2025: Returning defensive end ... in 37 career games (nine starts), has compiled 77 tackles, 11.0 TFL, 2.5 sacks, five PBUs, one fumble recovery and three QB pressures … posted 30 games with 1+ tackle and 12 contests with 3+ tackles, including a career-best nine against South Carolina State (2023) and Clemson (2023) … carded 1.0 TFL in eight contests, including a career-high 2.0 versus Auburn (2024) … logged a career-high 1.0 sack twice against Ole Miss (2023) and Arkansas (2024) … secured one PBU in contests with Howard (2022), Virginia (2023), UCF (2023), Auburn (2024) and Arkansas (2024) … recorded lone fumble recovery against Houston (2022) … tallied one QB pressure in three contests versus Florida (2022), UC (2023) and Auburn (2024) … has played 246 career snaps at Mizzou.
2024: Saw action in all 13 games … compiled 20 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 1.0 sack, two PBUs and one QB pressures … tied for sixth on the team in TFLs … registered 1+ tackle in 10 games and 3+ tackles on four occasions, including a year-best four stops against Oklahoma … secured 1.0 TFL three times, including a season-high 2.0 versus Auburn … carded 1.0 sack in a contest with Arkansas … notched one PBU against Auburn and Arkansas … logged one QB pressure opposite Auburn … on the field for 246 snaps.
PRIOR TO MIZZOU: One-year letterwinner in football at South Florida (2022) and one-year letterwinner at Georgia Tech (2023) … saw action in 11 career games at South Florida in 2022, making four starts against Louisville, East Carolina, Tulane, and Houston … compiled 19 tackles, 1.5 TFL, one PBU, one fumble recovery and one QB pressure … registered 1+ tackle on nine occasions, including a season-high four stops against Houston … recorded a season-high 1.0 TFL in a contest with Houston … posted lone PBU against Howard … tallied one fumble recovery versus Houston and one QB pressure against Florida … at Georgia Tech in 2023, saw action in 13 career games (five starts), and carded 38 tackles, 5.0 TFL, 1.5 sacks, two PBU, and one QB pressure … earned starts against South Carolina State, Ole Miss, Clemson, Syracuse and Georgia … finished third on the team in TFLs … registered 1+ tackle on 11 occasions and 3+ tackles five times, including a season-best nine stops against South Carolina State and Clemson … posted 1.0 TFL in four games, including a season-high 1.5 in contests with Bowling Green and Clemson … notched a season-high 1.0 sack opposite Ole Miss … logged one PBU against Virginia and UCF, while lone QB pressure came versus UCF in the Gasparilla Bowl … lettered two years (2019-20) at Orlando Jones under coaches Elijah Williams and one year (2021) at West Orange under coach Mike Granato … consensus three-star prospect by Rivals.com, ESPN.com and 247Sports.com … listed as the No. 66 prospect from the state of Florida and the No. 41 overall defensive end prospect according to Rivals.com … ranked No. 15 in the Orlando Sentinel’s Super 60 top recruits in Central Florida … helped West Orange to an 11-2 record and an appearance in the FHSAA Class 8A State Championship quarterfinals … during lone season, compiled 71 tackles, 23.0 TFL, 4.5 sacks, six QB pressures, one INT, five PBUs, one fumble recovery and one caused fumble … returned one fumble recovery for a TD … on offense, logged 23 receptions for 383 yards (16.65) with six TDs … while at Jones, helped lead the Fightin’ Tigers to a 22-3 two-year ledger, including a FHSAA 5A State Championship game showing in 2019.
PERSONAL: Born August 18, 2004 ... son of the late Lashira Benn … majoring in general studies.
