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Not playing vs. Coastal Carolina Blackburn (undisclosed) is out for Saturday's game against Coastal Carolina.

Impact Blackburn is out for another game, leaving the team's receiving room short on depth. He's having a career-best season with 14 catches for 129 yards and two scores across seven games in 2025. His next chance to play will come against Marshall on Nov. 15.

2 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Ruled out Thursday Blackburn (undisclosed) is out for Thursday's game versus South Alabama.

Impact Blackburn, who was questionable heading into Thursday, has now been ruled out and will miss his first game of the season. He has caught 14 passes (on 21 targets) for 129 yards and two touchdowns so far this season, so he will be missed during the conference contest. His next chance to play is in Week 11 at Coastal Carolina.

OCTOBER 23 • ROTOWIRE

Questionable for Week 9 Blackburn (undisclosed) is questionable for Thursday's game against South Alabama.

Impact Considering that there was no prior news of Blackburn having some sort of problem in or immediately after Week 8, his addition to Georgia State's availability report is surprising. The wide receiver recently tied his season high in receptions after a brief cold streak, which he will not look to revert to when GA State's team caps off its October schedule.

OCTOBER 21 • ROTOWIRE

Touchdown in victory Blackburn notched three receptions (on four targets) for 36 yards and one touchdown during Saturday's 37-21 win over Murray State.

Impact Blackburn recorded the second most receptions and yards on Saturday trailing teammate Ted Hurst. Blackburn scored on a five-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. Blackburn has recorded three receptions in back-to-back weeks, good for 61 yards.

SEPTEMBER 14 • ROTOWIRE

Touchdown in victory Blackburn notched three receptions (on four targets) for 36 yards and one touchdown during Saturday's 37-21 win over Murray State.

Impact Blackburn recorded the second most receptions and yards on Saturday trailing teammate Ted Hurst. Blackburn scored on a five-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. Blackburn has recorded three receptions in back-to-back weeks, good for 61 yards.

SEPTEMBER 14 • ROTOWIRE

Finds new home Blackburn will transfer to Georgia State, the program announced.

Impact After a lackluster career at Georgia Tech, Blackburn will stay inside the state and try to turn things around at Georgia State. The wideout has six career catches for 105 yards and two scores. He'll look to factor into the Yellow Jackets' passing game immediately, as he has just one year of eligibility remaining.

JANUARY 21 • ROTOWIRE

Decides to enter portal Blackburn has decided to enter the transfer portal, per his announcement Monday.

Impact Unfortunately for Blackburn and even though he logged a touchdown reception, staying at Georgia Tech in 2024 did not pan out for him despite the team's success. He has at least one year of collegiate eligibility that could be better used elsewhere in 2025.

DECEMBER 2, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Georgia Tech receiver Leo Blackburn out after ACL tear Delaying the fulfillment of considerable promise, Georgia Tech wide receiver Leo Blackburn has suffered a torn ACL and faces long odds to be...

MARCH 28, 2023 • AJC.COM

Catches touchdown in overtime win Blackburn caught three passes for 49 yards and one touchdown in Saturday's 23-20 win over Duke.

Impact Blackburn hauled in a 37-yard touchdown grab early in the third quarter to take a 16-3 lead on Saturday. The wide receiver made his collegiate debut on Saturday after suffering a torn ACL prior to the 2021 season. Blackburn caught three of six targets in the win.

OCTOBER 11, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Returns for fall practices Blackburn (knee) is active for fall practices, Kelly Quinlan of JacketsOnline.com reports.

Impact Blackburn suffered a torn ACL in August of 2021, but the freshman wideout was able to take the field for fall practices. The 6-foot-5 receiver will look to stand out in the Georgia Tech receiving core after missing his entire freshman season.

AUGUST 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Out for spring practices Blackburn (knee), who suffered a torn ACL, was unavailable for spring practices, Ken Sugiura of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

Impact Blackburn was unavailable for Georgia Tech's spring training activities. The 6-foot-5 freshman appeared for just three snaps in 2021 for the Yellow Jackets. Head coach Geoff Collins expects Blackburn to be ready for the start of the 2022 season, stating that he was really excited about the injury progression of all his players.

MARCH 25, 2022 • ROTOWIRE