Player Dossier

2009-2012

Middle Tennessee

Benny Cunningham

RB • 5'10" • Nashville, TN, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Benny Cunningham leans workhorse runner traits and 59.8 efficiency.

Usage / Role

38%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a back

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Reliability

74

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Middle Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Player Story

Benny Cunningham built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Nashville, TN wearing No. 2, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Benny Cunningham's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.8356

Goodpasture Christian School · Madison, TN

Committed To
Middle Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

Benny Cunningham, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. Benny Cunningham leans workhorse runner traits and 59.8 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,010
Rushing yards
1,564
Receiving yards
446
Touchdowns
22

Quick Answers

Benny Cunningham quick answers

Latest team and position
Middle Tennessee · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,010
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
Best season
2012 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
Top game
Florida International
Recruit profile
3-star · Goodpasture Christian School · Middle Tennessee
High school pipeline
Goodpasture Christian School · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 2 · Class 2012
2012 Scrimmage yards rank
709 scrimmage yards · RB 112th (top 23%) · Sun Belt 18th (top 10%) · National 255th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2009 PostseasonMiddle Tennessee1111110129.7
2009 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee1123516273229.7
2010 PostseasonMiddle Tennessee13770051.8
2010 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee1344434896451.8
2011 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee7604436168469.9
2012 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee57096001091176.9

Related Context

Benny Cunningham played RB for Middle Tennessee. Across 4 tracked seasons, Benny Cunningham recorded 1,564 rushing yards, 446 receiving yards, and 22 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Middle Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

Middle Tennessee paired 709 primary output with 59.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 59.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2012 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

Games

5

Scrimmage Yards / G

141.8

Efficiency

59.8

Usage

35.8

Consistency

48

Best Game by takeover score

Florida International

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. McNeese: 34. Memphis: 57. Georgia Tech: 229. UL Monroe: 104. Florida International: 285

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. McNeese: 9 by 39.4. Memphis: 11 by 54. Georgia Tech: 28 by 84.1. UL Monroe: 18 by 51.8. Florida International: 40 by 69.6

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins190.3 · Games = 3 · +121.3 vs Losses
Losses69 · Games = 2 · -121.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Florida International

Best efficiency game

84.1 vs Georgia Tech

Result
Sat 10/13@ Florida International100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 34-30362306.4024557.1
Sat 10/6vs UL Monroe2+ TDL 17-3114624.4024425.8
Sat 9/29@ Georgia Tech100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 49-2827217851128.2
Sat 9/15@ Memphis2+ TDW 48-3011575.2025.2
Thu 8/30vs McNeeseL 21-279343.8003.8

Player Story

Benny Cunningham story

Benny Cunningham built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Nashville, TN wearing No. 2, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Benny Cunningham's career was his backfield work: 1,564 rushing yards, 316 carries, 20 rushing touchdowns, and 446 receiving yards across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 446 receiving yards and 375 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Benny Cunningham's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Middle Tennessee

    2009-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200920092010201020112012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 PostseasonMiddle Tennessee24635.68.1
2009 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee24635.68.10
2010 PostseasonMiddle Tennessee45144.112.5205
2010 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee45144.112.50
2011 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee60450.226.2153
2012 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee70959.835.8105

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida International

Week 7 · W 34-30 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

285

Scrimmage Yards

89.9 takeover

285 scrimmage yards and 57.1 usage.

#2

@ Georgia Tech

Week 5 · W 49-28

229

Scrimmage Yards

88.2 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

229 scrimmage yards and 45.9 usage.

#3

@ Troy

Week 4 · L 35-38 · Conference game

154

Scrimmage Yards

84.1 takeover

Loss with 154 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

154 scrimmage yards and 28.6 usage.

#4

@ North Texas

Week 4 · W 37-21 · Conference game

114

Scrimmage Yards

78.9 takeover

Win with 114 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

114 scrimmage yards and 15.4 usage.

#5

vs Georgia Tech

Week 2 · L 21-49

107

Scrimmage Yards

73.5 takeover

Loss with 107 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

107 scrimmage yards and 31.4 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

709 primary output · 59.8 efficiency · 35.8 usage

76.9

#2

2011 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

69.9

604 primary · 50.2 efficiency · 26.2 usage

#3

2010 Postseason · Middle Tennessee

51.8

451 primary · 44.1 efficiency · 12.5 usage

Milestones

3

100+ rush yards

3

150+ scrimmage yards

4

2+ TD games