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03/05/2012
USC Football Spring Practice Starts Tuesday
Trojans looking to take care of "unfinished business."
2012: Blackwell will battle to get into the wide receiver playing rotation as a redshirt freshman in 2012.
2011: Blackwell redshirted as a freshman wide receiver in 2011, his first year at USC.
HIGH SCHOOL: His 2010 honors included Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, U.S. Army All-American, ESPNU 150, Sporting News Top 100, Prep Star Dream Team, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Max Preps All-State Division I first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State second team, All-CIF Pac-5 Division, Orange County Register All-Orange County first team and All-Trinity League Co-Offensive MVP as a senior wide receiver at Mater Dei High in Santa Ana (Calif.). He caught 50 passes for 976 yards (19.5 avg.) with 14 TDs in 2010, including 3 games with 175-plus receiving yards, despite missing part of the season with a shoulder injury. As a junior in 2009, he made Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass second team, All-CIF Pac-5 Division, Orange County Register All-Orange County first team and All-Trinity League Offensive MVP while catching 52 passes for 1,044 yards (20.1 avg.) with 11 TDs. As a sophomore in 2008, he made Cal-Hi Sports All-State Sophomore and All-Trinity League second team. In his career, he had 130 receptions and 33 TDs. Current Trojans Matt Barkley, Khaled Holmes and Max Wittek also prepped at Mater Dei. He also sprinted for Mater Dei's track team, with best of 21.63 in the 200 meters and 49.16 in the 400 meters.
PERSONAL: He is a communication major at USC major at USC.
