34 Andrew Benjamin

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Orangevale, Calif.
	High School: Jesuit HS '08

	Height / Weight: 6-1 / 270
	Position: DT
	Major: Civil Engineering

02/01/2012

UC Davis Announces 2012 Football Recruiting Class

The Aggies welcome 13 players to the football program for the 2012 season

11/23/2011

UC Davis Has Eleven Aggies Honored By GWC Media

Sean Davies and Ray Wilburn were first-team selections in both postseason polls

11/22/2011

Twelve Aggies Honored With All-GWC Selections

UC Davis placed six players on the Great West All-Conference First Team with three on offense and defense

11/05/2011

UC Davis Uses Early Lead To Top Cal Poly, 24-17

The Aggies won "The Battle for the Golden Horseshoe" for the third consecutive year

10/15/2011

Aggies Cruise To 38-17 Homecoming Win Over UTSA

UC Davis had 38 unanswered points after the first quarter in the convincing win

2010: ALL-BIG WEST CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION... Started all 11 games at right tackle... Posted 32 tackles (11 solos, 21 assists), including 3.5 for losses of 18 yards... First collegiate sack was also his first forced fumble: a 11-yard hit on San Jose State's Jordan LaSecia... Tommy Grillo recovered the loose ball, igniting UC Davis' second-half comeback... Also had 4 tackles (1-3-4) in that game, winning team's Defensive Player of the Week... Registered season-best 6 tackles (1-5-6) vs. Sacramento State... Previous high was 5 stops (1-4-5) vs. San Diego.

2009: Played in all 11 games, starting 10 at right tackle... Recorded 12 solo stops and 11 assists for 23 total tackles... Had 3.5 tackles for losses of 8 yards... First career TFL was 3-yarder vs. Fresno State's Michael Harris early in fourth quarter... Notched season-high 5 tackles (all assists) at South Dakota, then matched that mark (2 solos, 3 assists) in season finale at Sacramento State.

2008: Redshirted.

JESUIT HS '08: Earned first-team All-Delta River League honors as a junior and senior, including Lineman of the Year in 2007... Added second-team All-Sac-Joaquin Section and Sacramento Bee All-Metro honorable mention... Posted 71 tackles with 2 sacks and 9 QB hurries as a senior... Also starred in wrestling, qualifying for state championships and earning as high as No. 4 state ranking in heavyweight class... Four-year honor roll and National Honor Society member.

PERSONAL: Born in Sacramento, Calif.... Majoring in civil engineering... Parents are Michael & Khanna Benjamin... Cousin, Emmanuel, was a kicker for UC Davis... Two things few people know about him: he enjoys reading classical texts and his nationality is 100 percent Assyrian... Moment in history he wishes he could have witnessed was the Treaty of Westphalia (ended Thirty Years War)... Has worn a special armband during games for four years.