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martellus bennett
TIGHT END
Height - 6-6
Weight - 265
College - Texas A&M
High School - Alief Taylor (Texas)
Birthdate - Jan. 10, 1987
How Acquired - Free Agent (2012)
NFL Exp. - 5th Year
Giants Exp. - 1st Year
new york football giants
TRANSACTIONS:
- Originally a 2nd round (61st pick overall)
draft choice by the Dallas Cowboys in
2008…Signed as a free agent by the Giants
on March 14, 2012.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- Has played in 73 regular season games
with 44 starts…Career totals include 134
receptions for 1,415 yards and nine touchdowns…Bennett
has also played in two
postseason games – both in 2009 – with
one start and caught three passes for 27
yards.
2012 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:
- Started at tight end vs. New Orleans
(12/9)...Caught five passes for 32 yards and
one touchdown.
- Started at tight end at Washington
(12/3)...Caught five passes for a career-high
82 yards and one touchdown.
- Started at tight end vs. Green Bay
(11/25)...Caught three passes for 44 yards.
- Started at tight end at Cincinnati
(11/11)...Caught four passes for 37 yards.
- Started at tight end vs. Pittsburgh
(11/4) and caught three passes for 40 yards,
including a long-reception of 33 yards.
- Started at tight end at Dallas (10/28)
and caught four passes for 29 yards.
- Started at tight end vs. Washington
(10/21)...Caught five passes for 79 yards.
- Started at tight end at San Francisco
(10/14) and caught one pass for nine yards.
- Started at tight end vs. Cleveland
(10/7)...Caught three passes for 30 yards...
Suffered a sprained knee in the second half,
but played through the injury...Made one
tackle on an Ahmad Bradshaw fumble.
- Started at tight end at Philadelphia...
Had one reception for two yards.
- Started at tight end at Carolina (9/20)...
Had six catches for 73 yards and one touchdown.
- Started at tight end vs. Tampa Bay
(9/16) and had five receptions for 72 yards
and one touchdown, a 33-yard reception...
Also had his first career kickoff return, a
13-yarder on a short Connor Barth kick in
the first quarter.
- Started at tight end against the Cowboys
(9/5)...Made his Giants debut, recording
4 catches for 40 yards, including a touchdown.