Arkansas State University

2022: Was on the Lombardi Watch List … Started in 10 of the 11 games played for the Red Wolves … Responsible for 50 total tackles and a team-leading 9.5 TFL for 31 yards … Recorded at least 1.0 TFL five times including a season-high 2.0 TFL in the win against UMass and in the season finale against Troy  … Also led the team with 5.5 sacks for 22 yards … Posted a team-leading two forced fumbles.

2021: Second Team All-Sun Belt … Phil Steele Third Team All-Sun Belt … PFF First Team All-Sun Belt … CFN Preseason First Team All-Sun Belt … PFF Preseason Third Team All-Sun Belt … CFN Preseason No. 13 overall player in the Sun Belt Conference … Started in all 12 contests at defensive end … Ranked first on the team and sixth in the Sun Belt with 8.0 sacks for 42 yards … Had a season-high 1.5 sacks, twice, at South Alabama and at Georgia State … Led the team and was fourth in the Sun Belt with 16.5 TFL … Had a season-high 3.0 TFL in the season-opener against Central Arkansas … Finished with 58.0 total tackles including 28 solo stops … Recorded a season-high 11 tackles at Tulsa … Had four contests with at least six tackles … Also led the team with five QBH and tallied two pass break-ups … Finished with two QBH against South Alabama and ULM … Led the team with two forced fumbles and was one of five players to record a fumble recovery … Forced his first fumble against Louisiana on Oct. 21 … Tallied a forced fumble and a fumble recovery for 80 yards against Georgia State … Blocked a Georgia Southern punt which resulted in an Arkansas State safety.
 
Tennessee:  Played in 28 games, including four starts, at Tennessee from 2017-20 before transferring to Arkansas State ... Despite playing just seven of 10 games in 2020, finished tied for the most sacks on the team with 4.5 and second on the squad in tackles for loss with 7.5 ... Named to the PFF College National Defensive Team of the Week on Oct. 4 ... Placed on the PFF College SEC Defensive Team of the Week on Oct. 28 ... Tied career highs in tackles (5) and sacks (2.0) while setting a new career high with 3.0 TFLs at #21 Auburn ... Set a then new career high with two sacks at Arkansas ... Had three tackles and tied a career high with 2.0 TFLs versus Kentucky ... Scored his first-career TD after recovering a fumble in the end zone on the game’s second play at #3 Georgia, and had three tackles in the game ... Recorded three tackles and a quarterback hurry in win over Missouri ... Made his first-career start in season-opening win at South Carolina, tying a career-high with five tackles while adding one quarterback hurry and half a sack ... Valuable pass rusher on the 2019 team who finished second on the Vols with 6.0 TFLs in addition to 27 tackles in 2019 ... Was outstanding against Indiana in the 2020 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, totaling a career-best 2.0 TFLs, three tackles and one QBH ... Posted two tackles, a TFL, sack and two QBH against Vanderbilt ... Had five tackles at Kentucky, tying his career-high ... Totaled three tackles and three QBH versus South Carolina ... Set a career-high in tackles with five against No. 1 Alabama, including a TFL (10/19) ... Notched his first-career sack against Mississippi State ... Earned his first-career start against BYU, setting a then new career-high with four tackles and a QBH ... Recorded a then career-high three tackles in season opener versus Georgia State, including one TFL ... Redshirted the 2018 season after appearing in four games ... Made two tackles ... Saw action against West Virginia, Alabama, Kentucky and Missouri ... Logged tackles against the Wildcats and Tigers ... Appeared in four games as a true freshman in 2017 ... Recorded his first tackle as a Vol at Missouri ... First SEC action came against Alabama ... Made his collegiate debut vs. Indiana State (9/9).
 
High School:  Rated as a four-star recruit by the 247 composite rankings ... Starred at national powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas High School ... Helped the Raiders  win their third straight state title in 2016 ... Earned MVP honors in the GEICO State Champions Bowl Series ... Had 31 tackles and three sacks as a senior in 2016.
 
Personal:  Born Jan. 28, 1999 … Son of Cornelius and Kimberly Bennett … Father Cornelius was the No. 2 overall draft pick in the 1987 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts after a decorated collegiate career at Alabama ... Cornelius made five Pro Bowls, was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Year twice (1988 & 1991) and played in five Super Bowls during his 14-year NFL career.