Armondo Blount

Served as one of team’s top contributors on defensive line…Played in 15 games…Totaled 17 tackles (seven solo) and 2.5 sacks…Had one PBU and credited with six quarterback hurries…Recorded one fumble recovery…Made season debut and had one tackle in opener vs. Notre Dame (Aug. 31)…Lone stop against USF (Sept. 13) was half-sack…Saw time against Florida (Sept. 20)…Posted two solo stops in rivalry win at Florida State (Oct. 4)…Had three more two-tackle performances against Louisville (Oct. 17), Stanford (Oct. 25) and SMU (Nov. 1)…Recorded one sack against Stanford and half-sack at SMU…One tackle vs. Syracuse (Nov. 8) was half-sack…Had pair of stops in win over NC State (Nov. 15)…Played in wins over Virginia Tech (Nov. 22) and Pittsburgh (Nov. 29)…Compiled four tackles during team’s College Football Playoff run, including two vs. Texas A&M (Dec. 20) in CFP opener…Recorded first fumble recovery of season vs. Aggies…Had one solo tackle in Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic vs. Ohio State (Dec. 31)…Added one solo stop in VRBO Fiesta Bowl against Ole Miss (Jan. 8)…Saw time in CFP National Championship Game against Indiana (Jan. 19)

Saw action in eight games during debut collegiate season…Had two tackles…Made career debut against Florida A&M (Sept. 7)…Recorded first tackle of career in win over Florida A&M (Sept. 7)…Had one tackle in win over Wake Forest (Nov. 23).

One of nation’s top defensive players and five-star defensive line prospect…Earned five-star status from both On3 and Rivals…Five-star player in 247Sports Composite Rankings, checking in as No. 22 player nationally regardless of position…Ranked No. 21 player in nation in On3 Industry Rankings…Consensus top-10 defensive lineman by every major scouting service…Member of ESPN300, checking in as No. 28 player in nation according to ESPN….Ranked No. 4 defensive lineman by On3, No. 9 by 247Sports, No. 8 by ESPN and No. 4 by Rivals…Ranked top-10 player in state of Florida by every scouting service…Transferred to Miami Central for final year and finished with 58 tackles, 11 sacks, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries …Played two previous years at Dillard…MaxPreps Sophomore All-America in 2022, finishing with 30 tackles for loss and 16 sacks at Dillard… Chose Miami over offers from Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas and USC, among others.