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Jadan Blue Season 2022

PositionWR
Weight192 lbs
Height6-0
ClassRedshirt Senior
HometownBaltimore, Md.
High SchoolPeddie Prep
Previous SchoolTemple

2022 at Virginia Tech
Season Notes:  Has played in 10 games, making four starts ... Has registered 10 receptions, 105 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown ... Has attempted three punt returns.
• Caught a 6-yard pass at Duke (Nov. 12).
• Started and made a 17-yard reception against Georgia Tech (Nov. 5).
• Made a tackle while on special teams at No. 24 NC State (Oct. 27).
• Was targeted once as a starting wide receiver against Miami (Oct. 15).
• Started, made an 8-yard reception and attempted three punt returns at Pitt (Oct. 8).
• Caught two passes totaling 16 receiving yards at North Carolina (Oct. 1).
• Made his first start at Tech against West Virginia (Sept. 22).
• Hauled in four receptions totaling 61 receiving yards, including his 11-yard touchdown catch against Wofford (Sept. 17).
• Made one reception during his Tech debut at Old Dominion (Sept. 2).
 

Jadan Blue came to Tech following a productive career at Temple where he caught 169 passes for 1,672 yards and 10 touchdowns in 35 games for the Owls. He also rushed 12 times for 44 yards. Blue accumulated five games with 10 or more receptions and posted six 100-yard receiving games, including a career-high 132-yard performance at Maryland (9/14/19). 
 
He earned second-team All-American Athletic Conference honors following the 2019 season when he hauled in a Temple school-record 95 receptions for 1,067 yards, becoming the first Temple player to ever accumulate a 1,000-yard receiving season. He named to the 2020 Biletnikoff Award Watch List and earned All-AAC honorable mention status following the 2020 season.  
 
Blue played at Peddie Prep High School in Hightstown, New Jersey where he earned first-team all-conference and first-team all-prep honors as a wide receiver. He transferred to Peddie Prep after playing receiver at Mt. Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore, Maryland where he was a first-team all-state selection and a state champion track athlete. Blue's cousin, Lardarius Webb, enjoyed a nine-year NFL career as a safety for the Baltimore Ravens.

Majoring in curriculum & instruction.