Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Ole Miss
Ulysses Bentley IV
RB • 5'11" • 200 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Ulysses Bentley IV leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
82
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- SMU • Ole Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Player Story
Ulysses Bentley IV built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 24, spending time with Ole Miss and SMU. The clearest part of Ulysses Bentley IV's career was his...
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- Committed To
- SMU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Ulysses Bentley IV, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · SMU. Ulysses Bentley IV leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 3,060
- Rushing yards
- 2,576
- Receiving yards
- 484
- Touchdowns
- 31
Quick Answers
Ulysses Bentley IV quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ole Miss · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 3,060
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 52 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- North Texas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · C.E. King · SMU
- High school pipeline
- C.E. King · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Senior
- 2024 Scrimmage yards rank
- 518 scrimmage yards · RB 194th (top 28%) · SEC 61st (top 19%) · National 445th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | SMU | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 4 | 49 | 19 | 30 | 0 | 35.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 10 | 1,072 | 898 | 174 | 12 | 74.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 10 | 700 | 610 | 90 | 5 | 55.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 5 | 77 | 73 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 2023 Postseason | Ole Miss | 13 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 54.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 13 | 608 | 521 | 87 | 5 | 54.1 |
| 2024 Postseason | Ole Miss | 10 | 100 | 70 | 30 | 2 | 44.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 10 | 418 | 349 | 69 | 3 | 44.1 |
Related Context
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Ulysses Bentley IV played RB for SMU and Ole Miss. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ulysses Bentley IV recorded 2,576 rushing yards, 484 receiving yards, and 31 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
SMU paired 1,072 primary output with 53.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 53.6 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to 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 SMU, Ole Miss.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Win with 248 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · SMU
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
107.2
Efficiency
53.6
Usage
30.6
Consistency
55.8
Best Game by takeover score
North Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 51. North Texas: 248. Stephen F. Austin: 89. Memphis: 51. Tulane: 93. Cincinnati: 59. Navy: 217. Temple: 79. Tulsa: 108. East Carolina: 77
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. Texas State: 12 by 45.5. North Texas: 20 by 100. Stephen F. Austin: 5 by 100. Memphis: 16 by 28.7. Tulane: 28 by 37.3. Cincinnati: 19 by 28.6. Navy: 29 by 68.4. Temple: 18 by 47.3. Tulsa: 27 by 41.4. East Carolina: 16 by 38.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins118.3 · Games = 7 · +37.0 vs Losses
Losses81.3 · Games = 3 · -37.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
North Texas
Best efficiency game
100 vs Stephen F. Austin
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | @ East Carolina | L 38-52 | 12 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 4.8 |
| Sun 11/15 | @ Tulsa100 rush yards | L 24-28 | 26 | 103 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Temple | W 47-23 | 17 | 79 | 4.60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.4 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Navy100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 51-37 | 25 | 149 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 68 | 7.5 |
| Sun 10/25 | vs Cincinnati | L 13-42 | 16 | 40 | 2.50 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 3.1 |
| Fri 10/16 | @ Tulane | W 37-34 | 25 | 94 | 3.80 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3.3 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Memphis | W 30-27 | 13 | 32 | 2.50 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 3.2 |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Stephen F. Austin2+ TD | W 50-7 | 5 | 89 | 17.80 | 2 | — | — | 17.8 |
| Sat 9/19 | @ North Texas100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 65-35 | 19 | 227 | 11.90 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12.4 |
| Sat 9/5 | @ Texas State2+ TD | W 31-24 | 11 | 49 | 4.50 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4.3 |
Player Story
Ulysses Bentley IV story
Ulysses Bentley IV built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 24, spending time with Ole Miss and SMU. The clearest part of Ulysses Bentley IV's career was his backfield work: 2,576 rushing yards, 467 carries, 28 rushing touchdowns, and 484 receiving yards across 52 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with SMU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 484 receiving yards and 410 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 52 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ole Miss and SMU.
The arc is straightforward: Ulysses Bentley IV 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
SMU
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Ole Miss
2022-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920192020202120222023202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | SMU | 66 | 55.6 | 3.1 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 66 | 55.6 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 1,072 | 53.6 | 30.6 | 1,006 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 700 | 53 | 18.7 | -372 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 77 | 33.7 | 5.3 | -623 |
| 2023 Postseason | Ole Miss | 627 | 55.7 | 13.3 | 550 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 627 | 55.7 | 13.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Ole Miss | 518 | 45.4 | 15.7 | -109 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 518 | 45.4 | 15.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ North Texas
Week 3 · W 65-35
Win with 248 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
248
Scrimmage Yards
92.1 takeover
248 scrimmage yards and 26.7 usage.
#2
@ TCU
Week 4 · W 42-34
166
Scrimmage Yards
90.1 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
166 scrimmage yards and 31.9 usage.
#3
vs North Texas
Week 2 · W 35-12
162
Scrimmage Yards
87.9 takeover
Win with 162 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
162 scrimmage yards and 23.1 usage.
#4
vs Mississippi State
Week 14 · W 26-14 · Conference game
143
Scrimmage Yards
87.7 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
143 scrimmage yards and 32.3 usage.
#5
vs Navy
Week 9 · W 51-37 · Conference game
217
Scrimmage Yards
85.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
217 scrimmage yards and 48.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · SMU
1,072 primary output · 53.6 efficiency · 30.6 usage
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#2
2021 Regular Season · SMU
55.4
700 primary · 53 efficiency · 18.7 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Ole Miss
54.1
627 primary · 55.7 efficiency · 13.3 usage
Milestones
7
100+ rush yards
4
150+ scrimmage yards
7
2+ TD games
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