Eastern Michigan Athletics
2025 Football Roster
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Jersey Number 53
Messiah Blair
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Detroit, Mich.
- High School:
- Martin Luther King
EMU: 2025: Played in seven games with two starts…Recorded 13 tackles, including five solo and eight assisted…Added 1.0 tackle for loss for nine yards…Logged one sack for nine yards at Texas State on Aug. 30…Forced one fumble…Tallied four quarterback hurries and one pass breakup…2024: Appeared in five games…Recorded one assisted tackle on Sept. 21 vs. Saint Francis…2023: Did not play…Named the team’s Scout Team Player of the Year for Defense…Twice named Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week, including ahead of the games at Minnesota and Jacksonville State…HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Martin Luther King High School and played under Head Coach Tyrone Spencer…Multi-year letterwinner…Team captain as a senior…Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals, and ESPN…Ranked by 247Sports as the fourth-highest-rated recruit in EMU history…Considered the 17th-best prospect in Michigan and a top-100 defensive end nationally…Named to the 2022 MLive Metro Detroit Football Dream Team…Helped MLK to a 10-3 record and the 2022 MHSAA Division III State Championship…Contributed to back-to-back state titles…PERSONAL: Full name Messiah Lazar Blair…Son of Daniel and Amelia Blair…Has two sisters, Queautae and N'Dya…Sport Management major.
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