Yahoo! Sports · Aug 18, 2019
Former Bears and Bengals running back Benson dies
The Chicago Bears and Cincinnati Bengals have paid tribute to former NFL running back Cedric Benson, who has died in a traffic accident.Former Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals and Green Bay Packers running back Cedric Benson has died at the age of 36.
The fourth overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft was killed in a traffic accident in Austin, Texas.
Benson was a four-year starter at the University of Texas before becoming the fourth overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft.
He spent the first three years of his career with the Bears, featuring in the Super Bowl XLI loss to the Indianapolis Colts, and had four seasons as a Bengal before finishing his career with the Packers in 2012.
