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Indiana State University Athletics

2024 Football Roster

17 Maddix Blackwell

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 190
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Bloomington, Ind.
  • High School Bloomington South
  • Major Intelligence Analysis

Biography

2024: 2024 Team Captain … 2024 MVFC Honorable Mention All-Conference selection … 2024 MVFC All-Academic First Team … Lined up and played in all 12 games in the 2024 season … Second on the Sycamores with 90 tackles (39 solo, 51 assisted) … Recorded 1.0 tackles-for-loss and 0.5 sacks … Added an interception and four pass breakups … Forced a fumble … Three double-digit tackle games in the 2024 season … Season-high 14 tackles with two pass breakups on Nov. 2 against North Dakota … 10 tackles and a forced fumble on Aug. 31 at Purdue … 10 tackles, 0.5 tackles-for-loss on Sept. 14 against Dayton … Three tackles and an interception on Sept. 7 at Eastern Illinois … Recorded at least 10 games with six or more tackles.

2022: Finished 41st in the MVFC in tackles per game (4.64) … Finished fourth overall on the team with 51 total tackles (31 solo, 20 assisted) … Posted 4.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sacks … Added one interception and six pass breakups … Added one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … Lined up primarily in the slot for the Sycamores and made his debut with three tackles and 0.5 TFL against North Alabama … Season-high seven tackles and a pass breakup at Purdue … Posted four tackles, 1.0 TFL, 1.0 sacks, and a forced fumble against Montana … Added five tackles, 1.0 TFL, and an interception against Illinois State … Recorded six tackles, 0.5 TFL, and two pass breakups at Youngstown State … Recorded at least three tackles in all 11 games in the 2022 season.

2021
  • Did not record a statistic in the 2021 season

Prior to Indiana State
A four-year letterwinner at Bloomington South High School ... Played on both sides of the ball at wide receiver and defensive back under head coach Gabe Johnson ... Helped the Panthers to three 5A sectional championships as well as a regional championship and a final four appearance ... Named AP First Team All-State in 2019 and 2020 ... Earned First Team Junior All-State in 2019 ... Named First Team All-Conference Indiana in 2019 and 2020 ... A Top 22 Underclassmen his junior season as well as a Top 22 2020 Preseason All-State honoree ... Holds single game records for interceptions (3), receptions (11) and tackles (18) ... Earned National Play of the Month from Max-Preps ... An honor roll recipient in 11 consecutive trimesters ... Also played basketball, baseball and hockey ... Was named team captain of basketball team in 2020-21.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Athlete
    5'10" 175 lbs
  • 38

    2021Freshman

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 175 lbs
    38
  • 17

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 190 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 190 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 190 lbs
    17