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CLIFF BENSON

Benson, Clifford Anthony
Height: 6-4 Weight: 242
Born: August 28, 1961 Chicago, IL
High School: Alan B. Shepard (Palos Heights, IL)

Year	College	Status
1980	Purdue	Roster
1981	Purdue	Roster
1982	Purdue	Roster
1983	Purdue	Roster

Draft: 5th round (132nd overall) 1984 Atlanta Falcons; 1st round (12th overall) 1984 Oakland Invaders

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1984 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1984 ATL NFL	87	HBK	16	16
1985 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1985 ATL NFL	87	HBK	16	14
1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL	88	TE	2	0
1987 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1987 NO NFL	88	TE	8	3
1987 Year (NFL)1987 Year NFL			10	3
1988 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1988 NO NFL	86	TE	7	0
4 Years (NFL)4 Years NFL			49	33

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	1/4/1984	1984 Oakland Invaders (USFL)1984 OAK USFL
Draft	5/1/1984	1984 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1984 ATL NFL
Signed	7/12/1984	1984 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1984 ATL NFL
Released	8/26/1986	1986 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1986 ATL NFL
Signed	3/10/1987	1987 San Francisco 49ers (NFL)1987 SF NFL
Released	8/24/1987	1987 San Francisco 49ers (NFL)1987 SF NFL
Assigned on Waivers	8/25/1987	1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL
Released	9/7/1987	1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL
Signed	9/8/1987	1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL
Exemption	9/23/1987	1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL
Activated	9/20/1987	1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL
Released	11/3/1987	1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL
Assigned on Waivers	11/4/1987	1987 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1987 NO NFL
Released	8/30/1988	1988 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1988 NO NFL
Signed	9/14/1988	1988 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1988 NO NFL
Released	11/1/1988	1988 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1988 NO NFL
Signed	4/17/1989	1989 Chicago Bears (NFL)1989 CHIB NFL
Released	7/28/1989	1989 Chicago Bears (NFL)1989 CHIB NFL

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1984 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1984 ATL NFL	3	8	2.7	6	0		0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3	8	2.7	6	0		0	0	0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1984 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1984 ATL NFL		26		244	9.4	30	0			0	0
1985 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1985 ATL NFL		10		37	3.7	6	0		0	0	0
1987 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1987 NO NFL		2		11	5.5	6	0		0	0	0
1987 Year (NFL)1987 Year NFL		2		11	5.5	6	0		0	0	0
1988 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1988 NO NFL		1		5	5.0	5	0		0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		41		308	7.5	30	0		0	0	0

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