Benjamin Duvernay

Benjamin Duvernay

Duvernay Receiving his Python Jersey on Draft day
No. 56 – Portland Pythons
Position:	Cornerback
Personal information
Born:	(2033-03-07)March 7, 2033 (aged 29) Nice, France
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	183 lb (83 kg)
Username:	Purpl3Spartan
Career information
High school:	Baton Rouge High
College:	Louisiana State University
DSFL Draft:	2055  / Round: 2 / Pick: 20
Career history
Roster status:	Active
Player stats at ISFL.net

Benjamin Duvernay (born March 7, 2033) is an American football cornerback for the Portland Pythons of the Developmental Simulation Football League (DSFL).

Early years

Benjamin Duvernay was born in Nice, France to Clément and Josephine Duvernay on March 7th, 2033. At the age of seven, his family moved to the United States in Baton Rouge, Louisiana due to financial struggles and wanting a fresh start. Duvernay first had the dream of becoming and ISFL player when he watched an LSU game for the first time at the stadium. During the blowout win in favor of LSU, he could not help but notice the impressive feats of athleticism performed during the game and realize that he wanted to do it to. During high school, Duvernay was a dominant player on both sides of the ball playing as a cornerback, wide receiver, and gadget player. This lead him to being assessed as a four star prospect towards the end of senior year after a dominant final year. Being offered multiple scholarships, Duvernay decided to attend the school that gave him the dream of playing football in the first time, which also allowed him to stay close to family.

College career

During Duvernay's Freshman year, he did not see the field much except for during the final quarters of games when they were seemingly already over, but he managed to impress the coaches with his dominant cover style and athleticism racking 3 interceptions, 10 tackles, and 15 broken up passes only allowing 7 receptions and a touchdown on a goal line play. Making a positive impression on the coaching staff, Duvernay was made a bonafide starter his next two years and made the most of them. His sophomore year, Duvernay achieved a rising status of notoriety for his ability to cleanly plaster receivers, which made quarterbacks often hesitate to throw the ball his direction. He had an incredibly successful sophomore season playing all 13 games in the regular season racking 10 interceptions and 30 passes defended only allowing 15 receptions and 2 touchdowns. His Junior year started off rough with a mild injury to the ribs where he missed two games, but then made a unprecedented comeback where he garnered 11 interceptions 35 PDs only allowing 14 receptions and 3 touchdowns. After his Junior Season, Duvernay reported eligible for the DSFL draft where he was drafted by the Portland Pythons at 20th overall.

College career statistics

Career statistics			Tackles			Sacks	Interceptions		Other
Season	Team	Games	Reg	TFL	Total	Sack	Int	IntTD	DefTD	FFum	FRec	PD	Safety
2052	LSU	4	8	2	10	1.5	3	0	0	2	0	15	0
2053	LSU	13	43	8	51	2.0	10	1	0	1	0	30	0
2054	LSU	11	55	6	61	4.0	11	2	0	4	1	35	0

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables

Ht	Wt	40‑yd dash	20‑ss	3‑cone	Vert jump	Broad	BP	Wonderlic
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	4.41 s	4.31 s	7.16 s	29.1 in (0.74 m)	10.49 ft 125.9 in (6.40 m)	14 reps	40

DSFL Career

Portland Rookie Year (S40)

Having been drafted 20th overall in the DSFL draft, Duvernay was expected to be a key piece of the Portland Pythons secondary starting day one. For the entirety of the season, Duvernay was on the field covering one side for virtually every snap of the DSFL season and postseason. In the first half of the season, the secondary as a whole unit struggled due to lack of safety help. During that time, Duvernay excelled in defending the short passing game but struggled defending deep as the lack of safety help put more stress on the cornerbacks. Despite this, Duvernay was consistent in racking PDs and snagged three interceptions in the first half of the season. In the second half of the season, the secondary improved as the defensive unit established itself as one of the best in the league. Duvernay was consistently the DSFL PD leader and further cemented that title by the end of the season as the team went 8-6 steamrolling the London Royals in the Conference round before just falling short of the win in the Ultimini due to a Buccaneers comeback.

Portland Second Year (S41)

After falling just short in the Ultimini, Duvernay pushed himself harder than ever to make sure that he would improve every part of his game, especially the parts he had neglected, which was mainly aiming to create turnovers to change the tide of the game. Unfortunately, Duvernay's second year proved to be a rough outing as the team as a whole regressed due to callups to the ISFL. Duvernay felt that the ball did not get thrown his way enough to make a difference on the field, so he adapted and paid more attention to the opposing run game, which allowed him to stuff some runs throughout the season if they got past the line. His main improvement on the season was forcing and recovering fumbles as he went 2/2 for forcing and recovering fumbles, which is much improved compared to going 1/0 the previous season. Despite this, Duvernay still had the worst season so far in the greater ISFL as he logged 8 less PDs and 2 less interceptions as the Pythons ultimately fell just one game short of the playoffs at 7-7 due to the competitiveness of the Northern DSFL conference during season 41.

Professional career statistics

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Career statistics			Defense
Season	Team	Games	Tck	TFL	FF/FR	Sck	Int	PD	Sfty	TD	Blk P/XP/FG
2055 (S40)	Pythons	14	54	0	1/0	0	3	30	0	0	0/0/0
2056 (S41)	Pythons	14	62	0	2/2	0	1	22	0	0	0/0/0
2057 (S42)	Outlaws	16	42	0	1/0	5	0	10	0	0	0/0/0

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