University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2012 Football Roster
Roster
Mark Blessington
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Auburn, Iowa
- High School:
- Southern Cal
2012: Saw action in eight games during the season as a reserve on the offensive line.
2011: Saw action in three games as a reserve on the offensive line.
2010: Saw action in one game, against North Dakota State (9/11), as a reserve on the offensive line.
2009: Redshirted.
High School: Two-time first-team all-state honoree (2007, 2008) ... named his district's defensive line MVP in 2008 ... four-time first-team all-district pick (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) ... helped lead his prep team to the 2008 state title with a 13-1 record ... tallied a career record of 40-7 in high school, which included three trips to the state playoffs ... recorded 201 solo tackles and 103 assisted tackles to rank third on his school's all-time tackles list ... four-year letterwinner in basketball ... first-team all-conference pick in basketball ... three-time state track qualifier ... placed sixth in the state in the shot put in 2007 ... placed third in the state in the shot put as a junior ... a member of the Head Start elementary program ... high school coach: Bryan Case.
Personal: Son of Jerry and Kay Blessington ... majoring in criminology.
