Martellus Bennett
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Position (s): Tight End |
Jersey numbers: 80, 85, 83, 88 |
| born March 10, 1987 in San Diego , California | |
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| Active : 2008 - [[NFL {{{finalyear}}} | {{{finalyear}}}]] | |
| NFL Draft : 2008 / Round: 2 / Pick: 61 | |
| College : Texas A&M | |
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| Captured passports | 433 |
| Captive yards | 4,573 |
| Touchdowns | 30th |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Martellus Demond Bennett (* 10. March 1987 in San Diego , California ) is a former American American football poker players on the position of tight ends . He played college football at Texas A&M University and was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft . After four years with the Cowboys, he played one year for the New York Giants and then three years for the Chicago Bears . With the New England Patriots he won the Super Bowl LI . His older brother is the Dallas Cowboys defensive end , Michael Bennett .
Career
Beginnings
Bennett attended Alief Taylor High School in Houston , where he played basketball as well as American football. He was a starter on the football team for three years and was nominated twice as a tight end in the All-District and All-Greater Houston selection. As a sophomore , he made an average of 12.4 yards of space per pass captured . During his time as a junior , he caught 13 passes, which he achieved a space gain of 170 yards and two touchdowns . In his senior year, he led his team with 42 passes caught, which he was able to achieve 487 yards of space and six touchdowns. The Texas Sports Writers Association appointed him to the All-State Team because of these achievements . In basketball, he averaged 23 points and 8.2 rebounds in his senior year. In 2005 he also took part in the US Army All-American Bowl .
The platform Rivals.com then rated Bennett with five out of five possible stars and led him in the high school rankings as the best tight end and eighth best player in his senior year. He has received an athletic scholarship from Texas A&M , Duke University , University of Kansas , Louisiana State University , University of Miami , University of Oklahoma, and University of Texas . Although he originally chose the University of Miami, he eventually accepted the Texas A&M Sports Scholarship.
In addition, he signed up for the 2005 NBA Draft , although he had no agent with the intention of going to college if he should not be selected in the first round. After some agents informed him that this was quite unlikely, he signed off from the draft. Instead, he enrolled at Texas A&M for the summer semester.
college
In his first season at Texas A&M , he caught 18 passes for 162 yards of space and three touchdowns. The following season he was one of eight semi-finalists for the John Mackey Award , given annually to the nation's best tight end, after catching 38 passes for 497 yards of space and scoring three touchdowns. On October 26, 2006, he reached a career record with a gain of 133 yards and two touchdowns in the game against Baylor University . He then received the Mackey Player of the Week Award . At the end of the season he was appointed to the All Big 12 Second Team . In his junior year he caught 49 passes, gained 587 yards and four touchdowns. He was then advised by an NFL committee to register for the NFL Draft , as he could be selected in the first or second round. Bennett followed this advice and signed up for the NFL Draft instead of playing a final season for the Texas A&M.
In three seasons for the Texas A&M, Bennett caught 105 passes for 1,246 yards and 10 touchdowns. With 105 passes caught as tight end, he set the Texas A&M record. On average, however, he only gained 34.6 yards of space per game, which many attribute to the running-intensive offensive by trainer Dennis Franchione . At the end of his Sophomoresaison Bennett took the rap -Song Throw me the ball coach and made together with his team-mates a remix of the song. From 2006 to 2008 he played at Texas A&M with his brother Michael Bennett.
At Texas A&M, Bennett also played two seasons basketball under coach Billy Gillispie , but decided to focus on football in January 2007. In the 2005-06 season he was the first Texas A&M athlete since 1969 to be part of both the basketball team and the football team. He came in his first season to 1.9 points and 1.5 rebounds per game. In his second season it was 0.5 points and 0.5 rebounds per game before he signed off from basketball.
NFL
Draft
At the 2008 NFL Scouting Combine , Bennett, who ran the 40-yard sprint in 4.68 seconds, was seventh of eight tight ends in his group. He was third in the vertical jump (34 inches ) and fifth in the broad jump (9–9). Along with 30 other draft candidates, he was invited on April 17 and 18, 2008 by the Dallas Cowboys to their Valley Ranch headquarters. After the Cowboys traded Anthony Fasano , they selected Bennett in the second round as the 61st player in the 2008 NFL Draft .
Dallas Cowboys
On July 24, 2008, he signed a four-year contract with the Cowboys. Before the start of the season, the Cincinnati Bengals offered the Cowboys a future first-round pick in exchange for Bennett, but the Cowboys turned down the swap. In the hierarchy of the cowboys he was second tight end before Tony Curtis and came in his rookie season to 20 trapped passes and thereby achieved 283 yards of space and four touchdowns. In the 2009 season he played as a wide receiver and only caught 15 passes in this position for a gain of 159 yards, but without achieving a touchdown. After John Phillips was injured prior to the start of the 2010 season, Bennett became a starter in his traditional tight end position. As a starter he got 33 passes but was only able to gain 260 yards and again no touchdown. The 2011 season started for Bennett with an injury, so he missed the first two games of the season. Ready for action again, he ended the season with 17 trapped passes for 144 yards of space gain, but again no touchdown resulted. At the end of the season he had both an offer to extend his contract from the Cowboys and an offer from the New York Giants . Since he wanted to use the chance to become a starter, he ultimately decided on the offer of the Giants.
During his time with the Cowboys, he repeatedly attracted public attention with controversial quotes and YouTube videos. His Black Olympics video and a radio interview in which substitute quarterback Jon Kitna asked for the chance to compete for the place as a starter with Tony Romo , who was injured at the time, deserve special mention.
New York Giants
On March 14, 2012, he signed a one-year contract with the Giants, which was endowed with 2.5 million US dollars. After he had weight problems in the pre-season, he got them under control in good time at the start of the season and came across 55 trapped passes for a gain of space of 626 yards and five touchdowns.
Chicago Bears
He then signed a four-year contract with the Chicago Bears . Bennett set a new career record during the season with 65 passes captured for a space gain of 759 yards. He was also the eighth best tight end in the league with 65 passes and second best tight end in the history of the Chicago Bears behind Mike Ditka , who had 75 passes caught in 1964. The following season, he was suspended for five days in August for beating teammate Kyle Fuller . Nevertheless, he managed 90 trapped passes for a space gain of 916 yards and six touchdowns, which he set the record for Mike Ditka. In January 2015, these achievements were honored with the appointment to the Pro Bowl and he replaced Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots , who was unable to attend . Bennett denied the preparation for the 2015 season only in part, as there was a contract dispute between him and the Bears. In the course of the season he had to struggle with wounds again and again and was therefore put on the Injured Reserve List in December . Nevertheless, he led the team at this point with 53 passports captured. Relations with his teammates, coaching staff and management deteriorated noticeably during the season and hit rock bottom when he described his teammates as a bunch of bitches in an interview with E: 60 .
New England Patriots
In the season 2016 he was therefore together with a sixth-round pick in the NFL Draft in 2016 to the New England Patriots exchanged, and the Bears were given in return for a fourth-round pick in the NFL draft in 2016. During the first five games of the season in 2016 was Bennett the most efficient pass receiver of Patriots with 21 passes caught, 314 yards of space gained, and four touchdowns; including three touchdowns on the fifth day of the game against the Cleveland Browns . When Rob Gronkowski was put on the Injured Reserve List in December , Bennett was put as the Patriots' tight end. At the end of the regular season he had played all 16 games (including 12 as a starter) and had 55 trapped passes for 701 yards of space and a career record of seven touchdowns, despite persistent ankle and shoulder problems.
Green Bay Packers
After his one-year contract with the Patriots expired, Bennett signed with the Green Bay Packers on March 11, 2017 . Bennett was released from the Packers on November 8, 2017. The reason for this is his persistent shoulder problems, which he allegedly kept secret when signing the contract.
New England Patriots
Just 24 hours after the Packers' discharge, Bennett was signed up by the Patriots. After two games, they put him on the injured reserve list for the remainder of the season, and sacked him at the beginning of the off-season. On March 24, 2018, Bennett announced his retirement.
statistics
| year | team | Games | Rec | Yards | cut | Longest | TD | Fmb | FmbL |
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| 2008 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 20th | 283 | 14.2 | 37 | 4th | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Dallas Cowboys | 14th | 15th | 159 | 10.6 | 21st | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 33 | 260 | 7.9 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | Dallas Cowboys | 14th | 17th | 144 | 8.5 | 15th | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | New York Giants | 16 | 55 | 626 | 11.4 | 33T | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 65 | 759 | 11.7 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 90 | 916 | 10.2 | 37 | 6th | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Chicago Bears | 11 | 53 | 439 | 8.3 | 24T | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | New England Patriots | 16 | 55 | 701 | 12.7 | 58 | 7th | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Green Bay Packers | 7th | 24 | 233 | 9.7 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | New England Patriots | 2 | 6th | 53 | 8.8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| total | 144 | 433 | 4,573 | 10.6 | 58 | 30th | 4th | 1 | |
Personal
Bennett is the younger brother of the Seattle Seahawks Defensive End Michael Bennett . He is a friend of former tight ends of the Buffalo Bills , Kevin Everett . After Everett had to end his career in 2007 due to a serious injury, Bennett wore his jersey number for two games in his junior year at Texas A&M.
Together with his brother Reshaud Bennett, he released the music album Fast Food in March 2012 , which has been available on iTunes since early 2014 . In early 2014 he also published the mix tape Year of the Orange Dinosaur , which was available for free on his Twitter channel.
On the Bears' Family Fest 2015 he published the short film Zoovie beside Bennett also the rapper in the Asher Roth and ESPN - journalist Cari Champion occur.
In 2016, Bennett founded the animation company The Imagination Agency , which produces children's books, short films and mobile apps. On the occasion of the end of his career, he announced that he would focus more on building the company in the future.
Web links
- Martellus Bennett's college stats on espn.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2006 AT&T All-Big 12 Football Awards Announced. In: big12sports.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008 ; accessed on February 1, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Texas A & M's Martellus Bennett to enter NFL draft. In: dallasnews.com. The Dallas Morning News , March 11, 2008, archived from the original ; accessed on February 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Calvin Watkins: Source: Bengals wanted Bennett. In: espn.com. ESPN , October 23, 2009; accessed January 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Jemele Hill: Thin line between funny and distasteful. In: espn.com. ESPN, July 17, 2009; accessed January 30, 2017 .
- ^ A b Michael C. Wright: Martellus Bennett to Bears. In: espn.com. ESPN, March 14, 2013, accessed January 30, 2017 .
- ^ Gregg Rosenthal: Chicago Bears suspend Martellus Bennett after fight. In: nfl.com. NFL Enterprises LLC, August 5, 2014, accessed January 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Michael C. Wright: Bears reinstate Martellus Bennett. In: espn.com. ESPN, August 11, 2014, accessed January 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Brad Biggs: Brad Biggs '10 thoughts after Bears' loss to Cowboys. In: chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune , December 5, 2015, accessed January 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Larry Mayer: Bears place Bennett on injured reserve. (No longer available online.) In: chicagobears.com. Chicago Bears, December 8, 2015, archived from the original on January 30, 2017 ; accessed on January 30, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Patrick Finley: Martellus Bennett rips Bears, QB Jay Cutler to ESPN. In: chicago.suntimes.com. Chicago Sun-Times , October 11, 2016, accessed January 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Dan Hanzus: Martellus Bennett traded by Bears to Patriots. In: nfl.com. NFL Enterprises LLC, March 16, 2016, accessed January 30, 2017 .
- ^ Christian D'Andrea: Martellus Bennett signs with Packers. In: sbnation.com. Vox Media , Inc., March 11, 2017, accessed March 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Martellus Bennett retiring from the NFL after 10 seasons . In: NFL.com . ( nfl.com [accessed July 17, 2018]).
- ↑ Career statistics on nfl.com. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ↑ Luis Gomez: Bears' Martellus Bennett set to release animated film. In: chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune, October 14, 2014, accessed January 30, 2017 .
- ^ Martellus Bennett retires in a very Marty B way . In: SBNation.com . ( sbnation.com [accessed July 17, 2018]).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bennett, Martellus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bennett, Martellus Demond (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Diego , California , United States |