PI EXCLUSIVE: 4-Star Safety JaDon Blair Breaks Down NC State Junior Day Experience

This past Saturday, 4-Star 2025 Safety JaDon Blair (6’4″/180) attended NC State’s Junior Day. I caught up with Blair to get his take on the experience.

Can you describe what the format of the day was? What did you do?

They were really just trying to show me how I would fit in and how much I could be of use in their program. I had a couple of meetings personally with some of the coaches, just showing me the defense and where I would be at making most of the plays.

What was your favorite part of the experience?

My favorite part was when I was sitting in Coach Freddie’s (Aughtry-Lindsay/Nickels Coach) office and we were just talking about NC State, and how I could make them so much better and help the defense be elite, like the direction they already are headed.

Were you able to have any conversations with the coaching staff? If so, how did that go? What’s their recruiting pitch to you? What’s your relationship like with them? With Coach Gibson?

Yes, I had a lot of conversations with the coaching staff, including the Head Coach, the Defensive Coordinator and the Nickels Coach, just explaining to me how I could even possibly play both sides of the ball over there, because they like me on offense to. With my range and how I can run and move, they said I could play either side of the hall. It’s just up to me, and how my body grows

Where does NC State currently stand in your recruitment? What schools are currently ranking the highest for you?

NC State has always been a solid school for me and just learning about them and the program, it definitely ups the chances with me personally. I talk to schools like Penn State, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Florida State, Michigan, and Louisville a lot, so the relationship piece is there with those schools. That’s why I could say they are ranked extremely high to me

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ON3, 247Sports and Rivals rank Blair as a 4-Star prospect. All three rank him as a Top-300 player nationally. ON3 almost has him ranked as a 5-star prospect, sitting at #28 overall nationally. They also rank him as the #2 Safety in the 2025 recruiting class, and the #2 player in the state of North Carolina.

NC State offered Blair a little over a week ago on January 16th. He also holds offers from Penn St., Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Louisville, Notre Dame, FSU, Maryland, Georgia Tech, Duke, South Carolina, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Tennessee, West Virginia and others.

This Fall, Blair had 57 tackles, 3 tackles for loss and 4 interceptions for Mt. Tabor (Winston-Salem, NC). On offense, he had 10 receptions for 255 yards and 6 touchdowns.