Player Dossier

2016-2021

UAB

Charlie Benton

LB • 6'1" • 228 lbs • Opelika, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Charlie Benton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · UAB

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
West Virginia • UAB
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Player Story

Charlie Benton built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a linebacker from Opelika, AL wearing No. 5, spending time with UAB and West Virginia. The clearest part of Charlie Benton's career was his defensive...

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Charlie Benton, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · UAB. Charlie Benton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
24
TFL
4.5
Sacks
0.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Charlie Benton quick answers

Latest team and position
UAB · LB
Career Tackles
24
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 9 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · UAB
Top game
Marshall
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
22 tackles · LB 562nd (top 45%) · Conference USA 212th (top 32%) · National 1,851st (top 31%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonWest Virginia12-0--039.2
2019 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00-0--0-
2021 PostseasonUAB81-0--052.5
2021 Regular SeasonUAB8214.50.511052.5

Related Context

Charlie Benton played LB for West Virginia and UAB. Across 6 tracked seasons, Charlie Benton recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with UAB.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

UAB paired 7 primary output with 20.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 20.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across West Virginia, UAB.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2021 Postseason · UAB

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

20.2

Usage

5.4

Consistency

45.2

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. BYU: 0. Georgia: 0. Liberty: 1.5. Florida Atlantic: 0. Rice: 0.5. Louisiana Tech: 1. Marshall: 3. UTSA: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. BYU: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 2 by 8.3. Liberty: 4 by 31.7. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 4.2. Rice: 1 by 9.2. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 39.2. Marshall: 2 by 38.3. UTSA: 4 by 26.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Marshall

Best efficiency game

39.2 vs Louisiana Tech

Result
Sat 12/18@ BYUW 31-2810000
Sat 11/20@ UTSAL 31-34430.500.500
Sat 11/13@ MarshallSplash gameW 21-1421101
Sat 11/6vs Louisiana TechW 52-3874100
Sat 10/23vs RiceL 24-30100.5000
Sat 10/9vs Florida AtlanticW 31-1410000
Sat 10/2vs LibertyL 12-36431.5000
Sat 9/11@ GeorgiaL 7-5620000

Player Story

Charlie Benton story

Charlie Benton built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a linebacker from Opelika, AL wearing No. 5, spending time with UAB and West Virginia. The clearest part of Charlie Benton's career was his defensive production: 24 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 9 career games in the available record. That gives Charlie Benton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    West Virginia

    2016-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UAB

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonWest Virginia0
2017 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00
2018 Regular SeasonWest Virginia08.31.10
2019 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00
2020 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00
2021 PostseasonUAB720.25.47
2021 Regular SeasonUAB720.25.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Marshall

Week 11 · W 21-14 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Liberty

Week 5 · L 12-36

1.5

Havoc Plays

60.6 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 10 · W 52-38 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

50.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

#4

@ UTSA

Week 12 · L 31-34 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

35 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.

#5

vs Rice

Week 8 · L 24-30 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

14.5 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 14.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · UAB

7 primary output · 20.2 efficiency · 5.4 usage

52.5

#2

2021 Regular Season · UAB

52.5

7 primary · 20.2 efficiency · 5.4 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · West Virginia

39.2

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games