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Game Break: Martellus Bennett
Most NFL players always have a playbook nearby. For New England Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett, it’s his animation notebooks that are never far from his grasp. In this Game Break, Martellus, a published children’s book author and budding animator, shows his off-the-field passion for art, illustration and animation.
Photograph by Michael Lebrecht/The Players’ Tribune