Khari Blasingame

Blasingame was a two-year captain and two-way starter at safety and running back for Buckhorn High School in Huntsville, Alabama.[2] In his senior year, Blasingame posted 64 tackles, two interceptions, 966 rushing yards, and 10 touchdowns.[2] As a three-star safety, Blasingame committed to Vanderbilt. He also received offers from Minnesota and Northwestern.[3]

Blasingame signed with Vanderbilt as a linebacker in 2015. He started 7 games in his freshman year, and recorded 12 total tackles. He switched positions to halfback, the position he had played in high school, and he did significantly better. Blasingame started 13 games, carried the ball 97 times for 446 yards and 10 touchdowns. He was significantly better at running than catching, though, as he only got 4 receptions for 8 yards. In his junior year, he was not the full-time starter, only starting 10 games. He carried the ball half as much that season, rushing 45 times for a very low 147 yards and no touchdowns. His only touchdown in 2017 was a reception, one of the 6 that season, as well as recording 52 total receiving yards. In his senior year, Blasingame settled into becoming the full-time starter, taking 96 carries for 400 yards and 5 touchdowns, as well as catching significantly more balls, racking up 25 catches for 320 yards and a touchdown.[4]