Bryan Bennett
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Bryan Alton Bennett (born March 6, 1992) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks and Southeastern Louisiana Lions, and signed with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2015. He was also a member of the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Early life
Bennett was born in Los Angeles, California, to Brian and Shyhra Bennett. He also has two sisters named Kristina and Hailey. Bennett attended Crespi Carmelite High School.[1]
College career
Bennett committed to the Oregon Ducks on June 18, 2009[2] where he played for two years, until he transferred to Southeastern Louisiana.[3] He finished his four-year college career with totals of 6,102 passing yards, 48 passing touchdowns, 22 interceptions, 2,080 rushing yards, and 37 rushing touchdowns. He was inducted into the Southeastern Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019.[4]
Professional career
Bennett signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent on May 4, 2015 [5] until he was released during final roster cuts on September 5, 2015.[6]
He was later signed to the practice roster by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on October 22, 2015.[7]
On November 28, 2016, Bennett signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL).[8] During the Riders 2017 training camp Bennett battled former NFL quarterback Vince Young and Canadian Brandon Bridge for the backup quarterback position behind veteran Kevin Glenn.[9] Bennet was released by the Roughriders on June 17, 2017, as the team trimmed its roster down for the start of the season.[10]
Bennett returned to the Blue Bombers when he signed with the team on May 24, 2018, at the start of training camp.[11]
Bennett was signed by the Roughriders on June 17, 2019.[12] He dressed in 17 regular season games as the short-yardage quarterback, attempting no passes, but rushed the ball 16 times for 69 yards and one touchdown. During the following off-season, on April 8, 2020, he was released.[13]
Career statistics
CFL
| Season | Team | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Comp | Att | Yards | Pct. | TD | Int | QB rating | Car | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| 2018 | WPG | 2 | 4 | 8 | 72 | 50.0% | 0 | 0 | 81.3 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | SSK | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 69 | 4.3 | 1 |
College
| Season | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comp | Att | Yards | Pct. | TD | Int | QB rating | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |
Oregon Ducks
| |||||||||||
| 2011 | 25 | 46 | 369 | 54.3 | 6 | 0 | 164.8 | 23 | 200 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 2012 | 20 | 37 | 211 | 54.1 | 3 | 3 | 112.5 | 39 | 165 | 4.2 | 6 |
Southeastern Louisiana Lions
| |||||||||||
| 2013 | 215 | 354 | 3,165 | 60.7 | 21 | 11 | 149.2 | 183 | 1,046 | 5.7 | 16 |
| 2014 | 143 | 289 | 2,357 | 49.5 | 18 | 8 | 133.0 | 137 | 669 | 4.9 | 15 |
| Career | 403 | 726 | 6,102 | 55.5 | 48 | 22 | 141.9 | 382 | 2,080 | 5.4 | 37 |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics". www.lionsports.net.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rivals.com". n.rivals.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Oregon confirms that Bennett is transferring". ESPN.com. January 22, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."BRYAN BENNETT". Southeastern Louisiana University. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bowen, Kevin. "Who Are The Colts 2015 Undrafted Free Agents". colts.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Colts cut Chapman, Carter, several others". September 5, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bombers Add Bennett to Practice Roster – Winnipeg Blue Bombers". October 22, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Riders sign four including QB Bryan Bennett". CFL.ca. November 28, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reid, Glenn (June 6, 2017). "Roughriders quarterback battle heats up in Saskatoon". CBC News. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Roughriders cut quarterback Bennett – Article – TSN". TSN. June 17, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bombers bring back quarterback Bryan Bennett – CFL.ca". CFL.ca. May 25, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Saskatchewan Roughriders sign quarterback Bryan Bennett – TSN.ca". TSN.ca. June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Roughrider release QB Bryan Bennett". CFL.ca. April 8, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bryan Bennett". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
External links
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- Bryan Bennett[permanent dead link] at the Canadian Football League
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- Southeastern Louisiana profile
- Oregon profile
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