Kenny Britt
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Britt with the Tennessee Titans in 2009 | |||||||||
| No. 18 Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 19, 1988 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Bayonne, New Jersey | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 223 lb (101 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Bayonne (NJ) | ||||||||
| College: | Rutgers | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 30 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 10, 2016 | |||||||||
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Kenneth Lawrence Britt[1] (born September 19, 1988) is an American football wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans with the number thirty overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Rutgers.
College career
Ranked a four-star prospect by Rivals.com, Britt spurned numerous suitors to stay home at his home-state university, Rutgers University. Prior to Signing Day, there were strong rumors that he would commit to Illinois but he chose Rutgers instead.
Pressed into the starting lineup as a true freshman in 2006, Britt exploded down the stretch, playing a major role in one of the biggest wins in school history in the 2006 victory over Louisville.
Britt continued his stellar play in 2007, making 62 receptions for 1232 yards and 8 touchdowns, averaging 19.9 yards per catch. Britt led all sophomores in Division I-A football in receiving yards and yards per reception, finishing 11th and 5th in those categories respectively for all of I-A. Britt also led the Big East conference in both categories in 2007, and was rewarded with a spot on the Big East's All-Conference team, and was named by Rutgers as its 2007 offensive MVP.
Coming in to 2008, Britt was named to the preseason All-Big East teams by numerous publications, including Phil Steele and Athlon. NationalChamps.net named Britt an honorable mention All-American.
Britt was named to the 2008 Associated Press Third Team All-America.[2] Kenny Britt was also a selection for First Team All-Big East in 2008.
On January 3, 2009, Britt announced he would forgo his senior season at Rutgers University and declare himself eligible for the 2009 NFL Draft,[3] where he was selected with the 30th pick of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans.
Professional career
Kenny Britt had a good Combine, running a 4.56 40-yard dash, lifting 23 reps of 225 lbs on bench press, displaying a 37-inch vertical leap, 124.0 inch broad jump and the 20 yard shuttle in 4.47 seconds.
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | Wonderlic | |||||||
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| 6 ft 3 in | 218 lb | 34 in | 9 in | 4.56 s | 4.47 s | 37 in | 10 ft 4 in | 23 reps | 21 | ||||||||||
| No data for 3-cone. All values from NFL Combine [4] | |||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Titans
Britt was drafted in the 1st round (30th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft. He was Rutgers' first ever first-round pick. His first game against the Pittsburgh Steelers was solid as he caught 4 passes for 85 yards, including a 57 yard reception in a 13–10 loss. He scored his first touchdown on the receiving end of a Vince Young pass on November 23, 2009, against the Houston Texans.
In a game against the Arizona Cardinals on November 29, 2009, Britt caught a game-winning touchdown pass from quarterback Vince Young as time expired in the game. It was a leaping 4th-down catch in the back of the endzone. This catch is in the video montage of the 2010 season in the intro to Madden 11.
During the Titans' Sunday, September 25, 2011, game against the Denver Broncos, Britt tore his medial collateral ligament (MCL) and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)[5] while dodging a hit from free safety Rahim Moore. On September 28, the team placed Britt on its Injured reserve list.[6][7]
Entering the 2012 season Britt had 101 catches for 1,765 yards (17.48 YPC) and fifteen touchdowns. On October 24, 2010, Kenny caught 7 passes, three touchdowns and gained 225 yards in a 37–19 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. These were the highest numbers put up by a Titans receiver since Drew Bennett caught 233 yards and three touchdowns against Kansas City on Dec. 13, 2004, and the most yards ever against the Eagles.
Britt was suspended for the first game of the 2012 season due to numerous incidents involving police.[8]
St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams
On March 31, 2014, Britt signed a one-year deal with the St. Louis Rams. The contract is worth $1.4M with $550K guaranteed on the condition that he makes the Rams 53-man roster.[9]
Britt re-signed with the Rams on a two-year, $9.125 million contract on March 13, 2015.[10]
Personal life
On April 12, 2011, Britt was arrested in New Jersey on three counts (including a felony) following an alleged car chase with police. The charges were later reduced.[11] On June 7, Britt pleaded guilty to careless driving and was fined.[12] On June 8, 2012, Britt was arrested in Hoboken, NJ, charged with resisting arrest.[13] In May 2014, a sex video briefly appeared on Britt's Instagram. The Rams announced they were looking into the incident.[14]
References
- ↑ "Pro Football Reference Profile". pro-football-reference.com.
- ↑ CBSSports.com College Football (2008-12-18). "2008 Associated Press All-America Team". CBSSports.com. CBS Corporation. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ↑ CBSSports.com wire reports (2009-01-03). "Rutgers top receiver Britt to skip senior season, go pro". CBSSports.com. CBS Corporation. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ "NFL Combine Profiles". NFL.com. NFL.com. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "Titans receiver Kenny Britt out for season with knee injury". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ↑ "Titans sign receiver Donnie Avery". ESPN.com. Associated Press. 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ↑ The Leading Digital Sport Scene Site on the Net. digitalsportscene.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-18.
- ↑ Kenny Britt of Titans suspended one game by NFL. Nfl.com (2012-08-30). Retrieved on 2012-12-18.
- ↑ Hanzus, Dan. "Kenny Britt, St. Louis Rams agree on one-year contract". NFL.com. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ Patra, Kevin (March 13, 2015). "Rams bringing back Kenny Britt on two-year deal". NFL.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
- ↑ August West (2011-06-02). Felony Charge Against Kenny Britt Reduced To Misdemeanor. musiccitymiracles.com
- ↑ "Tennessee Titans WR Kenny Britt pleads guilty to driving charges". Associated Press. (2010-06-07).
- ↑ Michaelangelo Conte (2011-06-09). Tennessee Titans star Kenny Britt, of Bayonne, arrested in Hoboken; day after he pleads guilty to reckless driving. The Jersey Journal. NJ.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-18.
- ↑ Lindsay Toler (2014-05-13). St. Louis Rams Player Posts NSFW Sex Video on Instagram (And No, It's Not Michael Sam) Riverfront Times.
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