Blake Countess in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive back, Auburn (from Michigan), 2011–⁠15

Blake Countess

Lettered 2011–⁠14 at Michigan (school media guide)

Number
No. 24
Height
5′10″
Hometown
Owings Mills, MD
Born
Aug 8, 1993, in Owings Mills, Maryland

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Blake Countess played defensive back at Michigan (2011–⁠14) and Auburn (2015). The Philadelphia Eagles took Countess in round 6, No. 196 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2013
First-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 196
Round 6, 2016 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

Honors

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2013Michigan6
2015Auburn2
Career8

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUFF
2011103014441.5061
2013N132620462640
On file5634903.56101

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Michigan24DB
2012Michigan24DB
2013Michigan24DB
2014Michigan24DB
2015Auburn24DB5′10″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2015 Auburn 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 31vs.Ole MissL 19–⁠271
Nov 7atTexas A&MW 26–⁠101
2013 Michigan 5 games with an interception on file, 6 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 7vs.Notre DameW 41–⁠302
Sep 14vs.AkronW 28–⁠241
Oct 5vs.MinnesotaW 42–⁠131
Nov 23atIowaL 21–⁠241
Nov 30vs.Ohio StateL 41–⁠421

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2016
Height5′9¾″
Weight184 lb
Arm length28¾″
Hand size8½″
40-yard dash4.53 s
10-yard split1.46 sW
Vertical jump36½″
Broad jump10′1″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill6.82 s
20-yard shuttle4.15 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 28 games with a stat; latest team: Los Angeles Rams.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2016Los Angeles Rams22010
2017Los Angeles Rams122301
2018Los Angeles Rams13701
2020Philadelphia Eagles1300
NFL career285312

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2023USFLNew Jersey Generals

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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