Florida State University Athletics
2024 Football Roster
Roster
Benson, Malik

Jersey Number 10
Malik Benson
- Position:
- WR
- Year:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-1
- Hometown:
- Lansing, Kan.
- Weight:
- 195
- High School:
- Lansing
- Other College:
- Alabama
Bio
2024:
Started all 12 games at wide receiver, catching 25 passes for 311 yards and one touchdown…added two yards on two rushes and three yards on one punt return…FSU Offense Newcomer of the Year…career–high five catches and 99 receiving yards against Memphis, highlighted by 67–yard reception that was FSU’s second–longest play in 2024…four catches for 39 yards in FSU debut vs. Georgia Tech in Dublin…19–yard catch on 4th–and–8 vs. Yellow Jackets set up FSU’s game–tying touchdown…three catches for 33 yards vs. Boston College…three catches for 39 yards vs. Clemson and three catches for 21 yards at Miami, including five–yard touchdown…50–yard reception vs. North Carolina.
BEFORE FSU:
Appeared in all 14 games with six starts during 2023 season at Alabama…caught 13 passes for 162 yards and one touchdown for SEC champion Crimson Tide…recorded season-high 33 yards on two receptions vs. No. 11 Texas…consensus No. 1 overall junior college recruit in Class of 2023…broke Hutchinson Community College record with 2,152 receiving yards over two seasons and ranked second in program history with 21 receiving touchdowns…earned first-team NJCAA DI All-America honors in 2021 after making 43 receptions for 1,229 yards and 11 touchdowns…receiving yards total broke Blue Dragons single-season record that had stood since 1970…named 2021 Salt City Bowl Offensive MVP with bowl-record 198 receiving yards and two touchdowns on seven catches…caught 54 passes for 923 yards and 10 touchdowns during sophomore season, leading Hutchinson to NJCAA National Championship Game…totaled 1,119 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns in three varsity seasons at Lansing…caught 28 passes for 700 yards and 10 touchdowns while adding 130 yards and one touchdown on five rushing attempts his senior season as Lions advanced to second round of 4A state playoffs…made 27 receptions for 368 yards and one touchdown during junior year…played six games and had seven catches for 51 yards as sophomore…also ran track at Lansing…qualified for state championships in 100-meter, 200-meter, 4x100-relay and long jump.
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