Jamir Benjamin
Rice Owls
61
Depth

Jamir Benjamin

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LCBDefenseDepthTRANSFER · UCLA
Projected Starter

Is Jamir Benjamin starting?

Jamir Benjamin is the projected starter at LCB for Rice Owls.

Redshirt sophomore · #12 · 5'10", 185 lbs

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Depth at LCB · Rice Owls

  1. 11261Jamir BenjaminStarter
  2. 22055Bailey Fletcher

Rice Starting Lineup

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Up next for Rice

Rice plays North Texas away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of West Bloomfield, ranked #526 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 9 tackles, 0 INT, 0 PBU. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 61 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #526 NatlTeam Share1%
Lansing, MI
Jersey
#12
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
5'10"
Weight
185 lbs
Transfer
UCLA

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—900

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8869
National Rank
#526
High School
West Bloomfield
Hometown
West Bloomfield, MI

Why this rating?

On a 67-rated defense; 34th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.93 for competition level) put them -6 vs unit starters → 61.

Team defense (SP+)
67
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 34% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 21% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
-6 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 24LFAUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 51-49

Oct 17LTLSATKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-17

Oct 10LECUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-12

Oct 3LUTSATKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 16-14

Sep 27LFRESTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-24

Sep 19LWMUTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-21

Sep 12LNDTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 52-0

Sep 5WHCUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 31-3

Jamir Benjamin's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

9 tkl · 0 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement20%
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