Grady Benton

Comp. / Att.:	64 / 133
Passing yards:	889
TD–INT:	11–7
Passer rating:	68.78
	Stats at ArenaFan.com

Career Arena League statistics
Comp. / Att.:
Comp. / Att.:	64 / 133
Passing yards:	889
TD–INT:	11–7
Passer rating:	68.78
	Stats at ArenaFan.com

Grady Benton
Personal information
Born:	February 20, 1973 (age 51)
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:	Mesa (Mesa, Arizona)
College:	Arizona State (1991–1993); West Texas A&M (1994–1995);
Position:	Quarterback
Undrafted:	1996
Career history
As a player:
	Memphis Pharaohs (1996); Texas Terror (1996);
As a coach:
	Randall HS (TX) (2000–2006); Offensive coordinator; Slaton HS (TX) (2007–2011); Head coach; Haskell HS (TX) (2012–2016); Head coach;
Comp. / Att.:	Grady Benton (born February 20, 1973) is an American former professional football quarterback who played one season in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Memphis Pharaohs and Texas Terror. He first enrolled at Arizona State University before transferring to West Texas A&M University. Contents Early life ; College career ; Professional career ; Coaching career ; Head coaching record ; References ; External links ; Early life Grady Benton was born on February 20, 1973. He played high school football at Mesa High School in Mesa, Arizona. He passed for 1,350 yards and nine touchdowns, helping Mesa win the state title his senior year in 1990.College career Benton was initially planning on attending Mesa Community College in 1991 but ended up receiving Arizona State's last scholarship that season. He redshirted the 1991 season for the Sun Devils. He was suspended for the first game of the 1992 season after pleading no contest to using a stolen credit card. Benton became the team's starter after Garrick McGee was also suspended for the first two games of the season after pleading guilty to burglary charges. Benton completed 149 of 225 passes for 1,707 yards, eight touchdowns, and nine interceptions that season. His 66.2 completion percentage was the highest in the country. He began the 1993 season as the starter but Jake Plummer eventually took over the starting job after Benton was injured. Benton completed 63 of 132 passes (47.7%) for 760 yards, six touchdowns, and nine interceptions that season. In 1994, Benton transferred to play for the West Texas A&M Buffaloes. He earned Dr. C.M. Frank second-team All-American and Football Gazette third-team All-American honors for the 1994 season, and also finished fifth in voting for the Harlon Hill Trophy. He led the Lone Star Conference in passing yards with 2,077 his senior year in 1995. He also played baseball for the Buffaloes during his senior season. He finished his stint at West Texas A&M with 5,618 total passing yards. Benton also set single-game school records for most pass attempts with 69 and passing touchdowns with eight. He was inducted into the West Texas A&M Hall of Champions in 2018.Professional career Benton went undrafted during the 1996 NFL draft and spent the 1996 season in the Arena Football League (AFL). He completed 19 of 53 passes (35.8%) for 273 yards, four touchdowns, and three interceptions for the Memphis Pharaohs in 1996. He also played in eight games for the Texas Terror during the 1996 AFL season, completing 45 of 80 passes (56.2%) for 616 yards, seven touchdowns, and four interceptions.Coaching career Benton was the offensive coordinator at Randall High School in Amarillo, Texas from 2000 to 2006. He was the head football coach at Slaton High School in Slaton, Texas from 2007 to 2011, accumulating a record of 14–36. 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He played college football at Wake Forest and signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2018, and played for the Los Angeles Rams from 2019 to 2022. He has also played for the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football.References 1 2 "Grady Benton". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.; 1 2 3 4 5 6 Baker, Chris (October 24, 1992). "Second Chance for 'Devil : UCLA: Arizona State quarterback Benton thought his playing days were over. Then McGee was suspended". latimes.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.; 1 2 3 "Grady Benton". sports-reference.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.; ↑ Haller, Doug (November 8, 2019). "Calmly intense: An oral history of Jake Plummer's great and crazy years at Arizona State". nytimes.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Grady Benton". gobuffsgo.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.; 1 2 "Grady Benton". arenafan.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.; 1 2 Zuvanich, Adam (July 6, 2007). "Benton takes over resurgent Slaton program". lubbockonline.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link); 1 2 "Haskell Hires Slatons Former Coach". lonestargridiron.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link); ↑ "Haskell ISD reassigns Benton". reporternews.com. November 18, 2016. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2017.; External links Stats Crew profile ; This page is based on this Wikipedia article ; Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.; Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
Career Arena League statistics
Comp. / Att.:
Comp. / Att.:	64 / 133
Passing yards:	889
TD–INT:	11–7
Passer rating:	68.78
	Stats at ArenaFan.com
	Slaton Tigers ()(2007–2011)
	Haskell Indians ()(2012–2016)
v ; t ; e ; Arizona State Sun Devils starting quarterbacks
	Cecil Coleman (1947–1949); Dave Graybill (1954–1956); John Hangartner (1956–1958); Fran Urban (1959); Joe Zuger (1959–1961); John Jacobs (1962–1963); John Torok (1963–1964); John F. Goodman (1965–1966); Ed Roseborough (1967–1968); Joe Spagnola (1968–1970); Danny White (1971–1973); Grady Hurst (1971); Dennis Sproul (1974–1977); Mark Malone (1978–1979); Mike Pagel (1978, 1980–1981); Todd Hons (1982–1983); Jeff Van Raaphorst (1984–1986); Daniel Ford (1987–1988); Paul Justin (1988–1990); Bret Powers (1990–1991); Grady Benton (1992–1993); Garrick McGee (1992); Troy Rauer (1992); Jake Plummer (1993–1996); Ryan Kealy (1997–2000); Jeff Krohn (2000–2001); Andrew Walter (2001–2004); Sam Keller (2004–2005); Rudy Carpenter (2005–2008); Danny Sullivan (2009); Samson Szakacsy (2009); Steven Threet (2010); Brock Osweiler (2010–2011); Taylor Kelly (2012–2014); Mike Bercovici (2014–2015); Manny Wilkins (2016–2018); Brady White (2016); Dillon Sterling-Cole (2016); Jayden Daniels (2019–2021); Joey Yellen (2019); Emory Jones (2022); Trenton Bourguet (2022–2023); Jaden Rashada (2023); Drew Pyne (2023); Jalin Conyers (2023); Cameron Skattebo (2023); Sam Leavitt (2024); Jeff Sims (2024);
v ; t ; e ; Memphis Pharaohs / Portland Forest Dragons / Oklahoma Wranglers starting quarterbacks
	Troy Kopp (1995); Duke Tobin (1995); John Bonds (1996); Brad Lebo (1996); Jake Logue (1996); Grady Benton (1996); Chad Davis (1996–1997); Ben Bennett (1997); Jason Stiles (1997); Bob Stockham (1997); James Guidry (1998–1999); Ron Lopez (1999–2001); Jeff Loots (2000–2001);
v ; t ; e ; Texas Terror / Houston ThunderBears starting quarterbacks
	Robert Hall (1996, 2000); Jimmy Klingler (1996); Grady Benton (1996); Tom Luginbill (1996); Marty Lowe (1997); Gary Porter (1997); Clint Dolezel (1997–1999); Mike Hold (2000); Todd Hammel (2001); John Fitzgerald (2001);

Last updated December 12, 2024

[pfa-1] 1 2 "Grady Benton". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.

[Second_Chance-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Baker, Chris (October 24, 1992). "Second Chance for 'Devil : UCLA: Arizona State quarterback Benton thought his playing days were over. Then McGee was suspended". latimes.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.

[sr-3] 1 2 3 "Grady Benton". sports-reference.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.

[4] Haller, Doug (November 8, 2019). "Calmly intense: An oral history of Jake Plummer's great and crazy years at Arizona State". nytimes.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.

[bio-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Grady Benton". gobuffsgo.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.

[af-6] 1 2 "Grady Benton". arenafan.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.

[Zuvanich-7] 1 2 Zuvanich, Adam (July 6, 2007). "Benton takes over resurgent Slaton program". lubbockonline.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[Haskell-8] 1 2 "Haskell Hires Slatons Former Coach". lonestargridiron.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[9] "Haskell ISD reassigns Benton". reporternews.com. November 18, 2016. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2017.

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Early life

College career

Professional career

Coaching career

Head coaching record

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