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What will Ohio State DT Michael Bennett be like as a pro? NFL Draft 2015 profile
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- As part of our NFL Draft coverage, we'll break down all the Ohio State draft candidates from a Buckeye perspective before the draft kicks off on Thursday. CBSSports.com NFL Draft analyst Dane Brugler spoke with Northeast Ohio Media Group and will offer his opinions on all the Buckeyes' draft prospects. His NFL draft guide is available for sale for $6.99.
Michael Bennett, defensive tackle
At Ohio State: The 6-foot-2, 288-pounder started for two seasons in Columbus, playing in 49 career games. He made second-team All-Big Ten as a senior and was a first-team All-American according to CBSSports.com. A captain, Bennett was a vocal and emotional leader for the defense and regularly rallied his teammates at halftime. Switching from noseguard to defensive tackle midway through the season, he overcame a slow start when no longer burdened by double teams and helped carry the Buckeyes on their National Championship run, including four tackles for loss in the Big Ten Championship shutout of Wisconsin.
Bennett had seven sacks last season and 18 for his career, which is tied for eighth in Ohio State history. He had 41 tackles and 14 tackles for loss last year.
Brugler • • Michael Bennett made an unscheduled appearance on 710 ESPN Seattle Thursday, making his first public comments of the offseason, and as is almost always the case with the Seahawks’ defensive end, Bennett had some interesting things to say. Two topics in particular that involve Bennett have come up this offseason, the first being a report that he is looking for a new contract and a trade to Atlanta, and the second being his relationship with newly acquired Seahawks tight end Jimmy Graham, whom Bennett called soft and overrated during the 2013 season. On the report of Bennett seeking a trade, which came from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram last month, Bennett said, “I don’t know what the problem is. I’m still trying to figure out what happened. Bennett noted it was strange that somebody in Dallas was reporting news on him, and said he was surfing with his kids in Hawaii when that story came out. “I didn’t ask for a trade,” he said. And Bennett being Bennett, he also had an entertaining way to dismiss trade rumors, saying, “They made rumors about Jesus, they’ll make rumors about anybody.” The other part of that report was that Bennett wanted a trade because he was see
Seahawks DE Michael Bennett denies trade report; still ‘feels the same way’ about Jimmy Graham