injury to a family member. He was sentenced to 20 days in jail and ordered to pay a $4,000 fine. Benson was released from jail on September 3, after only five days of his sentence. He received a one-game suspension, enacted in week 8. 2017 arrest On February 18, 2017, Benson was charged with driving while intoxicated in downtown Austin, Texas. According to court documents, Benson refused to take a field sobriety test and could not recite the alphabet from G to Z nor count past the number 3. Benson was released on the same day after posting bond. Death and legacy On August 17, 2019, Benson and a female passenger, Dr. Aamna Najam, were killed when his motorcycle crashed with a minivan on RM 2222 in Austin, Texas. Benson and the woman were pronounced dead at the scene, and two passengers in the minivan were not seriously injured. On the two year anniversary of Benson’s death, his family and the Austin Independent School District launched a mentorship program in his honor at Gus Garcia Young Men’s Leadership Academy. See also List of NCAA Division I FBS running backs with at least 50 career rushing touchdowns List of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders List of Texas Longhorns football All-Americans List of Chicago Bears first-round draft picks List of people diagnosed with coeliac disease References External links Cincinnati Bengals bio 1982 births 2019 deaths American football running backs Chicago Bears players Cincinnati Bengals players Green Bay Packers players Gulf Coast Dodgers players Texas Longhorns football players People from Midland, Texas Players of American football from Austin, Texas Baseball players from Austin, Texas African-American players of American football African-American baseball players Burials at Texas State Cemetery Road incident deaths in Texas Motorcycle road incident deaths 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American sportspeople Ed Block Courage Award recipients