Utica University Athletics

2016: Beniquez led the Empire 8 and set a new single-season school record with 87 catches this past season for 916 yards and seven touchdowns... He finished fifth in the Empire 8 with an average of 83.3 yards receiving per game... His 7.9 receptions per game led the conference and ranked 12^th nationally... He will graduate as the College's all-time leader in all-purpose yards... He is one of two players in program-history to record over 200 career catches (207), and he capped his career ranked third all-time with 2,171 receiving yards... He caught a career high 14 balls for 200-yards and two touchdowns in the team’s regular season finale on the road against Hartwick (11/12)... Beniquez even caught a 32-yard touchdown pass against Westminster in the James Lynah Bowl (11/19)... That was the Pioneers first and only touchdown in that game as they lost to Westminster 33-6.  

2015: Played in 10 games… Caught a team-best 55 passes for 507 yards and four touchdowns… Returned a kick 90-yards for a touchdown against Misericordia… Had a season-high 10 receptions in UC’s overtime loss to Cortland… Caught a game-winning 25-yard touchdown pass against Ithaca on homecoming… Won Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Week twice during the season.

2014: Played in 11 games… Caught 43 passes for 554 yards and two touchdowns… Had a career-high eight receptions in Utica’s 36-19 loss to Sailsbury… Had two games of more than 100 yards receiving… Returned 29 kicks for 697 yards… Ran two kick returns back for more than 60 yards.

Personal: Jerred is a 2013 graduate of Kingston High School and is the son of Yuette Drake … He is currently pursuing a degree in Business Management.