Robert Benhoff: Hidden Gem

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Player Bio:

Name: Robert Benhoff

Height: 5'10
Weight: 170
Position: Running Back
High School: Putnam City North Panthers (Oklahoma City, OK)
Junior College: Blinn College Buccaneers (Brenham, TX)

Stats:

High School:
Soph - 37 car 98yds 1td /2 rec. 5yds/ 6tkls 1TFL 1sack
Junior - 125 car 368yds 5tds/ 22rec. 129yds 1td/ 28tkls 3TFL 4sacks 2INTS
Senior - 178 car 968yds 12tds/ 34rec. 305yds 2tds/ 45tkls 5TFL 3sacks 4INTS

Junior College:
Freshman: 201 car 1,359yds 15tds/ 22rec 209yds 4tds

Scouting Report:
Benhoff was virtually invisible during his senior recruiting year. Playing in the tough Oklahoma 6A level the PC North Panthers didn't get into the playoffs and Benhoff went unnoticed. He got 2 offers to walk-on at University of Texas and Tulsa University and a scholarship offer to play Safety at University of Texas-El Paso.

Finally deciding to take the junior college route and headed to Brenham, TX where the Blinn College Buccaneers were heading into a high JUCO ranking after a strong season before. After getting the starting job as a freshman, Benhoff started to turn heads and showed his true talents helping Blinn make it to the SJCFC (Southwestern Junior College Football Conference) championship ending up losing to Kilgore College 21-20. Again testing the recruiting waters Benhoff plans to see where he can end up on a FBS team.

His style is very homerun, speedy, stretch style. He isn't going to blow through defenders with his power but has soft hands catching the ball, knows his blocking schemes and can help if moved to the slot. He has the knack to move the ball at will and get the yards needed to move defenders to the line for a passing strike. Benhoff's biggest weakness is his power and it shows when he gets panicked. He could be a great defensive back but his subborn attitude to stick to running back is what is holding back from being a FBS player. He is a quiet player when it comes to leadership. Although not one to point fingers, he isn't one to get in someone's face to motivate.

Rank:
Rivals.com: ** out of High School, *** out of JC - #12 JC RB
Scout.com: * out of High School, ** out of JC. - #35 JC ATH

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January 28th, 2007.

Sitting in front of me was 3. Count them 3 hats from the three football teams that offered me a D1 scholarship and that I narrowed down. It was my time, it was my choice and I wanted to prove it...

It really all started after the playoffs at Blinn. After losing to Kilgore, I made it my intent to get to the next level. Coach Williams helped me achieve that with his knowledge but it was MY choice to where I was gonna go, not his, he did his part in getting me the coaches to talk to me.

Playing at Blinn got me of course the local colleges after me. Southern Methodist just hired offense god June Jones from Hawai'i, TCU always a big running game and Gary Patterson is a great coach but I wanted bigger and I wanted BCS. I don't know why I push to get the label of a "BCS team" I guess its just my mind thinking if its not a BCS school than that's just another label they can put on me. Saying I don't play against BCS talent makes me less of a player. I've heard it everywhere I've been. High School was exactly the same, I can't win the big games versus the big names, I only perform against the little teams. I need to beat that.

So back to reality I finally got what I wanted. BCS teams wanting ME. I had Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State standing at my door. Oklahoma would always be my first pick but Coach Stoops already told me I'd be behind Murray and Brown. I know I should want competition and that everything isn't handed to me but I want to start or be close to it and OU isn't that. Oklahoma State is a great school and close to my parent's home in OKC but I don't like how Coach Fedora just bolted to So. Miss. I liked him and now I'm not even on his list. So that leaves me with Texas Tech. Not a running back's dream but Coach Leach is an awesome guy and great offensive mind. Plus they have Shannon Woods and well he's a senior this upcoming season. I know I'm not gonna get the carries I'd like but I'll make Coach Leach give me them after he sees what I can do for Red Raider Nation. Thats right I'm a Red Raider and I will be a BCS running back.

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I'm interested, just because your guy went to P.C. North. They are in our district and we beat them this year. I also remember when we beat them and Bradford played for them, he sucked against us.