Blake Belcher

Position:
Offensive Tackle
Height:
6-5
Weight:
304
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Guthrie, Okla.
High School:
Guthrie
Prev School:
Guthrie

Tulsa –– A two-year letterwinner . . . has played in 22 career games and has 13 starts . . . was injured in the 2015 season opener and missed the remainder of the season . . . 2015 – Played in the season opener against FAU . . . opened the season as the starting right tackle . . . suffered an ACL injury in the season opener . . . 2014 – Played and started in 11 games . . . started the first five games. . . graded over 90 percent in seven games on the season . . . made his second career start in the opener vs. Tulane, but it was his first start at tackle where he graded 91 percent . . . played 96 snaps vs. Texas State and graded at 90-percent . . . graded 86-percent on 70 snaps at Colorado State . . . missed the Temple game, and returned to the starting lineup vs. USF, and graded 94-percent on 78 plays . . . graded 94-percent on 91 snaps at Memphis . . . had a grade of 95-percent on 76 plays vs. SMU . . . played 57 snaps at UCF and graded 93-percent . . . graded 91-percent on 78 plays at Houston . . . 2013 – Played in 10 games . . . saw most of his playing time at the tight end position for his blocking ability . . . also played on special teams . . . missed the first two contests . . . started the season finale against North Texas at tight end . . . 2012 – Was one of several freshmen to sit out the 2012 campaign due to red-shirt status.

High School –– Was a three-year letterwinner and starter at offensive tackle at Guthrie High School . . . helped lead his team to a 14-0 record and Class 5A state championship as a senior and an overall 33-6 three-year record . . . helped pave the way for an offense that averaged 39.9 points and nearly 275 rushing yards per game his senior season . . . graded at 96-percent as a senior . . . was a first-team all-state selection by the Tulsa World his senior season . . . was named the Class 5A-1 Offensive Lineman of the Year and The Oklahoman’s Big All-City Lineman of the Year as a senior . . . was a first-team all-state selection by The Oklahoman . . . was named to the OCA West all-state team . . . 11^th-ranked Oklahoma prospect by Rivals.com . . . received a Rivals.com three-star rating . . . was named to The Oklahoman’s Big All-City team as a junior . . . also lettered four years in power-lifting and three-years in track . . . high school coach was Rafe Watkins.

Personal –– Enjoys playing golf and hunting . . . favorite TV show is “Game of Thrones” . . . the Dallas Cowboys is his favorite NFL team . . . lists Star Wars Trilogy as his favorite movies . . . his favorite sports movie is Varsity Blues . . . his favorite musical band is Turnpike Troubadours. . . has participated in community service events “Feed My Starving Children” and “Hands of Jesus” . . . favorite book is The Bible . . . his favorite song is “The Ride” by David Allan Coe . . . if he could invite any two people to dinner it would be Mike Ditka and the late Chris Farley . . . mother’s name is Marla Belcher . . . received his degree in exercise and sports science in May 2016 . . . working on a second degree in business management . . . born September 14, 1993 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.