Stone Blanton
| Profile | |
|---|---|
| Position | Linebacker |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 12, 2002 Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 227 lb (103 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Madison-Ridgeland (Madison, Mississippi) |
| College | South Carolina (2022–2023) Mississippi State (2024) |
| NFL draft | 2025: undrafted |
| Career history | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Coaching profile at Pro Football ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Stone Blanton (born September 12, 2002) is an American professional football linebacker. He played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks and Mississippi State Bulldogs.
Early life and high school
[edit | edit source]Blanton attended Madison-Ridgeland Academy in Madison, Mississippi. As a sophomore he totaled 99 tackles, five sacks and one pass break.[1] As a senior Blanton notched 125 tackles with 26 tackles for loss and 11 sacks.[2] Coming out of high school, he was rated as a four-star recruit and held offers from schools such as Auburn, Louisville, Mississippi State, Ole Miss Oregon, Stanford, and Texas A&M.[3] Initially, Blanton committed to play college baseball for the Mississippi State Bulldogs.[4] However he eventually committed to play college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks.[3]
College career
[edit | edit source]South Carolina
[edit | edit source]As a freshman in 2022, Blanton appeared in 12 games where he totaled seven tackles with a tackle and a half being for a loss.[5] In week 4 of the 2023 season, he notched four tackles and a forced fumble versus Mississippi State.[4] In week 11, Blanton returned an interception 88 yards for the game-sealing touchdown versus Jacksonville State.[6] During the 2023 season, he was a team captain for the Gamecocks, where he notched 52 tackles, a sack, a forced fumble, an interception, and a touchdown.[7] After the season, Blanton entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal.[2]
Mississippi State
[edit | edit source]Blanton transferred to play for the Mississippi State Bulldogs.[4] In week 13 of the 2024 season, he notched a season-high 18 tackles versus Missouri.[8] Blanton finished the 2024 season with 125 tackles with three and a half being for a loss, three pass deflections, two forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery.[8] After the season, he decided to forgo his final season of eligibility and declare for the 2025 NFL draft.[8]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Bench press | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 1+7⁄8 in (1.88 m) |
227 lb (103 kg) |
30+1⁄8 in (0.77 m) |
9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) |
4.36 s | 7.34 s | 35.5 in (0.90 m) |
16 reps | |||||
| All values from Pro Day[9] | ||||||||||||
On May 12, 2025, Blanton signed an undrafted free agent contract with the San Francisco 49ers.[10] He was waived on August 26 as part of final roster cuts.[11] Blanton was re-signed to the practice squad on October 22.[12] He was released on November 4 and re-signed to the practice squad on November 19.[13][14] On November 26, Blanton was released after the team signed Eric Kendricks.[15]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).