Bronson Kaufusi

BIOGRAPHY

Bronson Kaufusi was born July 6, 1991, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a tight end for the Green Bay Packers in the NFL.

After spending two years on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Auckland, New Zealand, Kaufusi played for the first time at BYU in 2012. He played in all 13 games and had 23 tackles and 4.5 sacks. After the season, he played in 20 games for BYU's basketball team. As a sophomore in 2013, he had 41 tackles, four sacks and an interception returned for a touchdown. After spending his first two years as a defensive lineman, Kaufusi moved to linebacker his junior year. He finished the season with 48 tackles and seven sacks. He moved back to defensive end his senior year and recorded 64 tackles and 11 sacks. The Baltimore Ravens selected Kaufusi in the third round (70th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft. He was the only BYU player drafted in 2016 and the second of three edge rushers selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2016 NFL Draft. The Ravens drafted Boise State's Kamalei Correa in the second round (42nd overall) and Grand Valley State's Matt Judon in the fifth round (146th overall). On June 14, 2016, the Baltimore Ravens signed Kaufusi to a four-year, $3.45 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $845,016. He competed with Lawrence Guy, Kapron Lewis-Moore, and Mario Ojemudia throughout training camp for the backup defensive end position. On August 30, 2016, he was placed on injured/reserve after breaking his ankle in training camp. He missed the entire 2016 season. Kaufusi competed with Brandon Williams, Carl Davis, Willie Henry throughout training camp for the vacant starting defensive end position left by the departure of Timmy Jernigan via trade. Head coach John Harbaugh named Kaufusi the backup left defensive end to Brent Urban to begin the regular season. On September 3, 2018, Kaufusi was signed to the New York Jets practice squad. He was promoted to the active roster on October 1, 2018. He was waived on October 5, 2018, and was re-signed back to the practice squad. He was promoted back to the active roster on December 8, 2018. On October 4, 2019, Kaufusi was released by the Jets and re-signed to the practice squad. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Jets on December 30, 2019. On September 5, 2020, Kaufusi was released by the Jets and signed to the practice squad the next day. His practice squad contract with the team expired after the season on January 11, 2021. On January 15, 2021, Kaufusi signed a reserve/future contract with the Green Bay Packers.