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CAMP KEEANU

Football: Welcome to Janesville's Camp Keeanu

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Keeanu Benton, a 2019 Janesville Craig graduate who is preparing for his third NFL season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, greets some of the 150 young players that attended his 1-day camp at Janesville Craig on Monday afternoon.

JANESVILLE — The young football players did not seem intimidated by the big NFL defensive lineman walking among them Monday afternoon on a Janesville Craig High football field.

The 6-foot-4, 310-pound pound Keeanu Benton didn’t give them a reason to. He handed out hand slaps, smiles and greetings onto all.

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Keeanu Benton reacts after throwing a pass to a camper during his one-day football camp at Janesville Craig on Monday afternoon. A total of 150 8-to-14 year olds attended the camp and the 2019 Craig High graduate and present Pittsburgh Steeler defensive lineman intends to expand the camp to both younger and high school players next year.

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Nick Herbig, a teammate of Janesville's Keeanu Benton at both the University of Wisconsin and now the Pittsburgh Steelers, instructs a young camper on running pass routes during Benton's one-day football camp held at Janesville Craig on Monday. Nick's brother, Nate, who will join the Steelers as an offensive lineman after signing as a free agent, also participated as a coach at Monday's camp, along with former UW teammate Rodas Johnson.

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Spectators lined the upper hill of a Janesville Craig High practice field to watch 150 campers take part in a two-hour football camp put on by 2019 Craig graduate Keeanu Benton on Monday afternoon. It was the first camp Benton has conducted. He plans to add a camp for high school players next year.

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