57  Joseph Blanks
	Class: Junior Hometown: Pembroke Last College: ASA Height / Weight: 6-2 / 230 Position: Inside Linebacker Experience: TR

Junior College: Two-year standout for the Avengers, who started every game of ASA (Brooklyn, N.Y.) career ... Helped the squad to a 7-3 record with a 5-2 mark in the Northeast Football Conference as a team captain in 2010 ... As a sophomore, ranked second in the conference with 49 total tackles ... Added fi ve sacks and 17 tackles for a loss during final campaign ... Booked six tackles, with 2.5 for lost yardage and 1.5 sacks against Dean College ... Recorded 10 tackles, including three for lost yardage, during a 21-17 loss to Lackawanna in October ... Credited as a leader of a defensive unit that allowed the fewest yards in the nation during 2010.

High School: A three-time All-Two Rivers Conference, all-region and All-Robeson County honoree ... Twice selected as the Two Rivers Conference and Th e Robesonian Robeson County Defensive Player-of-the-Year ... Missed half of senior season due to broken ankle ... Prior to injury, made 40 tackles and two interceptions in three games ... Selected to play for the North Carolina squad in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas following senior season, becoming only the sixth player in PSHS history to play in the prestigious contest ... A 2008 preseason all-state team member ... West Robeson Grid Iron Club Player-of-the-Year as a junior, after leading the team with 180 tackles ... During sophomore campaign, booked 140 stops and was nominated for the all-state squad ... Also tallied four sacks and three fumble recoveries as a sophomore ... Played fi nal two seasons at Purnell Swett for head coach Mark Heil.