[1] He played college football as a guard at South Carolina and was a star tackle for Virginia,[2] selected All-Southern in 1901.

[4] He assisted coach and Virginia teammate Bob Williams in 1902, when Carolina upset John Heisman's Clemson team.

[2] He studied the law, and upon his admission to the bar began practice in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1903.

During his brief time in the Senate, Benet was the chairman of the Committee on National Banks; upon his defeat, he resumed his practice.

He was serving as the chairman of the Alien Enemy Hearing Board for the state's eastern district at his death; he died in Columbia, and was interred locally in Elmwood Cemetery.