MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Reed Blankenship never got going last season.
Well, to be a bit more specific, he never got going FOR Reed Blankenship last season. After an unreal 2018 campaign with 107 total tackles, eight tackles for a loss, and four interceptions, the then junior safety missed the last five games of 2019 due to injury.
The multi-time All-Conference USA selection needed the spring of 2020 to recover, but when the COVID-19 pandemic sent the Blue Raiders home, that recovery was stunted. And when contact tracing limited his practice time throughout the 2020 campaign, that only further hampered his level of play.