Cornerback, San José State, 2010–⁠13

Bené Benwikere

Number: No. 21
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 192 lb
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Born: Sep 3, 1991

Bené Benwikere played cornerback at San José State (2010–⁠13). The Carolina Panthers took Benwikere in round 5, No. 148 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

Defense

Season	Team	Int
2010	San José State	1
2011	San José State	1
2012	San José State	7
2013	San José State	5
Career		14

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	FF
2010	13	36	38	74	1.5	0	1	4	2
2011	9	9	9	18	0.5	0	1	3	0
2012	12	44	23	67	7.5	0	7	4	1
2013^N	11	38	17	55	2	1	5	11	0
On file		127	87	214	11.5	1	14	22	3

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht	Wt
2010	San José State	21	CB
2011	San José State	21	CB
2012	San José State	21	CB
2013	San José State	21	CB	6′0″	192

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2013 San José State 5 games with an interception on file, 5 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Aug 29	vs.Sacramento State	W 24–⁠0	1
Oct 12	atColorado State	W 34–⁠27	1
Oct 26	vs.Wyoming	W 51–⁠44	1
Nov 2	atUNLV	W 34–⁠24	1
Nov 9	vs.San Diego State	L 30–⁠34	1

2012 San José State 5 games with an interception on file, 7 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Sep 8	vs.UC Davis	W 45–⁠13	1
Oct 20	atUTSA	W 52–⁠24	1
Nov 3	atIdaho	W 42–⁠13	1
Nov 10	atNew Mexico State	W 47–⁠7	1
Nov 24	vs.Louisiana Tech	W 52–⁠43	3

2011 San José State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Oct 8	atBYU	L 16–⁠29	1

2010 San José State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Sep 18	vs.Southern Utah	W 16–⁠11	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2014 East–West Shrine Game (West team, lost 13–⁠23).

Drill	Combine 2014
Height	5′10¾″
Weight	195 lb
Arm length	30″
Hand size	9⅛″
40-yard dash	4.63 s
10-yard split	1.65 s^W
Vertical jump	40½″
Broad jump	10′2″
Bench press	10 reps
3-cone drill	6.94 s
20-yard shuttle	4.38 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 41 games with a stat; latest team: Oakland Raiders.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2014	Carolina Panthers	10	33	0	1
2015	Carolina Panthers	13	59	1	0
2016	Carolina Panthers	3	10	0	1
2017	Dallas Cowboys	2	2	0	0
2018	Oakland Raiders	13	51	0.5	1
NFL career		41	155	1.5	3

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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