JR Blood

Position:
Quarterback
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 175
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Destrehan, La.
High School:
Destrehan
Prev School:
Southern

CAREER: Lettered two years at Southern University (2022-23) and one season at Mizzou (2024) … 2024 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll selection ... played in 17 games (11 starts), completed 159-of-276 (.576) passes for 2,183 yards with 14 TDs and 12 INTs ... posted a career pass efficiency rating of 132.09 ... rushed 79 times for minus 25 yards (0.32) with one score ... compiled 2,158 yards of total offense ... posted 15+ completions four times, including a career-high 25 against Jackson State in 2023 … earned 100+ passing yards nine times, including a career-best 329 yards versus Lincoln University (Calif.) in 2023 … secured multiple TDs four times against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2 passing), Lincoln (3 passing), Bethune-Cookman (1 passing and 1 rushing), and Alcorn State (2 passing) in 2023 … connected with WR Darren Morris on a career-long 98-yard TD reception against Lincoln in 2023 … threw 1+ TD in 10 contests, including a season-high three against Lincoln (2023) … posted 5+ rushes 10 times, including a career-high 11 carries against Jackson State in 2023 … tallied 20+ rushing yards twice in contests with Alabama State (22 yards) and Bethune-Cookman (35 yards) in 2023 … secured lone rushing TD in a contest with Bethune Cookman (2023) … played two career snaps at Mizzou.

2024: SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll selection … saw action in one game against Alabama … rushed once for minus one yard (-1.00) … did not attempt a pass … on the field for two snaps.

PRIOR TO MIZZOU: Four-year member (2020-21-22-23) and two-year letterwinner (2022-23) at Southern … played in 16 games (11 starts), completed 159-of-276 (.576) passes for 2,183 yards with 14 TDs and 12 INTs ... posted a career pass efficiency rating of 132.09 ... rushed 78 times for minus 24 yards (0.30) with one score ... compiled 2,159 yards of total offense ... posted 15+ completions four times, including a career-high 25 against Jackson State in 2023 … earned 100+ passing yards nine times, including a career-best 329 yards versus Lincoln University (Calif.) in 2023 … secured multiple TDs four times against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2 passing), Lincoln (3 passing), Bethune-Cookman (1 passing and 1 rushing), and Alcorn State (2 passing) in 2023 … connected with WR Darren Morris on a career-long 98-yard TD reception against Lincoln in 2023 … threw 1+ TD in 10 contests, including a season-high three against Lincoln (2023) … posted 5+ rushes 10 times, including a career-high 11 carries against Jackson State in 2023 … tallied 20+ rushing yards twice in contests with Alabama State (22 yards) and Bethune-Cookman (35 yards) in 2023 … secured lone rushing TD in a contest with Bethune Cookman (2023) … lettered four seasons at Destrehan under coach Stephen Robicheaux … went 24-6 as Destrehan’s starting quarterback and helped the Wildcats to a showing in the 2019 Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Non-Select Prep Classic Class 5A championship game … passed for 2,573 yards and 29 TDs during senior season.

PERSONAL: Born December 18, 2000 … son of Harold Sr. and Littice Blood ... brother, Daniel, is a wide receiver for the Tigers.