Defensive tackle, Ohio State, 2011–14
Michael Bennett
- Number
- No. 63
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 288 lb
- Hometown
- Centerville, OH
- Born
- Feb 24, 1993, in Centerville, Ohio
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Michael Bennett played defensive tackle at Ohio State (2011–14). The Jacksonville Jaguars took Bennett in round 6, No. 180 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: National champions, 2014; Big Ten champions, 2014
All-America: CBS Sports 2014
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013N | 13 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 11.5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | – |
| On file | 37 | 33 | 70 | 17.5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | – | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Ohio State | 63 | DT | ||
| 2012 | Ohio State | 63 | DT | ||
| 2013 | Ohio State | 63 | DT | ||
| 2014 | Ohio State | 63 | DT | 6′2″ | 288 |
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.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2015 | Pro day 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2″ | 6′2″W |
| Weight | 293 lb | 293 lbW |
| Arm length | 33⅝″ | |
| Hand size | 10¼″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 5.04 sW | |
| 10-yard split | 1.74 sW |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 12 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 9 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2017 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Atlanta Falcons | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 12 | 13 | 0.5 | 0 | |
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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