New Bengals wide receiver Michael Bennett showed up in Cincinnati about eight months late.
Before he tore his ACL on Dec. 30, he planned to train for the NFL Draft at Clif Marshall’s Ignition Sports in Blue Ash, Ohio. But Bennett’s second ACL reconstruction surgery scrapped those plans and Marshall didn’t see him until before Thursday’s practice, the day after Bennett signed.
They were looking for each other. Bennett, a Georgia native, sought a guy with more one-on-one attention than most, and Marshall is always seeking committed players looking to buy in.
“I was told by his teammates he is a very high character, hard-working leader,” Marshall said.