Player Dossier

2023-2025

South Alabama

Cole Blaylock

S • 6'0" • 191 lbs • Mobile, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cole Blaylock shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · South Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
South Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Player Story

Cole Blaylock built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Mobile, AL wearing No. 14, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Cole Blaylock's career was his defensive production: 22...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8096

UMS-Wright Preparatory School · Mobile, AL

Committed To
South Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Cole Blaylock, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · South Alabama. Cole Blaylock shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
22
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Cole Blaylock quick answers

Latest team and position
South Alabama · S
Career Tackles
22
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 15 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · South Alabama
Top game
Southern Miss
Recruit profile
3-star · UMS-Wright Preparatory School · South Alabama
High school pipeline
UMS-Wright Preparatory School · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 14 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
12 tackles · S 309th (top 55%) · Sun Belt 293rd (top 46%) · National 2,681st (top 44%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama00-0--0-
2024 PostseasonSouth Alabama71-0--038
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama79-0--038
2025 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama812-0-1032.6

Related Context

Cole Blaylock played S for South Alabama. Across 3 tracked seasons, Cole Blaylock recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with South Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

South Alabama paired 0 primary output with 6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · South Alabama

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

6

Usage

1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia Southern

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0. North Texas: 0. Ohio: 0. Northwestern State: 0. Arkansas State: 0. Georgia Southern: 0. Louisiana: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Michigan: 1 by 4.2. North Texas: 2 by 8.3. Ohio: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern State: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Southern: 3 by 12.5. Louisiana: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Georgia Southern

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Georgia Southern

Result
Sun 12/15@ Western MichiganW 30-2310000
Sun 11/17@ LouisianaW 24-2211000
Sat 11/2vs Georgia SouthernL 30-3431000
Sat 10/5@ Arkansas StateL 16-1811000
Thu 9/12vs Northwestern StateW 87-1011000
Sat 9/7@ OhioL 20-2710000
Sat 8/31vs North TexasL 38-5221000

Player Story

Cole Blaylock story

Cole Blaylock built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Mobile, AL wearing No. 14, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Cole Blaylock's career was his defensive production: 22 tackles, 1 interception, and 1 pass defended across 15 career games in the available record. His career also includes 5 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Cole Blaylock's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    South Alabama

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama0
2024 PostseasonSouth Alabama0610
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama0610
2025 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama28.71.62

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 94 Southern Miss

Week 13 · W 42-35 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

53.3 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 131 UL Monroe

Week 12 · W 26-14 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

41.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Georgia Southern

Week 10 · L 30-34 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

9.2 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.2 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 29 Auburn

Week 3 · L 15-31

0

Havoc Plays

8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 22 North Texas

Week 5 · L 22-36 · Ranked opponent

0

Havoc Plays

7.2 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · South Alabama

0 primary output · 6 efficiency · 1 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · South Alabama

38

0 primary · 6 efficiency · 1 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · South Alabama

32.6

2 primary · 8.7 efficiency · 1.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games