Andy Benoit

Andy Benoit
Born May 27, 1986 (1986-05-27) (age 32)
Boise, Idaho
Occupation Sports Journalist
Nationality American
Education The College of Idaho
Website
twitter.com/Andy_Benoit

Andrew "Andy" Benoit (born May 27, 1986) is an American sportswriter who specializes in the National Football League. He writes for Sports Illustrated and for SI's NFL webpage, The MMQB with Peter King.[1][2]

Benoit has written for CBSSports.com, The New York Times, Football Outsiders, USA Today and Sports Network.[3][4][5][6] He is the author of Andy Benoit's Touchdown: Everything You Need to Know about the NFL This Year, which was published by Random House through the years 2006-2007,[7][8] and the co-author of Football Outsiders Almanac 2013: The Essential Guide to the 2013 NFL and College Football Seasons.[9]

Benoit has been featured on the NFL Films Top 10 Shows series since 2010 and is a regular contributor to various television and radio programs, including ESPN, ABC and CBS.[10] Benoit is also a founder of NFLTouchdown.com.

Personal life

Benoit is a graduate of The College of Idaho. He currently lives in Boise, Idaho. According to NFLTouchdown.com, Benoit started writing football books at the age of 14, and was dubbed by the Idaho Statesman as "The NFL Kid".[11] Benoit's two cats, Mr. Fizzles and Othercat, have gained some notoriety as they have been mentioned by Peter King in several of his weekly articles.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Benoit's features on MMQB website". Retrieved 2014-05-08.
  2. ↑ "Andy Benoit archive Sports Illustrated vault". Retrieved 2014-05-08.
  3. ↑ "Benoit's blog on CBS". Retrieved 2014-05-08.
  4. ↑ "Benoit's blog with New York Times". Retrieved 2014-05-08.
  5. ↑ "Benoit's blog with Football Outsiders".
  6. ↑ "Andy Benoit Biography".
  7. ↑ Benoit, Andy (14 July 2006). "Andy Benoit's Touchdown 2006: Everything You Need to Know About the NFL This Year". Ballantine Books. Retrieved 24 February 2017 – via Amazon.
  8. ↑ Benoit, Andy (31 July 2007). "Andy Benoit's Touchdown 2007: Everything You Need to Know About the NFL This Year". Ballantine Books. Retrieved 24 February 2017 – via Amazon.
  9. ↑ Schatz, Aaron; Benoit, Andy; Connelly, Bill; Farrar, Doug; Fremeau, Brian; Gower, Tom; Hinton, Matt; McCown, Rivers; McIntyre, Brian; Stuart, Chase; Tanier, Mike; Tuccitto, Danny; Verhei, Vince; Weintraub, Robert (15 July 2013). "Football Outsiders Almanac 2013: The Essential Guide to the 2013 NFL and College Football Seasons". CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Retrieved 24 February 2017 – via Amazon.
  10. ↑ "Fantasy Football Starters Signs Two Veteran Free Agents".
  11. ↑ "Idaho Statesman Interview with Andy Benoit". Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  12. ↑ "Peter King Factoid of the Week Othercat". Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  13. ↑ "Peter King MR. STARWOOD PREFERRED MEMBER TRAVEL NOTE OF THE WEEK". Retrieved 2014-08-21.
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