Brandon Bennett-Jackson

Position:
Defensive Tackle
Height:
6-3
Weight:
294
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Birmingham, Ala.
High School:
Spring (TX) HS

OREGON STATE – 2014: Brandon played as an athletic hybrid at times playing tackle and at others as an end based on the situation … played in nine games and made his first career start at Stanford … finished the season with five tackles … recorded a sack at Colorado … worked all along the line during spring drills. 2013: Brandon established himself as a factor in the defensive tackle rotation, especially as an athletic pass rusher … played in nine games … recorded five tackles, including 1.5 quarterback sacks … spent some time at defensive end during the spring practice session. 2012: Played in two games, making three tackles – two vs. Cal and one vs. Nicholls State. 2011: Redshirt … struggled with nagging injuries throughout the 2011 season … key player on the scout team.

SPRING: Three-year letterman … two-year team captain … 76th best defensive end prospect in the nation, per Scout … played in the Bayou Bowl All-Star Game … as a senior set the school record with 39 tackles-for-loss … rated in the top 100 of Houston area prospects per VYPE Magazine … named co-defensive player of the year as a junior.

PERSONAL: Born September 14, 1992 in Birmingham, Alabama … son of Kenneth and Kathy Bennett … has a son … has nine siblings, Shamia, Pernithia, Ebony, Stephanie, Cedriquiez, Arsenio, Dominic, Jasmine and Justin … his cousin, Earl Bennett, is a receiver for the Cleveland Browns … National Honor Society member … chose OSU to because “the coaches and the team felt like a family and to become a better person and to become a better athlete” … majoring in human development and family sciences.