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2025 The Citadel Football Roster

25 Israel Benjamin

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position RB
  • Ht. / Wt. 5-9 / 205
  • Hometown Phoenix, Ariz.
  • High School Saguaro HS
  • Prev School Harvard / Texas A&M

Biography

2024 (Texas A&M): Saw action against McNeese State and New Mexico State.

2023 (Texas A&M): Did not see the field.

2022 (Harvard): Played in four games.... Carried the ball a season-high three times at Howard, gaining eight yards... Rushed once for three yards at Penn... Also saw action at Dartmouth and vs. Columbia.

2021 (Harvard): Did not see game action.

2020 (Harvard): Did not compete due to season cancelation by the Ivy League.

High School: Played on varsity all four years, including the last three at Saguaro High after spending his freshman year at Brophy College Preparatory… Named team captain his senior campaign, but missed the season… Was named the region offensive player of the year as a junior… Voted to the all-state and all-district first team following his junior season… Ran for 1,700 yards (9.5 ypc) and 27 touchdowns his junior campaign… Was a two-time COX television player of the game and Valle Luna Scholar Athlete of the Week… Landed on the all-state academic first team three times… Helped Saguaro to a pair of state titles, three state championship game appearances, three regional crowns, a top-10 national ranking and 36 consecutive victories against in-state foes.

Personal: Member of the National Honors Society and ranked among the top 10 in his class… Earned the highest GPA in Saguaro football history… Served as a tutor for the Gene Lewis Youth Center… Enjoys boxing, fishing, playing the piano, judo and studying history in his free time… Brother, Joshua Benjamin III, is part of the Harvard Class of 2021… Uncle, Garrison Hearst, played football at Georgia and was the SEC Player of the Year in 1992, finished third in the ’92 Heisman Trophy voting, named an NFL All-Pro and made the Pro Bowl...Cousin, Clinton Polk, was a running back at Oregon State in the mid-2000s.

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