O’Neil Blake Football was a standout football player as a student at Osceola
High School in Kissimmee, Florida, where he was enrolled from 2007 to
2010. He was born in Jamaica but came to the United States when he was
fourteen years old.
“Following graduating Osceola High School in 2010 I attended Glenville State College on a football scholarship,” he recalls. “I was red-shirted my first year while attending Glenville State College; however, that same year I was awarded Scout Team Defensive Player of the Year.” Always an outstanding student, he was named to the school’s Provost List that same year.
He ended up transferring to Lenoir-Rhyne University in North Carolina where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2014. He also spent three years on the football team and was named an NCAA Division II All-American and led the team to three straight South Atlantic Conference championships and playoff berths.
For the 2015 LRU season he served as the football team’s Cornerbacks Coach. Playing cornerback is one of the most difficult positions in football, requiring great athleticism. Because the forward pass is such a potent weapon in football, cornerbacks need to be able to cover speedy wide receivers who have the advantage of knowing which way they are going to go as they run their pass routes.
In addition to coaching on the football team, O’Neil Blake is enrolled in the Lenoir-Rhyne University Master of Business Administration graduate program. He is concentrating on Health Care Administration and is on course to graduate in May of 2016.
“Following graduating Osceola High School in 2010 I attended Glenville State College on a football scholarship,” he recalls. “I was red-shirted my first year while attending Glenville State College; however, that same year I was awarded Scout Team Defensive Player of the Year.” Always an outstanding student, he was named to the school’s Provost List that same year.
He ended up transferring to Lenoir-Rhyne University in North Carolina where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2014. He also spent three years on the football team and was named an NCAA Division II All-American and led the team to three straight South Atlantic Conference championships and playoff berths.
For the 2015 LRU season he served as the football team’s Cornerbacks Coach. Playing cornerback is one of the most difficult positions in football, requiring great athleticism. Because the forward pass is such a potent weapon in football, cornerbacks need to be able to cover speedy wide receivers who have the advantage of knowing which way they are going to go as they run their pass routes.
In addition to coaching on the football team, O’Neil Blake is enrolled in the Lenoir-Rhyne University Master of Business Administration graduate program. He is concentrating on Health Care Administration and is on course to graduate in May of 2016.
