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Player bio: WR Arrelious Benn

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POSITION: Wide receiver

SCHOOL: Illinois

DRAFTED: Second round, No. 7 (39th overall)

HEIGHT: 6-1

WEIGHT: 219

40-YD DASH TIME: 4.58

KEY STATS: Best season came in 2008 when he caught 67 passes for 1,055 yards as a sophomore. Production fell off last season as he finished with 38 receptions for 490 yards. Averaged 23.7 yards on 42 kickoff returns for the Illini.

NOTABLE: Served as team captain his final two seasons. His 3,613 all-purpose yards rank fourth on the school's all-time list. Was also recruited by FSU, Notre Dame and the University of Miami after coming out of Dunbar High in Washington, D.C.

QUOTABLE: "If I would have stayed for my senior year, it would have been my third offensive coordinator. I felt like if I was going to learn a new offense, let it be on the next level.''

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