2022 ALL-ACC FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM: RB - Trey Benson, Florida State, 137 votes,...Benson, from Greenville, Mississippi, has won four of the past five ACC Running Back of the Week awards. After 111 yards and a career-high three rushing touchdowns against F lorida, Benson ended the regular season with 965 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns, both Top 20 in FSU single-season history. He also caught 12 passes for 111 yards and returned a kick 93 yards for a touchdown, one of just four ACC players with a kick return touchdown this year and FSU's first since 2013.Benson has started five straight games and been the league's top runner four times, including setting career highs against Georgia Tech (111 yards), Miami (128) and Syracuse (163) in cons ecutive weeks before adding 111 and three touchdowns against Florida. Benson's 163 rushing yards against the Orange were the most for an ACC player on the road this season, and he scored three touchdowns in a game twice - against Boston College (two rush ing, one kickoff) and Florida (three rushing). Benson was the first player in ACC history to win three outright Running Back of the Week awards and he tied Pitt's Israel Abanikanda with four on the season. - Florida State Football
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