Jakorian Bennett

Former defensive back at Maryland. 2022: 2 interceptions, 11 pass breakups, 39 tackles.

DB · Maryland · Sr. · #2

5′11″ · 195 lb · Mobile, AL

CFB Index 73 · #60 of 322 cornersLow confidenceLas Vegas — drafted 2023, Rd 4, Pick 2, #104 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 63 nationally · Joined Maryland

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Maryland. 2022: 2 interceptions, 11 pass breakups, 39 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Maryland in 2020.
Drafted round 4 by the Las Vegas in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Maryland, 69 tackles — drafted at #104 overall by Las Vegas.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20204 games

Signed with Maryland3-star out of Hutchinson C.C.

2023

Drafted by Las Vegasround 4, pick 104

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#63 national

CFB

College

Maryland

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #104

Las Vegas · 2023

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Mike Locksley

Maryland

Played his entire career under Mike Locksley.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Las VegasEntering 4th NFL season

#104Rd 4 · Pick 2

Las VegasEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mike Locksley — 17-14 over that span.

2020Maryland2-3HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Maryland7-6HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Maryland8-5HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

73Quality starter #60 of 322?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#24 / 2755 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#697 / 2755 · 74th pct

Interceptions#124 / 811 · 73rd pct

Tackles#887 / 2755 · 67th pct

Tackles for loss#1576 / 2755 · 39th pct

1.5

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.3	0.2	0.0	1.7
Road5g	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	0.0	0.0	1.4
Weeks 8+4g	3.2	0.4	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

73 · #60 of 322 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #60 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Maryland	39	26	1.5	11	2	--
2021	Maryland	24	23	2.0	11	3	--
2020	Maryland	6	6	1.0	2	--	--
Career		69	55	4.5	24	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2022

W 16–12

at NC State

1 PD · 1 INT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With C. Spangler — 45 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 63 LONG · T. Tagovailoa — 221 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · 3 rush yds (9 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 31-10vs Buffalo	5	5	0.0	—	5
Wk 2	W 56-21@ Charlotte	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 34-27vs SMU	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 27-34@ Michigan	7	5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 5	W 27-13vs Michigan State	7	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 29-31vs Purdue	3	2	0.0	1	3
Wk 8	W 31-24vs Northwestern	6	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 10-23@ Wisconsin	3	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 11	L 0-30@ Penn State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 30-43vs Ohio State	3	3	0.0	—	1
Bowl	W 16-12@ NC State	0	0	0.0	1	1
Total		39	26	1.5	2	11

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology