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Keeanu Benton
STATS
YEAR (GP/GS) TKLS TFL SACK FF PD INT
2019: (13/6) 12 4.0 2.0 0 0 0
2020: (7/5) 8 0.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021: (13/13) 25 5.0 2.5 0 2 0
2022: (12/12) 35 10.0 4.5 0 2 0
Total: (45/36) 80 19.0 9.0 1 4 0
HISTORY -- From College Profile
Honors and Awards
2022: All-Big Ten third team (coaches)
2022 Preseason: Fourth-team All-America (Phil Steele)
2021: All-Big Ten second team (coaches), All-Big Ten honorable mention (media)
2020: Academic All-Big Ten
2022 Season: Played and started all 12 regular season games … made 36 tackles, 10.0 TFLs and 4.5 sacks … totaled five tackles, three solo, at Ohio State (9/24) … recorded two sacks vs. Illinois (10/1) … made four tackles and recorded a sack vs. Maryland (11/5) … logged another sack, and four solo tackles, at Nebraska (11/19) … totaled 7.0 TFLs over the season’s final four games
2021 Season: Earned third letter, starting all 13 games at nose tackle ... recorded 25 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks ... also forced two fumbles and broke up two passes ... had a career-high 6 tackles with 2.0 sacks at Minnesota ... recorded 3 tackles and a TFL in win at Purdue
2020 Season: Earned second letter, playing in 7 games with 5 starts at nose tackle ... recorded 9 tackles and forced two fumbles ... had a season-high 4 tackles and a forced fumble in the season opener vs. Illinois
2019 Season: Earned first letter, playing in 13 games with 6 starts at nose tackle ... recorded 12 tackles, including 4.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks ... logged 2 quarterback hurries ... made Badgers debut in season opener vs. South Florida on Aug. 30, recording 2 tackles and 1.0 TFL ... had 1.0 TFL in first start vs. Central Michigan on Sept. 7 ... logged career-high 3 tackles and first career sack at Ohio State on Oct. 26 ... recorded 1.0 sack vs. Ohio State in Big Ten Football Championship Game on Dec. 7
High School: Three-star recruit by 247 Sports, ESPN and Rivals … first-team all-state by Associated Press as a senior ... all-region and All-Big Eight Conference as a senior ... named Janesville Gazette All-Area Player of the Year ... finished senior season with 75 tackles, 7.0 TFLs, 2 sacks and a fumble recovery ... two-time state qualifier in wrestling, finishing as Division 1 runner-up at 285 pounds as a junior with a 48-2 record ... coach was Adam Bunderson
Personal: Parents are La’Tasha Benton and Troy Rodriguez
2022
defensive | ||||||
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TFL | QB HUR | TOT | TD | PD | SACKS | SOLO |
10.0 | 2.0 | 36.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 20.0 |
2021
fumbles | ||
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REC | LOST | FUM |
3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
defensive | ||||||
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TFL | QB HUR | TOT | TD | PD | SACKS | SOLO |
5.0 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 11.0 |
2020
defensive | ||||||
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TFL | QB HUR | TOT | TD | PD | SACKS | SOLO |
0.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
2019
defensive | ||||||
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TFL | QB HUR | TOT | TD | PD | SACKS | SOLO |
4.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
Physical Attributes:
Proj Rd: | 2-3 |
Height: | 6036 |
Weight: | 309 |
Forty: | 5.08 |
Arm: | 33 7/8 |
Hand: | 09 3/4 |
Wingspan: | 81 1/2 |
Pro Day Results:
Cone: | -- |
Bench: | -- |
Shuttle: | -- |
10: | -- |
20: | -- |
40: | -- |
BJ: | -- |
VJ: | -- |
Combine Results:
Cone: | 7.34 |
Bench: | 25.0 |
Shuttle: | 4.65 |
10: | 1.74 |
20: | 2.95 |
40: | 5.08 |
BJ: | 09'03" |
VJ: | 29 1/2 |