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Michael Bennett

Michael A. Bennett

Position: RB
Height: 5-9    Weight: 211 lbs.
Born: August 13, 1978 in Milwaukee, WI
College: Wisconsin

Career AV: 33 (2710th overall since 1950)

1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 1st round (27th overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
2001 23 MIN RB 23 13 13 172 682 2 31 4.0 52.5 13.2 29 226 7.8 1 80 2.2 17.4 908 3 0 6
2002* 24 MIN RB 23 16 16 255 1296 5 85 5.1 81.0 15.9 37 351 9.5 1 45 2.3 21.9 1647 6 4 13
2003 25 MIN rb 23 8 7 90 447 1 28 5.0 55.9 11.3 12 132 11.0 0 40 1.5 16.5 579 1 2 5
2004 26 MIN RB 23 11 7 70 276 1 25 3.9 25.1 6.4 21 207 9.9 1 38 1.9 18.8 483 2 1 4
2005 27 MIN rb 23 16 6 126 473 3 61 3.8 29.6 7.9 27 124 4.6 2 20 1.7 7.8 597 5 5 4
2006 28 KAN 26 11 0 36 200 0 41 5.6 18.2 3.3 9 77 8.6 0 14 0.8 7.0 277 0 1 2
2007 29 2TM 14 1 61 241 1 28 4.0 17.2 4.4 15 101 6.7 1 23 1.1 7.2 342 2 2 3
TAM 29 8 1 41 189 1 28 4.6 23.6 5.1 5 54 10.8 1 23 0.6 6.8 243 2 0 2
KAN 26 6 0 20 52 0 12 2.6 8.7 3.3 10 47 4.7 0 9 1.7 7.8 99 0 2 1
2008 30 2TM 5 0 7 12 0 4 1.7 2.4 1.4 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.2 0.4 14 0 0 0
TAM 29 5 0 7 12 0 4 1.7 2.4 1.4 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.2 0.4 14 0 0 0
SDG 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 31 SDG 29 3 12 37 0 9 3.1 12.3 4.0 2 3 1.5 0 2 0.7 1.0 40 0 0
Career 97 50 829 3664 13 85 4.4 37.8 8.5 153 1223 8.0 6 80 1.6 12.6 4887 19 15 37
5 yrs MIN 64 49 713 3174 12 85 4.5 49.6 11.1 126 1040 8.3 5 80 2.0 16.3 4214 17 12 32
2 yrs KAN 17 0 56 252 0 41 4.5 14.8 3.3 19 124 6.5 0 14 1.1 7.3 376 0 3 3
2 yrs SDG 3 0 12 37 0 9 3.1 12.3 4.0 2 3 1.5 0 2 0.7 1.0 40 0 0 0
2 yrs TAM 13 1 48 201 1 28 4.2 15.5 3.7 6 56 9.3 1 23 0.5 4.3 257 2 0 2

Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
2001 23 MIN RB 23 13 13 0 1 0 0
2002* 24 MIN RB 23 16 16 4 4 0 0
2003 25 MIN rb 23 8 7 2 1 0 0
2004 26 MIN RB 23 11 7 1 1 0 0
2005 27 MIN rb 23 16 6 5 2 0 0
2006 28 KAN 26 11 0 1 1 0 0
2007 29 2TM 14 1 2 0 0 0
KAN 26 6 0 2 0 0 0
Career 97 50 15 10 0 0
5 yrs MIN 64 49 12 9 0 0
2 yrs KAN 17 0 3 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
2001 23 MIN RB 23 13 13 2 1 3 18
2002* 24 MIN RB 23 16 16 5 1 6 36
2003 25 MIN rb 23 8 7 1 1 6
2004 26 MIN RB 23 11 7 1 1 2 12
2005 27 MIN rb 23 16 6 3 2 5 30
2007 29 2TM 14 1 1 1 2 12
TAM 29 8 1 1 1 2 12
Career 97 50 13 6 19 114
5 yrs MIN 64 49 12 5 17 102
2 yrs TAM 13 1 1 1 2 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

2002

Rushing Att

Active 829 (20)

Rushing Yds

Active 3664 (23)

Long Rush

2002 NFL 85 (1/40)

Yds/Rushing Att

2002 NFL 5.1 (6)
Active 4.4 (20)
Career 4.4 (92)

Long Reception

2001 NFL 80 (6)

Touches

Active 982 (24)

Fumbles Recovered

2002 NFL 4 (9)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
2001 23 13 RB 109 29
2002 24 16 RB 201 48 17 33
2003 25 8 RB 64 48
2004 26 11 RB 60 54
2005 27 16 RB 90 39
2006 28 11 RB 28 77
2007 29 14 RB 46 67
2008 30 5 RB 1 151
2009 31 3 RB 4 108
603 48

College

Passing Rushing Receiving
Year Age College/Univ G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Y/A Cmp% Rate Y/G Att Yds TD Y/A Y/G Rec Yds TD Y/R
2000 22 wisconsin 10 294 1598 10 5.4 159.8 4 23 0 5.8
10 294 1598 10 5.4 159.8 4 23 0 5.8