Mykel Benson
American football player (born 1987)
American football player
 Benson in 2017 | |||||||||||
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| Born: | (1987-12-30) December 30, 1987 (age 36) | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 275 lb (125 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Palm Bay (FL) Bayside | ||||||||||
| College: | Florida A&M | ||||||||||
| Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2010 | ||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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| Career Arena statistics | |||||||||||
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| Player stats at ArenaFan.com | |||||||||||
Mykel “Boom Boom” Benson (born December 30, 1987) is a former American football fullback. He was signed by the Milwaukee Mustangs as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football and college baseball at Florida A&M University.[1]
Benson was assigned to the Philadelphia Soul on January 13, 2017.[2] He was placed on recallable reassignment on April 1, 2017. He was activated April 5, 2017. He earned First Team All-Arena honors in 2017.[3] On August 26, 2017, the Soul beat the Tampa Bay Storm in ArenaBowl XXX by a score of 44–40.[4]
On April 17, 2018, he was assigned to the Baltimore Brigade.[5] On June 14, 2018, he was placed on reassignment. The next day, he was claimed off reassignment by the Albany Empire.[6] Benson was named to his third All-Arena Team in 2019, en route to winning his second championship with Albany that same year.
References
- ^ St. Clair Murraine (February 16, 2010). "FAMU's Benson moves from gridiron to diamond". www.tallahassee.com. Tallahassee.com. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
- ^ "Transactions". afldigital.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "AFL Announces All-Arena First and Second Teams". arenafootball.com. August 21, 2017. Archived from the original on September 16, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Soul Snare Second Straight Foster Trophy in ArenaBowl XXX". arenafootball.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Recent Transactions". arenafan.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ "Transactions". afldigital.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
External links
- Arena Football League bio
Media related to Mykel Benson at Wikimedia Commons
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Philadelphia Soul ArenaBowl XXX champions
- 1 Chris Duvalt
- 2 Beau Bell
- 3 Luke Collis
- 4 Kent Richardson
- 5 Dan Raudabaugh
- 6 Darius Prince (MVP)
- 7 Darius Reynolds
- 8 Larry Beavers
- 9 Mykel Benson
- 10 Robert Brown
- 11 John Sheehy
- 12 Adrian Trevino
- 13 Zach Zidian
- 17 Poppy Livers
- 18 Joe Goosby
- 19 Ryan McDaniel
- 20 Bryce Peila
- 21 Shaun Kauleinamoku
- 22 Dwayne Hollis
- 23 LaRico Stevenson
- 24 Torez Jones
- 25 James Romain
- 52 Michael Simons
- 55 Sean Daniels
- 58 Thomas Dover
- 62 Brennen Carvalho
- 69 Wayne Tribue
- 72 Keith Newell
- 77 Neal Tivis
- 94 Tyre Glasper
- 98 Ted Jennings
- 99 Justin Lawrence
- Head coach: Clint Dolezel
- Coaches: Phil Bogle
- Steve Criswell
- Bernie Nowotarski
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