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2023 Football Roster

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53 Ben Brewton

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 220
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Savannah, Ga.
  • Highschool Beach
  • Twitter @BenBrewton10

Biography

CAREER
All-SoCon: 2021 (1st), 2022 (2nd), 2023 (1st)
- 52 GP (31 starts): 105 tackles (51 solo), 28.0 TFL (22.0 sacks), 5 Forced Fumbles & 3 Fumble Recoveries
- 52 games played is tied with LB Nakevion Leslie '16, OL Corey Levin '16 & LS Cody Olszewski '23 for most in school history

2023 (Senior)
- Started all 13 games...first team All-SoCon...35 tackles (17 solo) with 10.5 TFL & 8.0 sacks...also recorded one pass breakup, 10 QB hurries & two forced fumbles.
- Third in the league in sacks with 8.0...10.0 total tackles for loss.
- Became the sixth Moc with 20 or more sacks all-time.
- Three tackles with a sack and forced fumble in program's first FCS Playoffs road win at Austin Peay.
- Season-high eight tackles in the road win at Mercer...1.5 TFLs and sacks against the Bears.

2022 (Junior)
- Played in all 11 games with nine starts...29 tackles with 10.0 for loss including 7.5 sacks.
- 2nd team All-SoCon per coaches and media...ranked tied for third in the league in sacks by a half behind teammates Jay Person and Devonnsha Maxwell...1st team All-SoCon per Phil Steele.
- Season high four tackles in three contests (Wofford, Samford & at Western Carolina)...career-best 2.0 sacks at Eastern Illinois...added 1.5 against Samford...four QB hurries in win at ETSU.
- Helped lead defensive line to 35 sacks which tied for second-most in school history.
 
2021 (Sophomore II)
- First Team All-SoCon.
- Started 10 of 11 appearances on the edge of the defensive line.
- 23 total tackles…high of four done three times (Austin Peay, at North Alabama & at Mercer).
- Six TFLs…1.5 was high at Mercer…had at least a half in six games.
- 5.5 sacks tied for second on the team and the league with Jay Person…1.5 at Mercer.
- Team-best six quarterback hurries…added a forced fumble and fumble recovery.
- D-Line led the way to a dominating defensive effort for the squad leading the SoCon in every major statistical category: Total (275.8), Scoring (17.1), Rushing (122.3) & Passing (153.5)…the unit was top 20 nationally in Passing (2nd), First Downs Allowed (3rd), Total (9th), Third-Down Conversions (10th), Scoring (11th), Interceptions (14th), Pass Efficiency (15th), Rushing (16th), Sacks (16th) and TFLs (18th).

2020-21 (Sophomore)
- Played in three games.
- Recovered a fumble at Furman...three stops against The Citadel and Wofford.
 
2019 (Redshirt Freshman)
- Played in 11 games off the bench.
- 14 tackles, 1.5 TFLs, 1.0 sacks & two hurries.
 
2018 (Freshman)
- Played in four games before sitting out the season as a redshirt.

Beach
- All-State defensive lineman from Beach High School in Savannah, Ga.…played for head coach Ulysses Hawthorne.
-  2-time first team all-region…posted 85 tackles, including 14 sacks and 25 TFLs as a senior.
- Named first team All-Greater Savannah… All-ESPN Defensive Player of the Year.
- Also lettered in basketball and track…second team all-region in basketball.

Personal
- Full name is Benjamin Lenard Brewton…born Feb. 24, 2000.
- Son of Regina and Benjamin Brewton, Sr.…two sisters, Shelbie and Shannon.
- Criminal Justice major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 53

    2018Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'4" 220 lbs
    53
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    2019Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'4" 230 lbs
    53
  • 53

    2020Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 230 lbs
    53
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    2021Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 228 lbs
    53
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    2022Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 220 lbs
    53
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    2023Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 220 lbs
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