Kelvin Benjamin with the Carolina Panthers, 2014
With the Carolina Panthers, 2014. Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Florida State, 2011–⁠13

Kelvin Benjamin

Lettered 2012–⁠13 (school media guide)

Number
No. 1
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Belle Glade, FL
Born
Feb 5, 1991, in Belle Glade, Florida

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Kelvin Benjamin played receiver at Florida State (2011–⁠13). He led the 2013 national champions in receiving. The Carolina Panthers took Benjamin in the first round, No. 28 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,011
Receiving yards, 2013 (Florida State, 14–⁠0)
Best game
212 yards
At Florida, week 14, 2013: No. 2 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 28
Overall, 2014 NFL Draft (Carolina Panthers)

Career highs

9catches, career highat Florida, 2013212receiving yards, career highat Florida, 20133receiving touchdowns, career highat Florida, 2013

Honors

Team titles: ACC champions, 2012 and 2013; National champions, 2013

All-America: Sports Illustrated 2013

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
12–⁠2AP 1014–⁠0★ AP 1
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Florida State3049516.5464
2013Florida State541,01118.71556
Career841,50617.91964

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Florida State1WR
2012Florida State1WR
2013Florida State1WR6′5″

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Florida State421.4599th (n=341)0.8160.95%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2013 Florida State 14 games, 54 catches, 1,011 yards, 15 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2atPittsburghW 41–⁠13573028–
Sep 14vs.NevadaW 62–⁠7237029–
Sep 21vs.Bethune-CookmanW 54–⁠6226115–
Sep 28atBoston CollegeW 48–⁠343103041–
Oct 5vs.MarylandW 63–⁠0560221–
Oct 19atClemsonW 51–⁠14362127–
Oct 26vs.NC StateW 49–⁠17369139–
Nov 2vs.MiamiW 41–⁠14246035–
Nov 9atWake ForestW 59–⁠3223118–
Nov 16vs.SyracuseW 59–⁠3666123–
Nov 23vs.IdahoW 80–⁠14361232–
Nov 30atFloridaW 37–⁠79212356–
Dec 7vs.DukeW 45–⁠75119254–
Jan 6 ✦vs.AuburnW 34–⁠31454124–
2012 Florida State 13 games, 30 catches, 495 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.Murray StateW 69–⁠3350019–
Sep 8vs.Savannah StateW 55–⁠034621916
Sep 15vs.Wake ForestW 52–⁠0444018–
Sep 22vs.ClemsonW 49–⁠37271064–
Sep 29atSouth FloridaW 30–⁠17––––17
Oct 6atNC StateL 16–⁠17248027–
Oct 13vs.Boston CollegeW 51–⁠7568146–
Oct 20atMiamiW 33–⁠20139039–
Oct 27vs.DukeW 48–⁠7377135–
Nov 8atVirginia TechW 28–⁠22229017–
Nov 17atMarylandW 41–⁠143706–
Dec 1vs.Georgia TechW 21–⁠151303–
Jan 1 ✦vs.Northern IllinoisW 31–⁠10113013–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height6′5″
Weight240 lb
Arm length34⅞″
Hand size10¼″
Wingspan83″W
40-yard dash4.61 s
10-yard split1.67 s
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump9′11″
Bench press13 reps
3-cone drill7.33 s
20-yard shuttle4.39 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 61 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2014Carolina Panthers16731,0089
2016Carolina Panthers16639417
2017Buffalo Bills14476713
2018Kansas City Chiefs15253801
NFL career612083,00020

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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