Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2009Illinois
Arrelious Benn
WR • 6'2" • Washington, DC, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Arrelious Benn reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
48
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
54
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Player Story
Arrelious Benn built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a wide receiver from Washington, DC wearing No. 9, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Arrelious Benn's career was his receiving role:...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2007
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2010
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 7
- Overall
- No. 39
- NFL Team
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Arrelious Benn, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Illinois. Arrelious Benn reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 2,221
- Receptions
- 159
- Touchdowns
- 10
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Arrelious Benn Illinois Highlights
2009 · Illinois · Player Highlight
Arrelious Benn college highlights at Illinois.
- Season
- 2009
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Arrelious Benn quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 2,221
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2008 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Ball State
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Dunbar · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Dunbar · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2010 · Round 2 · Pick 7 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Class 2009
- 2009 Receiving yards rank
- 490 receiving yards · WR 181st (top 23%) · Big Ten 21st (top 14%) · National 203rd (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Postseason | Illinois | 13 | 5 | 80 | 1 | 75.9 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Illinois | 13 | 49 | 596 | 1 | 75.9 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 67 | 1,055 | 5 | 89.7 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Illinois | 11 | 38 | 490 | 3 | 63.6 |
Related Context
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Arrelious Benn played WR for Illinois. Across 3 tracked seasons, Arrelious Benn recorded 282 rushing yards, 2,221 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season
Illinois paired 1,055 primary output with 90.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 74.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2009 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
44.5
Efficiency
74.7
Usage
22.4
Consistency
58.3
Best Game by takeover score
Penn State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Missouri: 9. Ohio State: 33. Penn State: 96. Michigan State: 38. Indiana: 95. Purdue: 16. Michigan: 11. Minnesota: 41. Northwestern: 31. Cincinnati: 59. Fresno State: 61
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Missouri: 1 by 60. Ohio State: 4 by 55. Penn State: 5 by 100. Michigan State: 3 by 84.4. Indiana: 9 by 70.4. Purdue: 3 by 35.6. Michigan: 1 by 73.3. Minnesota: 3 by 91.1. Northwestern: 4 by 51.7. Cincinnati: 3 by 100. Fresno State: 2 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins26 · Games = 2 · -22.7 vs Losses
Losses48.7 · Games = 9 · +22.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Penn State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Fresno State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/5 | vs Fresno State | L 52-53 | — | 2 | 61 | 21 | 30.50 | 1 | 58 |
| Fri 11/27 | @ Cincinnati | L 36-49 | — | 3 | 59 | 16 | 19.70 | 0 | 43 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Northwestern | L 16-21 | — | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 7.80 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Minnesota | W 35-32 | — | 3 | 41 | 10.3 | 13.70 | 1 | 31 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Michigan | W 38-13 | — | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Purdue | L 14-24 | — | 3 | 16 | 4.8 | 5.30 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/17 | @ IndianaHigh volume | L 14-27 | — | 9 | 95 | 10.6 | 10.60 | 0 | 31 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Michigan State | L 14-24 | — | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 12.70 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Penn State | L 17-35 | — | 5 | 96 | 16.3 | 19.20 | 0 | 49 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Ohio State | L 0-30 | — | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 8.30 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 9/5 | vs Missouri | L 9-37 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Player Story
Arrelious Benn story
Arrelious Benn built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a wide receiver from Washington, DC wearing No. 9, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Arrelious Benn's career was his receiving role: 159 catches, 2,221 receiving yards, 7 touchdowns, and 282 rushing yards across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2008 with Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 282 rushing yards and 432 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Arrelious Benn moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2007-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2007200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Postseason | Illinois | 676 | 71.7 | 32 | — |
| 2007 Regular Season | Illinois | 676 | 71.7 | 32 | 0 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Illinois | 1,055 | 90.4 | 29.7 | 379 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Illinois | 490 | 74.7 | 22.4 | -565 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Ball State
Week 9 · W 28-17
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
100 takeover
97 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Minnesota
Week 7 · L 20-27 · Conference game
181
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
181 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Iowa
Week 7 · L 6-10 · Conference game
87
Receiving Yards
96.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
87 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Penn State
Week 5 · L 17-35 · Conference game
96
Receiving Yards
94.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
96 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Penn State
Week 5 · W 27-20 · Conference game
84
Receiving Yards
93.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
84 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Regular Season · Illinois
1,055 primary output · 90.4 efficiency · 29.7 usage
89.7
#2
2007 Postseason · Illinois
75.9
676 primary · 71.7 efficiency · 32 usage
#3
2007 Regular Season · Illinois
75.9
676 primary · 71.7 efficiency · 32 usage
Milestones
5
100+ receiving yards
2
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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