Keith Benson

Keith Benson

Benson with Oakland in 2009
Free agent
Position	Center / power forward
Personal information
Born	(1988-08-13) August 13, 1988 (age 36) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	247 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High school	Detroit Country Day School (Beverly Hills, Michigan)
College	Oakland (2007–2011)
NBA draft	2011: 2nd round, 48th overall pick
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career	2011–present
Career history
2011	Dinamo Sassari
2012	Sioux Falls Skyforce
2012	Golden State Warriors
2012–2013	Erie BayHawks
2013	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
2013	Erie BayHawks
2013–2014	Tsmoki-Minsk
2014	Shaanxi Wolves
2014–2015	Neptūnas Klaipėda
2015	Kalev/Cramo
2015–2017	Sioux Falls Skyforce
2017	Guizhou White Tigers
2017	Aris Thessaloniki
2018	Osaka Evessa
2018–2019	Eisbären Bremerhaven
2019–2020	South East Melbourne Phoenix
2020	Shabab Al Ahli
2020–2021	Rytas
2021	Levski Sofia
2021–2022	Kaohsiung Steelers
2022–2023	Juventus Utena
2023	Taichung Suns
2023	Zavkhan Brothers
Career highlights and awards
Bulgarian League champion (2021) NBA D-League champion (2016) All-NBA D-League First Team (2017) NBA D-League All-Defensive Team (2017) 2× NBA D-League All-Star (2016, 2017) Lou Henson Award (2010) 2× Summit League Player of the Year (2010, 2011) 2× First-team All-Summit League (2010, 2011) Summit League tournament MVP (2011)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Keith Anderson Benson Jr. (born August 13, 1988)^[1][2] is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Oakland University. A 6-foot-11 center, Benson was a second-round pick (48th overall) in the 2011 NBA draft, selected by the Atlanta Hawks. He has since played in Italy, Philippines, Belarus, China, Lithuania, Estonia and the NBA Development League.