COLLEGE CAREER: All-time leader in SEC history in receptions (236) after just three years at Vanderbilt (2005-2007)... Named all-SEC all three years in college, taking home first-team honors as a sophomore and junior and second-team accolades as a freshman... Became the only player in SEC history to record 75 receptions or more in three seasons... Tied for 2nd in Commodore history with 20 TD catches... Ranked 3rd in Vanderbilt history and 9th in SEC history with 2,852 career receiving yards... Three-time winner of team’s Most Valuable Receiver Award... Holds the school record for career receptions, receiving yards in a game (223 vs. Richmond, 2007), TD receptions in a game (5 vs. Kentucky, 2005), most games with 10 or more receptions (9) and most games with 200+ receiving yards (3)... Compiled three of the top five receiving performances in school history... Collected at least 1 reception in every game he played and notched at least 4 catches in 29 of 36 career contests, starting the final 32 of those games... Named to second-team All-America and first-team all-SEC freshman teams in his first year.
HOW ACQUIRED: Entered NFL as a third-round selection (70th overall) by Chicago in the 2008 NFL Draft.
PERSONAL NOTES: Started at WR, RB and CB at West End H.S. in Birmingham, AL where he was named first-team all-state by the Alabama Sports Writers Association... Also lettered in basketball... Son of Sarah Bennett and Earl Frison... Volunteered time to efforts aimed at helping local children in inner-city Birmingham community.
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