Player Dossier

2019-2021

Akron

Eric Bentley

DL • 6'2" • 281 lbs • Akron, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Eric Bentley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

23

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

51

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Akron

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Akron
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UAB

Player Story

Eric Bentley built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Akron, OH wearing No. 52, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Eric Bentley's career was his defensive production: 36...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7578

St. Vincent-St. Mary · Akron, OH

Committed To
Akron
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Eric Bentley, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Akron. Eric Bentley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
36
TFL
3.5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Eric Bentley quick answers

Latest team and position
Akron · DL
Career Tackles
36
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 15 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Akron
Top game
UAB
Recruit profile
2-star · St. Vincent-St. Mary · Akron
High school pipeline
St. Vincent-St. Mary · 14 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 52 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonAkron9262.50--043.9
2020 Regular SeasonAkron41010-1045.8
2021 Regular SeasonAkron10-0--054.2

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021Akron to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted15.7May 17, 2021

Eric Bentley played DL for Akron. Across 3 tracked seasons, Eric Bentley recorded 36 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Akron.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Akron paired 1 primary output with 22.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Alabama

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Akron

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

22.5

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Alabama

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Alabama

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Alabama

Result
Sat 11/19@ Alabama21000

Player Story

Eric Bentley story

Eric Bentley built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Akron, OH wearing No. 52, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Eric Bentley's career was his defensive production: 36 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 15 career games in the available record. That gives Eric Bentley's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Akron

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonAkron2.514.86
2020 Regular SeasonAkron215.44.5-0.5
2021 Regular SeasonAkron122.5-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UAB

Week 2 · L 20-31

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Miami (OH)

Week 13 · L 7-38 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

72.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Troy

Week 4 · L 7-35

1

Havoc Plays

63.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Ole Miss

Week 2

1

Havoc Plays

61.3 takeover

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Massachusetts

Week 5 · L 29-37

0.5

Havoc Plays

49.2 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Akron

1 primary output · 22.5 efficiency · usage

54.2

#2

2020 Regular Season · Akron

45.8

2 primary · 15.4 efficiency · 4.5 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Akron

43.9

2.5 primary · 14.8 efficiency · 6 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games