Last confirmed: West Virginia, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 238 lb · Newark, NJ · Malcolm X Shabazz
Al-Rasheed Benton: LB · West Virginia · #3.
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Al-Rasheed Benton
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Second year in the West Virginia linebacker corps. On tape: 12 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Kansas, Week 4, 2017.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
110 tackles. 4 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 13.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | West Virginia | 110 | 78 | 13.5 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2016 | West Virginia | 80 | 43 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 190 | 121 | 14.5 | 3.0 | 4 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-31@ No. 21 Virginia Tech | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-20vs East Carolina | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-16vs Delaware State | 8 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 4 | W 56-34@ Kansas | 12 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31@ No. 8 TCU | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 46-35vs No. 24 Texas Tech | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-36@ Baylor | 8 | 7 | 4.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 4.5 TFL |
| Wk 9 | L 39-50vs No. 11 Oklahoma State | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-16vs No. 14 Iowa State | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-23@ Kansas State | 7 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-28vs Texas | 10 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-59@ No. 3 Oklahoma | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-30vs Utah | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 110 | 78 | 13.5 | 3.0 | 2 | 4 |
Week 8 · 2017
W 38-36
at Baylor
1.5 sacks · 4.5 tackles for loss · 8 tackles
Edged out Baylor on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
110tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%14 TFLSack rate
3%3 sacksPD rate
4%4 pass breakups110 tackles · 13.5 for loss · 3 sacks · 2 interceptions.
2 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 8.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 8.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 8.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Holgorsen
Pass share
51.4%
480 pass / 454 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
505 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
110 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at West Virginia, 190 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.
