PRO CAREER: Has totaled 224 carries for 919 rushing yards and 6 rushing touchdowns in 2-year career while adding 9 receptions for 57 yards… Completed sophomore season as Bears second leading rusher with 647 rushing yards on 157 carries and 4.1 yards per carry, while tying for team lead with 6 rushing touchdowns… With an increased role in final seven games of the 2006 regular season, Benson compiled 432 rushing yards on 88 carries with a 4.9 yards per carry average (7th highest rushing average in NFL during that span – min. 75 attempts)… Had 6th most rushing yards among NFL teams’ second-leading rushers in 2006… In 3 career postseason contests, Benson has totaled 104 rushing yards on 38 carries with 1 TD while adding 3 receptions for 24 yards… Bears third-leading rusher as a rookie.   

CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Entered NFL as a first-round selection (4th overall) by Chicago in the 2005 NFL Draft… Signed with Bears (8/28/05). SIGNED through 2009

2006 SEASON: Gathered 647 rushing yards on 157 carries for a 4.1 yards per carry average with 6 rushing touchdowns… Scored first career TD vs. BUF (10/8) on a 1-yard run as part of a 14-carry 48-rushing yard day, while adding another 1-yard TD run in the second half for his first career two-TD game… Recorded first 100-yard rushing game of career vs. GB (12/31) after carrying the ball 13 times for 109 yards (8.4 ypc) while adding a career long 22-yard reception… Carried the ball 38 times in the playoffs for 104 yards and 1 TD while adding 3 receptions for 24 yards.  GAMES PLAYED-STARTED: 15-0

PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2005 - Tallied 272 yards averaging 4.1 yards per carry on 67 carries and gained 3 yards on only reception of season… Led Bears with season-high 79 rushing yards on 14 carries, all in 2nd half, at NO (11/6) including runs of 27 and a career-long 36 yards… Started first NFL game vs. SF (11/13) and gained 50 yards on 12 carries before leaving game after injuring knee in 2nd quarter.

COLLEGE: Four-year starter at Texas (2001-04) finished career as sixth-leading rusher in NCAA Division I-A history and second-leading rusher in Longhorn history… In 49 games, rushed for 5,540 yards on 1,112 carries with 64 TDs… Fifth back in NCAA history to rush for over 1,000 yards in all four seasons and his 64 TDs were the third-most in NCAA history… Caught 69 career passes for 621 yards and 3 TDs… One of three players in NCAA history to rush for 5,000 yards and score 400 points in a career… Three-time all-Big 12 Honoree by Associated Press (1st team as a senior and junior; 2nd team as a sophomore)… Recipient of 2004 Doak Walker Award and Cingular ABC Sports All-America Player of the Year Award after rushing for 1,834 yards and 19 TDs with 22 receptions for 179 yards as a senior… As a junior totaled 1,360 yards on 258 carries and 21 TDs… Collected 1,293 yards on 305 carries with 12 TDs during sophomore season … Named Freshman All-American after totaling 1,053 yards and 13 TDs on 223 carries… Majored in social work.

PERSONAL: Attended Lee H.S. in Midland, Texas, playing football for coach John Parchman… Parade All-American, three-time Texas 5A Offensive Player-of-the-Year and first-team all-state halfback… Named USA Today's Texas Player of the Year and finalist (Southwest Region winner) for the High School Heisman in 2000… Rushed for 8,423 career yards (No. 4 in Texas history/No. 1 in Class 5A history), scored 127 TDs (No. 2 in Texas history/No. 3 nationally) and averaged 183.1 yards and 2.8 TDs per game during his career… Led the team to 43-3 record including the USA Today High School National Championship his junior year and 3 consecutive Texas 5A Division I State Championships … Rushed for 680 yards on 90 carries and scored a state-record 15 TDs in 3 state title games… Was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 12th round (370th overall) of the 2001 MLB Draft… Played summer ball with the Dodgers in 2001 and 2002 at Vero Beach while attending Texas and stopped playing in 2003 to concentrate on football… Born Cedric Myron Benson in Midland, Texas.