Junior defensive back on Memphis's 2021 roster.
6′0″ · 200 lb · Olive Branch, MS
The story
3 defensive back on Memphis's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearSanchez Blake Jr.
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Four seasons at Memphis, two different head coaches: Mike Norvell and Ryan Silverfield. The receipt on tape: 12 tackles against Mississippi State, Week 3, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Memphis, 198 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Norvell → Ryan Silverfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 7.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road3g | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Huff
Pass share
38.2%
66 pass / 107 run
Plays / game
57.7
3 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
77 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021
W 31–29
1 PD · 7 SOLO · 12 TOT
Edged out Mississippi State at home in a shootout.
With J. Doyle — 51 LONG · 100 PCT · 7 PTS · C. Austin III — 9 rec · 105 yds · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-17vs Nicholls | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-50@ Arkansas State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-29vs Mississippi State | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 28-31vs UTSA | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 31-34@ Temple | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 29-35@ Tulsa | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Kamren Kinchens’s 2021 season.
Matches Kamren on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dallas Daley's senior season at Air Force (2025).
Matches Dallas on
Player DNA