AT SAN JOSE STATE: In his fifth season with the Spartans... Played in eight games, all as a reserve, in his first three active seasons... Joined the team for the first time in 2011 preseason camp ... Capable of playing any of the line positions...Successfully collaborated with world-renowned eating champion Joey Chestnut and teammate Christian Hill on a pizza consumption challenge in a class activity during the 2012 winter term.
2014: Saw action in the North Dakota season-opening win (8/28) and at San Diego State (11/29) as a reserve offensive lineman.
2013: Played in the Utah State and Nevada games in a reserve capacity... Was credited with an assisted tackle on a San José State turnover.
2012: Saw action in four games as a reserve offensive guard.
2011: Finished a redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Excelled as a center at Liberty High (Coach Tony Mills) in Bakersfield, Calif....Rated the #29 center nationally in ESPN.com's 2011 Class rankings...Made his mark during the summer of 2010 as the Most Valuable Player among offensive linemen at the National Underclassman Combine (NUC) in Sacramento and the Most Valuable Player at the NUC event in Los Angeles.
MORE ON DOUG: A communication studies major... Is interested in a career as a highway patrol officer... Enjoys trapshooting and fishing... Best catch was a 24-inch, 7.25-pound rainbow trout as a 10-year-old... Competed in high school forensics competitions... Dad, John Blacksill, was a center on the 1981 and 1982 Fresno State football teams...He is a native of Bakersfield, Calif.