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2012 Rams Football Roster

68 Benton Gieni

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 280
  • Year 5th
  • Hometown Unity, Sask.
  • Previous School Unity Composite HS

Biography

Player Sponsor: Dr. Melissa Gieni (General Surgeon, North Battleford)

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA 2012: Started all eight conference games and both of the team's postseason games at defensive tackle ... had his first career fumble recovery in the team's season opener at Calgary (Sept. 1) ... collected his first career interception on Sept. 7 against UBC after catching an attempted pass deflected by Stefan Charles ... also had nine solo tackles, 12 assisted tackles, three sacks, and three pass deflections during the conference schedule ... had four solo tackles adn three assisted tackles in the postseason.

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA 2011: Played all eight Canada West games for the Rams for the third consecutive season ... started seven of the team's eight games at defensive tackle ... had 12½ tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack, and one pass breakup during the conference schedule ... also had three tackles and a sack in the team's Canada West semifinal game at Calgary (Nov. 4).

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA 2010: Started all eight of the team’s conference games at defensive tackle ... had nine solo tackles and 15 assisted tackles ... recorded three tackles for a loss ... recorded two sacks ... started the Canada West semifinal at Calgary (Nov. 6) and registered two assisted tackles. 

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA 2009: Played in all eight of the team's conference games ... had 6½ tackles (one solo, 11 assisted) for the second consecutive season ... had two tackles for loss ... had 4½ tackles (one solo, seven assisted) against Saskatchewan on Oct. 30 ... had four assisted tackles against Calgary on Sept. 18 ... had six tackles in the team's Canada West semifinal game at Saskatchewan (Nov. 7).

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA 2008: Played in seven of the team's eight regular season games as a backup defensive tackle ... was one of just four Rams on the 2008 roster to come straight out of high school without utilizing a redshirt season ... had 6.5 tackles (six solo, one assisted) ... had a season-high five solo tackles at Calgary (Oct. 11) ... had two solo tackles in the team's Canada West semifinal game at Calgary.

PERSONAL: Enrolled in the Faculty of Business Administration ... helped the Unity Composite Warriors to a nine-man provincial championship in 2007, defeating Foam Lake by a score of 49-21 in the final game ... played for Team Saskatchewan at the 2008 Saskota Bowl in Foam Lake.


INTERCEPTIONS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g
2008 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2009 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2010 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2011 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2012 8 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
TOTAL 39 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
 
ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
2008 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2009 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2010 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2011 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2012 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
 
TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk
2008 7 6 1 6.5 0.0 0 0 0 0
2009 8 1 11 6.5 2.0 0 0 0 0
2010 8 9 15 16.5 3.0 0 0 0 0
2011 8 7 11 12.5 2.0 1 0 0 0
2012 8 9 12 15.0 5.0 3 0 1 0
TOTAL 39 32 50 57.0 12.0 4 0 1 0
 
SACKS g ua a total yards
2008 7 0 0 0.0 0
2009 8 0 0 0.0 0
2010 8 2 0 2.0 11
2011 8 1 0 1.0 8
2012 8 3 0 3.0 17
TOTAL 39 6 0 6.0 36

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