[2] Blount attended Taylor County High School in the small town of Perry, Florida, where he was a two-sport star in both football and track & field.

Barely recruited out of high school, he attended camp at Auburn University but was not offered an athletic scholarship.

[12] Blount entered his junior year at Oregon sharing the running back role with senior Jeremiah Johnson.

[22] He clashed several times during the season with veteran head coach Mike Bellotti, earning a suspension for the first quarter of a November loss to the California Golden Bears for "not following team rules.

[20][26] He attended some, but not all, voluntary workouts during the off-season, but was praised for an improved attitude by fellow members of the football program.

[32] Blount had been interviewed by a Sports Illustrated reporter earlier in the summer and was asked about the excessive late hits in the 2008 game in Eugene between Oregon and Boise State.

[40] As he was escorted to the locker room, Blount confronted Boise State fans who were jeering at him after seeing the video replay.

[42] Two police officers and Oregon assistant coach Scott Frost restrained Blount and escorted him into the locker room.

[31] Kelly stated that he made his judgment based on the entire event and had not theorized how it would have changed had only certain parts of the incident occurred.

[47] Following the announcement of Blount's punishment, a number of sports writers and analysts questioned whether or not suspension for the entire season was excessive.

[48][49][50][51] Wrote analyst Tom Dienhart: "But did Blount's punishment (banned from games the rest of the season) fit the crime?

[54] Petersen accepted the apology as sincere, and expressed the wish that Blount would be able to go on playing football, and that many parties would learn from the experience.

[59] Later that day, the Oregon Athletic Department released a statement indicating that a plan that could reinstate Blount to the team was under consideration.

[60] The next day, head coach Chip Kelly announced that if Blount meets certain guidelines, he could return for the November 7 game against the Stanford Cardinal.

Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott responded that the conference alone had the power to reinstate Blount and would take Oregon's appeal under consideration if it occurred.

[64] In their final game of the season, the Civil War against rival Oregon State, the Ducks trailed by nine points in the third quarter.

[68] In August 2010, Blount was involved in another incident in which he threw a punch, this time at teammate defensive end Eric Bakhtiari, a few moments after having his own helmet ripped off in practice.

Blount was then waived by the team on September 5, 2010, to make room for veteran linebackers Tim Shaw (Chicago Bears) and Patrick Bailey (Pittsburgh Steelers).

He played in his first regular-season NFL game in a Week 3 home loss, 38–13, to the Pittsburgh Steelers, gaining 27 yards on six rushes and scoring one touchdown.

Highlighting the performance was a late game 43-yard run in which Blount hurdled approaching safety Kerry Rhodes.

[75] Blount became the second undrafted running back in NFL history to accumulate 1,000 yards in his rookie year, joining Dominic Rhodes, who accomplished the feat for the Indianapolis Colts in 2001.

[84] On April 27, 2013, Blount was traded to the New England Patriots for running back Jeff Demps and a seventh-round selection (229th overall) in the 2013 NFL draft.

[104] On November 23, 2014, Blount's first game back with New England concluded in 78 yards on 12 carries and two touchdowns in a 34–9 victory over the Detroit Lions.

[113][114] On April 7, 2015, it was announced that Blount had been suspended for the first game of the 2015 season due to a violation of the league's substance abuse policy during his stint with the Steelers.

[118] On December 15, 2015, it was reported that Blount was added to the Patriots' injured/reserved list for the remainder of the season after suffering a left hip injury during the previous game against the Houston Texans.

[121] In the Patriots' season opener against the Cardinals on NBC Sunday Night Football, Blount recorded 70 rushing yards and a touchdown on 22 carries in the 23–21 victory.

[123] Blount led the league with 298 rushing yards in the first three games and he would later be named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for September.

[132] In doing so, Blount tied Ricky Williams's NFL record of longest time span (six years) between seasons with at least 1000 rushing yards (2010–2016).

[140] In the AFC Championship against the Steelers, he finished with 47 rushing yards and a touchdown in the 36–17 victory to reach Super Bowl LI.

[151] He added another touchdown against the Vikings in the NFC Championship Game, as the Eagles advanced to the Super Bowl for the third time in Blount's career.