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2022 Football Roster
Bennett, Johnathan
Jersey Number 11
Johnathan Bennett
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- QB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 220
- Hometown:
- Summerville, S.C.
Bio
2022 (Jr.):
- Saw playing time in 12 games, starting seven contests
- Led all quarterbacks during the season, completing 131-of-224 passing attempts
- Threw for a career-best 1,534 yards and 12 touchdowns
- Also ran the ball 76 times for 181 yards and two touchdowns
- Led the Flames to wins over BYU and Arkansas in back-to-back weeks
- Completed 7-of-9 attempts for 98 yards and a touchdown during the second half to help the Flames to a road win at Old Dominion
- Completed 17-of-30 passing attempts for 222 yards and a touchdown against Gardner-Webb
- Threw for 247 yards and two touchdowns against BYU, completing 24-of-29 attempts
- Threw for a career-high three touchdowns in a road win at Arkansas, completing 15-of-25 passing attempts for 224 yards
- Finished the UConn game completing 23-of-37 attempts for 201 yards and a touchdown
- Saw playing time in nine games
- Finished the season completing 15-of-33 pass attempts for 299 yards and four touchdowns
- Also one of six players on Liberty’s roster with a rushing touchdown in 2021
- Completed 4-of-6 passing attempts for 102 yards and a touchdown against Campbell
- Also added a two-yard rushing touchdown during the season-opening win over Campbell
- Was a perfect 2-of-2 for 44 yards in a road win at UAB, including a 33-yard touchdown pass
- Helped Liberty to a road win at North Texas in 2021 while starting QB Malik Willis was out for part of the second and third quarters with an injury
- Completing 7-of-18 passing attempts for 88 yards and a touchdown against North Texas
- Helped Liberty secure its third-straight bowl win with a 64-yard touchdown pass against Eastern Michigan in the LendingTree Bowl
- Saw playing time in four games
- Finished the season completing 4-of-5 pass attempts for 77 yards and a touchdown
- Completed 3-of-4 passing attempts for 43 yards against North Alabama
- Had his first career touchdown pass against North Alabama (five yards to Chris Barrett)
- Completed a 34-yard passing attempt against ULM
- Saw playing time during Liberty’s first two games of the season
- Redshirted after suffering a season-ending injury during Liberty’s game against Hampton
- Completed 2-of-5 passing attempts for 11 yards
- Completed passing attempts against No. 22 Syracuse (four yards) and Louisiana (seven yards)
- Mid-year enrollee who took part in Liberty’s 2019 spring football workouts
- Graduated from Summerville High School in Summerville, S.C. in December
- Also received offers from Appalachian State, Campbell, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, The Citadel, Gardner-Webb and Old Dominion
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports.com
- Low Country Player of the Year and Region 8 5A Player of the Year as a senior
- Finished his final season at Summerville High School throwing for 2,120 yards, completing 127-of-207 pass attempts for 33 touchdowns
- Also rushed for 18 touchdowns and 614 yards
- First-team all-region selection as a senior, guiding his team to a regional title
- Son of Andrea Bennett
- Birthday is on June 15
- Completed his undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary studies in May 2022
- Currently pursuing a master’s degree in sport management
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