![]() Bennett in 1976 | |||||||||
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Position: | Fullback | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Born: | York, Pennsylvania, U.S. | March 24, 1955||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 227 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
College: | Miami (FL) | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 1979 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Woodrow Bennett Jr. (born March 24, 1955) is an American former professional football player who was a fullback for 10 seasons with the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). [1]
Bennett played college football for the Miami Hurricanes before being signed by the Jets. Cut by the Jets in 1980, he was claimed off waivers by the Dolphins and went on to start 62 games over nine seasons. [2]
Following his football career, Bennett became a pastor at a church in Tamarac, Florida. [3]
Legend | |
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
1979 | NYJ | 15 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
1980 | NYJ | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
MIA | 4 | 3 | 43 | 187 | 4.3 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 19 | 1 | |
1981 | MIA | 3 | 3 | 28 | 104 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
1982 | MIA | 1 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1983 | MIA | 16 | 2 | 49 | 197 | 4.0 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 |
1984 | MIA | 16 | 9 | 144 | 606 | 4.2 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 20 | 1 |
1985 | MIA | 16 | 13 | 54 | 256 | 4.7 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 101 | 10.1 | 27 | 1 |
1986 | MIA | 16 | 14 | 36 | 162 | 4.5 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 |
1987 | MIA | 12 | 11 | 25 | 102 | 4.1 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
1988 | MIA | 16 | 7 | 31 | 115 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
125 | 62 | 424 | 1,761 | 4.2 | 25 | 10 | 40 | 304 | 7.6 | 27 | 3 |
Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
1982 | MIA | 4 | 0 | 25 | 48 | 1.9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1983 | MIA | 1 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1984 | MIA | 3 | 3 | 22 | 81 | 3.7 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
1985 | MIA | 2 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
10 | 4 | 59 | 179 | 3.0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |