Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | L 10-42@ LSU | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | Season-high 19 yds |
| Bowl | W 30-23@ Western Michigan | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
#89
Andrew Bench
Former tight end at South Alabama. 2024: 1 catch, 19 receiving yards.
6′4″ · 251 lb · Elmore, OH
South Alabama 2024 — college career complete
The story
Former tight end at South Alabama. 2024: 1 catch, 19 receiving yards.
- Signed as a 2-star recruit to Bowling Green in 2019.
- Transferred from Bowling Green to South Alabama in 2024.
Recruiting
2★
WDE recruit
No. 3719 nationally · Signed with Bowling Green
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonAndrew Bench
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Andrew Bench has played for two head coaches across six seasons and two programs. The receipt: 19 rec yds, 1 receptions against LSU — Week 5, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Six seasons at South Alabama, 196 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
2019
- Signed with Bowling Green2-star out of Genoa Area
2024
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coaches2019–2020
South Alabama
Played under 3 different head coaches: Steve Campbell, Kane Wommack, and Major Applewhite. Multi-era developmental context.
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2019Bowling Green3-9HC: Scot Loeffler · Run-leaning
2020Bowling Green0-5HC: Scot Loeffler · Run-heavy
2021Bowling Green4-8HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced
2022Bowling Green6-7HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced
2023Bowling Green7-6HC: Scot Loeffler · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2024South Alabama7-6HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / catch (100th percentile). Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 0.5 REC/g, 9.5 YDS/g, 19.0 YPR, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Alabama | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Bowling Green | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Bowling Green | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Bowling Green | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Bowling Green | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 15 | 196 | 13.1 | 3 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Complete TE
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
TE
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Zach Horton’s 2022 season.
Matches Zach on
Weight
Yards / reception
Total EPA (college ability)
Differs from Zach on
Recruiting rating (lower)
TD rate (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Thomaz Whitford's senior season at New Mexico State (2023).
82%match
Matches Thomaz on
Reception volume
Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
Differs from Thomaz on
Recruiting rating (lower)
TD rate (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Andrew Bench
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology