1. Cedric Myron Benson was an American professional football player who spent eight years as a running back in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals and Green Bay Packers.
52 Facts About Cedric Benson
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Cedric Benson played college football for the Texas Longhorns and won the Doak Walker Award in 2004.
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Cedric Benson was selected by Chicago with the fourth overall pick in the 2005 NFL draft.
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Cedric Benson led his team to three consecutive state championships and rushed for a total of 15 touchdowns in the three championship games.
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Cedric Benson rushed for more than 1,900 yards in only nine games.
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Cedric Benson rushed for over 3,500 yards during his junior year, when his team went undefeated and won state and national championships.
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Cedric Benson became the first high-school player to appear on the cover of the Dave Campbell's Texas Football annual magazine.
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Cedric Benson attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a four-year starter for the Longhorns football team.
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Cedric Benson finished his college career with 5,540 rushing yards to rank tenth all-time in NCAA Division I-A history, and second only to Ricky Williams in Longhorns team history.
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Cedric Benson was often compared to Williams because of similarities in running style, college choice suspensions, appearance and the fact that they had both been minor-league baseball players.
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Cedric Benson was included on the Texas athletics directors' academic honor roll and the Big 12 commissioner's honor roll in Fall 2003.
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Cedric Benson was sentenced to eight days in jail for the trespassing conviction, but he spent no time in prison because of overcrowding at the Travis County Jail.
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Cedric Benson was forced to serve a one-half game suspension against Baylor University.
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Cedric Benson claimed that he received a cold reception upon his return because he bragged that he would become the starter by the Bears' third game despite the holdout and lack of practice.
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Cedric Benson occasionally received playing time, and he rushed for 80 yards on 16 carries against the New Orleans Saints in his best game.
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The team's plans went astray when Cedric Benson injured his shoulder after colliding with Brian Urlacher during a routine scrimmage.
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Cedric Benson scored his first two touchdowns during week five of the 2006 season, against the Buffalo Bills.
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Cedric Benson began to receive more carries as the season progressed and rushed for more than 100 yards against the Green Bay Packers.
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Cedric Benson became the Bears' secondary running back again during the playoffs.
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Cedric Benson struggled throughout the preseason but retained his starting position.
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Cedric Benson amassed only 42 yards in his first regular-season game and committed a costly turnover.
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However, Cedric Benson rebounded with a 101-yard performance during his next start.
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In one of his best games of the season, Cedric Benson rushed for 89 yards and scored one touchdown on 11 attempts.
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Cedric Benson averaged 5.8 yards in his next game but sustained a season-ending ankle injury.
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In October 2009, Cedric Benson confirmed that shortly before he was released by the Bears, he had been diagnosed with celiac disease.
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Shortly after the grand jury failed to indict him on both incidents in Austin, Cedric Benson signed a one-year, $520,000 contract with the Cincinnati Bengals on September 30,2008.
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Cedric Benson's season began in a loss to the Dallas Cowboys, rushing 10 times for 30 yards.
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Cedric Benson became the starting back for the Bengals in Week 7 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Cedric Benson rushed 14 times for 52 yards in his first career start as a Bengal.
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Cedric Benson hit his stride in the Bengals' three-game winning streak at the end of the season, gashing the Washington Redskins in week 15 with 161 yards from scrimmage, including 88 yards receiving.
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In week 16, Cedric Benson dominated the Cleveland Browns, rushing for 171 yards.
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In Week 7, Cedric Benson faced his former team, the Chicago Bears, and rushed for a career-high 189 yards and a touchdown.
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Cedric Benson recorded his first 1,000-yard rushing season and set a Bengals franchise record with six games with more than 100 rushing yards.
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Cedric Benson finished the season as the NFL's eighth-leading rusher with 1,251 yards despite playing only 13 games.
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When I would go to you and say we're going to rotate the backs [and Cedric Benson would take it poorly].
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On October 7,2012, Cedric Benson suffered a Lisfranc injury to his foot and was later placed on injured reserve.
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Cedric Benson was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 12th round of the 2001 MLB Draft.
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Cedric Benson had celiac disease and attributed his adoption of a gluten-free diet to giving him more energy.
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The official police report cited that Cedric Benson had failed a field sobriety test and became hostile toward the police.
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The officers arrested Cedric Benson and employed pepper spray when he forcefully resisted arrest.
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Cedric Benson was later detained for the night and was charged with boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest.
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Cedric Benson later refuted the charges against him and stated that he had requested to take a follow-up field sobriety test on land after failing the initial one.
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Cedric Benson was arrested for driving while intoxicated in Austin, Texas on June 7,2008.
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Cedric Benson denied the police officers' allegations and insisted that he "aced" the field test.
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Cedric Benson was later ordered by a county judge to install an ignition interlock breathalyzer in his car.
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On June 29,2010, Cedric Benson was arrested for assault with injury after reportedly punching a bartender in the face.
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Cedric Benson denied culpability and nearly one month later the NFL announced that he would not be suspended.
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On July 17,2011, Cedric Benson was arrested in Austin for a misdemeanor charge of assault causing bodily injury to a family member.
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Cedric Benson was sentenced to 20 days in jail and ordered to pay a $4,000 fine.
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Cedric Benson received a one-game suspension, enacted in Week 8.
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On February 18,2017, Cedric Benson was charged with driving while intoxicated in downtown Austin.
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Cedric Benson was released on the same day after posting bond.