 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across South Carolina, Mississippi State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
47.1
Usage
9.9
Consistency
38.9
Best Game by takeover score
Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Kentucky: 1. Arizona State: 0. Toledo: 0. Florida: 0. Texas: 2.5. Georgia: 0. Texas A&M: 2. Arkansas: 0. Massachusetts: 1. Tennessee: 0. Missouri: 1. Ole Miss: 1.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Kentucky: 5 by 30.8. Arizona State: 8 by 33.3. Toledo: 10 by 41.7. Florida: 8 by 33.3. Texas: 10 by 66.7. Georgia: 9 by 37.5. Texas A&M: 9 by 57.5. Arkansas: 10 by 41.7. Massachusetts: 14 by 60. Tennessee: 9 by 37.5. Missouri: 18 by 60. Ole Miss: 14 by 65
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 10 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas
Best efficiency game
66.7 vs Texas
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | @ Ole Miss10+ tackles | L 14-26 | 14 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Missouri10+ tackles | L 20-39 | 18 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | @ Tennessee | L 14-33 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Massachusetts10+ tackles | W 45-20 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Arkansas10+ tackles | L 25-58 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Texas A&MSplash game | L 24-34 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Georgia | L 31-41 | 9 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Texas10+ tackles · Splash game | L 13-35 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Florida | L 28-45 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Toledo10+ tackles | L 17-41 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/8 | @ Arizona State | L 23-30 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Eastern Kentucky | W 56-7 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Stone Blanton story
Stone Blanton built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a linebacker from Jackson, MS wearing No. 7, spending time with Mississippi State and South Carolina. The clearest part of Stone Blanton's career was his defensive production: 182 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Mississippi State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Stone Blanton's production has multiple signals. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Mississippi State and South Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: Stone Blanton moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
South Carolina
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Mississippi State
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | South Carolina | 1.5 | 8 | 2.5 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Carolina | 9 | 25.6 | 5.8 | 7.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 9 | 47.1 | 9.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas
Week 5 · L 13-35 · Conference game
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Texas A&M
Week 8 · L 24-34 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Georgia
Week 3 · L 14-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Ole Miss
Week 14 · L 14-26 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#5
vs Vanderbilt
Week 11 · W 47-6 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
9 primary output · 47.1 efficiency · 9.9 usage
67.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · South Carolina
53.2
9 primary · 25.6 efficiency · 5.8 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · South Carolina
14.7
1.5 primary · 8 efficiency · 2.5 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
5
Splash games
7
10+ tackle games
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