Patrick Benoist - College Football

Patrick Benoist #30

Linebacker

Height: 6-foot-0
Weight: 224 pounds
Class Year: Sr
Experience: 3V
Hometown: Southlake, TX
High School: Carroll

Depth Chart details | roster

1. WLB - P. Benoist | 6-0, 224, Sr.
2. WLB - A. Barnes | 6-4, 225, Fr.
3. WLB - D. Daniels | 6-1, 210, Fr.

As a Recruit (profile)

Class: 2006 (High School)
Rating/Rankings: | 5.2

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The Latest: Bulldogs earn dandy win at Vandy — 9/19/2009

It may not have been the prettiest win but it was a victory nonetheless for Mississippi State on Saturday night. In typical Bulldog fashion, the offense benefitted from a stellar defensive effort held off Vanderbilt allowing for a 15-3 win and improve to 2-1 on the season and 1-1 in the...[details]

Statistics

PATRICK BENOIST STATS	Defense
Statistics	UT	AT	TT	TL	S	Int	BR	FR
2009	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	0	0
2008	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2007	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2006	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Career	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	0	0

GAME BY GAME STATISTICS: 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | Hide Stats

BIO NOTES

2008 (Junior): Started all 13 games for the Commodores...Led the team in total tackles with 109 stops on the season. Also registered 6.5 tackles for loss including two sacks. Also hurried the quarterback four times...Broke up four passes and recovered a fumble...Played half of the season with a broken bone in his arm, yet still earned SEC Defender of the Week honors and Walter Camp Foundation National Defender Player of the Week honors during that span...Registered a career-high 15 tackles in win over South Carolina with two resulting in a loss and a sack...Racked up 13 total tackles, a sack and two tackles for loss in win over Auburn...Posted nine tackles and a quarterback hurry in Music City Bowl win over Boston College...Earned second team All-SEC honors after the regular season.

2007 (Sophomore): Played in nine games as outside linebacker... After recovering from preseason foot injury, moved into starting role by midseason... Concluded season with four starts... Ended year with career single-highs of 18 solo tackles and 32 total tackles... Four-sack total tied for second among 'Dore defenders... Also credited with three quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and recovered fumble... First career start came against Georgia... Superb play in road win at South Carolina - four solo tackles, six total tackles, a QB sack and forced fumble - resulted in sharing team's Defensive Player of the Week honors... Also had sacks against Auburn, Kentucky and Tennessee... First career fumble recovery came at Tennessee, resulting in Commodore field goal... Matched season high of six total tackles in Kentucky game... Had at least three tackles in final seven games.

2006 (Freshman): A foot injury prematurely ended Benoist's promising true freshman year... Played in first seven games of season before sustaining the foot injury while covering opening kickoff of South Carolina contest... Injury kept Benoist out of uniform for final four games... Contributed 14 total tackles as No. 2 linebacker... Best performance - six solo stops, eight total tackles - came in win over Temple.

Personal: High School: Senior co-captain for USA Today's No. 1-ranked team in the nation... Two-year starter at linebacker, helping Dragons to 32-0 overall record and pair of Texas state titles... In three varsity season, Carroll went 47-1... As senior, contributed 172 total tackles, 29 tackles for loss and three sacks... Named First Team 5A All-State and All-Region, and finalist for Jack Pardee Award, given to Texas' top prep linebacker... Invited to play in Texas-Oklahoma all-star game... National Honor Society member who earned school's Green Jacket Award for achievement in academics, leadership and citizenship. Personal: Ronald Patrick Benoist... Son of Glenn and Tanya Benoist... Dad is in commercial real estate... Has an older brother, Jake, and younger sister, Caroline... Planning pre-medicine degree... Collects autographed NFL jerseys and enjoys hunting... Ten teammates are expected to sign I-A scholarships.