Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-3vs Houston Christian | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 0-52@ Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
#12
Jamir Benjamin
Sophomore cornerback on Rice's 2026 roster.
5′10″ · 185 lb · Lansing, MI · West Bloomfield
Transferred UCLA → Rice for 2026
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 526 nationally · Signed with UCLA
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 cornerback on Rice's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to UCLA in 2024.
- Transferred from UCLA to Rice in 2026.
Jamir Benjamin
Jamir Benjamin has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Notre Dame, Week 2, 2026.
5 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with UCLA3-star out of West Bloomfield
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Rice
2025UCLA
2026Rice
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025UCLA3-9HC: Tim Skipper · Balanced, slow tempo
2026Rice1-1HC: Scott Abell · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 2.5 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 1.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Abell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 31–3
2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 PD
Dominant 28-point win at home against Houston Christian.
With Q. Jackson — 61 rush yds (10 car) · 2 TD · C. Durkin — 54 AVG · 54 LONG · 1 NO
Game log
Background
Honors Phil Steele American All-Conference preseason third team (2026) Transfer from UCLA who played in 13 games over his first two seasons … Totaled nine tackles (6-3-9), one fumble recovery and one touchdown on special teams, while playing 67 snaps on defense and on 143 special teams plays. UCL...
The secondary · Rice
- #5Jerrick Harper23 tackles · 2025
- Daveon Hook16 tackles · 2025
- #4Tariq Watson12 tackles · 2025
- #20Bailey Fletcher10 tackles · 2025
- #12Jamir Benjamin9 tackles · 2025
14 more on the roster · Rice team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology