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2023 Football

9 Brian Benson

  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 195
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Mansfield, Ohio
  • High School Senior
  • Position RB

Biography

Career Accolades

  • 2018 Honorable Mention All-American by Don Hansen Football Gazette
  • 2018 Second Team All-Region by Don Hansen Football Gazette
  • 2019 Third Team All-Region by Don Hansen Football Gazette
  • 4x First Team All-G-MAC (2018, 2019, 2021 Spring, 2021 Fall)
  • 2023 Second Team All-G-MAC
  • G-MAC Athlete of the Week (11/5/2018)


2023 - Appeared in ten games and made six starts...Named second team all-G-MAC, the first player in program history to earn five all-conference accolades in his career...Had 137 carries for 713 yards and six touchdowns...Had season-high 154 yards at Hillsdale (9/23)...Scored season-high two touchdowns twice, Lake Erie (9/16) and Thomas More (10/14)...Averaged 71.3 yards per game...Finishes career as the G-MAC's all-time leading rusher with 3,423 yards, ranking third on Findlay's all-time rushing list.

2022 - Not active.

2021 (Fall) - Named first team all- G-MAC... Appeared in 8 games... Started 2...Rushed the ball 96 times for 494 yards and scored six touchdowns...He rushed for 244 yards and three touchdowns against Tiffin on Nov. 13... Averaged 61.8 yards of offense per game. 

2021 (Spring) - Named first team all-G-MAC...Appeared and started in all six games...Had 69 rushing attempts for 364 yards...Averaged 5.3 yards per carry...Scored three touchdowns.

2019 - Appeared and started in nine games...Named third team all-Super Region 1 by Don Hansen Football Gazette...Named first team all-Great Midwest Athletic Conference...Led the team in rushing attempts with 150, rushing yards with 889, and the most yards per game with 98.8...Had three touchdowns on the season...Rushed for 100+ yards in four games, including 180+ yards in each of the first two games of the season.

2018 - Appeared in nine games...Made one start...Named first team all-Great Midwest Athletic Conference...Named honorable mention all-American by the Don Hansen Football Committee...Named second team all-region by the Don Hansen Football Committee...Recorded 130 carries for 963 yards...Scored league-best 16 touchdowns...Averaged 107.0 yards per game...Set conference and school record and ranked fifth in the nation at 7.4 yards per carry...Finished 10th in the nation and led the league at 10.7 points per game...Rushed for 220+ yards in back-to-back games, the first player in 33 years at Findlay to do so...Had career-high 40 carries and 233 yards on Oct. 27 vs. Walsh...Had career-high four touchdowns on Nov. 3 against Malone...Had four games with 100+ rushing yards and two games with 200+ rushing yards.

2017 - Did not see action.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 49

    2017Freshman

    RB
    5'7" 188 lbs
    49
  • 19

    2018Sophomore

    RB
    5'7" 195 lbs
    19
  • 9

    2019Junior

    RB
    5'8" 195 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2020Senior

    RB
    5'7" 210 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2021Junior

    RB
    5'7" 202 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2023Senior

    RB
    5'8" 195 lbs
    9