2021 Football Roster
Tyler Bentley
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 305
- Hometown:
- West Chester, OH
- High School:
- Lakota West
2023: Played in all 12 games, making four starts at defensive tackle...totaled 27 tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack assist...twice logged a career-high five tackles (Wake Forest and Florida State)...matched his career best with 1.5 TFLs against Florida State...had a sack assist against North Carolina.
2022: Played in 12 games, making two starts at defensive tackle…starting assignments came against Louisville and UCLA (Sun Bowl)…totaled 13 tackles, two sacks and one pass breakup on the year…twice matched his personal best with three stops at Louisville and North Carolina…had a three-yard sack at North Carolina…had a seven-yard sack against Duke.
2021: Played in all 14 games, starting six at defensive tackle…collected 20 tackles, 2.5 TFLs and a sack on the year…matched his career high with three stops at Duke…had two tackles, including 1.5 TFLs (tying his career best) at Syracuse…had an eight-yard sack—the first of his career—against Michigan State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
2020: Played in nine games, starting three at defensive tackle…starting assignments came against NC State, Miami and Notre Dame…totaled 11 tackles and two tackles for loss…posted career highs with three tackles and 1.5 TFLs at Miami…had two stops with an assisted TFL at Boston College.
2019: Played in all 13 games as a reserve defensive tackle…totaled seven stops and two TFLs on the year…twice had a season-high two tackles (Duke and Virginia Tech)…had a three-yard TFL against North Carolina.
2018: Redshirted as a true freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL: Considered one of Ohio’s top defensive line prospects…a three-year starter at defensive tackle…two-time first team All-Greater Miami Conference…Journal-News All-Area…compiled 60 tackles, a sack and two forced fumbles as a senior…rated the No. 20 overall prospect in Ohio by ESPN, No. 41 by 247Sports and No. 43 by Rivals…played under Coach Larry Cox.
PERSONAL: Tyler Christopher Bentley, born 8/22/00, is the son of Henry and Kachelle Bentley…has one sister…father played football at Southern University…earned his bachelor’s degree in administration of justice and is pursuing a second major in communication.
