| No. 45 – Calgary Stampeders | |
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| Position | Linebacker |
| Roster status | Active |
| CFL status | American |
| Personal information | |
| Born | December 31, 2002 |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Martin (Arlington, Texas) |
| College | Texas |
| NFL draft | 2025: undrafted |
| Career history | |
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| Stats at CFL.ca | |
Morice Blackwell Jr. (born December 31, 2002) is an American professional football linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Texas.
Morice Blackwell Jr. was born on December 31, 2002. [1] He played high school football at Martin High School in Arlington, Texas. [2] After his junior year, he committed to play college football at the University of Texas at Austin. [2] Blackwell had been rated a four-star prospect by 247Sports in the class of 2021. [2] He posted over 112 tackles each of his final two years, earning all-district honors. [3]
Blackwell played college football for the Texas Longhorns from 2021 to 2024 as a rotational linebacker. [4] [5] He played 48 career games, recording 39 solo tackles, 26 assisted tackles, one fumble recovery, and two pass breakups. [5]
| Season | GP | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | Ast | Cmb | TfL | Sck | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF | ||
| Texas Longhorns | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 48 | 39 | 26 | 65 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
After going undrafted in the 2025 NFL draft, Blackwell was invited to rookie minicamp on a tryout basis with the Pittsburgh Steelers. [4] He was signed to the practice roster of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League on June 18, 2025. [6] He was promoted to the active roster on July 23, moved back to the practice roster on July 30, and promoted to the active roster again on August 8, 2025. [6]