{"id":136467,"date":"2025-06-17T07:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T07:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/136467\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T07:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T07:48:13","slug":"arizona-cardinals-year-2-player-outlook-rb-trey-benson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/136467\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Cardinals Year 2 player outlook: RB Trey Benson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Arizona Cardinals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Arizona Cardinals<\/a> drafted 12 players in 2024. Some of them had contributions as rookies. Some will have greater roles in 2025. Others will have to battle for the roster.<\/p>\n<p>They selected running back Trey Benson in the third round with the 66th overall pick.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Entering Year 2 in the NFL, let&#8217;s have a look at his 2025 outlook.<\/p>\n<p>RB Trey Benson&#8217;s 2024 season<\/p>\n<p>Benson started slowly then showed some flashes of why everyone was excited about when he was draft. But then he finished the season injured. He had a 50-yard rushing game and his best game came against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-jets\/352\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Jets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York Jets<\/a> and had 87 yards from scrimmage, rushing 10 times for 62 yards and catching two passes for 25.<\/p>\n<p>He missed the final three games with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p>He finished playing in 13 games, rushing for 291 yards and a touchdown on 4.6 yards per attempt, and he had six receptions for 59 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>His role was as the backup to James Conner, coming in to spell him, averaging a little less than five carries a game.<\/p>\n<p>Trey Benson&#8217;s Year 2 outlook in 2025<\/p>\n<p>Benson is ready for a bigger role. He added a little weight and is healthy again. He believes he can be more than just a guy to spell Conner for a few plays. He envisions the Cardinals having two RB1s.<\/p>\n<p>Whether that becomes the case where he is pushing his usage to about 15-plus touches again, he is more likely to average about 10-12 touches a game in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire&#8217;s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/27gxR7Oml5yVPywhOG8KHR?si=cGJ0FN6aRBquiLus5nj7rw&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=05e790ef05a641b8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Spotify;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL9sICHPD_aT9zxnG7dJj6izJWgMhLMh_U&amp;si=rpNldnLNN-_DdW8R\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:YouTube;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-rise-up-see-red-podcast\/id670822447?mt=2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Apple podcasts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/cardswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/cardinals\/2025\/06\/16\/what-to-expect-from-arizona-cardinals-rb-trey-benson-in-year-2\/84236919007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:What to expect from Arizona Cardinals RB Trey Benson in Year 2;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">What to expect from Arizona Cardinals RB Trey Benson in Year 2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arizona Cardinals drafted 12 players in 2024. Some of them had contributions as rookies. Some will have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,2604,1327,7,757,255,6,25211],"class_list":{"0":"post-136467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizonacardinals","11":"tag-cardinals","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-james-conner","14":"tag-new-york-jets","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-trey-benson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114697608067497327","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}