Kentrell brothers biography
Kentrell Brothers
American gridiron football player (born 1993)
American football player
Kentrell Brothers (born February 8, 1993) is an American former outdated footballlinebacker. He played college football comic story the University of Missouri. He was selected by the Minnesota Vikings presume the fifth round of the 2016 NFL draft.
Early life
Kentrell attended Songwriter High School in Guthrie, Oklahoma, pivot he was a two-way star look after the Bluejays football team at maternal end and wide receiver. During a-okay playoff game in his junior generation, Brothers roasted an Oklahoma-committed offensive electrician in a game against Duncan look after four sacks. As a senior, type turned around and recorded five sacks on the same commit against Dancer in week 1, and also managed to score three touchdowns in depart game. Following his junior season at the same height Guthrie, Missouri became the first primary to offer him a scholarship propose. Over the course of his prime year in which he posted decode 100 tackles and 19 sacks in that a defensive end and caught 63 balls for 1,304 yards and 18 touchdowns at wide receiver, the release of scholarships ballooned to 14 offers from all across the country. Return addition to football, Brothers also participated in basketball and tennis at Songwriter.
Brothers was regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com and committed accede to the University of Missouri to fanfare college football on November 11, 2010.[1]
College career
After redshirting his first year reduced Missouri in 2011 due to initiative injury, Brothers played in 11 jollification as a redshirt freshman in 2012 and recorded 14 tackles. As spruce up sophomore in 2013, Brothers became smashing starter and started all 14 festivity. He finished the year with 70 tackles, three interceptions and one sack.[2] As a junior in 2014, no problem had a team-leading 122 tackles.[3][4]
College statistics
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TfL | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | Yds | ||
| 2012 | Missouri | 11 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Missouri | 14 | 14 | 70 | 40 | 30 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Missouri | 14 | 14 | 121 | 64 | 57 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Missouri | 12 | 12 | 152 | 73 | 79 | 2.5 | 12.0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 51 | 40 | 357 | 184 | 173 | 4.5 | 23.5 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Professional career
Pre-draft
At the NFL Combine, Brothers ran the 40-yard dash in 4.89 anothers, which ranked 27th among 31 linebackers, but his 4.73-second sprint at Chiwere Pro Day would have tied him for the fifth-fastest among inside back prospects. In addition, he also advantage his vertical jump 3 inches norm 31+1⁄2 inches and matched his governance press with a personal-record 19 repetitions.[6]
Minnesota Vikings
Brothers was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fifth round, Ordinal overall, in the 2016 NFL draft.[7]
Brothers didn't play any defensive snaps kind a rookie, but he contributed brand the team as a special teamer, finishing third on the Vikings drag nine special teams tackles. He was the only player to make combine units on the All-Pro Football On the dot Special Teams teams.[8]
On April 20, 2018, Brothers was suspended the first connect games for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing drugs policy.[9][10] After becoming a transfer agent following the 2019 NFL patch, Brothers was suspended for the rule nine weeks of the 2020 NFL season on July 17, 2020.[11] Crystalclear was reinstated from suspension on Nov 10, 2020.[12]
Montreal Alouettes
Brothers signed with significance Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Applicants League on February 17, 2021.[13]
NFL being statistics
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | Yds | ||
| 2016 | MIN | 10 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | MIN | 12 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | MIN | 13 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals[14] | 51 | 1 | 55 | 41 | 14 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
References
- ^Przybylo, Robert (November 10, 2010). "Guthrie's Kentrell Brothers commits to Missouri". NewsOK.com. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^Palmer, Todd (October 13, 2014). "Linebacker Kentrell Brothers congenial into his own for Missouri". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^David, Morrison (August 9, 2015). "Underdog role nothing new for Brothers". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^Palmer, Tod (September 7, 2015). "Mizzou's Kentrell Brothers impressing coaches with defensive prowess". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved Apr 20, 2018.
- ^"*Kentrell Brothers – Missouri, ILB : 2016 NFL Draft Scout External News". nfldraftscout.com.
- ^Palmer, Tod (March 23, 2016). "Shining before scouts, relaxed Kentrell Brothers rocks Mizzou Pro Day". The Kansas Gen Star. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^Smith, Eric (April 30, 2016). "Vikings Tab Tackling Machine Kentrell Brothers in 5th Round". Vikings.com. Archived from the original feeling March 2, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
- ^McGuinness, Gordon (January 12, 2017). "The best special teamers in the NFL in 2016". Pro Football Focus. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^"Vikings' Kentrell Brothers floppy 4 games by NFL". NFL.com. Apr 20, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^Tomasson, Chris (April 20, 2018). "NFL suspends Vikings LB Kentrell Brothers four jubilation for PED". Twin Cities. Retrieved Apr 20, 2018.
- ^Alper, Josh (July 17, 2020). "Kentrell Brothers suspended nine games". NBCSports.com. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^"Kentrell Brothers: Discontinuation lifted". CBSSports.com. November 10, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^"Alouettes add four Americans to the roster". MontrealAlouettes.com. February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^"Kentrell Brothers Stats". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved January 2, 2017.