Benning Potoa'e

Senior defensive lineman for Washington. 2019: 4.5 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.

DL · Washington · Sr. · #8

6′3″ · 290 lb · Dupont, WA

Washington 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Washington. 2019: 4.5 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Washington, 8 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Washington

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Chris Petersen

Washington

Played his entire career under Chris Petersen.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Chris Petersen — 40-14 over that span.

2016Washington12-2HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2017Washington10-3HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2018Washington10-4HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2019Washington8-5HC: Chris Petersen · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (93rd percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#164 / 2688 · 93rd pct

4.5

Tackles for loss#361 / 2688 · 86th pct

7.0

Solo tackles#1295 / 2688 · 50th pct

Tackles#1377 / 2688 · 48th pct

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th 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

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.7	0.6	0.4	0.0
Road4g	2.8	0.8	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.9	0.9	0.6	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	0.1	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jedd Fisch

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Washington	30	18	7.0	4.5	--	--	--
2018	Washington	36	16	4.5	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Washington	27	18	5.0	3.0	--	--	--
2016	Washington	19	14	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		112	66	18.5	7.5	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 47-14vs Eastern Washington	4	3	3.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 2	L 19-20vs California	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 52-20vs Hawai'i	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 45-19@ BYU	3	3	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 6	L 13-23@ Stanford	4	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 51-27@ Arizona	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 8	L 31-35vs Oregon	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 28-33vs Utah	5	2	0.5	0.5	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 13	L 14-20@ Colorado	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 31-13vs Washington State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 38-7vs Boise State	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Total		30	18	7.0	4.5	—

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