Player Dossier

2021-2025

UCLA

Kechaun Bennett

DL • 6'4" • 257 lbs • Suffield, CT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kechaun Bennett shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

31%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

37

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

63

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCLA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Maryland • Michigan • UCLA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Player Story

Kechaun Bennett built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Suffield, CT wearing No. 52, spending time with Maryland, Michigan, and UCLA. The clearest part of Kechaun Bennett's career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8967

Suffield Academy · Suffield, CT

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Kechaun Bennett, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCLA. Kechaun Bennett shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
30
TFL
4
Sacks
1
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Kechaun Bennett quick answers

Latest team and position
UCLA · DL
Career Tackles
30
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 18 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · UCLA
Top game
UNLV
Recruit profile
4-star · Suffield Academy · Michigan
High school pipeline
Suffield Academy · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 52 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
23 tackles · DL 303rd (top 29%) · Big Ten 219th (top 28%) · National 1,859th (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonMaryland10-0-1032.5
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan2310--026.5
2024 PostseasonMichigan51-0--012.5
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan53-01-012.5
2025 Regular SeasonUCLA1023311-053.4

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Michigan to UCLAP4 to P481.4Apr 23, 2025

Kechaun Bennett played DL for Maryland, Michigan, and UCLA. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kechaun Bennett recorded 30 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UCLA.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

UCLA paired 5 primary output with 14.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 14.6 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Maryland, Michigan, UCLA.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · UCLA

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

14.6

Usage

10.3

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

UNLV

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 2. New Mexico: 1. Northwestern: 1. Michigan State: 0. Maryland: 1. Indiana: 0. Nebraska: 0. Ohio State: 0. Washington: 0. USC: 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. UNLV: 5 by 40.8. New Mexico: 4 by 26.7. Northwestern: 3 by 22.5. Michigan State: 3 by 12.5. Maryland: 1 by 14.2. Indiana: 3 by 12.5. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 1 by 4.2. USC: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 8 · +0 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

UNLV

Best efficiency game

40.8 vs UNLV

Result
Sun 11/30@ USCL 10-2910000
Sun 11/23vs WashingtonL 14-4811000
Sun 11/16@ Ohio StateL 10-4810000
Sun 11/9vs NebraskaL 21-2811000
Sat 10/25@ IndianaL 6-5631000
Sat 10/18vs MarylandW 20-1711100
Sat 10/11@ Michigan StateW 38-1332000
Sat 9/27@ NorthwesternL 14-1731100
Sat 9/13vs New MexicoL 10-3542000
Sun 9/7@ UNLVSplash gameL 23-3052110

Player Story

Kechaun Bennett story

Kechaun Bennett built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Suffield, CT wearing No. 52, spending time with Maryland, Michigan, and UCLA. The clearest part of Kechaun Bennett's career was his defensive production: 30 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 13 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kechaun Bennett'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

    Maryland

    2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Michigan

    2022-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    UCLA

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202120222023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonMaryland1100
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan0-1
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan111.331
2024 PostseasonMichigan15.42.10
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan15.42.10
2025 Regular SeasonUCLA514.610.34

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 57 UNLV

Week 2 · L 23-30

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 73 New Mexico

Week 3 · L 10-35

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Havoc Plays

58.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Arkansas State

Week 3 · W 28-18

1

Havoc Plays

56.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 75 Maryland

Week 8 · W 20-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

51.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Bowling Green

Week 3 · W 31-6

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.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · UCLA

5 primary output · 14.6 efficiency · 10.3 usage

53.4

#2

2021 Regular Season · Maryland

32.5

1 primary · 10 efficiency · 0 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Michigan

26.5

1 primary · 11.3 efficiency · 3 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games