Brennan William Scarlett (born July 31, 1993) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He played college football at both California and Stanford. He was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2016.
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Born: | Portland, Oregon, U.S. | July 31, 1993||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 263 lb (119 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Central Catholic (Portland, Oregon) | ||||||||||
College: | California Stanford | ||||||||||
Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2016 | ||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Scarlett attended Central Catholic High School in Portland, Oregon. While there he lettered in football, swimming and track & field. In football, as a sophomore, he recorded 43 tackles, four sacks and three forced fumbles. As a junior, he recorded 59 tackles, six sacks, one interception and three forced fumbles. As a senior, he recorded 31 tackles in the first two games of the season. He appeared in the 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl and was named a 2010 PrepStar All-American and SuperPrep All-American. He was also a National Federation of High School Awards for Excellence and a Multnomah Athletic Club Scholar Student Award recipient.[1] As a Sophomore he was a member of a state-qualifying 200 yard relay team for swim.[2]
Scarlett then attended Cal. As a freshman in 2011, he appeared in three games. He recorded four tackles and 0.5 tackles-for-loss. He missed most of the season due to an injury.[3] As a sophomore in 2012, he started all nine games he played. He recorded 40 tackles, six tackles-for-loss, 2.5 sacks and two forced fumbles. For the season he was named a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention. As a junior in 2013, he missed the season due to an injury.[3] As a senior in 2014, he again missed the majority of the season due to injury, only appearing in five games.[3] For the season he was named All-Pac-12 fourth team by Phil Steele.[1]
After graduating from Cal, Scarlett transferred to Stanford University, where he majored in management science and engineering, pursuing his master's degree.[3] He became Stanford's first-ever graduate transfer.[3] In his lone season at Stanford, he appeared in 14 games. He recorded 37 tackles, eight tackles-for-loss, 5.5 sacks and two passes defensed. For the season, he was named All-Pac-12 honorable mention.[1]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
269 lb (122 kg) |
33+3⁄4 in (0.86 m) |
9 in (0.23 m) |
4.76 s | 1.63 s | 2.84 s | 4.64 s | 7.28 s | 31.5 in (0.80 m) |
9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) |
25 reps | |
All values from Stanford Pro Day[4] |
Scarlett went undrafted in the 2016 NFL Draft and was signed by the Houston Texans.[3][5] He was placed on injured reserve on October 19, 2016, with a hamstring injury and was activated back to the active roster on December 17, 2016.[6][7]
On December 4, 2017, Scarlett was placed on injured reserve.[8]
In 2018, Scarlett played in 12 games before being placed on injured reserve on December 8, 2018 with an ankle injury.[9]
On August 28, 2019, Scarlett signed a one-year contract extension with the Texans through 2020. In week 9 against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London, Scarlett recorded two sacks on Gardner Minshew, one of which was a strip sack that was recovered by teammate Dylan Cole in the 26–3 win.[10]
On November 9, 2020, Scarlett was placed on injured reserve.[11] On December 19, 2020, Scarlett was activated off of injured reserve.[12]
Scarlett signed with the Miami Dolphins on March 22, 2021.[13] He was placed on injured reserve on November 23, 2021.[14] He was activated on January 1, 2022.
On March 22, 2022, Scarlett re-signed with the Dolphins.[15] He was placed on injured reserve on August 30.[16] He was released on September 6. He was re-signed to the practice squad on November 17.[17]