PRO: Wide receiver Kenny Britt provides an explosive element to the team’s passing game with his combination of size, speed and catching ability. He returns to the lineup in 2012 after suffering a season-ending knee injury in 2011. He is considered one of the team’s building blocks at the offensive skill positions, alongside a trio of the team’s other first-round draft picks: quarterback Jake Locker, fifth-year running back Chris Johnson and rookie wide receiver Kendall Wright. In Britt’s first two seasons (2009–2010), he led the team with a total of 1,476 receiving yards and tied for the team lead with 12 touchdown receptions. In that period of time, he ranked sixth in the NFL with a 17.6-yard receiving average. He began his third season on a torrid pace, catching 17 passes for 289 yards and three touchdowns before tearing his right ACL and MCL in the team’s fourth game.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
• In the first two games of 2011, Britt’s 271 combined receiving yards ranked second in franchise history through the first two weeks of the season, trailing only Charley Hennigan’s 347 in 1962.
• With 701 receiving yards as a rookie and 775 yards in 2010, Britt became the first Titans/Oilers player since Chris Sanders (1995-–1996) to lead the squad in receiving yards in each of his first two seasons.
• From Sept. 26–Oct. 24, 2010, Britt caught at least one touchdown pass in five consecutive games, tying for the second-longest streak in franchise history.
• Britt recorded one of the best receiving games in franchise annals against the Eagles on Oct. 24, 2010, when he caught seven passes for 225 yards and three touchdowns. His yardage total ranked fifth in team history.
• In 2009, his rookie receiving yardage total (701 yards) ranked fifth in franchise rookie history and was the highest by a Titans rookie receiver since Chris Sanders’ 823 yards in 1995.
• Among the 2009 NFL rookie class, Britt was seventh in the NFL and third in the AFC in receptions (42), and he was fifth in the NFL and second in the AFC in receiving yards (701).
• Britt provided one of the most dramatic endings to an NFL game in 2009 with a 10-yard, game-winning touchdown reception on fourth down as time expired against the Arizona Cardinals (11/29/09).
• In pre-draft workouts in 2009, Britt was timed in the 40-yard dash at 4.5 seconds and displayed a 37-inch vertical jump.
TITANS TIDBITS:
• Prior to the 2009 NFL Draft, Britt spent extensive time training with former Denver Broncos wide receiver Rod Smith, who totaled more than 11,000 receiving yards during his career.
• When the Titans used the 30th overall selection in the 2009 NFL Draft on him, Britt became the first Rutgers player ever to be drafted in the first round.
• The son of Jack Britt and Michelle Johnson, Kenny also was influenced heavily throughout his youth by his uncle, Rev. Alex C. Britt. Kenny was heavily involved in his uncle’s Newark congregation, the Church of the Living Water, and even moved in with the reverend and his wife, Donalda, prior to his junior year at Rutgers.
• Britt is an avid player of the video game Call of Duty.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS:
• The Bayonne (bay-OWN), N.J., native was selected by the Titans in the first round (30th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft.
COLLEGE:
• In a three-year career at Rutgers University (34 games, 31 starts), set a Big East Conference record with 3,043 receiving yards. He additionally became Rutgers’ all-time leader in career touchdown receptions (17, tied with Chris Brantley), consecutive 100-yard receiving game (five in 2008), career 100-yard receiving games (14), single-season receiving yards (1,371 in 2008) and single-season receptions (87 in 2008). His 178 career receptions ranked third in Rutgers history and fourth in Big East history. Britt’s 14 career 100-yard games set a school record and tied former Pitt wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald’s conference record.
• Concluded his career with a 31-game streak with at least two receptions.
• An integral player in transforming the Scarlet Knights into a national power, the team won 27 total games, including three consecutive bowl victories, during Britt’s three years there.
• As a junior (2008), named Associated Press third-team All-American, All-Big East first-team selection and unanimous All-Conference media selection. Ranked second in nation in receiving yards per game (114.2) and eighth in nation in receptions per contest (7.4). Led Big East and tied Rutgers records with 87 total receptions and 1,371 receiving yards. Recorded eight 100-yard games, including school-record five consecutive 100-yard efforts.
• As a sophomore (2007), was second-team All-Big East selection after finishing second on team with 62 receptions for then-school-record (broke in 2008) 1,232 yards, an average of 19.9 yards per catch. Scored eight touchdowns.
• As a freshman (2006), played nine games, including starts in six of final seven contests, and totaled 29 receptions for 440 yards and two touchdowns. Totaled nine plays of 20 yards or longer.
• Majored in criminal justice.
PERSONAL:
• Married to Sabrina and splits time between Nashville and Bayonne, N.J., with his son, Aiden, and his daughter, Ava.
• At Bayonne (N.J.) High School, earned first-team All-Hudson County honors from Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association, the Star-Ledger and Jersey Journal. Named fifth-best overall talent in New Jersey by Rivals.com after producing 24 receptions for 462 yards and six touchdowns.
• Also participated in track and finished second in state in 50m-dash as senior.
• List of favorites: (movie) “The Bourne Ultimatum”; (TV shows) “Family Guy,” “Bernie Mac” and “The Simpsons”; (music artist) Albee Al; (school subjects) math and black history; and (food) his father’s lasagna.
• Born Kenneth Lawrence Britt on Sept. 19, 1988 in Bayonne, N.J.
