Honors
2024 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Preseason List
2023 Comeback College Football Player of the Year Watch List
2023 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team
2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team
2022 Phil Steele Preseason SBC All-Conference Fourth Team
2022 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Fourth Team
2021 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention
2021 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference Fourth Team

2023 (Redshirt Junior)

Earned a spot on the 2023 College Football Comeback Player of Year watch list
Named to the 2023 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt third team
Was named to the 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Preseason List

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore)

Missed the first nine games of the season due to an upper-body injury in preseason fall camp
Played in four games on the season, including the 2022 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Football Championship game and the 2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl
Rushed 16 times for 83 yards, including a season-high 21-yard run versus Southern Miss (Nov. 12)
Also caught four passes for 86 yards out of the backfield on the season
Returned five kickoffs for a total of 73 yards in the 2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl versus East Carolina (Dec. 27)
Returned to the field in the home contest versus Southern Miss (Nov. 12), totaling a season-high 86 yards on 69 receiving yards and 17 rushing yards
Recorded a season-high 33 rushing yards on just five carries in the Sun Belt Football Championship game at Troy (Dec. 3)
Garnered a spot on the 2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College preseason All-Sun Belt third team
Earned a spot on the 2022 Phil Steele preseason SBC All-Conference fourth team
Named to the 2022 Athlon Sports preseason All-Sun Belt fourth team

2021 (Redshirt Freshman)

Named 2021 All-Sun Belt honorable mention
Earned a spot on the 2021 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference fourth team
Played in all 13 games on the season, starting seven in the offensive backfield
Was second on the team with 636 rushing yards on the season
Finished with seven rushing touchdowns on the year, which was tied for second on the team
Averaged 8.6 yards per rush, which ranked among the Sun Belt Conference leaders
Also caught 24 passes for 295 yards and two touchdowns on the year
Caught at least one pass in 12 of the 13 games on the season
Had a season-high 10 carries for a season-high 128 yards and a touchdown in the home contest versus Georgia State (Nov. 13)
Also eclipsed the 100-yard mark with 108 rushing yards and two touchdowns on just six carries in the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl win over Northern Illinois (Dec. 17)
Also caught a season-high four passes for 47 yards and a touchdown in the bowl win over the Huskies
Rushed seven times for 76 yards and two touchdowns while also catching two passes for 40 yards in the home win over ULM (Oct. 2)
Carried the ball eight times for 83 yards and a touchdown in the home win over UMass (Sept. 25)
Toted the ball six times for 45 yards and a touchdown and hauled in three pass receptions for 33 yards in the season-opening win over The Citadel (Sept. 2)
Hauled in two passes for 84 yards, including a 71-yard touchdown pass in the home win over Troy (Oct. 28)
Tallied five carries for 78 yards in the road victory at Georgia Southern
Also returned a kickoff for 23 yards versus the Eagles

2020 (Freshman)

Redshirt season
Played in four games on the year in the offensive backfield
Rushed six times for 47 yards and a touchdown on the year
Averaged 7.8 yards per carry on the season
Carried the ball two times for 34 yards and a touchdown in the home win over Arkansas State (Oct. 3)
Also toted the ball two times for nine yards versus Campbell (Sept. 18) and two times for four yards at Georgia State (Oct. 31)
Had a season-long run of 35 yards versus the Red Wolves

High School

A three-star recruit at running back by 247Sports
Rated as the 40th-best prospect for the class of 2020 in the state of South Carolina by 247Sports
A two-star recruit as an athlete by Rivals
Played running back, wide receiver, and safety at Southside High School for head coach Jeremy West
Had 137 rushing yards and two touchdowns on only three carries in the season opener before suffering a season-ending injury in his senior year in 2019
Tabbed first-team 2018 All-Upstate at running back his junior year
Also named to the 2018 Region II AAA All-Region team
A seven-time MaxPreps Player of the Game in 2018 as a junior
A two-time Greenville News Player of the Week, Fox Carolina Player of the Week, and WSPA 7 Player of the Week in 2018
Led all of Class AAA in South Carolina in rushing in 2018 with 2,048 yards and 29 touchdowns on just 214 carries his junior season
Averaged 9.6 yards per carry and 157.5 yards per game on the ground as a junior
Also caught 14 passes for 217 yards and two scores in 2018
Added 26 tackles, two fumble recoveries, and a touchdown on defense as a safety
Totaled 11 100-yard rushing games over the final 14 games of his high school career
Also lettered in track & field in high school
A two-time state champion in the 110-meter hurdles in 2018 and 2019
Also won the 2A state title in the 4x100 relay and 400-meter hurdles
A two-time AAU Club Nationals Champion in the 110-meter hurdles and a national champion in the 4x100 meter relay
Named to the Greenville News 2018-19 All-Upstate Boys track & field team
Father, Brandon Bennett, played college football at the University of South Carolina and in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals and Carolina Panthers

Braydon Bennett