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2025 Football Roster

28 Silas Mathis

  • Pos DB
  • Ht 5-11
  • Wt 145
  • Yr Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Gary, Ind.
  • High School (Prev. School) Merrillville
  • Major Business Management

Biography

2024: Played in seven games… Member of PFL Academic Honor Roll.

2023: Did not see game action.

2022: Played in one game, making his collegiate debut on Oct. 22 at Morehead State... Retained four years of eligibility.

Prep: Three-year varsity letter winner... Team finished 13-1 his senior season... All-academic team member... Had the least drops on the team... Highest QB/WR efficiency ratio...  Had eight receptions for 134 yards and two TDs vs. Andrean in 2021... In a 2021 game against Westfield, had seven tackles, a force fumble and two deflections... Competed in two years of track & field and four years of basketball... Member of high honor roll... Earned academic honors and a technical honors diploma.

Personal: Majoring in engineering... Son of Destiny and Floyd Blackmon Jr... Has two younger sisters, Milan and Londyn... Grandfather Milton Mathis played baseball and football at Indiana State, while his grandmother Jerrydine Mathis ran track at Indiana University in Bloomington and is a registered occupational therapist... Enjoys gaming, spending time with family and friends and working out... Says he eats 24 hours per day and “somehow stays at 140-150 pounds.”

Statistics

Season:
2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 47

    2022-23Freshman

    DB
    5'11" 145 lbs
    47
  • 14D

    2023-24Freshman

    DB
    5'11" 155 lbs
    14D
  • 17

    2024-25Redshirt Sophomore

    WR
    5'11" 150 lbs
    17
  • 28

    2025Redshirt Junior

    DB
    5'11" 145 lbs
    28