# Brandon Bennett

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{{Short description|American football player (born 1973)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name          = Brandon Bennett
| number        = 36
| position      = [Running back](/source/Running_back)
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1973|2|3}}
| birth_place   = [Greenville, South Carolina](/source/Greenville%2C_South_Carolina), U.S.
| height_ft     = 5
| height_in     = 11
| weight_lb     = 220
| high_school   = [Riverside](/source/Riverside_High_School_(South_Carolina)) {{avoid wrap|([Greer, South Carolina](/source/Greer%2C_South_Carolina))}}
| college       = [South Carolina](/source/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football)
| undraftedyear = 1995
| pastteams     =
* [Cleveland Browns](/source/Cleveland_Browns) (1995)*
* [Chicago Bears](/source/Chicago_Bears) ({{NFL Year|1995|1996}}) 
* [Miami Dolphins](/source/Miami_Dolphins) (1996) 
* [Cincinnati Bengals](/source/Cincinnati_Bengals) ({{NFL Year|1998|2003}})
* [Tampa Bay Buccaneers](/source/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers) (2004)*
* [Carolina Panthers](/source/Carolina_Panthers) ({{NFL Year|2004}})
| highlights    =
* Second-team [All-SEC](/source/List_of_All-SEC_football_teams) ([1993](/source/1993_All-SEC_football_team)) 
| statlabel1    = Rushing yards
| statvalue1    = 1,144
| statlabel2    = Average
| statvalue2    = 3.7
| statlabel3    = [Touchdown](/source/Touchdown)s
| statvalue3    = 6
| pfr           = BennBr00
}}

'''Brandon Bennett''' (born February 3, 1973) is an American former professional [football](/source/American_football) player who was a [running back](/source/running_back) in the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL) for the [Cincinnati Bengals](/source/Cincinnati_Bengals) and [Carolina Panthers](/source/Carolina_Panthers).<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Hare |first1=Tom |title=Woeful bengals OK for Bennett |work=The Item |location=Sumter, South Carolina|date=December 7, 2002|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=20021207&id=gIEiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tq0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4884,1639726}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Daily Sports Capsule |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/sports/2004/10/27/daily-sports-capsule/50299894007/ |access-date=29 September 2022 |work=[The Standard-Times](/source/The_Standard-Times_(New_Bedford)) |date=27 October 2004|quote=The Carolina Panthers signed running back Brandon Bennett to replace DeShaun Foster, who was placed on injured reserve.}}</ref> He played [college football](/source/college_football) for the [South Carolina Gamecocks](/source/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football). In high school, Bennett was on the track team as well as the basketball team.

In January 2017, he became the head football coach at [St. Joseph's Catholic School](/source/St._Joseph's_Catholic_School_(Greenville%2C_South_Carolina)) in Greenville.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Bennett New Head Football Coach |url=http://www.sjcatholicschool.org/2017/01/26/brandon-bennett-new-head-football-coach/ |website=St. Joseph's Catholic School |access-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202094616/http://www.sjcatholicschool.org/2017/01/26/brandon-bennett-new-head-football-coach/ |archive-date=2 February 2017 |date=26 January 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He was previously employed as dean of students at Carolina High School and Academy in [Greenville, South Carolina](/source/Greenville%2C_South_Carolina), and then served as the director of intramural sports at [Southside Christian School](/source/Southside_Christian_School) in [Simpsonville, South Carolina](/source/Simpsonville%2C_South_Carolina).

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Footballstats |nfl=brandon-bennett |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=B/BennBr00 |rotoworld= }}

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Category:1973 births
Category:Living people
Category:American football running backs
Category:Carolina Panthers players
Category:Cincinnati Bengals players
Category:South Carolina Gamecocks football players
Category:High school football coaches in South Carolina
Category:Players of American football from Greenville, South Carolina
Category:Coaches of American football from South Carolina
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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