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K.J. Britt Season 2016

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K.J. Britt Season 2016

PositionLB
Weight235 lbs
Height6-0
ClassFreshman
HometownOxford, Ala.

2020: Returning starter at middle linebacker … voted team captain … 119 career tackles … 13.0 career TFL … then-career-best 11 tackles led Tigers against Kentucky … career-high 12 tackles at Georgia … had hand surgery before the Arkansas game; out of action since … Reese's Senior Bowl participant ... Preseason: Lott IMPACT Trophy, Bednarik Award, Butkus Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch lists; Bruce Feldman CFB Freaks; 2nd team All-America (Athlon, CBS Sports); 3rd team (Phil Steele); 1st team all-SEC (SEC coaches, Athlon, Phil Steele, Street & Smith, College FB News, SI.com, AL.com, PFF, SEC media); 2nd team (Pick Six); AFCA Good Works Team nominee; Reese’s Senior Bowl Top 250

2019: First-year starter at linebacker … first team all-SEC … 69 tackles, 10.0 TFL for season … first start came vs. Oregon, where he recorded 7 tackles, 1.5 TFL … 3 tackles vs. Tulane … 4 solo stops vs. Kent State … 7 tackles, TFL at Texas A&M … 7 tackles, 2 TFL, 9-yard sack vs. Mississippi State … forced a Florida fumble and 6 tackles vs. the Gators … sack, 6 tackles at LSU … 6 tackles vs. Georgia … 6 tackles vs. Alabama … 8 tackles in Outback Bowl vs. Minnesota ... PFF College SEC team of week (Oregon, Texas A&M, Ole Miss) ... SEC academic honor roll

2018: Listed second on the depth chart at mike linebacker … 23 tackles for season … leading tackler vs. Alabama State, with five tackles, 1.5 TFL, PBU … pair of tackles vs. LSU three stops at Ole Miss … two tackles in Texas A&M win … TFL at Georgia

2017: Listed second on the depth chart at middle linebacker … played in every game ... 4 total tackles on the season ... hard-hitting prospect who enrolled in January

High School: Played at Oxford High for Coach Ryan Herring ... tallied 124 tackles as a senior ... added 17 TFL, five sacks and an interception ... 2016 regional MVP and first team all-state ... 2015 first team ASWA all-state honoree ... Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game ... four-star inside linebacker according to 247, Rivals and ESPN ... No. 5 in state of Alabama according to Rivals ... helped team to a 10-1 record and a region title in 2016 along with a playoff berth ... member of National Honor Society

Personal: Birthday is June 4 ... son of Kenney and Tonia Britt ... has one brother, Keenan ... enjoys hunting and fishing ... member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity ... December, 2020, graduate from the College of Business ... member of SEC Student-Athete Leadership Council