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Michael Bennett

Michael A. Bennett

Position: RB

5-9, 205lb (175cm, 92kg)

Born: August 13, 1978 in Milwaukee, WI

College: Wisconsin (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 34 (3216th overall since 1960)

High School: Milwaukee Tech (WI)

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

1x Pro Bowl

SUMMARY

Career

107

Rush

842

Yds

3703

Y/A

4.4

FantPt

595.7

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
2001	23	MIN	RB	23	13	13	172	682	2	28	31	4.0	52.5	13.2	38	29	226	7.8	1	9	80	2.2	17.4	76.3%	5.9	201	4.5	908	3	0	6
2002*	24	MIN	RB	23	16	16	255	1296	5	47	85	5.1	81.0	15.9	41	37	351	9.5	1	16	45	2.3	21.9	90.2%	8.6	292	5.6	1647	6	4	13	PB
2003	25	MIN	RB	23	8	7	90	447	1	18	28	5.0	55.9	11.3	14	12	132	11.0	0	4	40	1.5	16.5	85.7%	9.4	102	5.7	579	1	2	5
2004	26	MIN	RB	23	11	7	70	276	1	14	25	3.9	25.1	6.4	23	21	207	9.9	1	6	38	1.9	18.8	91.3%	9.0	91	5.3	483	2	1	4
2005	27	MIN	RB	23	16	6	126	473	3	21	61	3.8	29.6	7.9	31	27	124	4.6	2	8	20	1.7	7.8	87.1%	4.0	153	3.9	597	5	5	4
2006	28	KAN	RB	26	11	0	36	200	0	8	41	5.6	18.2	3.3	12	9	77	8.6	0	1	14	0.8	7.0	75.0%	6.4	45	6.2	277	0	1	2
2007	29	2TM	RB		14	1	61	241	1		28	4.0	17.2	4.4	22	15	101	6.7	1		23	1.1	7.2	68.2%	4.6	76	4.5	342	2	2	3
		KAN	RB	26	6	0	20	52	0	3	12	2.6	8.7	3.3	13	10	47	4.7	0	2	9	1.7	7.8	76.9%	3.6	30	3.3	99	0	2	1
		TAM	RB	29	8	1	41	189	1	6	28	4.6	23.6	5.1	9	5	54	10.8	1	2	23	0.6	6.8	55.6%	6.0	46	5.3	243	2	0	2
2008	30	2TM	RB		5	0	7	12	0		4	1.7	2.4	1.4	1	1	2	2.0	0		2	0.2	0.4	100.0%	2.0	8	1.8	14	0	0	0
		SDG	RB	29	0	0
		TAM	RB	29	5	0	7	12	0		4	1.7	2.4	1.4	1	1	2	2.0	0		2	0.2	0.4	100.0%	2.0	8	1.8	14	0	0	0
2009	31	SDG	RB	29	6	0	23	65	0	3	14	2.8	10.8	3.8	7	6	65	10.8	0	2	33	1.0	10.8	85.7%	9.3	29	4.5	130	0	0	1
2010	32	OAK	RB	32	7	0	2	11	0	1	6	5.5	1.6	0.3	2	2	9	4.5	0	0	6	0.3	1.3	100.0%	4.5	4	5.0	20	0	0	0
Career					107	50	842	3703	13	149	85	4.4	34.6	7.9	191	159	1294	8.1	6	50	80	1.5	12.1	83.2%	6.8	1001	5.0	4997	19	15	38
5 yrs		MIN			64	49	713	3174	12	128	85	4.5	49.6	11.1	147	126	1040	8.3	5	43	80	2.0	16.3	85.7%	7.1	839	5.0	4214	17	12	32
2 yrs		KAN			17	0	56	252	0	11	41	4.5	14.8	3.3	25	19	124	6.5	0	3	14	1.1	7.3	76.0%	5.0	75	5.0	376	0	3	3
2 yrs		SDG			6	0	23	65	0	3	14	2.8	10.8	3.8	7	6	65	10.8	0	2	33	1.0	10.8	85.7%	9.3	29	4.5	130	0		1
2 yrs		TAM			13	1	48	201	1	6	28	4.2	15.5	3.7	10	6	56	9.3	1	2	23	0.5	4.3	60.0%	5.6	54	4.8	257	2		2
1 yr		OAK			7	0	2	11	0	1	6	5.5	1.6	0.3	2	2	9	4.5	0	0	6	0.3	1.3	100.0%	4.5	4	5.0	20	0		0

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2004	26	MIN	RB	2	2	17	68	0	5	18	4.0	34.0	8.5	6	4	11	2.8	0	0	9	2.0	5.5	66.7%	1.8	21	3.8	79	0	0
2006	28	KAN	RB	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1	1	12	12.0	0	1	12	1.0	12.0	100.0%	12.0	2	6.5	13	0	0
2007	29	TAM	RB	1	0			0										0										0	0
2008	30	SDG	RB	2	0	4	24	0	1	14	6.0	12.0	2.0	3	2	13	6.5	0	1	7	1.0	6.5	66.7%	4.3	6	6.2	37	0	0
Career				6	2	22	93	0	6	18	4.2	15.5	3.7	10	7	36	5.1	0	2	12	1.2	6.0	70.0%	3.6	29	4.4	129	0
1 yr		KAN		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1	1	12	12.0	0	1	12	1.0	12.0	100.0%	12.0	2	6.5	13	0
1 yr		MIN		2	2	17	68	0	5	18	4.0	34.0	8.5	6	4	11	2.8	0	0	9	2.0	5.5	66.7%	1.8	21	3.8	79	0
1 yr		SDG		2	0	4	24	0	1	14	6.0	12.0	2.0	3	2	13	6.5	0	1	7	1.0	6.5	66.7%	4.3	6	6.2	37	0
1 yr		TAM		1	0			0										0										0

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Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2001	23	MIN	RB	23	13	13			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0
2002*	24	MIN	RB	23	16	16			0			0	4	4	0	0	0.0
2003	25	MIN	RB	23	8	7			0			0	2	1	0	0	0.0
2004	26	MIN	RB	23	11	7			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
2005	27	MIN	RB	23	16	6			0			0	5	2	0	0	0.0
2006	28	KAN	RB	26	11	0			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
2007	29	2TM	RB		14	1			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0
		KAN	RB	26	6	0			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0
2009	31	SDG	RB	29	6	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0
2010	32	OAK	RB	32	7	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	9	0	0	0
Career					107	50			0			0	15	10	0	0	0.0	11	11	0	0	0
5 yrs		MIN			64	49			0			0	12	9	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		KAN			17	0			0			0	3	1	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		SDG			6	0			0							0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0
2 yrs		TAM			13	1			0							0	0.0
1 yr		OAK			7	0			0							0	0.0	9	9	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2007	29	TAM	RB	1	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
Career				6				0							0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
1 yr		KAN		1	0			0							0	0.0
1 yr		MIN		2	2			0							0	0.0
1 yr		SDG		2	0			0							0	0.0
1 yr		TAM		1	0			0							0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
2001	23	MIN	RB	23	13	13	2	1	3		18	1.4
2002*	24	MIN	RB	23	16	16	5	1	6		36	2.3
2003	25	MIN	RB	23	8	7	1		1		6	0.8
2004	26	MIN	RB	23	11	7	1	1	2		12	1.1
2005	27	MIN	RB	23	16	6	3	2	5		30	1.9
2007	29	2TM	RB		14	1	1	1	2	0	12	0.9
		TAM	RB	29	8	1	1	1	2		12	1.5
Career					107	50	13	6	19	0	114	1.1
5 yrs		MIN			64	49	12	5	17	0	102	1.6
2 yrs		KAN			17	0				0	0	0.0
2 yrs		SDG			6	0				0	0	0.0
2 yrs		TAM			13	1	1	1	2	0	12	.9
1 yr		OAK			7	0				0	0	0.0

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PFR HOF Monitor: 15.95 (299th among RB, average HOF RB is 106.95)

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