Blake was born in Nacogdoches, Texas and was raised in Athens, Georgia. He graduated in 2014 from Piedmont College in Athens with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and minor in Criminal Justice. While at Piedmont, he was the treasurer of the Political Science/Criminal Justice Club and also performed an internship with Judge Lawton E. Stephens in the Western Judicial Circuit. Blake then attended Georgia State University College of Law and graduated in May of 2017. During his tenure at Georgia State, he excelled in trial advocacy and mock trial courses. Blake also completed an externship as a law clerk in the Forsyth County Magistrate Court under the guidance of Judge Pamela Boles.