O’Mega Blake
Wide Receiver | 6-2 | 180 | Rock Hill, S.C. | South Pointe HS / South Carolina / Charlotte
At Charlotte
2024 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Played in all 12 games with nine starts … Caught 32 passes for a team-leading 795 yards and a team-high nine touchdowns on the year … Averaged a team-best 24.8 yards per catch and a team-leading 66.3 receiving yards per game … His 24.8 yards per catch ranked second nationally among all FBS pass catchers … Recorded three 100-yard receiving games and two multi-receiving touchdown games … Also carried the ball twice for seven yards, finishing second on the team in all-purpose yards with 802 … Had three catches for nine yards and a touchdown, his first of the season, against Gardner-Webb (Sept. 14) … Logged a season-high five receptions for 153 yards, his first 100-yard receiving effort of the season, and two touchdowns, his first multi-receiving touchdown performance of the year, at Rice (Sept. 28) … Lone reception at Navy (Oct. 19) was a 20-yard touchdown … Three catches for 128 yards, his second 100-yard receiving game of the season, and a touchdown at Memphis (Oct. 26) … Matched his season-high with five catches for a career-high 205 yards, his third 100-yard receiving game of the season, and a career-best three touchdowns, his second multi-receiving touchdown performance of the year, at FAU (Nov. 23) … Closed out the campaign with two catches for 73 yards and a touchdown in the finale against UAB (Nov. 30).
At South Carolina
2023 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Recognized as the Spring co-Offensive Most Improved Award winner … Saw action in all 12 games with four starts … Caught 19 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns … Averaged 13.2 yards per catch … Recorded his first collegiate touchdown against Furman (Sept. 9) … Hauled in a career-high five catches for a career-high 86 yards against Georgia (Sept. 16) … Reeled in all three of his targets against Vanderbilt (Nov. 11), including a 26-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter.
2022 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Saw action in three games … Targeted twice and caught one pass for one yard in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl against Notre Dame (Dec. 30) … Also saw brief action against Florida (Nov. 12) and Tennessee (Nov. 19) late in the season.
2021 (FRESHMAN): Redshirt season … Made his Gamecock debut in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl against North Carolina (Dec. 30).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from South Pointe High School in Rock Hill, S.C. … Played wide receiver, quarterback and cornerback … Finished his senior season with 1,272 yards of total offense and a dozen touchdowns for the Stallions, who reached the second round of the Class AAAA playoffs … Threw for 381 yards, ran for 182 and caught 50 passes for 709 yards … Named to the South Carolina Football Coaches Association 4A All-State team as a wide receiver … Caught 38 passes for 800 yards and carried 39 times for 353 yards as a junior … Primarily played defense as a sophomore in 2018, intercepting four passes … Coached by former Gamecock DeVonte Holloman … Also played basketball and ran track … Helped South Pointe with the 4A state championship in basketball … Was the Region 3-4A high jump champion … Rated as the ninth-best player in the Palmetto State, the 108th-best wide receiver in the country and No. 697 overall by 247Sports Composite … Rivals ranked him as the sixth-best player in South Carolina and the 27th-best “athlete” in the country.
