Brian Blades

2025 All-CUSA Fourth Team Defense (Phil Steele) 2025 All-CUSA Honorable Mention Defense 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 2025 CUSA Preseason Watch List 2025 Group of Five All-American Second Team (Hero Sports) 2025 All-CUSA Preseason First Team (Athlon Sports) 2025 All-CUSA Preseason Second Team (Phil Steele) 2025: Appeared in ten games...tallied 26 tackles with one interception and one fumble recovery...named All-CUSA Honorable Mention...Recorded four tackles vs. Bethune-Cookman (8/29)…at #2 Penn State (9/6), totaled four tackles with one TFL… vs. Fla. Atlantic (9/13), added two tackles... tallied three total tackles (two solo, one assist) at WKU (10/14)... posted one tackle vs. Kennesaw State (10/21)… finished with three tackles at Missouri State (10/29), including one fumble recovery... tallied five solo tackles, added one interception returned for 19 yards, and recorded two pass breakups at Middle Tennessee (11/8)… posted two solo tackles vs. Liberty (11/15)… recorded two solo tackles and one pass breakup vs. Jacksonville State (11/22). 2024: Played and started all 12 games at defensive back in his junior season as FIU’s top cover corner…racked up 29 total tackles (21 solo, eight assisted)...made six tackles, including one tackle for loss, and had one pass breakup against Monmouth on Sept. 21…returned an interception 21 yards for a touchdown for his first career pick-six vs. Central Michigan on Sept. 7…had three tackles, two assisted at Liberty on Oct. 8…had a pass breakup in six games…had three or more combined tackles in four contests 2023: Started 10 of 12 games at defensive back…registered 36 tackles (27 solo)…defended six passes, forced a fumble and blocked and blocked a kick…rang up a season-best eight stops, broke up four passes and forced first fumble of career in win over Maine (9/2)…tabbed four tackles in win over North Texas (9/9)…added four stops in road win at UConn (9/16)…recorded four tackles and blocked a kick in overtime win at Sam Houston (10/18)…notched four tackles at Middle Tennessee (11/11) and at Arkansas (11/18)…closed out season with three stops and a pass breakup vs. Western Kentucky (11/25). 2022: Saw action in four games at defensive back…tabbed a total of six tackles and one pass breakup…totaled four tackles at Western Kentucky (9/24). 2021: Appeared in four games as a reserve… posted six tackles, including four solo stops… registered one stop each vs. Old Dominion (11/6) and North Texas (11/20)… made three tackles at Marshall (10/30). Prep: Product of American Heritage High School… Rated a three-star recruit by 247 sports… Collected 14 tackles in eight games as a senior… Tallied 83 tackles and four tackles for loss over his 30-game prep career. Personal: Majoring in Masters Global Strategic Communication.