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| Position | Fullback | ||||||||||||
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| Born | (1987-12-30) December 30, 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 275 lb (125 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Palm Bay (FL) Bayside | ||||||||||||
| College | Florida A&M | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2010: undrafted | ||||||||||||
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Mykel “Boom Boom” Benson (born December 30, 1987) is an American former professional football fullback who played in the Arena Football League (AFL). He was signed by the Milwaukee Mustangs as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football and college baseball at Florida A&M University.[1]
Benson was assigned to the Philadelphia Soul on January 13, 2017.[2] He was placed on recallable reassignment on April 1, 2017. He was activated April 5, 2017. He earned first-team All-Arena honors in 2017.[3] On August 26, 2017, the Soul beat the Tampa Bay Storm in ArenaBowl XXX by a score of 44–40.[4]
On April 17, 2018, he was assigned to the Baltimore Brigade.[5] On June 14, 2018, he was placed on reassignment. The next day, he was claimed off reassignment by the Albany Empire.[6] Benson was named to his third All-Arena team in 2019, en route to winning his second championship with Albany that same year.
References
- ^ St. Clair Murraine (February 16, 2010). "FAMU's Benson moves from gridiron to diamond". www.tallahassee.com. Tallahassee.com. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
- ^ "Transactions". afldigital.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "AFL Announces All-Arena First and Second Teams". arenafootball.com. August 21, 2017. Archived from the original on September 16, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
- ^ "Soul Snare Second Straight Foster Trophy in ArenaBowl XXX". arenafootball.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ^ "Recent Transactions". arenafan.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ "Transactions". afldigital.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
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