Senior defensive back for Charlotte. 2020: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 48 tackles.
6′1″ · 215 lb · Orlando, FL
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 3637 nationally · Signed with Charlotte
Statement game16 tackles · 0.5 TFLat App State (FBS) · L 20-35
Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back for Charlotte. 2020: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 48 tackles.
Ben DeLuca
Ben DeLuca has played for two head coaches in five seasons at Charlotte. In 2020 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 16 tackles, 0.5 TFL against App State — Week 2, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Charlotte, 302 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brad Lambert → Will Healy. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (87th percentile). Strength: tackles (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (27th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2020 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 8.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 8.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 8.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 7.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2020
W 49–21
at North Texas
5 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 INT
Dominant 28-point win on the road against North Texas.
With A. McAllister — 140 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · C. Bowler — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 56 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 20-35@ App State | 16 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 17-21@ Florida Atlantic | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 49-21@ North Texas | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-28vs UTEP | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 19-53@ Duke | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-37vs Western Kentucky | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 30 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |