totaled 78 games and 215 goals. Australian rules players have other jobs besides playing football; Bennett worked as a youth counselor, and until being drafted by Melbourne planned to work on a shrimp boat. He participated in an exhibition match at SkyDome in Toronto in 1989; it is believed that Bennett was first exposed to American football during that trip. Statistics |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1987 |style="text-align:center;"| | 19 || 4 || 7 || 5 || 24 || 0 || 24 || 17 || 1 || 1.8 || 1.3 || 6.0 || 0.0 || 6.0 || 4.3 || 0.3 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1988 |style="text-align:center;"| | 19 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1989 |style="text-align:center;"| | 19 || 13 || 34 || 30 || 90 || 27 || 117 || 69 || 6 || 2.6 || 2.3 || 6.9 || 2.1 || 9.0 || 5.3 || 0.5 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1990 |style="text-align:center;"| | 19 || 23 || 87 || 54 || 201 || 31 || 232 || 135 || 8 || 3.8 || 2.3 || 8.7 || 1.3 || 10.1 || 5.9 || 0.3 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1991 |style="text-align:center;"| | 19 || 22 || 55 || 37 || 177 || 46 || 223 || 132 || 2 || 2.5 || 1.7 || 8.0 || 2.1 || 10.1 || 6.0 || 0.1 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1992 |style="text-align:center;"| | 19 || 14 || 28 || 23 || 76 || 13 || 89 || 54 || 7 || 2.0 || 1.6 || 5.4 || 0.9 || 6.4 || 3.9 || 0.5 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1993 |style="text-align:center;"| | 19 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 12 || 2 || 14 || 8 || 0 || 2.0 || 1.5 || 6.0 || 1.0 || 7.0 || 4.0 || 0.0 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| Career ! 78 ! 215 ! 152 ! 580 ! 119 ! 699 ! 415 ! 24 ! 2.8 ! 1.9 ! 7.4 ! 1.5 ! 9.0 ! 5.3 ! 0.3 |} NFL career Bennett married in 1993. Having won airplane tickets to the US he and his wife went on their honeymoon to