Player Dossier

2016-2021

South Alabama

Jake Bentley

QB • 6'4" • 220 lbs • Opelika, AL, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Jake Bentley is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.8 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

53

Solid production for a quarterback

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Reliability

57

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

66

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · South Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
South Carolina • Utah • South Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky

Player Story

Jake Bentley built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a quarterback from Opelika, AL wearing No. 13, spending time with South Alabama, South Carolina, and Utah. The clearest part of Jake Bentley's career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.9068

Opelika · Opelika, AL

Committed To
South Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Jake Bentley, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · South Carolina. Jake Bentley is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.8 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
11,143
Passing yards
10,885
Rushing yards
258
Touchdowns
91

Quick Answers

Jake Bentley quick answers

Latest team and position
South Alabama · QB
Career Total Offense
11,143
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 49 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · South Carolina
Top game
Kentucky
Recruit profile
4-star · Opelika · South Carolina
High school pipeline
Cottage Hill Christian Academy · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 13 · Senior
2021 Total offense rank
2,468 total offense · QB 75th (top 21%) · Sun Belt 4th (top 4%) · National 75th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2016 PostseasonSouth Carolina7381390-9353.3
2016 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina71,0241,030-6653.3
2017 PostseasonSouth Carolina13238239-1268.6
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina132,6412,555862268.6
2018 PostseasonSouth Carolina13216218-2067.6
2018 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina133,0432,953902967.6
2019 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina1137142-5147.2
2020 Regular SeasonUtah5995882113755.6
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama102,4682,476-82162.8

Related Context

Jake Bentley played QB for South Carolina, Utah, and South Alabama. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jake Bentley recorded 10,885 passing yards, 258 rushing yards, and 12 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2018 with South Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

South Carolina paired 2,879 primary output with 56.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 63.6 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across South Carolina, Utah, South Alabama.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern

Win with 397 yards of offense and 72.7 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · South Alabama

Games

10

Primary Metric / G

246.8

Efficiency

63.6

Usage

13.8

Consistency

81.4

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia Southern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 262. Bowling Green: 257. Alcorn State: 165. Louisiana: 237. Texas State: 202. Georgia Southern: 397. UL Monroe: 310. Arkansas State: 245. Troy: 61. Coastal Carolina: 332

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Miss: 28 by 69.3. Bowling Green: 51 by 50.2. Alcorn State: 28 by 58. Louisiana: 35 by 58.8. Texas State: 29 by 65.4. Georgia Southern: 37 by 72.7. UL Monroe: 48 by 54.7. Arkansas State: 44 by 54.3. Troy: 4 by 100. Coastal Carolina: 46 by 52.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins265.2 · Games = 5 · +36.8 vs Losses
Losses228.4 · Games = 5 · -36.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Georgia Southern

Best efficiency game

100 vs Troy

Result
Fri 11/26vs Coastal Carolina300-yard gameL 21-27284135468.32352.75-22-4.4008
Sat 11/6@ TroyL 24-313349100.00010011212012
Sat 10/30vs Arkansas State3+ TDW 31-13293924874.44154.35-3-0.6008
Sat 10/23@ UL Monroe300-yard game · 3+ TDL 31-41304132073.24254.77-10-1.40014
Thu 10/14vs Georgia Southern300-yard game · 3+ TDW 41-14243138977.43072.7681.30212
Sat 10/9@ Texas StateL 31-33192618973.12165.43134.30010
Sun 10/3vs LouisianaL 18-20192924365.50058.86-6-116
Sun 9/19vs Alcorn StateW 28-21142515856.00058372.3007
Sat 9/11@ Bowling GreenW 22-19294625763.00150.250005
Sun 9/5vs Southern Miss3+ TDW 31-7172226977.32069.36-7-1.2018

Player Story

Jake Bentley story

Jake Bentley built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a quarterback from Opelika, AL wearing No. 13, spending time with South Alabama, South Carolina, and Utah. The clearest part of Jake Bentley's career was his passing role: 10,885 passing yards, 78 touchdown passes, 1,429 attempts, and 258 rushing yards across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with South Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 258 rushing yards, 12 receiving yards, and 5 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Alabama, South Carolina, and Utah.

The arc is straightforward: Jake Bentley moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    South Carolina

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Utah

    2020

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    South Alabama

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201620162017201720182018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 PostseasonSouth Carolina1,40556.418.1
2016 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina1,40556.418.10
2017 PostseasonSouth Carolina2,87956.919.41,474
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina2,87956.919.40
2018 PostseasonSouth Carolina3,25958.616.8380
2018 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina3,25958.616.80
2019 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina13741.519.4-3,122
2020 Regular SeasonUtah99559.518.3858
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama2,46863.613.81,473

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Kentucky

Week 3 · L 13-23 · Conference game

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

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Total Offense

79.4 takeover

323 total offense with 60.5 efficiency.

#2

@ Colorado

Week 15 · W 38-21 · Conference game

271

Total Offense

76.1 takeover

Win with 271 yards of offense and 60.2 efficiency.

271 total offense with 60.2 efficiency.

#3

vs South Florida

Week 1 · L 39-46 · Postseason

381

Total Offense

74.4 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

381 total offense with 57.8 efficiency.

#4

vs Georgia Southern

Week 7 · W 41-14 · Conference game

397

Total Offense

71.5 takeover

Win with 397 yards of offense and 72.7 efficiency.

397 total offense with 72.7 efficiency.

#5

@ Texas A&M

Week 5 · L 17-24 · Conference game

210

Total Offense

66.3 takeover

Loss with 210 yards of offense and 56.9 efficiency.

210 total offense with 56.9 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · South Carolina

2,879 primary output · 56.9 efficiency · 19.4 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · South Carolina

68.6

2,879 primary · 56.9 efficiency · 19.4 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · South Carolina

67.6

3,259 primary · 58.6 efficiency · 16.8 usage

Milestones

16

250+ passing yards

10

300+ total offense

16

3+ TD games

21

Above avg efficiency