Beniquez Brown
Personal information
Born: (1993-04-29) April 29, 1993
Florence, Alabama
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:238 lb (108 kg)
Career information
High school:Florence (AL)
College:Mississippi State
Position:Linebacker
Undrafted:2016
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Beniquez Jacoi Brown (born April 29, 1993) is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Mississippi State. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2016, and later played for the Birmingham Iron of the Alliance of American Football and the Houston Roughnecks of the XFL.

College career

Brown attended Mississippi State University, where he played for coach Dan Mullen's Mississippi State Bulldogs football team from 2012 to 2015.[1]

Statistics

Source: HailState.com

YearTeamGGSTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
TotalSoloAstSckSFTYPDefIntYdsAvgLngTDsFFFR
2013MSST 1333916230.000000.00002
2014MSST 13126230322.00222412.024000
2015MSST 13139948514.002122.02000
Total3928200941066.0043268.724002

Professional career

External videos
video icon Brown's NFL Combine workout
Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span40-yard dash10-yard split20-yard split20-yard shuttleThree-cone drillVertical jumpBroad jumpBench pressWonderlic
6 ft 1 in
(1.85 m)		 229 lb
(104 kg)		 31+3⁄8 9+1⁄84.77 s1.64 s2.79 s4.28 s7.07 s31 in
(0.79 m)		9 ft 2 in
(2.79 m)		18 reps17[2]
All values are from NFL Combine[3][4]

After going undrafted in the 2016 NFL Draft, Brown signed with the Green Bay Packers on May 6, 2016.[5] On September 3, 2016, he was released by the Packers during final team cuts.[6] Brown was signed to the Packers' practice squad on September 5, 2016.[7] He was released from the practice squad two days later.[8]

In 2018, Brown signed with the Birmingham Iron of the AAF for the 2019 season.[9] The league ceased operations in April 2019.[10]

On October 15, 2019, Brown was drafted in the 6th round during phase three in the 2020 XFL Draft by the Houston Roughnecks.[11] He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.[12]

On February 23, 2022 he was selected by the Houston Gamblers in round 21 of the USFL draft.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Mississippi State Bulldogs: Beniquez Brown". HailState.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ McGinn, Bob (May 6, 2016). "A closer look at the Packers rookie free agents". JSOnline.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Beniquez Brown". NFL.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Beniquez Brown - Mississippi State, OLB : 2016 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile". NFLDraftScout.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Packers sign 19 rookie free agents". Packers.com. May 6, 2016. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Packers keep six undrafted rookies, including QB Joe Callahan". Packers.com. September 3, 2016. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Packers sign LS Goode; claim RB Pressley". Packers.com. September 5, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Packers add tight end to practice squad". Packers.com. September 7, 2016. Archived from the original on November 13, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  9. ↑ Inabinett, Mark (26 October 2018). "Birmingham Iron adds Xzavier Dickson, Brandon Greene to roster". al.com. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  10. ↑ Rothstein, Michael; Wickersham, Seth (June 13, 2019). "Inside the short, unhappy life of the Alliance of American Football". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  11. ↑ "DEFENSIVE FRONT SEVEN DRAFT TRACKER". XFL.com. October 14, 2019.
  12. ↑ Condotta, Bob (April 10, 2020). "XFL suspends operations, terminates all employees, but Jim Zorn says he has hopes league will continue". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Crop of Mississippi players selected in USFL Draft headlined by QB Ta'amu". 23 February 2022.

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