2023 WorldWide Rams Draft Profile: Kivon Bennett | Arkansas St | OLB

WORLDWIDE RAMS

Ed "Pi Double I" Henderson

Player Bio: ​Kivon Bennett starred at national powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He helped St. Thomas Aquinas High win its third straight state title in 2016. In his senior year, he recorded 31 tackles and three sacks and was the MVP in the GEICO State Champions Bowl Series. He is a pedigree of a NFL great, the son of Cornelius "Biscuit" Bennett, former #2 overall pick from Alabama.

CLASS         |     SENIOR (RS)

​HOMETOWN |  FORT LAUNDERDALE, FL

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​ HEIGHT                  WEIGHT           
 6' 0½"                       247 lbs

HANDS                            ARMS
 9⅛"                     32⅜"

KIVON BENNETT

OUTSIDE LINEBACKER

DRAFT YEAR
​      2023      
COMBINE INVITE​
​NO

PROJECTED 40 TIME 
4.65
DRAFT GRADE
5.92

SCHOOL:  ARKANSAS ST                            |                    CONFERENCE: SUN BELT
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ACCOLADES
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2023 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Invitee
2022 All-Sun Belt Third-Team
2022 Lombardy Award Preseason Watchlist
2021 All-Sun Belt Second-Team 
2021 Phil Steele All-Sun Belt Third-Team
2021 PFF All-Sun Belt First-Team 
2021 CFN Preseason All-Sun Belt First-Team 
2021 PFF Preseason All-Sun Belt Third-Team 
2021 CFN Preseason​

COMBINE RESULTS 
40 YD DASH
​ DNP 
10 SPLIT
DNP
BENCH PRESS
    DNP    
VERTICAL JUMP 
        DNP        
BROAD JUMP
 DNP
3 CONE DRILL
       DNP         
20 YD SHUTTLE
​DNP

🚑🚑 PRO DAY RESULTS 🚑🚑 
40 YD DASH
​ DNP 
10 SPLIT
DNP
BENCH PRESS
    DNP    
VERTICAL JUMP 
        DNP        
BROAD JUMP
 DNP
3 CONE DRILL
       DNP         
20 YD SHUTTLE
​DNP

GAME FILM
#5 Kivon bennett vs central arkansas (2022)

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

• He has a solid, compact frame with a stout, powerful lower body that runs well.
• He plays with a constant high motor that rarely sees him not playing to the whistle.
•  He is a mesmerizing athlete with adequate quickness and solid lateral quickness.
• He has reasonable speed and quickness to be adequate to make plays. 
• He is an excellent tackler who wraps up, runs through the ball carrier, and generates exceptional power.
  
• He demonstrates relatively explosiveness with his lower body strength to get around the field.
• He contains the edge well, not allowing backs to turn the corner, setting up his purse in any direction.
• He has powerful hands that give a jolt and a good punch against the blocker.
• He has demonstrated a few pass-rush moves with a wicked spin move he uses to get home inside.
• Will play in pain, torn MCL and continued the season playing in a brace.

• He needs a better first step; he seems to slow off the snap. 
• He does not consistently use his upper body strength and lacks the barbaric strength required.
• He is erratic with his hand placement, gets sucked into the blocker, and lacks the skill to disengage quickly.
• While trying to get the boundary, he has the tendency to misjudge his angle and under pursue plays.
• His bad angles led to him missing under 20% of his tackles and not chasing runners down from behind.
• He constantly has problems with his feet struggling to keep his balance, sliding, and slipping, which is one issue he needs to correct.
• He needs to possess a great bend and will struggle to bend the corner resorting to finessing the blocker to get home.
• He is undersized for the EDGE and will be a two-year project if making a 53-man roster.
• Torn his meniscus week three and cleared days before Arkansas St pro day.
• Red flag on his report from a felony arrest that had him dismissed from the University of Tennessee program. Initially charged with felony gun and drug charges, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges for the weapon and marijuana.

Draft Projection: UDFA (Priority)

NFL Comparison: Obo Okoronkwo (Cleveland Browns)

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