Bentlee Sanders: DB · Nevada · #20.
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Bentlee Sanders
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. The six seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Charlie Strong, Jeff Scott and Ken Wilson. First career honor, 2022: All-Mountain West. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against San José State — Week 9, 2022.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
80 tackles. 4 passes defended. 5 interceptions. 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Nevada | 80 | 64 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 2021 | South Florida | 24 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | 1 |
| 2020 | South Florida | 25 | 21 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | South Florida | 37 | 28 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | South Florida | 27 | 15 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | South Florida | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 194 | 146 | 10.5 | 1.0 | 11 | 7 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-12@ New Mexico State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | W 38-14vs Texas State | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 41-55vs Incarnate Word | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-27@ Iowa | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-48@ Air Force | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-17vs Colorado State | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 16-31@ Hawai'i | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-23vs San Diego State | 9 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-35@ San José State | 10 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 3-41vs Boise State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-41vs Fresno State | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 22-27@ UNLV | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 80 | 64 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 |
Week 1 · 2022
W 38-14
vs Texas State
2 interceptions · 2 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 24-point win at home against Texas State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
5interceptionsTackle volume
80tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%5 TFL80 tackles · 5 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 5 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Wilson
Pass share
48.6%
397 pass / 420 run
Plays / game
68.1
12 games
Team sack rate
7.6%
437 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #8 of 493 FBS safeties by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2022 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #8 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at South Florida and Nevada, 194 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2022)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Charlie Strong, Jeff Scott, Jay Norvell and Ken Wilson.
