Being the son of Mel Blount can be a blessing and a curse. Expectations always have been over the top for Khalid. In this town, the very mention of his name evokes memories of a bygone era when the Steelers were respected and feared throughout the National Football League.
Mel Blount is considered one of the best cornerbacks to have ever played in the NFL. His physical style of play made him one of the most feared defensive backs in the game and because of his dominance the league was forced to change the pass coverage rule. Because of his success at bumping pass receivers off their route, the NFL created a Mel Blount Rule to forbid it.
Khadil Blount’s parents taught him and his siblings that sports could teach them values they couldn’t learn anywhere else, but they had to keep their grades up if they wanted to participate.
This is the Blount’s fourth son who has gone on the play collegiately, as the oldest Norris Blount played football at Baylor and had a cup of coffee in the NFL. Akil just finished his senior season playing linebacker at Florida A&M and played in the NFLPA Bowl, and Jibri, a 6-6, 230-pound small forward in basketball, is playing at Cleveland State University.
The biggest of the bunch is the baby brother Khadil, a 6-foot-1, 313-pounder with the hope that his high school and college experiences will carry him to the NFL.
National Letter of intent Day is a day that has college coaches across the country waiting for their phones to ring or watching a fax machine for a letter from a star high school football player to come across, committing to play at their university. Khalid Blount made his official announcement on Wednesday February 3, at Washington High, with his parents at his side.
He chose Duquesne over Robert Morris, Duke and New Hampshire.
A projected three-technique nose tackle or a ‘zero shade’ nose, Blount has rare strength and superior quickness and without the benefit of another ‘Blount Rule’ maybe close to impossible to block.
No matter. Father and son are cut from similar defensive molds as big, bruising and punishing defenders.
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