*Titans Draft Central*KENNY BRITTWide Receiver
Rutgers University Scarlet Knights
88
6:03.6-215
Bayonne, New Jersey
Bayonne High School
OVERVIEW
The Big East Conference's elite receiver ended his brilliant three-year career as the league's all-time leading receiver with 3,043 receiving yards in just 34 games. The Associated Press third-team All-American selection ranked second in the nation with an average of 114.25 receiving yards per game and finished eighth nationally with 87 receptions, an average of 7.25 grabs each contest.
Known for his ability to gain yardage after the catch, Britt closed out his career in explosive fashion, registering his fourteenth 100-yard receiving game vs. North Carolina State in the PapaJohns.com BowL. That total tied the Big East Conference record that was first set by Larry Fitzgerald of Pittsburgh (2002-03). That record also included a string of five consecutive 100-yard performances during his junior campaign.
Britt also etched his name in the school reèord books. His seventeen touchdown catches tied the Rutgers all-time record and he also became the all-time leader in receiving yardage (3,043) while ranking third on the school career-record list with 178 receptions, a total that also places him fourth in Big East history.
After his banner 2008 campaign which saw Britt establish new Scarlet Knight season-records with 87 catches for 1,371 yards, the junior decided to forgo his final season and declared for the 2009 NFL Draft. He is the second player in the Greg Schiano era at Rutgers to leave school early, joining tailback Ray Rice, a second round draft selection of the Baltimore Ravens in the 2008 NFL Draft. During Britt's three-year career in Piscataway, the Scarlet Knights won 27 games, including three bowl victories.
At Bayonne High School, the local product was rated the 22nd-best receiver in the country and the fifth-best overall talent in the state of New Jersey by Rivals.com. The Prep Star and Super Prep All-American selection added All-Hudson County first-team honors from the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association, The Star-Ledger and Jersey Journal. As a senior, Britt was credited with 24 receptions for 462 yards and six touchdowns. That total included seven catches for 136 yards vs. Bridgewater-Raritan and he also eclipsed the 100-yard mark vs. Union Hill with four catches for 112 yards. As a junior, he added 28 catches for 515 yards and six touchdowns. He would conclude his prep career with an appearance in the 2006 New York/New Jersey Governor's BowL.
Britt enrolled at Rutgers in 2006, where the coaching staff originally planned to redshirt him. However, solid performances in practices forced the team to activate him for nine games, as he started six of the final seven contests. He would go on to make 29 catches for 440 yards (15.2avg) and a pair of touchdowns, all coming in those six starting assignments, including an eye-popping total ten catches vs. West Virginia, a team that boasted one of the top secondaries in the
country.
Despite posting the sixth-best receiving yardage total in Big EasìConference history (1,232 yards) and ranking second on the team with 62 receptions (19.9 avg), Britt was only named to the league's All-Big East second-team. He also hauled in eight passes for touchdowns, averaging 94.77 aerial yards per game. For that performance, he was named the team's Offensive Most Valuable Player.
Britt finally began to receive national attention in 2008. The third-team All-American and first-team All-Big East pick led the league in receptions (7.25 pg) and receiving yards (114.25ypg). He set school season-records with 87 receptions and 1,371 yards (15.8 avg), as his yardage total was the second-best season effort in conference annals. He also was used in the backfield, at times, completing his only collegiate pass attempt for 28 yards while adding 75 yards and a score on
seven reverses.
CAREER NOTES
Britt started 31-of-34 games he appeared in...His 178 receptions rank third in school history behind Brian Leonard (207, 2003-06) and Tres Moses (192, 2001-05), as that total also placed fourth in league history behind the two fellow Scarlet Knights and Pete Mitchell of Boston College (190, 1991-94)...His 3,043 yards receiving surpassed the old school careerrecord of 2,522 yards by Tres Moses and also set the Big East record, joining Dietrich Jells of Pittsburgh (3,003 yards, 1991-95) as the only players in league annals to gain over 3,000 yards receiving... Gained over 100 yards receiving fourteen times during his career, tying the Big East record that was first set by Larry Fitzgerald of Pittsburgh (2002-03) and shattering the old school mark of eight by Tres Moses... His seventeen touchdown receptions tied the school all-time record that was first set by Chris Brantley (1990-93)... Made 87 catches in 2008, topping the previous Rutgers seasonrecord of 81 by Tres Moses in 2004... Only Larry Fitzgerald of Pittsburgh (92 in 2003) had more receptions in a season by a Big East player... His average of 7.25 receptions per game in 2008 rank second in school and league season annals, topped by Tres Moses (7.36 rpg, 2004)... His 1,371 yards receiving in 2008 broke his own school season-record of 1,232 yards in 2007 and rank second in Big East season history behind Larry Fitzgerald of Pittsburgh (1,672 in 2003)... Britt also became the only player in the Big East to ever register at least 1,100 receiving yards twice in a career... Produced eight 100-yard receiving games in 2008, two shy of Fitzgerald's Big East season-record of ten, from the 2003 campaign...Averaged 114.25 yards receiving per game in 2008, the fourth-best game average by a Big East player, ranking behind Antonio Bryant of Pittsburgh (130.2 ypg, 2000), Larry Fitzgerald (128.62 ypg, 2003) and Harry Douglas of Louisville (115.9 ypg, 2007)... The former school record was an average of 96.0 yards by Tres Moses in 2004... Ranks second on the school game-record list with twelve receptions in each of the 2007 Louisville and 2008 West Virginia contests, topped only by Marco Battaglia's thirteen grabs vs. Penn State in 1995... The only other Big East players to catch more than twelve passes in a game are Joshua Tinch of Louisville (13 vs. West Virginia in 2005) and Antonio Bryant of Pittsburgh (13 vs. Virginia Tech in 1999)... Caught at least one pass in 31-straight games, ranking third on the school. record books behind Brian Leonard (47, 2003-06) and Tres Moses (32, 2002-05)... His three touchdown catches vs. Pittsburgh in 2008 rank second on the school game-record list, topped only by Chris Brantley (vs. Virginia Tech in 1992)... Only Ernest Wilford of Virginia Tech (four vs. Syracuse, 2002) and Billy Davis of Pittsburgh (four vs. Rutgers, 1994) caught more touchdowns in a game among Big East players... His 197 yards receiving vs. Army in 2008 rank fourth on the school game-record list behind Tiquan Underwood (248 vs. Buffalo, 2007), Jack Emmer (237 vs. Holy Cross, 1966) and Andrew Baker (210 vs. Penn State, 1983).
2008 SEASON
All-American third-team selection by The NFL Draft Report and Associated Press...Was a unanimous All-Big East Conference first-team choice... Started twelve games at split end... Led the Big East with an average of 7.25 receptions and 114.25 yards receiving per game... Set the school season-record with 87 catches for 1,371 yards (15.8 avg) and seven touchdowns... Had 130 passes targeted to him (caught 66.92%), as eleven of the balls he did not get to were deflected by the opposition (8.46%)... Produced 62 first downs among his 87 grabs, converting 11-of-29 third-down plays (37.93%)...57 of his receptions (65.52%) gained at least 10 yards, with 17 going for 20 yards or longer (19.54%)... Had key receptions that led to sixteen Rutgers touchdowns and ended ten other series with field goals... Added 75 yards and a score on seven carries (10.7 avg)...Scored 48 points and recorded two solo tackles...Also completed his only pass attempt, good for 28 yards in the West Virginia clash... Ranked fourth in the conference with an average of 120.5 allpurpose yards per game... Set the school season-record with eight 100-yard receiving performances.
2007 SEASON
Second-team All-Big East Conference selection... Named the team's Offensive Most Valuable Player... Moved into the lineup full-time at split end, starting all thirteen contests, as he finished second on the team with 62 receptions and set a then school record (broke itin 2008) with 1,232 yards receiving (19.9 avg), adding eight touchdowns.. . Averaged 4.77 receptions, as he ranked second in the conference with an average of 94.77 yards per game receiving... Scored 48
points... Produced five games with at least 100 yards receiving.
2006 SEASON
Britt sat out the North Carolina, Ohio University, South Florida and Navy games before seeing action in the Scarlet Knights' final nine contests, starting six of the team's final seven clashes.. ,Credited with 29 receptions for 440 yards (15.2 avg) and two touchdowns in games that he started... Ranked third on the squad with nine catches for 20 yards or longer, as 15-of-29 grabs produced first downs.
AGILITY TESTS
4.5 in the 40-yard dash... 1.56 10-yard dash...2.62 20-yard dash... 37-inch vertical jump... 10'5" broad jump...4.47 20-yard shuttle... 7.06 three-cone drill... Bench pressed 225 pounds 23 times.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Bayonne (N.J.) High School, where he was rated the 22nd-best receiver in the country and the fifth-best overall talent in the state of New Jersey by Rivals.com... Prep Star and Super Prep All-American selection.. .Added All-Hudson County first-team honors from the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association, The Star-Ledger and Jersey Journal... As a senior, Britt was credited with 24 receptions for 462 yards and six touchdowns... That total included seven
catches for 136 yards vs. Bridgewater-Raritan and he also eclipsed the 100-yard mark vs. Union Hill with four catches for 112 yards...As a junior, he added 28 catches for 515 yards and six touchdowns... Concluded his prep career with an appearance in the 2006 New York/New Jersèy Governor's BowL.
PERSONAL
General Studies major... Born 9/19/88... Resides in Bayonne, New Jersey.
