Ken Benson

Benson had a tryout with the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL in 1991.  Signed with Toronto in April of 1992 and played two fairly successful seasons (92-93) with Toronto.  In 1992 led the CFL in combined  tackles with 92 (68 defensive and 24 sepcial teams and had 88 tackles (80 defensive and 8 special teams) in 1993.  Benson became a free agent in February of 1994 and signed with the new CFL team n Baltimore where he stayed for two years (94-95).  Benson moved to MOntreal with the resto of the team as the Als franchise was revived for 1996, but her was released on July 4 after playing only one game.  Toronto resigned Benson and he finished out the 1996 season with the Argos and also played for them in 1997 when he was named to the Eastern All-Star team.  Benson became a agent and signed with Saskatchewan in March of 1998 and played 1998 and 1999 with the Riders to round out his career.

Games Played, Tackles and Sacks
Year Team GP T ST Total TFL Yds KD Sacks Yds
1992 TOR 18 68 24 92 3 11
2 10
1993 TOR 18 80 8 88 4 11
5 30
1994 BALT 5 15 5 20 0 0
0 0
1995 BALT 2 0 3 3 0 0
0 0
1996 TOR 16 66 11 77 0 0
2 21
1996 MON 1 1 0 1 0 0
0 0
1997 TOR 18 58 15 73 3 4
4 23
1998 SASK 16 71 6 77 1 1
0 0
1999 SASK 8 33 3 36 0 0
2 7
Fumble Recoveries and Forced Fumbles
Year Team FR Yds Avg TD Long OFR FF
1992 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 TOR 2 0 0 0 0 0
1994 BALT 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 BALT 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 MON 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 SASK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
Year Team Int Yds Avg TDInt Long
1992 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1993 TOR 1 2 2 0 2
1994 BALT 0 0 0 0 0
1995 BALT 0 0 0 0 0
1996 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1996 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1997 TOR 1 0 0 0 0
1998 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1999 SASK 0 0 0 0 0

 

 

 

 

Ken Benson

Ken Benson