Mekhi Blackmon is one of the newly drafted NFL players.

He is a talented player who has been playing football since he was young. He played both high school and college football before he was drafted into the NFL in the 2023 NFL draft.

In this article, we will learn more about him as we dive into his early life, family education, career and finances.

Mekhi Blackmon Biography, age and birthday

Mekhi Blackmon is an American football cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.

He was born to his parents in Hayward, California, United States on March 18, 1999, hence, he is 24 years old now.

Mekhi Blackmon Height and weight

Blackmon stands tall at the height of 5 ft 11 in or 1.80 m and possesses a body weight of 178 lb or 81 kg.

Mekhi Blackmon College and draft

As previously stated, he played both high school and college football.

He attended Menlo-Atherton High School, where he played high school football. He played for three colleges before graduating.

After high school, Blackmon enrolled at the College of San Mateo, where he played football for the school’s team in 2017. In 2018, he committed to Colorado and played for the team from 2018 to 2021.

Blackmon played four years at Colorado before deciding to transfer to USC, where he played for them in 2022. For his performance, he was named First Team All-PAC 12.

He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the third round, 102nd overall, of the 2023 NFL Draft.

Mekhi Blackmon Team, jersey number and position

He currently plays for the Minnesota Vikings as a cornerback and wears jersey number 11.

Mekhi Blackmon Family, girlfriend, kids, parents, siblings

Unlike many other NFL players, Blackmon has decided to keep details about his family away from the general public, hence it is very difficult to talk about them.

Having said that, we are still digging for information about his family, we will update this post as soon as we get important information about them.

Mekhi Blackmon Salary and net worth

According to Spotrac, Blackmon has signed a rookie contract that is projected to be for four years and $5,304,082 with a signing bonus of $857,514 and a salary cap hit of $964,370 in 2023.

He is said to have an estimated net worth of $1 million.

Mekhi Blackmon Instagram and Twitter

Instagram: @MekhiBlackmon

Twitter: @khiblack

 

Author

The writer is Bosomtwi Enoch. He is an Editor at NFLFAQs.com. You can contact him via Instagram @blayaw_