He was a pivotal member of the 1986 Giants team that defeated the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXI.
Benson played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1974 to 1976 and attended Altoona Area High School.
He previously operated the Brad Benson Auto Group in South Brunswick, New Jersey, selling Hyundais and Mitsubishis.
[1] For years, Benson has appeared in various television and radio commercials for his business, including an ad that featured Lawrence Taylor and another that parodied former New York governor Eliot Spitzer.
[5] On March 17, 2013, Benson's son Clinton was accused of hitting Flemington's Richard Lachner with his Nissan Frontier pickup at around 3 a.m. on Woodfern Road in Branchburg by the historic Neshanic Inn.