2021 Football Roster
Roster
Coleman Bennett
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- High School:
- Cardinal Gibbons
Career: 2023 First Team All-Patriot League Return Specialist … 2023 Second Team All-Patriot League Running Back … two-time Academic All-Patriot League … 2021 Preseason All-Patriot League … 2023 Bison Gridiron Club Award winner … 2023 William V. Campbell Trophy semifinalist.
2023 (Senior): First Team All-Patriot League Return Specialist … Second Team All-Patriot League Running Back … Academic All-Patriot League … team captain … played in 10 games and made seven starts … totaled 1,377 all-purpose yards, ranking 12th in the FCS, and 137,7 all-purpose yards per game, ranking sixth … led the team with 496 rush yards and added 340 receiving yards … led the Patriot League with 541 kick return yards (21.6 YPR), which ranked 10th in the Bucknell record book for a single season … scored four rushing touchdowns … eclipsed 100 rushing yards twice, including a career-high 157 on 29 carries in a win at Cornell … rushed for 106 yards on 21 carries with a touchdown against Holy Cross … scored two rushing touchdowns while piling up 91 rush yards on 17 attempts in a win at Colgate, adding 112 kick return yards … four games with 50+ yards receiving, including a season-high 58 against Penn … William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist … Academic All-District honoree … Bison Gridiron Club Award winner.
2022 (Junior): Academic All-Patriot League Team … played in 10 of 11 games, making five starts … second on the team in rushing attempts (95), rushing yards (366) and rushing touchdowns (2) … third on the team in receptions (18) and fourth in receiving yards (170) … led the team in kickoff returns (21) and kickoff return yards (452), averaging 21.52 … earned Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week after 93-yard kickoff return touchdown in win at Georgetown … rushed for season-high 80 yards on 16 carries in win over Marist … collected season-high 40 receiving yards on two receptions against Fordham … Tom Gadd Coaches’ Award recipient … member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2021 Spring (Freshman): Played in all four games, seeing time as a running back and kick returner ... made three starts at running back ... one of four freshmen to start for the Bison ... ran for 97 yards and one touchdown on 35 carries ... led the team in rushing attempts and finished second in rushing yards ... added 61 yards on seven receptions ... returned 10 kickoffs for 226 yards, good for first among Bison ... logged a season-best 186 all-purpose yards on 34 rushing yards, 24 receiving yards and a season-high 128 kick return yards against Fordham ... also ran for first collegiate touchdown, a 23-yard score, and returned opening kickoff 76 yards in that contest ... posted a season-best 25 receiving yards against Lafayette ... ran for 34 yards against Fordham and in the Patriot League Championship Game ... captured Bucknell’s Stuart M. Smith Memorial Award as the most outstanding newcomer ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Cardinal Gibbons High School: Lettered in football and track & field … captained both teams … helped the football team capture a Class 5A state championship in 2018 …. It was the Chiefs' first state title in program history.
Personal: Coleman Taylor Bennett … born October 3, 2002 in Boca Raton, Florida … son of Donnell Jr. and Adrienne Bennett … has three siblings: Matthew, Donnell III and Caden … father was a fullback in the NFL for the Kansas City Chiefs and Washington Redskins … father played collegiately at the University of Miami … Matthew played football at Trinity College … Donnell III is on the football team at St. Thomas University ... major is sociology.
