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Age: 42
Weight: 220 lbs
Height: 5' 11"
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Consider Packers RB Cedric Benson a solid backup plan. ...

Fox Sports Wisconsin

Jan 30, 2013 · 2:16 PM EST

Consider Packers RB Cedric Benson a solid backup plan. DuJuan Harris will certainly be back next season in Green Bay, while the Packers seem intent on giving James Starks one more season to prove himself and stay off the injury report. Alex Green, who played this season just a year removed from a serious knee injury, should be back for his third season in Green Bay. That means Benson's return to the Packers will likely be decided based on whether the team drafts a running back in April. If general manager Ted Thompson does draft a running back, that new player, along with Harris, Starks and Green, will be enough bodies at the position. That's the most likely scenario. But, if Thompson can't find good value on a running back in the draft, Benson could be the veteran on a cheap contract who steps in if the younger players don't perform well.

Fantasy Impact:

As it stands, we believe that Harris will emerge as the top back of this group in 2013.

There is virtually no chance the Packers keep Ryan Gran...

The Green Bay Press Gazette

Jan 28, 2013 · 2:48 PM EST

There is virtually no chance the Packers keep Ryan Grant. They didn’t want him last season and only signed him in December out of desperation due to injuries. Meanwhile, the Packers have nothing to lose by offering Cedric Benson another one-year, minimum salary contract. If he bombs in training camp the Packers walk away no worse for the wear.

Fantasy Impact:

We believe DuJuan Harris will emerge as the team's primary back if the Packers don't draft a RB in April.

DuJuan Harris showed a lot of potential, but the Packer...

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Jan 18, 2013 · 6:03 PM EST

DuJuan Harris showed a lot of potential, but the Packers aren't blind to the fact he's 5-7 and 208 pounds. He held up well averaging 10 carries a game, but that's a far cry from the 250 to 300 carries he'd get as a lead back.

"You'd have to see a body of work over an entire season, whether he wore down later in the season," Van Pelt said. "He was great for us when we had him. He was fresh. Quite a change from what we had in the room."

It's doubtful the Packers will take another chance on Cedric Benson, who signed during training camp and played in just five games before being put on injured reserve with a Lisfranc fracture in his foot. Ryan Grant was a short-term addition who deserved a ton of credit for the job he did both on the field and in the locker room, but he is not the future.

James Starks has been as unreliable as a back could be despite possessing tremendous talent. He has missed 26 of 48 regular-season games because of injury and was no help down the stretch. His salary, assuming he has met playing time qualifiers, will jump to $1.323 million, which is equal to the lowest restricted free agent tender in 2013.

The Packers may not be willing to pay that given his health history.

Fantasy Impact:

Our money is on Harris returning as the lead back, though the Packers may elect to draft RB or sign someone in free agency.

Cedric Benson done for year after surgery

CBS Sports

Nov 29, 2012 · 3:21 PM EST

Cedric Benson's season is over, the Packers announced on Thursday afternoon. The running back had surgery on Wednesday and will remain on injured reserve for the remainder of the season.

Benson, who suffered a Lisfranc foot injury in the Week 5 loss to the Colts, had been the Packers' designated player to return as part of the league's new reserve exemption rule. He would've been eligible to play next week against the Lions, after sitting out the mandatory eight weeks.

Fantasy Impact:

James Starks, Alex Green and John Kuhn will continue to form an ugly RBBC.