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Cornelius Bennett
Cornelius O'Landa Bennett
Position: LB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 237 lbs.
Born: August 25, 1965 in Birmingham, AL
College: Alabama
5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1987 Draft
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View Details For: 3 Regular Season TDs Scored
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1987 | 22 | BUF | LOLB | 8 | 7 | 8.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | |||||||
| 1988*+ | 23 | BUF | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 9.5 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103 | |||
| 1989 | 24 | BUF | LOLB | 12 | 12 | 5.5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 54 | |||
| 1990* | 25 | BUF | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 96 | |||||||
| 1991* | 26 | BUF | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 107 | |||||||
| 1992* | 27 | BUF | LOLB | 15 | 15 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | |||||||
| 1993* | 28 | BUF | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 5.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 102 | |||
| 1994 | 29 | BUF | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 58 | 19 | ||||||
| 1995 | 30 | BUF | RILB | 14 | 14 | 2.0 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 23 | ||
| 1996 | 31 | ATL | LLB | 13 | 13 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 8 | ||
| 1997 | 32 | ATL | LLB | 16 | 16 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 22 | ||||||
| 1998 | 33 | ATL | LLB | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 69 | 23 | ||||||
| 1999 | 34 | IND | LLB | 16 | 16 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 33 | ||||||
| 2000 | 35 | IND | LLB | 16 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 14 | ||||||
| Career | 206 | 204 | 71.5 | 7 | 112 | 1 | 69 | 31 | 1 | 27 | 78 | 1 | 1048 | 142 | |||||
| 9 yrs | BUF | 129 | 128 | 52.5 | 6 | 109 | 1 | 69 | 22 | 1 | 19 | 68 | 1 | 751 | 42 | ||||
| 3 yrs | ATL | 45 | 45 | 11.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 189 | 53 | ||||
| 2 yrs | IND | 32 | 31 | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 47 | ||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1990* | 25 | BUF | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1991* | 26 | BUF | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1995 | 30 | BUF | RILB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Career | 206 | 204 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors
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Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)
All-Pro Teams
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1988 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1988 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1988 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1988 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL 1988 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1988 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL 1988 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1989 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. 1990 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1991 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1991 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1991 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1992 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1994 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. |