Bennett graduated from
Samuel F. B. Morse High School in 1991, where he was a member of the 1990 Morse Tigers, voted by the
San Diego Union-Tribune as the best
high school football team in the history of
San Diego County at the time of the poll. Bennett played
college football at the
University of California, Los Angeles, then signed with the
Arizona Cardinals as an
undrafted free agent for the
1995 NFL season. Bennett played for the Cardinals for six years, then spent one year with the
Detroit Lions. He presently resides in the
Phoenix area. Bennett was arrested for possession of
cocaine and was suspended by the NFL for violating no-
steroid use policies. Bennet's most famous play was an
Interception thrown by
Troy Aikman in the 1998 NFC Wild Card game against the
Dallas Cowboys sealing the Cardinals first playoff win since 1947. ==References==