Joshua Blackston is a 6'3", 290-pound offensive lineman from West Baltimore, Maryland, who attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. A three-star recruit ranked 686th nationally in the 2025 class, Blackston was named to the Under Armour All-American Team during his senior year and earned first-team all-state honors as a junior. At Dunbar, he played along the offensive line for a program that won 65 consecutive games dating to 2021 and finished 13-1 in 2024, reaching a 2A/1A MPSSAA championship appearance in his final season. Blackston redshirted during his 2025 freshman year at Rutgers and enters 2026 as a returning squad member.