Aug. 12--Former Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson has placed his four-bedroom, 4,303-square-foot house in Libertyville back on the market for $844,000.
The league's fourth overall draft pick in 2005, Benson, 32, played with the Bears from 2005 until 2007, including in Super Bowl XLI. After two alcohol-related arrests, the team released him in 2008. He later played for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Green Bay Packers. He hasn't played professionally since suffering a major injury in 2012.
Benson paid $1.02 million in 2005 for the traditional-style house, which sits on a wooded and fenced 1.5-acre lot. He first listed it in 2008 for $1.14 million and later cut his asking price to $1.05 million, $995,000, $975,000 and $899,000 before taking it off the market in mid-2010. He recently relisted it for $895,000 and quickly cut his asking price to $844,000.
Built in 1997, the house has 3 1/2 baths, refinished hardwood floors, a two-story family room, gabled ceilings, a master suite with a walk-in closet and vaulted ceilings, a full basement with a fireplace and a workout room and a kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and a glass tile backsplash. The property features an older barn and a fenced dog run.
"It's a great property. It's homemade for entertaining with an open floor plan," said listing agent LuAnne Hollingshead of Keller Williams Realty. "He is selling because he doesn't live here anymore."
Bob Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.
