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词条 Ben Wilkerson
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  1. Early years

  2. College career

  3. Professional career

  4. Coaching career

  5. References

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|current_team= New York Giants
|position= Assistant offensive line coach
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1982|11|22|mf=y}}
|birth_place=Port Arthur, Texas
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|high_school=Hemphill (TX)
|college=LSU
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  • Cincinnati Bengals ({{NFL Year|2005}}–{{NFL Year|2006}})
  • Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|2007}}–{{NFL Year|2008}})
  • Florida Tuskers ({{UFL Year|2009}})

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  • LSU (2011)
    Graduate assistant
  • Grambling State (2012–2013)
    Offensive line coach
  • Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|2015}}–{{NFL Year|2017}})
    Assistant offensive line coach
  • New York Giants ({{NFL Year|2018}}–present)
    Assistant offensive line coach

|highlights=
  • BCS national champion (2003)
  • First-team All-SEC (2004)
  • Consensus All-American (2004)
  • Rimington Trophy (2004)
  • USA Today High School All-American (2000)

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Benjamin Lorenza Wilkerson (born November 22, 1982) is an American football coach and former player who is the assistant offensive line coach for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played center in the NFL for four seasons during the early 2000s and college football for LSU, earning consensus All-American honors, and was recognized as the top college football center. He signed with the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent, and also played for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League (UFL).

Early years

Wilkerson was born in Port Arthur, Texas. He graduated from Hemphill High School in Hemphill, Texas.

College career

He received an athletic scholarship to attend Louisiana State University, where he played for coach Nick Saban's LSU Tigers football team from 2001 to 2004. As a junior in 2003, he was a member of the Tigers' SEC Championship team that defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 21–14 to win the BCS National Championship. Following his senior 2004 season, he was recognized as a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and a consensus first-team All-American, and was awarded the Rimington Trophy as the best college football center in the country.

Professional career

Wilkerson was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2005 by the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals, and he was a member of the Bengals from {{NFL Year|2005}} to {{NFL Year|2006}}, but appeared in only three games during the 2006 season. He also played for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons from {{NFL Year|2007}} to {{NFL Year|2008}}, and appeared in twenty-nine games off the bench for the Falcons.

He was a member of the United Football League's Florida Tuskers for part of the 2009 season.

Coaching career

Wilkerson served as a graduate assistant for the LSU Tigers during the 2011 football season.

He served as the offensive line coach at Grambling State University from 2012–2013.

Wilkerson was a physical education teacher and assistant football and track coach at North Shore Senior High School in Texas during 2014.[1]

On February 11, 2015, Wilkerson was hired by the Chicago Bears as the assistant offensive line coach.[1]

On February 5, 2018, the New York Giants hired Wilkerson to serve as assistant offensive line coach.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite web|last=Wright|first=Michael C.|url=http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bears/post/_/id/4697282/ben-wilkerson-joins-bears-coaching-staff|title=Ben Wilkerson joins Bears' coaching staff|publisher=ESPN|date=February 11, 2015|accessdate=February 13, 2015}}
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/02/05/report-ben-wilkerson-deshea-townsend-join-giants-staff/ |title=Report: Ben Wilkerson, Deshea Townsend join Giants’ staff |work=profootballtalk |date=February 5, 2018 }}
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