Studying his playbook on his iPad at his locker, greeting new teammates, and reviewing restaurant recommendations via text from J.J. Watt and DeAndre Hopkins, Eno Benjamin is learning on the fly during his first few days as a Texan. AaronWilson_NFL
“They used to come out to Texas for a lot of camps and we would hang out,” Benjamin said of Smith. “Great guy. Just at the time, I was committed to Iowa. I was looking at the Big Ten. At the time, it was more Iowa than Illinois. It was really intriguing.”
“I’m excited for him,” quarterback Davis Mills said. “He’s another really talented player to add to that running back room. I heard he’s a really good pass-catcher out of the backfield as well, so just excited for another way to attack defenses and switch up the looks.” “We’re more so about our feature guy, and we have confidence in the two guys that are backing Dameon up to pick up where they need to,” said Hamilton, adding that it’s still being determined if Benjamin will be the main backup.
“We’re going to have a starting tailback, and we’re going to have a backup,” Smith said. “If the backup has to play, we don’t want a big drop-off as much as anything. Then our third running back is going to be a guy that’s going to hopefully be able to maybe his emphasis is on third down and special teams. That’s how the running back position has been like for me in my entire career.”
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