Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 39-14vs SE Louisiana | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-28@ Tulane | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 41-36vs Ohio | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 9 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#14
Cole Blaylock
Senior safety on South Alabama's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 190 lb · Mobile, AL
How he projects
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.
Grades highest in speed and play recognition.
The full scouting readRecruiting
3★
ATH recruit
No. 2472 nationally · Signed with South Alabama
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior safety on South Alabama's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Alabama in 2023.
Cole Blaylock
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. This is his third year in the same secondary at South Alabama. The receipt: 7 tackles, 2 TFL against Tulane — Week 2, 2026.
18 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with South Alabama3-star out of UMS-Wright Preparatory School
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
South Alabama
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
South Alabama
Played his entire career under Major Applewhite.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | South Alabama | 18 | 9 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | South Alabama | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | South Alabama | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 40 | 19 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
Game log
Game by game
Cole Blaylock's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 39–14
vs SE Louisiana
0.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles · 1 solo tackles
Dominant 25-point win at home against SE Louisiana.
With K. Phillips — 66 rush yds (13 car) · B. Davenport — 154 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 23 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +6 tackles.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Major Applewhite — 13-15 over that span.
2024South Alabama7-6HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced
2025South Alabama4-8HC: Major Applewhite · Run-heavy
2026South Alabama2-1HC: Major Applewhite · Run-heavy, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles for loss (87th percentile). Concern: passes defended (28th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Defensive profile
Defender profile · Production by role
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
18tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%2 TFL18 tackles · 2 for loss.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 7.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 6.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Pass share
34.6%
79 pass / 149 run
Plays / game
76.0
3 games
Team sack rate
2.2%
90 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
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His 2026 production profile sits closest to Cortez Davis’s 2020 season.
78%match
All-Mountain West
Matches Cortez on
Tackle volume
PD rate
Height
Differs from Cortez on
Weight (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Te'Rai Powell's junior season at Massachusetts (2022).
Matches Te'Rai on
Class year
Height
Tackle volume
The secondary · South Alabama
- Christopher Wallace Jr.73 tackles · 2025
- #8Mike Harris31 tackles · 2025
- #2Jayvon Henderson27 tackles · 2025
- #8Dallas Young17 tackles · 2025
- #14Cole Blaylock12 tackles · 2025
29 more on the roster · South Alabama team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology