During his time as a Dallas Cowboys tight end, former Texas A&M star Martellus Bennett was usually known more for the words that came out of his mouth than his production on the field.
Bennett never lived up to the potential the Cowboys believed he had when they made him a second-round pick in the 2008 draft. But whether it was a video on his website, an interview on a radio show or via some other medium, Marty B. never failed to entertain.
That hasn't changed.
Sunday night at MetLife Stadium, after the Giants' 38-10 victory over the Green Bay Packers, Bennett (who calls himself the Black Unicorn in his first season with New York) told the tale of how he saved the life of a middle-aged fan who had fallen as the Giants headed for their locker room.
Here's an account of Bennett's feat, as told to Paul Schwartz of nypost.com:
"We were celebrating the great win that we had as a team. I was walking into the locker room and some kids were like 'Hey Black Unicorn.' That's what they call me. And I was like, 'Hey, yeah, what's up guys?' And then I was handing my gloves. Some guy, he was probably like 48 years older than the little kid that wanted the glove, but he tried to take the glove from the little kid, and the little kid like took it and ducked, and then he went over the top of the little kid. And I just caught him. It wasn't that big of a deal.
"I caught him and then I was about to set him down gently, kinda like when Lois Lane is caught by Superman and then he kind of takes her down and sets her down so she can land on her feet. But it didn't happen like that. There was a cameraman behind me. You all know cameramen are the least athletic people in the world. I stepped on him, and then I fell down. We both went down. And then by the time I looked up, the police had him.
"No, I didn't get hurt. I was just happy the guy was OK. Just doing my job as a neighborhood superhero.''
And according to Bennett, this wasn't his first foray into the life-saving business.
"This is probably like my fifth person I've saved in my life,'' Bennett said. "There was one time at Texas A&M after we beat Texas in basketball. Everybody stormed the court. And one of the ball boys was getting trampled, and everybody was jumping on him. And I saw him down there, and I was like, I wanted to keep jumping and celebrating. But I looked down, then I looked at everybody else. All the girls was on the court, and I was like 'ehhhhhh.' So I did the righteous thing and I picked the kid up and carried him off the court. He had like a broken arm and a broken wrist.''
But wait, there's more.
"Being black, I had some cousins who can't swim,'' Bennett said. "I had to save their lives too a couple times. I'm a certified lifeguard. Me and my brother that plays for the Bucs, we are certified lifeguards. He did more lifeguarding than me. I just save lives. I actually saved about 12 people but only like four of those were drowning. Some people was about to drown they just didn't know it yet.''
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