6′3″ · Trussville, AL · Hewitt-Trussville
John Youngblood: DE · Ole Miss · #38.
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John Youngblood
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has two seasons of production at Ole Miss behind him. On tape: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Arkansas, Week 7, 2016.
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 34-45@ No. 4 Florida State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-13vs Wofford | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 43-48vs No. 1 Alabama | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-14vs No. 12 Georgia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 48-28vs Memphis | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 30-34@ No. 22 Arkansas | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 21-38@ No. 25 LSU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 29-40vs No. 15 Auburn | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
0%0 sacksTFL rate
7%2 TFLHurry rate
18%4 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
0%0 of 4 pressures22 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
2 seasons under Hugh Freeze, all balanced offenses — 14-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Hugh Freeze
Pass share
53.8%
483 pass / 415 run
Plays / game
74.8
12 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
519 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Ole Miss — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Hugh Freeze.
