Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
2010 Football Roster
Roster
Roderic Blunt
- Position:
- LB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 216
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Miramar, FL
- High School:
- Everglades
Honors: 2012--Named the College Sports Madness SBC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 16 & Earned Named the Most Improved Linebacker at the conclusion of spring drills.
2013: Saw action in all 13 games & Was fifth on the team with 59 tackles, including a TFL and one hurry & Ranks fourth among linebackers with 443 snaps played, including a season-high 48 at Southern Miss & Collected seven stops in win over WCU and added five tackles and a TFL at UNC & Credited with four tackles against Memphis & Turned in six stops in win at FAU & Had five tackles in win at UAB and four against FIU & Registered three solo stops in home finale against UTEP & Had nine tackles against Navy in Armed Forces Bowl.
2012: Started all 12 games & Turned in a career-best 75 tackles, including 2.5 TFLs, two pass breakups, an interception and a fumble recovery & Had seven or more stops seven times & Was second among linebackers with 550 snaps & Tallied eight stops and a hurry vs McNeese & Registered a team-high 12 tackles in win over FAU & Shared team lead with seven stops at Memphis, including 2.0 TFLs and a fumble recovery & Had eight tackles (7 solos) in win at Georgia Tech & Added seven tackles and his first career interception (returned 21 yards) against ULM & Also had seven stops against North Texas and ASU.
2011: Saw action in all 12 games and earned six starts & Had a career-best 54 tackles to go with two hurries & Registered nine winning grades to lead all linebackers & Played 450 total snaps & Turned in seven tackles in 44 plays against GT & Earned first career start at FAU and responded with five stops and a half sack & Registered a career-best nine tackles against UL, including a TFL & Added seven stops at Tennessee and registered eight tackles in a season-high 61 snaps at ULM & Collected five tackles and a hurry against ASU & Registered six stops in loss to FIU.
2010: Played in five games with most of his action coming on special teams ... Was in on 35 total snaps during the year, including a season-high 13 against Austin Peay ... Earned four winning grades from the coaches ... Saw his first collegiate action in win over APSU.
2009: Took a redshirt year.
High School: A three-star recruit by Rivals.com and the No. 43 middle linebacker in the nation by Scout.com ... Selected to the North-South All-Star Game and the Dade County and Broward County All-Star Game ... Combined for more than 200 tackles and 16 sacks his junior and senior seasons ... Had 100 tackles and four sacks as a junior ... Played with Blue Raider defensive end Emmanuel Perez at Everglades High School and was coached by Josh Shapiro ... Runs a 4.5 40.
Full Name: Roderic Jerrell Blunt ... Parents: Rodney and Jackie Blunt ... Born: 5/13/90 ... Note: Father, Rodney Blunt, played running back at Clemson ... Major: Undecided.
