Braxton Berrios

Played in 91 career games and made six starts…A key contributor as a return specialist over the course of his career…Held stints with the New England Patriots (2018), New York Jets (2019-22), Miami Dolphins (2023-24) and the Houston Texans (2025)…Has recorded 140 receptions for 1,360 yards and 6 touchdowns…Also rushed 20 times for 171 yards and 4 touchdowns…Owns 100 punt returns for 1,130 yards (11.3 avg.) with a long of 44 and 91 kickoff returns for 2,265 yards (24.9 avg.) with a long of 102 and 1 touchdown…Has also thrown 1 pass for 2 yards and a touchdown.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Played in 91 career games and made six starts…A key contributor as a return specialist over the course of his career…Held stints with the New England Patriots (2018), New York Jets (2019-22), Miami Dolphins (2023-24) and the Houston Texans (2025)…Has recorded 140 receptions for 1,360 yards and 6 touchdowns…Also rushed 20 times for 171 yards and 4 touchdowns…Owns 100 punt returns for 1,130 yards (11.3 avg.) with a long of 44 and 91 kickoff returns for 2,265 yards (24.9 avg.) with a long of 102 and 1 touchdown…Has also thrown 1 pass for 2 yards and a touchdown.
• Spent 2025 with the Houston Texans, where he played in four games, caught 6 passes for 37 yards…Returned 3 punts for 25 yards and 3 kickoffs for 81 yards.
• Played in six games for the Dolphins in 2024…Did not record any offensive statistics…Returned 7 punts for 103 yards (14.7 avg.) and 3 kickoffs for 76 yards.
• Appeared in 16 games for the Dolphins in 2023 and made one start…Produced 27 receptions for 238 yards and 1 touchdown…Added 1 rush attempt for 11 yards…Returned 23 punts for 235 yards (10.2 avg.)…Also registered 18 kickoff returns for 441 yards (24.5 avg.).
• Played in all 17 games for the Jets in 2022…Recorded 18 receptions for 145 yards and 9 rushes for 91 yards and 2 touchdowns…Tallied 21 punt returns for 240 yards and 26 kickoff returns for 600 yards.
• Named first-team All-Pro as a kick returner for the Jets in 2021…Totaled 852 kickoff return yards and 1 touchdown (102 yards) on 28 attempts…His 30.4 avg. led the NFL…Totaled 15 punt returns for 201 yards…Caught 46 passes for 431 yards and 2 touchdowns…Also rushed 7 times for 40 yards and 2 touchdowns.
• In 2020, played in 16 games (two starts)…Hauled in 37 receptions for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns…Rushed 3 times for 29 yards…Returned 10 punts for 86 yards and 9 kickoffs for 167 yards.
• Missed his rookie season with the Patriots in 2018 due to injury…Played his first NFL season with the Jets in 2019…Appeared in all 16 games and caught 6 passes for 115 yards…Brought back 21 punts for 240 yards (11.4 avg.) and 4 kickoffs for 48 yards.

COLLEGE

• Played four seasons (2014-17) at Miami (Fla.)…Appeared in 49 games, totaling 100 catches for 1,175 yards and 14 touchdowns…Added 47 punt returns for 487 yards and 1 touchdown.
• As a senior in 2017, set career highs with 55 receptions for 679 yards and 9 touchdowns…Also returned 13 punts for 207 yards, averaging 15.9 yards per return, the most in ACC…Named third-team All-ACC as a receiver.
• Played in 13 games in 2016 and recorded 12 catches for 178 yards and 2 touchdowns…Returned 19 punts for 215 yards and 1 touchdown.
• Appeared in 11 games as a sophomore…Hauled in 12 catches for 86 yards…Returned 11 punts for 45 yards.
• As a true freshman in 2014, caught 21 passes for 232 yards and 3 touchdowns...Brought back 4 punts for 20 yards.

PERSONAL

• A native of Raleigh, N.C…Was a valedictorian for the Miami business school in 2018…Graduated with a 3.96 GPA…Double majored in finance and entrepreneurship…Named the Jim Tatum Award recipient as the ACC's top senior student-athlete.
• Was a four-star prospect coming out of high school…Played on both sides of the ball.

MAIN TRANSACTIONS

• Originally a 6th-round (210th pick overall) draft choice by the New England Patriots in 2018.
• Waived by the Patriots on 8/31/19 and claimed off waivers by the New York Jets on 9/1/19.
• Waived by the Jets on 3/15/23 and signed as a free agent by the Miami Dolphins on 3/16/23.
• Re-signed a one-year extension with the Dolphins on 3/21/24.
• Signed as a free agent by the Houston Texans on 3/14/25.
• Signed as a free agent by the New York Giants on 6/1/26.