Matt Beninati '17 Recruiting Profile

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/4051559/matt-beninati

As of June of 2016, I completed my junior year at Brunswick School, in Greenwich, CT with a 91 average with 1 AP class.  I took my ACT on June 11^th.   I received a grade of 32 on the ACT.   I am taking ACT again and my goal is to get higher on the ACT.  I am in 3 AP and honors classes senior year.  

I am proud to be part of our three-year tradition of winning New England Prep Division A football and wrestling championships.  I am looking for a college committed to hoisting championshp trophies every year!  

At Harvard Camp (June 2016) I had two interceptions and two break ups and have a video clip of all of them.   I benched 225 twice at Harvard.  

I found my way into the end zone 14 times freshman season and my team was undefeated 6-0 against JV teams. As a sophomore I had 3 defensive TD’s, including 1 strip six and 2 pick sixes on JV, the last pick six put us up 6-0 vs. Salisbury JV to preserve an undefeated season under the lights. They are all on my video.

I also did a 4.12 5-10-5 shuttle at my last combine session. I made Top Gun camp through FBU in 2013, 2014, and 2015. I competed with the other top 2017 players in the nation in Dublin Ohio. I had 4 INT’s during and a bunch of breakups at Top Gun. I made Top Gun from the Pennsylvania and Connecticut. I also made NUC Elite National camp (the third and highest level) and competed at University of Oklahoma in July of 2014. I earned this from the Miami NUC 100 camp.  My highlights from PA and Top Gun are all on my video.

Brunswick plays in the NEPSAC A league, the largest in New England, and a league filled with PG’s (college freshman recruited from around the USA). NEPSAC has had six players drafted in the NFL in the last 5 years.  Brunswick sends 4 to 7 players per year to college football and lots of them are playing now at top academic schools and some top BCS schools.

Our senior year Brunswick schedule has us playing 10 regular season games for first time. and traveling for out of league games to New Jersey to take on Catholic league power Delbarton and New York to take on Iona Prep, along with our usual Salisbury, Avon, and Trinity Pawling battles. 

I was also named one of the top basketball players in the 2017 CT class by Recruit the Bronx scouting web site.  However, junior year, I decided to give up basketball, and join the wrestling team because I know it could help me in all aspects of football.

My older brother was a college baseball and football recruit.  He decided to play college football.  My family loves football, even my mom and grandma, as they watched my dad play football and baseball in college too and come to all our our games.

I hope to play college football for a strong academic school with coaches that are intense and a student body that supports the football team and the student-athletes. I am open minded to programs all over the USA.

I have a twin brother who had really high grades and ACT scores that wants to play college baseball.