{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1985)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use American English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox NFL player |name=Tray Blackmon |image= |caption= |number=30<ref name="pfa">{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/b/blac03970.html | title=Tray Blackmon | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=7 November 2025}}</ref> |position=Linebacker |birth_date={{birth date and age|1985|10|20}} |birth_place=LaGrange, Georgia, U.S. |height_ft =6 |height_in =0 |weight_lbs =230 |high_school=LaGrange (GA) |college=Auburn |undraftedyear=2009 |pastteams= * Calgary Stampeders ({{CFL Year|2009}}) * Louisiana Swashbucklers ({{PIFL Year|2012}}) |cflstatus=Import |highlights= * ''SN'' SEC All-Freshman (2006) * Second-team ''SN'' Freshman All-American (2006) |cfl= }} '''Tray Blackmon''' (born October 20, 1985) is an American former football player. He played college football for the Auburn Tigers.
==Early life== Although undersized for a typical national type linebacker recruit, Blackmon was considered a five-star prospect by several recruiting services. ''Scout.com'' ranked him #1 among the 2005 linebackers class.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recruiting Football Team News, 247Sports |url=http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=4&pid=26&yr=2005}}</ref> The Player of the Year in AAA for the State Champion Grangers, Blackmon had 116 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 12 Sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 3 fumble recoveries, one safety, and one defensive touchdown as a senior.
==College career== After redshirting in 2005, Blackmon recorded 18 tackles, including 2.5 for loss, in six games in 2006, which earned him a spot on ''The Sporting News'' Freshman All-America Second Team. He amassed 41 tackles, including 25 solo, in last seven games of the 2007 season. He added 21 tackles in 2008 and has 84 tackles for his career.
Blackmon battled suspensions and injuries during his collegiate career. Blackmon was suspended from playing in Auburn's first three games of the 2006 season.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schlabach |first=Mark |date=2006-08-02 |title=Sources: Auburn suspends LBs Blackmon, Sears |work=ESPN.com |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=2537412}}</ref> In 2008, Blackmon suffered a broken bone in his wrist in the fourth game of the season.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Charles |date=2008-11-12 |title=Auburn's Blackmon away from team after taking a job to support his family; football future uncertain |work=Birmingham News |url=http://blog.al.com/goldmine/2008/11/auburns_blackmon_away_from_tea.html}}</ref>
==Professional career== On May 5, 2009, he signed with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 6, 2009 |title=Stampeders sign import linebackers Blackmon and Campbell |publisher=TSN |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=277747 |access-date=2009-05-06}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==Further reading== *{{Cite news |date=June 19, 2009 |title=Linebacker Blackmon seeks a change of scenery in CFL |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/06/19/blackmon0619.html |access-date=2009-06-19}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090826012935/http://www.stampeders.com/team/player_roster/career/?id=184 Calgary Stampeders bio] *{{Youtube|Gm3QcPAqS1Q|Scott Kennedy of Scout.com explains why Blackmon was the best defensive HS player he ever saw}}
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