Jaelin Benefield

Position:
Running Back
Class:
Senior
Height:
5-11
Weight:
183
Hometown:
Pearland, Texas
High School:
Pearland
Prev School:
Eastern Illinois

2024 (SENIOR)

Played in 3 games before suffering a season-ending injury
Rushed 17 times for 88 yards and 1 TD, plus 4 catches for 3 yards

2023 (JUNIOR)

Played in 12 games and totaled 291 yards rushing/receiving
Caught 20 passes for 164 yards and 1 TD (a 54-yard receptions versus Austin Peay)
Rushed 43 times for 127 yards (3.0 ave)
Had a season-high 39 yards rushing at Murray State

PRIOR TO SIU

In four seasons at Eastern Illinois (2019-22), played in 31 games and rushed for 1,198 yards ... Caught 69 passes in his career and totaled 11 rushing and receiving TDs … Named Academic All-District in 2022 and was named to the All-OVC Newcomer team in 2019 when he started 10 games and led the team in rushing yards (402) and touchdowns (7) … At Pearland HS, helped lead his team to a 10-1 record in 2018, including Texas Class 6A Region III District 23 championship… Rushed for 1,210 yards and 16 touchdowns in nine games his senior year … Named the 23-6A Most Valuable Player of the Year … A three-time first team All-District selection.