Player Dossier

2019-2024

Virginia

Chico Bennett Jr.

DE • 6'4" • 252 lbs • Ashburn, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chico Bennett Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

55%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

70

High-end production for an edge defender

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Reliability

64

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Georgia Tech • Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Player Story

Chico Bennett Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive end from Ashburn, VA wearing No. 15, spending time with Georgia Tech and Virginia. The clearest part of Chico Bennett Jr.'s career was...

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Chico Bennett Jr., DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Virginia. Chico Bennett Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
137
TFL
21.5
Sacks
8.5
QB hurries
16

Quick Answers

Chico Bennett Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia · DE
Career Tackles
137
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 45 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Virginia
Top game
Miami
Latest roster
No. 15 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
39 tackles · DE 42nd (top 16%) · ACC 119th (top 16%) · National 977th (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech6170.50.51-016.9
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech7131.501-014.3
2022 Regular SeasonVirginia9347.574-070
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia11344.505-041.3
2024 Regular SeasonVirginia12397.515-057.1

Related Context

Chico Bennett Jr. played DE for Georgia Tech and Virginia. Across 5 tracked seasons, Chico Bennett Jr. recorded 137 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Virginia paired 18.5 primary output with 36.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 25.6 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2024 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 Georgia Tech, Virginia.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2024 Regular Season · Virginia

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

25.6

Usage

8.5

Consistency

53.1

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Richmond: 0. Wake Forest: 4. Maryland: 1.5. Coastal Carolina: 1. Boston College: 1. Louisville: 2. Clemson: 2. North Carolina: 0.5. Pittsburgh: 1.5. Notre Dame: 0. SMU: 1. Virginia Tech: 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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Richmond: 1 by 4.2. Wake Forest: 3 by 52.5. Maryland: 8 by 48.3. Coastal Carolina: 4 by 26.7. Boston College: 2 by 18.3. Louisville: 1 by 24.2. Clemson: 3 by 32.5. North Carolina: 5 by 25.8. Pittsburgh: 2 by 23.3. Notre Dame: 2 by 8.3. SMU: 5 by 30.8. Virginia Tech: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.5 · Games = 5 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 7 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wake Forest

Best efficiency game

52.5 vs Wake Forest

Result
Sun 12/1@ Virginia TechL 17-3732000
Sat 11/23vs SMUL 7-3353100
Sat 11/16@ Notre DameL 14-3521000
Sun 11/10@ PittsburghW 24-19210.5000
Sat 10/26vs North CarolinaL 14-41510.5000
Sat 10/19@ ClemsonSplash gameL 31-4833100
Sat 10/12vs LouisvilleSplash gameL 20-2411100
Sat 10/5vs Boston CollegeW 24-14210010
Sat 9/21@ Coastal CarolinaW 43-2442100
Sun 9/15vs MarylandL 13-27841.5000
Sat 9/7@ Wake ForestSplash gameW 31-3031110
Sat 8/31vs RichmondW 34-1310000

Player Story

Chico Bennett Jr. story

Chico Bennett Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive end from Ashburn, VA wearing No. 15, spending time with Georgia Tech and Virginia. The clearest part of Chico Bennett Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 137 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Virginia. 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 Chico Bennett Jr.'s production has multiple signals. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia Tech and Virginia.

The arc is straightforward: Chico Bennett Jr. 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

    Georgia Tech

    2019-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Virginia

    2022-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech215.13.7
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech2.511.32.80.5
2022 Regular SeasonVirginia18.536.310.716
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia9.521.56.9-9
2024 Regular SeasonVirginia14.525.68.55

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Miami

Week 9 · L 12-14 · Conference game

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Wake Forest

Week 2 · W 31-30 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Georgia Tech

Week 8 · W 16-9 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#4

vs William & Mary

Week 6 · W 27-13

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Syracuse

Week 4 · L 20-22 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Virginia

18.5 primary output · 36.3 efficiency · 10.7 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Virginia

57.1

14.5 primary · 25.6 efficiency · 8.5 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Virginia

41.3

9.5 primary · 21.5 efficiency · 6.9 usage

Milestones

13

Impact games

10

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games