#44

Seth Benson

Senior linebacker for Iowa. 2022: 84 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Iowa · Sr. · #44

6′0″ · 232 lb · Sioux Falls, SD

CFB Index 58 · #210 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceIowa 2022 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Iowa. 2022: 84 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Iowa in 2018.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 2408 nationally · Signed with Iowa

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Iowa, 247 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Iowa2-star out of Washington

202212 games

All-Big Ten

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2408 national

CFB

College

Iowa

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

Played his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 34-14 over that span.

2019Iowa10-3HC: Kirk Ferentz · Balanced

2020Iowa6-2HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2021Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2022Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

58Quality starter #210 of 548?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (96th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (90th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#121 / 2755 · 96th pct

QB hurries#199 / 2755 · 90th pct

Solo tackles#311 / 2755 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#667 / 2755 · 74th pct

4.5

Sacks#845 / 2755 · 61st pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th pct

Passes defended#1741 / 2755 · 18th pct

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	7.3	0.4	0.1	0.0
Road5g	6.6	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	8.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.5	0.6	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirk Ferentz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #210 of 548 LBs

Two-star recruit. Now #210 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Iowa	84	36	4.5	1.0	--	1	--
2021	Iowa	105	54	5.5	2.0	3	1	--
2020	Iowa	47	26	3.0	2.0	--	--	--
2019	Iowa	11	6	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		247	122	13.0	5.0	3	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022

W 13–10

at Minnesota

0 TFL · 3 SOLO · 7 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With T. Taylor — 42 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 56 LONG · S. Petras — 221 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.9 · -14 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 7-3vs South Dakota State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 7-10vs Iowa State	10	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 27-0vs Nevada	7	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 27-10@ Rutgers	9	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 14-27vs Michigan	14	6	1.0	0.0	—	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 6	L 6-9@ Illinois	7	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 10-54@ Ohio State	6	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 33-13vs Northwestern	6	4	1.5	1.0	—
Wk 10	W 24-3@ Purdue	4	2	0.0	0.0	1
Wk 11	W 24-10vs Wisconsin	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 13-10@ Minnesota	7	3	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 17-24vs Nebraska	8	5	0.5	0.0	—
Total		84	36	4.5	1.0	1

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