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2007: Started all 11 games at defensive end ... ranked third on the team in tackles among defensive linemen with 23 ... second on the team with four quarterback hurries and two quarterback sacks ... collected four tackles in each game against Eastern Illinois, Missouri State, Indiana State and Youngstown State ... recovered a fumble at Missouri State. 2006: Named to the All-Valley Football Newcomer team ... appeared in 13 games, with six starts at defensive end ... posted lone sack of the season at Murray State ... had four tackles in the win at Indiana State ... notched a career-best five tackles in the second-round playoff game at Youngstown State. Nebraska 2005: Played in one game (Michigan) and did not record a stat. Nebraska 2004: Redshirted ... named to the 2004 Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll. Union HS: Starred at annual powerhouse Tulsa Union for his father, Bill Blankenship ... the younger Blankenship earned first-team all-state honors from the Tulsa World and the Oklahoma Coaches Association (OCA) as a senior, while picking up second-team all-state honors from the Daily Oklahoman ... named the OCA Region 7 Male Athlete of the Year ... a first-team all-district (6A-3) selection, and was chosen to participate in the 67th Annual Oil Bowl, matching all-star teams from Texas and Oklahoma ... helped Union to a 12-1 record his senior season and a state semifinal appearance in Class 6A ... finished with 85 tackles, had 10 sacks and recovered three fumbles as a senior ... on offense, he rotated in at the tight end spot ... Union was a perfect 14-0 and captured the class 6A state title during his junior year ... totaled 86 tackles, including eight sacks, and recovered four fumbles in Union's championship season, earning second-team all-state honors along the way ... also a four-year letterman in track and field and finished second in the state in the shot put and fourth in the discus in 2004. Data: Born 6-17-85 in Tulsa, Okla. ... son of Bill and Angela Blankenship ... his father, Bill, played quarterback for Tulsa in the 1970s, and is currently an assistant coach with the Golden Hurricane ... his brother, Josh, was a quarterback at Eastern Washington and Tulsa, while his brother, Caleb, was a tight end at Tulsa ... named to the AFNI Athletics Honor Roll once ... major: communication studies.
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