Player Dossier

2017-2022

Nevada

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.

Usage / Role

41%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

69

Solid production for a defensive back

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Reliability

59

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

68

Useful peak 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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Class 2024 · Rating 0.8739

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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

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Florida11-0--037
2018 PostseasonSouth Florida100-0--08.5
2018 Regular SeasonSouth Florida10270.50--08.5
2019 Regular SeasonSouth Florida12372.51-3030.6
2020 Regular SeasonSouth Florida6252.50-2246.9
2021 PostseasonNevada102-0--014.9
2021 Regular SeasonNevada1022-012014.9
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Florida100-0--014.9
2022 Regular SeasonNevada128050-4267.8

Related Context

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

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 26.6 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: Tulsa

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

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2020 Regular Season · South Florida

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

26.6

Usage

7.1

Consistency

62.3

Best Game by takeover score

Tulsa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. The Citadel: 1.5. Notre Dame: 0. Tulsa: 2. Memphis: 1. Houston: 1. UCF: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. The Citadel: 7 by 44.2. Notre Dame: 4 by 16.7. Tulsa: 4 by 36.7. Memphis: 3 by 22.5. Houston: 3 by 22.5. UCF: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.5 · Games = 1 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulsa

Best efficiency game

44.2 vs The Citadel

Result
Fri 11/27vs UCFL 46-5844000
Sat 11/14@ HoustonL 21-56330010
Sat 11/7@ MemphisL 33-3432001
Fri 10/23vs TulsaSplash gameL 13-4244101
Sat 9/19@ Notre DameL 0-5243000
Sat 9/12vs The CitadelW 27-6751.5000

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

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

  1. 1

    South Florida

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Nevada

    2021-2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201720182018201920202021202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Florida04.20.8
2018 PostseasonSouth Florida0.511.81.90.5
2018 Regular SeasonSouth Florida0.511.81.90
2019 Regular SeasonSouth Florida7.5204.27
2020 Regular SeasonSouth Florida5.526.67.1-2
2021 PostseasonNevada3132.2-2.5
2021 Regular SeasonNevada3132.20
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Florida3132.20
2022 Regular SeasonNevada1439.49.611

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.

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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

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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

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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

67.8

#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