Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2022Nevada
Bentlee Sanders
DB • 5'9" • 179 lbs • Tampa, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Bentlee Sanders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
59
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
43
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Nevada
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- South Florida • Nevada
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Player Story
Bentlee Sanders built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive back from Tampa, FL wearing No. 20, spending time with Nevada and South Florida. The clearest part of Bentlee Sanders' career was his...
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- Jan 1, 2024
Bentlee Sanders, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Nevada. Bentlee Sanders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 194
- TFL
- 10.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 11
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Bentlee Sanders quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nevada · DB
- Career Tackles
- 194
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 51 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Nevada
- Top game
- Texas State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Red Bank
- High school pipeline
- Red Bank · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 80 tackles · DB 19th (top 3%) · Mountain West 13th (top 3%) · National 147th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | South Florida | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2018 Postseason | South Florida | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 8.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Florida | 10 | 27 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 8.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Florida | 12 | 37 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 30.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Florida | 6 | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 46.9 |
| 2021 Postseason | Nevada | 10 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 14.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nevada | 10 | 22 | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Florida | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 14.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nevada | 12 | 80 | 5 | 0 | - | 4 | 2 | 67.8 |
Related Context
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Bentlee Sanders played DB for South Florida and Nevada. Across 6 tracked seasons, Bentlee Sanders recorded 194 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Nevada.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Nevada paired 14 primary output with 39.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across South Florida, Nevada.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · South Florida
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
20
Usage
4.2
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
East Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. South Carolina State: 2. SMU: 0. UConn: 0. BYU: 1. Navy: 0. East Carolina: 2.5. Temple: 1. Cincinnati: 0. Memphis: 1. UCF: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 4 by 16.7. Georgia Tech: 4 by 16.7. South Carolina State: 4 by 36.7. UConn: 4 by 16.7. BYU: 7 by 39.2. Navy: 1 by 4.2. East Carolina: 9 by 62.5. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2. Memphis: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.4 · Games = 4 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 8 · -1.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
East Carolina
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs East Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ UCF | L 7-34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Memphis | L 10-49 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/17 | vs Cincinnati | L 17-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/8 | vs Temple | L 7-17 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ East CarolinaSplash game | W 45-20 | 9 | 6 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Navy | L 3-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs BYU | W 27-23 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ UConn | W 48-22 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs SMU | L 21-48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs South Carolina StateSplash game | W 55-16 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Georgia Tech | L 10-14 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | vs Wisconsin | L 0-49 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Bentlee Sanders story
Bentlee Sanders built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive back from Tampa, FL wearing No. 20, spending time with Nevada and South Florida. The clearest part of Bentlee Sanders' career was his defensive production: 194 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 7 interceptions across 51 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Nevada. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Bentlee Sanders' production has multiple signals. His career also includes 1,540 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 51 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nevada and South Florida.
The arc is straightforward: Bentlee Sanders 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
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South Florida
2017-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Nevada
2021-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2018 Postseason | South Florida | 0.5 | 11.8 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Florida | 0.5 | 11.8 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Florida | 7.5 | 20 | 4.2 | 7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Florida | 5.5 | 26.6 | 7.1 | -2 |
| 2021 Postseason | Nevada | 3 | 13 | 2.2 | -2.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nevada | 3 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Florida | 3 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nevada | 14 | 39.4 | 9.6 | 11 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Texas State
Week 1 · W 38-14
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#2
@ East Carolina
Week 9 · W 45-20 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
75.8 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Tulsa
Week 8 · L 13-42 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#4
vs The Citadel
Week 2 · W 27-6
1.5
Havoc Plays
73.1 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.
#5
vs South Carolina State
Week 3 · W 55-16
2
Havoc Plays
68.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Nevada
14 primary output · 39.4 efficiency · 9.6 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · South Florida
46.9
5.5 primary · 26.6 efficiency · 7.1 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · South Florida
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
8
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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