Western Carolina University

2021 (Graduate): Played in all 11 games with seven starts at running back … Served as a pregame team captain against both Samford and Chattanooga … Rushed 101 times for 355 yards and three touchdowns, adding 52 receptions – second on the team – for 503 yards and three receiving scores, finishing with 858 all-purpose yards … Recorded double-digit rushes three times including a season-high 15 carries against Mercer (Oct. 9), rushing for a season-best 70 yards … Caught five-or-more passes in eight games … Hauled in five passes for a season-high 126 yards including an 85-yard touchdown reception in the home win over Furman (Nov. 6), finishing with a season-high 145 all-purpose yards.

Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU in the summer of 2021 from Valdosta State through the transfer portal; Valdosta State: Played in 30 games over three seasons with 16 starts … Caught 75 passes for 765 yards and nine receiving touchdowns, adding 34 rushes for 265 yards with one score … Also returned 48 kicks for 1,056 yards, amassing 2,086 career all-purpose yards … Missed four games due to injury as a junior in 2019 … Scored 10 career touchdowns for 60 points … Led the Blazers in receptions with 40 catches for 444 receiving yards and seven TDs on the national championship team, averaging 11 yards per reception … Enrolled early at Valdosta as a part of the 2017 signing class; Dunbar HS: Was a second-team News-Press all-area selection as a senior, leading his high school team to a district title in 2015 and the regional final … Caught 42 passes for 748 yards while rushing for 509 yards over his final two yards as a prep, scoring 14 touchdowns – eight receiving, three rushing, two on kick returns, and one passing … Played for high school coach Sam Brown … Also played baseball as a prep.
 
Personal: Is the son of Syretta Johnson and Kenny Benjamin … Has a younger brother, Brandon Benjamin.