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| − | '''André Benn''' (born | + | '''André Benn''' (born May 27, 2037) is an [[wp:American football|American football]] [[wp:Wide Receiver|wide receiver]] who is currently preparing to enter the professional ranks.He played college football for Arizona State University (Arizona State) and has declared his intent to enter the professional ranks next season. |
==Early years== | ==Early years== | ||
André Benn was born in Atlanta, Georgia on May 27, 2035, the only child of real-estate seller Sharon Benn and collections agent L.H. Walker. His single mother raised him in Atlanta, East Point, and Buckhead, where he attended Sarah Smith Elementary School, Sutton Middle School, Northside High School, McClarin Success Academy, and Tri-Cities High School. He played wide receiver, defensive back and returned kicks for the Tri-cities Bulldogs football team and was honorable mention All-State as a senior. Benn also competed for the Tri-cities high school track team, receiving All-State honors there as well. | André Benn was born in Atlanta, Georgia on May 27, 2035, the only child of real-estate seller Sharon Benn and collections agent L.H. Walker. His single mother raised him in Atlanta, East Point, and Buckhead, where he attended Sarah Smith Elementary School, Sutton Middle School, Northside High School, McClarin Success Academy, and Tri-Cities High School. He played wide receiver, defensive back and returned kicks for the Tri-cities Bulldogs football team and was honorable mention All-State as a senior. Benn also competed for the Tri-cities high school track team, receiving All-State honors there as well. | ||
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| Position: | Wide Receiver |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 5, 2035 (aged 27) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Username: | Ben |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Tri-Cities High School |
| College: | Arizona State University |
| Career history | |
| Roster status: | Active |
André Benn (born May 27, 2037) is an American football wide receiver who is currently preparing to enter the professional ranks.He played college football for Arizona State University (Arizona State) and has declared his intent to enter the professional ranks next season.
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Early years
André Benn was born in Atlanta, Georgia on May 27, 2035, the only child of real-estate seller Sharon Benn and collections agent L.H. Walker. His single mother raised him in Atlanta, East Point, and Buckhead, where he attended Sarah Smith Elementary School, Sutton Middle School, Northside High School, McClarin Success Academy, and Tri-Cities High School. He played wide receiver, defensive back and returned kicks for the Tri-cities Bulldogs football team and was honorable mention All-State as a senior. Benn also competed for the Tri-cities high school track team, receiving All-State honors there as well.
While in high school he showed a keen interest in the arts, painting and learning guitar at school and releasing hip hop albums with his friends outside of school. These albums showed elements of trip hop, soul, and jungle. The albums were also influenced by a return to traditional black music genres, with funk being the most prominent example. Benn's lyrics, in particular, were noted for their surreal, space-age tinge: "the funkadelic, futuristic, and seemingly unfamiliar, weird, or eccentric persona projected by André creates the chance to transcend the more pronounced characterizations of gangstas and pimps so regularly assumed by black men rap artists.
College career
André Benn began his collegiate football career at Clark Atlanta University. As a freshman, he caught 29 passes for 573 yards and five touchdowns and was named All-SIAC Conference. He was named a Division II All-American in his sophomore season after recording 60 receptions for 960 yards and 14 touchdowns while also returning 11 kickoffs for 418 yards and two touchdowns and 14 punts for 313 yards and a touchdown. He finished his Clark Atlanta Panthers career with 2,499 all-purpose yards and 21 touchdowns. Benn committed to transfer to Arizona State for the final two years of his NCAA eligibility over offers from Colorado State, Kansas, Tennessee, and Alabama.He chose Arizona State because it was one of the few schools that recruited him to play wide receiver, instead as only a return specialist or planned to move him to the defensive side of the ball.
In his first year with the Sun Devils, Benn had 33 catches for 474 yards and three touchdowns with an additional 381 total return yards. Benn was named third-team preseason All-Pac-12 Conference going into his senior season. He was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after catching seven passes for 196 yards and three touchdowns in a 38–34 win over Washington State. Benn was also named the conference Special Teams Player of the Week after posting 44 kickoff return yards and 76 punt return yards, 63 of which came on his first return for a touchdown at ASU, against Oregon State. He also had a career high 10 receptions for 173 receiving yards and a touchdown in the game and his 293 all-purpose yards were the fifth-most in a single game in school history. Benn finished the season with 65 receptions for 1,192 yards and eight touchdowns, returned 14 punts for 226 yards and one touchdown and 14 kickoffs for 446 yards, and was named first-team All-Pac-12 as both a wide receiver and as a return specialist.
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Professional career
| Ht | Wt | 40‑yd dash | 20‑ss | 3‑cone | Vert jump | Broad | BP | Wonderlic |
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| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
205 lb (93 kg) |
4.5 s | 40 in (1.02 m) |
10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) |
11 reps | 23 |
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