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Article: Packers stick with Bennett Halfback isn't flashy, but club is content with him; The Packers' running backs Running backs on the Green Bay roster as training camp opens. Acquisition categories: D1 means first-round draft choice, FA means free agent, T means trade. HALFBACKS Player Ht. Wt. Age Acq. College Edgar Bennett 6- 0 210 27 D4-'92 Florida State Travis Jervey 5-111 2 222 24 D5-'95 The Citadel Chris Darkins 5-111 2 211 22 D4-'96 Minnesota James Bostic 5-111 2 220 24 FA-'96 Auburn FULLBACKS Player Ht . Wt. Age Acq. College Dorsey Levens 6- 1 234 26 D5-'94 Georgia Tech William Henderson 6- 1 248 25 D3-'95 North Carolina Brian Satterfield 6- 0 229 26 FA-'95 North Alabama Robert Baldwin 5-11 230 23 T-'96 Duke Series: PACKERS POSITION-BY-POSITION, Second in a series
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 14, 1996
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It's so easy to dismiss Edgar Bennett as not being quite the
answer. It's quite another to dismiss his diverse contributions as
the Green Bay Packers' finest running back of the past decade.
Judged strictly on pure speed and God-given ball-carrying skill,
Bennett shouldn't be the featured back for a team with designs on
reaching the Super Bowl.
And as a realist, Bennett should understand that the Packers will
be looking for the next Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith or Marshall
Faulk to replace him until his career in Green Bay is finished.
That's the way it is when you played fullback in college, were
drafted in the fourth round and aren't as blessed as some other
backs.
With Bennett ...
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