• At Navy: Enters the fall listed as a starter at nose guard ... a starter in each of the last 30 games at Navy dating back to his freshman year (6 Fr // 12 So // 12 Jr) ... has earned three varsity letters.
• 2022: Named to Phil Steele’s All-American Athletic Conference Third Team ... played and started all 12 games at nose guard where he finished the season with 35 tackles, including 4.5 for a loss ... Navy’s defense held Army, the second-leading rushing team in the country (304.4 yds/gm), to just 125 yards on the ground and 153 yards of total offense (avg 385.5 yds/gm) for the entire game ... Navy held the Black Knights without an offensive touchdown until overtime ... turned in 4 tackles against Army and broke up a pass, the first of his career ... Navy’s defense held UCF to 84 yards rushing after the Knights came in ranked #5 nationally with their 249.5 rushing yards per game average ... additionally, the Mids tallied a season-high tying 5 sacks for the third time in 2022 and the second-consecutive game ... contributed 3 stops in the win over UCF ... part of a defensive unit that did not surrender a point in the second half against Notre Dame, marking the first time it has held a team scoreless in the second half since the 2021 Army game ... Notre Dame mustered just 66 yards rushing, the fewest by the Irish in the series since they rushed for 60 yards on Nov. 7, 2009 ... Navy held the Irish to just 12 yards in the second half (-23 R, 35 P) ... the Mids recorded a season-high tying 5 sacks in the game ... produced a season-high 6 tackles against ND, just one off his career high set against Air Force in 2021 ... turned in a pair of tackles and had a half a tackle for loss at Cincinnati ... Navy’s defense held Temple to just 20 yards rushing ... contributed a pair of tackles and a QB hurry in the win over the Owls ... chipped in 2 tackles against Houston ... turned in a pair of tackles, including a tackle for loss against SMU ... member of a Navy defenisve unit that held Tulsa to just 25 yards rushing ... the Mids recorded their first safety (intentional grounding in the end zone by Tulsa QB Davis Brin // 2Qtr) since the Tulane game on Sept. 19, 2020 ... Navy forced 4 Tulsa turnovers (3 interceptions / 1 fumble) ... turned in 3 tackles against the Golden Hurricane ... part of a defense that held Air Force, the nation’s top-ranked rushing team (412.2 yds/gm), to just 200 yards on the ground ... turned in a pair of tackles against the Falcons ... recorded 3 tackles, including a tackle for loss at East Carolina ... turned in 3 tackles, including a half sack in the AAC opener against Memphis ... anchored a defense that produced 12 tackles for loss and 5 sacks in the opener against Delaware ... the 12 TFLs were the most by the Mids since recording 12 against Rice on Oct. 22, 2005, while the 5 sacks were the most since their 5 against USF on Oct. 19, 2019 ... recorded 3 tackles, a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss and recovered the first fumble of his career in the loss to the Fighting Blue Hens.
• 2021: A starter on the defensive line in all 12 games, he closed out the season with 23 tackles including 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack ... part of a defensive unit that held Army scoreless in the second half, marking the first time Navy has shut out an opponent in the second half since its remarkable victory over Tulane in which the Mids outscored the Green Wave 27-0 to win 27-24 on Sept. 19, 2020 ... Navy also held Army, the No. 2-ranked rushing offense in the country averaging 301.2 yards per game, to just 124 yards rushing ... it was the Black Knights’ second-lowest rushing output during the season (108 vs. Air Force) ... turned in 3 tackles against Army ... recorded a solo stop at Temple ... Navy’s defense held Temple to just 182 yards of total offense, the fewest by an opponent on the year ... the 14 points by Temple are the fewest by the Owls in the series since losing to Navy 42-6 in Annapolis on Nov. 18, 2006 ... turned in 3 tackles against East Carolina ... made a solo stop against Notre Dame ... turned in a tackle and a half a tackle for loss at Tulsa ... part of a defense that held #2 Cincinnati to just 271 yards (95R, 176P), the fewest yards by the Bearcats since Nov. 17, 2019 vs. Temple (stretch of 19 games) ... also held Cincinnati to 27 points, the second fewest by the Bearcats in the regular season (beat Notre Dame 24-13) ... the Bearcats came into the game averaging 43.5 points (No. 6 nationally) ... made a solo stop at Memphis ... part of a defensive unit that held UCF scoreless in the fourth quarter and allowed Navy to rally from 13 points down to earn its first win of the season ... turned in 3 solo stops at Houston that featured his first-collegiate sack for a loss of 3 yards ... recorded a career-high 7 stops against Air Force, including his second-career tackle for loss ... chipped in a pair of tackles in the opener against Marshall.
• 2020: A starter in each of the last 6 contests of the season ... closed out the year with 9 tackles, including a tackle for a loss ... was in on a pair of stops against Army ... turned in a pair of tackles against Tulsa ... chipped in a pair of tackles against Memphis and was credited with a QB hurry ... turned in a pair of tackles, including his first-career tackle for a loss against Houston ... earned the start at East Carolina in what also marked his first-collegiate appearance ... made a solo stop in the win over the Pirates.
• High School / Personal: A 2019 graduate of University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge, La., Berniard Jr. attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2019-20 academic year ... three-year football letter winner who was a three-year First-Team All-District 6-3A selection ... also garnered First-Team All-State and First-Team All-Metro recognition as a junior and senior ... led the football team to back-to-back LHSAA DII State Championships with identical 14-0 records in 2017 and ‘18 ... high school teammate and close friend of Mike Hollins, who was injured in the University of Virginia shooting in the fall of 2022 and has returned to play this fall ... recipient of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Academic Achievement Award ... also received offers from Idaho and Eastern Illinois ... nickname is Biscuit ... son of Donald Berniard Sr. and Glenda Druilhet ... majoring in political science.
