Player Dossier

2016-2019

Washington

Benning Potoa'e

DL • 6'3" • 290 lbs • Dupont, WA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Benning Potoa'e shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

17%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

28

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Washington

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Washington
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Washington

Player Story

Benning Potoa'e built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Dupont, WA wearing No. 8, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Benning Potoa'e's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.9129

Lakes · Lakewood, WA

Committed To
Washington
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Benning Potoa'e, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Washington. Benning Potoa'e shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
112
TFL
18.5
Sacks
7.5
QB hurries
3

Quick Answers

Benning Potoa'e quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington · DL
Career Tackles
112
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 8 entries · 44 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Washington
Top game
Eastern Washington
Recruit profile
4-star · Lakes · Washington
High school pipeline
Lakes · 22 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
30 tackles · DL 152nd (top 18%) · Pac-12 127th (top 24%) · National 1,387th (top 24%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 PostseasonWashington103-0--022.3
2016 Regular SeasonWashington1016202-022.3
2017 PostseasonWashington116-0--048.2
2017 Regular SeasonWashington1121531-048.2
2018 PostseasonWashington1230.50--029.8
2018 Regular SeasonWashington123340--029.8
2019 PostseasonWashington1120.50--048.9
2019 Regular SeasonWashington11286.54.5--048.9

Related Context

Benning Potoa'e played DL for Washington. Across 4 tracked seasons, Benning Potoa'e recorded 112 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Washington.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Washington paired 11.5 primary output with 21.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 11.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: California

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Washington

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

11.9

Usage

3.9

Consistency

10

Best Game by takeover score

California

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. Rutgers: 0. Idaho: 0. Portland State: 0. Stanford: 0. Oregon: 0. Oregon State: 1. California: 2. Washington State: 0. Colorado: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 3 by 12.5. Rutgers: 4 by 16.7. Idaho: 1 by 4.2. Portland State: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. Oregon: 2 by 8.3. Oregon State: 3 by 22.5. California: 2 by 28.3. Washington State: 1 by 4.2. Colorado: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0.4 · Games = 9 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

California

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs California

Result
Sat 12/31@ AlabamaL 7-2432000
Sat 12/3vs ColoradoW 41-1011100
Fri 11/25@ Washington StateW 45-1710000
Sun 11/6@ CaliforniaSplash gameW 66-2721000
Sat 10/22vs Oregon StateW 41-1732100
Sat 10/8@ OregonW 70-2122000
Sat 10/1vs StanfordW 44-611000
Sun 9/18vs Portland StateW 41-311000
Sat 9/10vs IdahoW 59-1411000
Sat 9/3vs RutgersW 48-1343000

Player Story

Benning Potoa'e story

Benning Potoa'e built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Dupont, WA wearing No. 8, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Benning Potoa'e's career was his defensive production: 112 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, and 7.5 sacks across 44 career games in the available record. That gives Benning Potoa'e's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Washington

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162016201720172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 PostseasonWashington411.93.9
2016 Regular SeasonWashington411.93.90
2017 PostseasonWashington918.45.45
2017 Regular SeasonWashington918.45.40
2018 PostseasonWashington4.516.36.3-4.5
2018 Regular SeasonWashington4.516.36.30
2019 PostseasonWashington11.521.87.47
2019 Regular SeasonWashington11.521.87.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Eastern Washington

Week 1 · W 47-14

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Arizona State

Week 4 · W 27-20 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#3

vs UCLA

Week 9 · W 44-23 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#4

@ California

Week 10 · W 66-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Washington State

Week 13 · W 41-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

70.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Washington

11.5 primary output · 21.8 efficiency · 7.4 usage

48.9

#2

2019 Regular Season · Washington

48.9

11.5 primary · 21.8 efficiency · 7.4 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Washington

48.2

9 primary · 18.4 efficiency · 5.4 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

8

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games