Kendall Blanton

TE · Missouri 2018 · #11

Last confirmed: Missouri, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′6″ · 260 lb · Blue Springs, MO

Kendall Blanton: TE · Missouri · #11.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Ethan WolfTennessee · 2016 · 87% season match
Steve DonatellWestern Kentucky · 2016 · 86% season match
Sean CulkinMissouri · 2015 · 85% season match
Max DowlingMassachusetts · 2026 · 85% season match
Luke FarrellOhio State · 2018 · 83% season match

Kendall Blanton

TE · Missouri · Sr · #11

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Third year in the Missouri receiving corps. One game to point at: 35 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Oklahoma State — Bowl, 2018.

How he plays

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Missouri in the news

Elko apologizes for 'cesspool' commentOct 12
Annor Boateng out for seasonOct 11
3 freshmen arrested on harassment chargesYardbarker Oct 7

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Missouri	22	177	8.0	2
2017	Missouri	6	138	23.0	1
2016	Missouri	16	161	10.1	3
Career		44	476	10.8	6

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	W 51-14vs UT Martin	2	20	10.0	0	18
Wk 2	W 40-13vs Wyoming	3	21	7.0	1	12
Wk 3	W 40-37@ Purdue	2	16	8.0	0	10
Wk 4	L 29-43vs No. 2 Georgia	3	21	7.0	0	11
Wk 6	L 35-37@ South Carolina	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 7	L 10-39@ No. 1 Alabama	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 8	W 65-33vs Memphis	3	27	9.0	0	13
Wk 12	W 50-17@ Tennessee	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 13	W 38-0vs Arkansas	2	15	7.5	0	9
Bowl	L 33-38@ Oklahoma State	4	35	8.8	1	16
Total		22	177	8.0	2	18

Signature game

Bowl · 2018

L 33-38

vs Oklahoma State · neutral site

4 rec · 35 yds · 1 TD

With D. Lock — 373 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 30 rush yds (6 car) · L. Rountree III — 204 rush yds (27 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Georgia · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA +2.73Drew Lock pass complete to Kendall Blanton for 11 yds to the Geo 39 for a
Week 2 · Wyoming · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Drew Lock pass complete to Kendall Blanton for 12 yds for a TD (Tucker McCann KICK)
Week 13 · Arkansas · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.05Drew Lock pass complete to Kendall Blanton for 6 yds to the Ark 49 for a
Week 1 · Oklahoma State · 1st and 5 · Q2 · EPA +1.98Drew Lock pass complete to Kendall Blanton for 16 yds for a TD, (Tucker McCann PAT MISSED)
Week 3 · Purdue · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.67Drew Lock pass complete to Kendall Blanton for 10 yds to the Prdue 38 for a
Week 8 · Memphis · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +1.64Drew Lock pass complete to Kendall Blanton for 6 yds to the Misso 41 for a

4 more plays

Week 6 · South Carolina · 2nd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +1.40Drew Lock pass complete to Kendall Blanton for 18 yds to the SCaro 37 for a
Week 1 · Oklahoma State · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +1.27Drew Lock pass complete to Kendall Blanton for 6 yds to the OKSt 39 for a
Week 8 · Memphis · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.12Drew Lock pass complete to Kendall Blanton for 13 yds to the Misso 38 for a
Week 12 · Tennessee · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA −1.02Drew Lock pass complete to Kendall Blanton for no gain to the Tenn 40

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Barry Odom — 19-19 over that span.

2016Missouri4-8HC: Barry Odom · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Missouri7-6HC: Barry Odom · Balanced

2018Missouri8-5HC: Barry Odom · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

11 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#174 / 702 · 75th pct

75.9%

TD rate#237 / 702 · 66th pct

6.9%

EPA / target#456 / 702 · 35th pct

0.41

Yards / catch#636 / 702 · 9th pct

8.0

Explosive rate#667 / 702 · 3rd pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#49 / 109 · 54th pct

Rec TDs#44 / 109 · 44th pct

Fumbles lost#8 / 26 · 38th pct

Rec yards#78 / 109 · 29th pct

177

Yards / catch#101 / 109 · 8th pct

8.0

Long catch#104 / 109 · 5th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.6	20.8	8.1	0.2
Road4g	1.2	9.5	7.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	19.3	9.0	0.3
Weeks 8+3g	2.0	14.0	5.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

Pass share

45.3%

451 pass / 544 run

Plays / game

76.5

13 games

Team sack rate

2.5%

487 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

22 catches in 10 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

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