Player Dossier

2019-2023

Pittsburgh

Tyler Bentley

DL • 6'2" • 300 lbs • West Chester, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tyler Bentley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

19%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

30

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

23

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

49

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina

Player Story

Tyler Bentley built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from West Chester, OH wearing No. 92, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Tyler Bentley's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8514

Lakota West · West Chester, OH

Committed To
Pittsburgh
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Tyler Bentley, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Tyler Bentley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
78
TFL
10.5
Sacks
2.5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Tyler Bentley quick answers

Latest team and position
Pittsburgh · DL
Career Tackles
78
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 41 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Top game
North Carolina
Recruit profile
3-star · Lakota West · Pittsburgh
High school pipeline
Lakota West · 36 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 92 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
27 tackles · DL 229th (top 23%) · ACC 162nd (top 27%) · National 1,527th (top 26%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 PostseasonPittsburgh510.50-1041.6
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh561.50--041.6
2020 Regular SeasonPittsburgh71120--023.1
2021 PostseasonPittsburgh12211--033.7
2021 Regular SeasonPittsburgh12181.50--033.7
2022 Regular SeasonPittsburgh71321--034.4
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh102720.5--028.5

Related Context

Tyler Bentley played DL for Pittsburgh. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tyler Bentley recorded 78 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Pittsburgh paired 3 primary output with 11.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

13.7

Usage

2.7

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Florida State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wofford: 0. West Virginia: 0. North Carolina: 1. Virginia Tech: 0. Louisville: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Florida State: 1.5. Syracuse: 0. Boston College: 0. Duke: 0

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Wofford: 1 by 4.2. West Virginia: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Virginia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Louisville: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 5 by 20.8. Florida State: 5 by 35.8. Syracuse: 3 by 12.5. Boston College: 3 by 12.5. Duke: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida State

Best efficiency game

35.8 vs Florida State

Result
Sat 11/25@ DukeL 19-3020000
Fri 11/17vs Boston CollegeW 24-1631000
Sat 11/11@ SyracuseL 13-2831000
Sat 11/4vs Florida StateL 7-24511.5000
Sat 10/21@ Wake ForestL 17-2152000
Sat 10/14vs LouisvilleW 38-2120000
Sun 10/1@ Virginia TechL 21-3810000
Sun 9/24vs North CarolinaL 24-41300.500.500
Sat 9/16@ West VirginiaL 6-1720000
Sat 9/2vs WoffordW 45-710000

Player Story

Tyler Bentley story

Tyler Bentley built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from West Chester, OH wearing No. 92, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Tyler Bentley's career was his defensive production: 78 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 41 career games in the available record. That gives Tyler Bentley's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Pittsburgh

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2019201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonPittsburgh311.82.4
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh311.82.40
2020 Regular SeasonPittsburgh29.42-1
2021 PostseasonPittsburgh3.59.92.31.5
2021 Regular SeasonPittsburgh3.59.92.30
2022 Regular SeasonPittsburgh3123.7-0.5
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh2.513.72.7-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ North Carolina

Week 9 · L 24-42 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Michigan State

Week 1 · L 21-31 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

73.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Florida State

Week 10 · L 7-24 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

66.9 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Miami

Week 7 · L 19-31 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

58.3 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 1 · W 34-30 · Postseason

1.5

Havoc Plays

50.3 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Pittsburgh

3 primary output · 11.8 efficiency · 2.4 usage

41.6

#2

2019 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

41.6

3 primary · 11.8 efficiency · 2.4 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

34.4

3 primary · 12 efficiency · 3.7 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games