Lou Benfatti

Tackles:	21
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Louis Benfatti
No. 78
Position:	Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born:	March 9, 1971 (age 53); Green Pond, New Jersey, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	278 lb (126 kg)
Career information
High school:	Rockaway (NJ) Morris Knolls
College:	Penn State
NFL draft:	1994 / round: 3 / pick: 94
Career history
	New York Jets (1994–1996);
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-American (1993); Second-team All-Big Ten (1993);
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:
Tackles:	21
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Lewis Vincent Benfatti (born March 9, 1971) is an American former professional football player. The 6' 4", 278 lb., defensive tackle was the third round pick (#94 overall) of the New York Jets in the 1994 NFL draft.^[1] He played three seasons (1994–1996) with the Jets. Benfatti was named All-American and a Lombardi Award finalist while at Penn State University. A team captain for the Nittany Lions, he played in the 1994 East-West Shrine Game and Senior Bowl games.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts in speech communication from Penn State in 1993. Benfatti was an All-State football player and heavyweight wrestler at Morris Knolls High School in Denville Township, New Jersey.^[2]^[3]

Benfatti is the principal of Hopatcong Middle School, in Hopatcong, New Jersey.^[4]

References

^ "1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
^ Lange, Randy. "CRUSHING HALT TO JETS CAREER: BROKEN NECK KOS BENFATTI", The Record (Bergen County), April 8, 1997. Accessed August 2, 2007. "Benfatti hides his turmoil well behind a calm demeanor that has been his trademark at Morris Knolls High School, at Penn State, and as a third-round draft pick of the Jets in 1994."
^ Lou Benfatti Archived 2007-06-24 at the Wayback Machine, Morris Knolls High School. Accessed August 2, 2007.
^ Manochio, Matt (December 1, 2009). "Former Jet becomes principal of Hopatcong Middle School". Daily Record.