Florida State University Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Roster
Trey Benson
- Position:
- RB
- Year:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 6-1
- Hometown:
- Greenville, Miss.
- Weight:
- 223
- High School:
- St. Joseph Catholic
- Other College:
- Oregon
CAREER:
First FSU player with 80-yard touchdown catch and 80-yard touchdown rush…tied for program record with three 80-yard touchdowns…registered three games with at least three rushing touchdowns to rank third in program history…sixth player in program history to score at least nine rushing touchdowns in multiple seasons…23 rushing touchdowns rank 11th on FSU’s all-time list…1,895 rushing yards is 18th in program history.
2023:
2022:
Appeared in all 13 games with six starts…recorded 990 yards and nine touchdowns on 154 rushes, caught 13 passes for 144 yards and returned five kickoffs for 192 yards with one touchdown…second-team All-ACC…ACC Honor Roll...FSU Offensive Newcomer of the Year…four-time ACC Running Back of the Week…first player to earn outright ACC Running Back of the Week in three straight weeks…ranked first in ACC and 13th nationally with average of 6.46 yards per rush…broke PFF College single-season record by forcing 0.51 missed tackles per rush, bettering previous record of 0.48 since stat started being tracked with 2014 season…ranked second in ACC and ninth nationally with 14 runs of at least 20 yards…tied for sixth in ACC with nine rushing touchdowns…ranked ninth in conference with 10 total touchdowns…five 100-yard rushing games were most by FSU runner since Cam Akers in 2019…rushing yards total was 14th on FSU’s single-season list…1,326 all-purpose yards ranked as 18th-highest single-season total in program history…scored career-high three rushing touchdowns during 111-yard game on career-best 20 carries and added two receptions for team- and career-high 51 yards in 45-38 win vs. Florida…scored three of FSU’s five rushing touchdowns, highest single-game total by Gators opponent since 1997…all three touchdowns broke tie, including game-winning 17-yard score with 4:06 remaining…named ACC Running Back of the Week for his performance vs. Gators…totaled career-high 177 all-purpose yards in 44-14 win vs. Boston College…had 93-yard kickoff return, 78 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns on 10 carries and made six-yard reception vs. Eagles…first player in program history with kickoff return touchdown and two offensive touchdowns in same game…one of 29 players nationally with kickoff return touchdown in 2022…kickoff return score was first opening kickoff touchdown in Doak Campbell Stadium’s 73-year history, FSU’s first opening kickoff return since 1992 and first kickoff return touchdown since BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 6, 2014…re-set career-high rushing total in three straight weeks…rushed for then-career-high 111 yards on 18 carries with 10-yard reception in 41-16 win vs. Georgia Tech…part of only third game in program history with 375-yard passer, 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver…gained then-career-best 128 yards with two touchdowns on 15 carries and 25-yard reception in 45-3 victory at Miami…topped career-high total again with 163 yards on 18 carries and had two catches for three yards in 38-3 win at Syracuse…rushing yards total at Orange was most by ACC player in road game in 2022 and highest for FSU rusher in ACC road game since Dalvin Cook’s 225 at Syracuse in 2016…first FSU runner with three straight 100-yard rushing games since Dalvin Cook in 2016…named ACC Running Back of the Week after all three performances…gained 105 yards with one touchdown on 11 carries in season-opening 47-7 win vs. Duquesne…first game in program history with three 100-yard rushers…rushed for 69 yards on seven carries vs. No. 4 Clemson, which entered game allowing only 62.2 yards per game on ground…totaled 83 all-purpose yards in 35-32 Cheez-It Bowl victory vs. Oklahoma…made 33-yard reception, had 25-yard kickoff return and gained 25 rushing yards vs. Sooners…rushed 16 times for 80 yards and one touchdown in 49-17 win vs. Louisiana…totaled 93 all-purpose yards vs. No. 22 Wake Forest, gaining 74 yards on three kickoff returns, 10 yards on four carries and nine yards on two receptions…rushed 10 times for 70 yards in 35-31 victory at Louisville…gained 25 yards on six carries and added six yards on two receptions at No. 14 NC State…rushed for 15 yards in 24-23 win vs. LSU.
BEFORE FSU:
Transfer who spent 2020 and 2021 seasons at Oregon…appeared in nine games and rushed six times for 22 yards and one touchdown in redshirt freshman year…missed 2020 season due to injury…rated as Class of 2020’s No. 21 running back nationally and No. 6 overall prospect in Mississippi by 247Sports…two-time team captain at St. Joseph…rushed for 3,616 yards and 48 touchdowns in two high school seasons…had 18 total 100-yard rushing games…averaged 144.6 yards per game and 13.9 yards per carry while scoring 54 total touchdowns…helped lead Irish to back-to-back 3A MAIS state championships…led St. Joseph to 13-0 record his senior year with 1,783 rushing yards and 26 touchdowns…posted 10 100-yard games and three 200-yard games his senior season…totaled 111 yards and three touchdowns on six carries in 2019 state championship game…rushed for 1,833 yards and 22 touchdowns on 12-1 team his junior year…topped 100 yards eight times, with four 200-yard games and two 300-yard games…rushed for 392 yards and seven touchdowns while adding interception return touchdown and two-point conversion to score 50 total points in 62-20 win over Greenville Christian…also played basketball at St. Joseph Catholic.
