Mekhi Blackmon

CAREER TRANSACTIONS:

• Acquired by the Colts in a trade with the Minnesota Vikings on August 25, 2025 in exchange for a 2026 NFL Draft sixth round selection.
• Selected by the Vikings in the third round (102nd overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft.

2024 (VIKINGS):

• Spent the season on Minnesota's Injured Reserve list.

2023 (VIKINGS):

• Played in 15 games (three starts) and registered 41 tackles (34 solo), 3.0 tackles for loss, eight passes defensed, one interception, and one fumble recovery.

COLLEGE:

• Saw action in 50 contests (33 starts) across six seasons at USC (2022), Colorado (2018-2021) and the College of San Mateo (2017) and registered 170 tackles (101 solo), 3.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, 29 passes defensed, six interceptions, two forced fumbles, and three fumble recoveries.
• In his lone year at USC, he started in all 14 contests and notched 66 tackles (45 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss, 15 passes defensed, three interceptions, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
• In 2021, he competed in nine contests (eight starts) and logged 50 tackles (33 solo), five passes defensed, one interception, and one fumble recovery.
• Started in all six games in 2020 and recorded 16 tackles (nine solo), four passes defensed, and one interception.
• As a junior, he played in four games (two starts), and compiled nine tackles (five solo), 1.0 tackle for loss, 1.0 sack, one pass defensed, and one forced fumble.
• In 2018, he competed in eight games (three starts) and had nine tackles and three passes defensed.
• As a freshman at the College of San Mateo, he played in nine games and notched 20 tackles (12 solo), one pass defensed, one interception and one fumble recovery.

PERSONAL:

• Attended Menlo-Atherton High School in East Palo Alto, Calif. where he was a 2016 San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro Honorable Mention selection and an all-conference choice as a senior wide receiver and defensive back.
• Also played basketball in high school.
• His cousin, Nashon Wright, plays cornerback for the Chicago Bears.
• He's currently working on his master's degree in gerontology at USC.
• An East Palo Alto, Calif. native.