Fall 2009 Football Roster
BJ Benning
- Position:
- DT
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ellicott City, Md.
- High School:
- River Hill
- Major:
- Psychology
Why Lehigh? “I chose Lehigh for their outstanding academic and athletic reputations.”
On Coach Coen: “He is a great coach who isn’t afraid to get after you.”
On being a part of the Lehigh football experience: “It means I am a part of a great winning tradition that goes back decades.”
Player profile … All-America candidate ... Team Captain ... Expected to start along the Mountain Hawks defensive line … as a junior … First-Team All-Patriot League selection … finished second on team with 6.0 sacks … career-best 3.0 sacks in win over Fordham … totaled 35 tackles, including 5.5-for-loss and one interception … career-high eight stops in win over archrival Lafayette … first career INT came versus Cornell … as sophomore … recorded 28 total tackles, including three for loss and one sack … season high five tackles in wins over Harvard and Bucknell … first career sack came at Princeton … forced a fumble in win over Georgetown … as a freshman … did not see any varsity action … in secondary school … Consensus All-State selection … First-Team All-Metro … First-Team All-County … Howard County Defensive Payer of the year … recorded 79 tackles, to go along with a school record 10 sacks and 15 tackles for loss as a senior … also competed in varsity wrestling where he compiled a 31-3 record, and won both the county and regional championships.
Personal: Son of Orville and Connie … has one sister, Shauna (20).
