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18 Naseim Brantley

18 Naseim Brantley

  • Position:
    WR
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-2 / 206
  • Hometown:
    Farmingdale, N.J.
  • High School:
    Howell
  • Major:
    Education (Grad)

Summary

Biography

2022 Second Team FCS All-America (Phil Steele)
2022 MVFC Newcomer of the Year
2022 First Team All-MVFC
2021 Second Team All-NEC
Spring 2021 First Team All-NEC (wide receiver)
Spring 2021 Second Team All-NEC (return specialist)

Career: Played in 44 games with 31 starts at wide receiver ... totaled 135 receptions for 2,154 yards and 17 touchdowns ... began at Sacred Heart (2018-21) before moving to Western Illinois (2022) and Rutgers (2023-24) ... a three-time all-conference pick ... selected Phil Steele Second Team FCS All-America in 2022.

2024 (Senior): Played in three games ... saw action against Wisconsin (10/12) and Akron (9/7) ... made Rutgers debut versus Howard (8/29) ... picked to the Shrine Bowl 1000 (7/23).

2023 (Senior): Did not see game action ... picked to the Shrine Bowl 1000 (7/17).

2022 (Senior at Western Illinois): Played in 10 games with eight starts at wide receiver … merited Second Team FCS All-America honors by Phil Steele … named Newcomer of the Year in the Missouri Valley Football Conference … selected First Team All-MVFC … totaled 53 receptions for 893 yards and nine touchdowns … led the conference in receiving yards and receiving yards per game (89.3) … ranked second in the league and 23rd at the FCS level in receiving touchdowns … also second in the MVFC in receptions per game (5.3), third in yards per reception (16.8) and fourth in all-purpose yards per game (94.4) … had four games with at least 100 receiving yards … added six punt returns for 41 yards … posted 83 yards on five catches versus Indiana State (11/12) … had eight receptions versus North Dakota State (11/5) … scored a touchdown on six catches for 120 yards at Missouri State (10/29) … hauled in two scores against Youngstown State (10/22) … added 71 yards and a touchdown at Southern Illinois (10/15) … contributed 107 yards on four receptions at eventual national champion South Dakota State (10/1) … registered eight catches for 116 yards against Southern Utah (9/17) … collected three catches for 50 yards and a touchdown at Minnesota (9/10) … had three touchdowns with 171 receiving yards on six receptions at UT Martin (9/1).

2021 (Junior at Sacred Heart): Started all 11 games at wide receiver … named Second Team All-NEC … totaled 25 receptions for a team-high 455 yards … scored two touchdowns … led the league with 17.9 yards per catch … had at least one catch of 25 yards or more in eight contests … posted a season-best 87 yards with a touchdown at Saint Francis (11/6) … posted 75 yards on a pair of catches against Central Connecticut State (10/16) … scored a touchdown at Howard (10/2) … recorded 48 yards on three receptions at Dartmouth (9/25) … collected five catches for 62 yards at Bryant (9/11) … had 67 receiving yards versus Bucknell (9/4).

Spring 2021 (Junior at Sacred Heart): Started all five games at wide receiver … named All-NEC on offense (first team) and as a return specialist (second team) … totaled 14 catches for 201 yards and two touchdowns … ranked second in the conference with 14.4 yards per catch … led the league and ranked 21st at FCS level with 7.7 yards per punt return … threw for a score and caught a game-winning touchdown in overtime in the NEC Championship Game at Duquesne (4/11) … had a season-best 24-yard punt return versus Merrimack (3/21) … posted season highs with six catches and 75 receiving yards with a touchdown in the season opener at Duquesne (3/7).

2019 (Sophomore at Sacred Heart): Played in 10 games with six starts at wide receiver … collected 33 receptions for 407 yards and two touchdowns … registered four catches for 41 yards against Lehigh (11/16) … added 41 receiving yards versus Wagner (11/9) … scored a touchdown at Bryant (11/2) … notched 91 receiving yards on four receptions at Saint Francis (10/26) … had a touchdown on three catches at Penn (10/12) … recorded season highs with six catches and 96 yards against Bucknell (9/7) … hauled in five passes at Maine (8/30).

2018 (Freshman at Sacred Heart): Played in five games with one start at wide receiver … totaled 10 receptions for 198 yards and two touchdowns … made two catches at Dartmouth (10/13) … posted 75 receiving yards on four receptions against Penn (10/6) … named NEC Rookie of the Week after recording three catches for 118 yards with touchdowns of 62 and 45 yards in collegiate debut at Wagner (9/22).

Prior to College: Played wide receiver and defensive back for Howell … posted 460 receiving yards on 28 catches with seven touchdowns as a senior in 2017 … recorded 19 receptions for 344 yards and four scores in 2016.

Major: Education (Grad)
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  • 28

    2023Senior

    WR
    6'2" 210 lbs
    28
  • 18

    2024Senior

    WR
    6'2" 206 lbs
    18
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