Malik Benson
 Benson in 2023 | |
| Florida State Seminoles – No. 10 | |
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| Position | Wide receiver |
| Class | Senior |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | October 17, 2002 Lansing, Kansas, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Lansing (Lansing, Kansas) |
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Malik Benson (born October 17, 2002) is an American football wide receiver for the Florida State Seminoles. He previously played for Hutchinson Community College and Alabama.
High school career
[edit]Benson attended Lansing High School in Lansing, Kansas. During his high school career, he had 1,119 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns.
College career
[edit]Benson attended Hutchinson Community College for two years coming out of high school. As a freshman, he had 43 receptions for 1,229 yards and 11 touchdowns and as a sophomore he had 54 receptions for 923 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns.[1][2] The 2,152 receiving yards is a school record.[3][4]
Benson was considered the top junior college recruit in 2023, and committed to play for the University of Alabama.[5][6]
On January 3, 2024, Benson announced that he would be entering the transfer portal.[7] He committed to Florida State four days later.[8]
College statistics
[edit]| NCAA Collegiate Career statistic | |||||||||
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| Alabama Crimson Tide | |||||||||
| Season | Receiving | Rushing | |||||||
| GP | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | TD | ||
| 2023 | 14 | 13 | 162 | 12.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Florida State Seminoles | |||||||||
| 2024 | 7 | 19 | 231 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career | 20 | 32 | 393 | 12.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Alabama trying to nab another 'special' playmaker from JUCO ranks". AL.com. June 12, 2022.
- ^ "Alabama lands Hutchinson Community College football player, top JUCO receiver Malik Benson". July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Alabama JUCO wide receiver 2023 recruit Malik Benson has led Hutchinson Community College of Kansas Jayhawk to the NJCAA football playoffs".
- ^ "Former Lansing football player breaks Hutchinson career receiving record". November 1, 2022.
- ^ "Alabama lands top 2023 JUCO recruit Malik Benson". AL.com. July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Alabama football lands Malik Benson, nation's No. 1 junior college recruit for 2023". The Tuscaloosa News. July 5, 2022.
- ^ Peery, Wade (January 3, 2024). "Alabama WR Malik Benson enters NCAA Transfer Portal". On3.com. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
- ^ Leuzzi, John. "Why did Malik Benson transfer to Florida State? Alabama WR joined Seminoles over offseason". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
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