#32

Benny Walls

Senior safety for Temple. 2019: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 57 tackles.

S · Temple · Sr. · #32

6′1″ · 210 lb · Cinnaminson, NJ

Temple 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 2033 nationally · Signed with Temple

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Temple. 2019: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 57 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Temple in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Temple, 136 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20166 games

Signed with Temple3-star out of St. Joseph's Prep

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2033 national

CFB

College

Temple

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

4 coaches

2016

Matt Rhule

Temple

2017

Geoff Collins

Temple

era →

2018

Ed Foley

Temple

era →

2019

Rod Carey

Temple

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins, Ed Foley, and Rod Carey. Multi-era developmental context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Temple10-4HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

2017Temple7-6HC: Geoff Collins · Balanced

2018Temple8-5HC: Ed Foley · Balanced

2019Temple8-5HC: Rod Carey · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (81st percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (17th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#509 / 2688 · 81st pct

Solo tackles#535 / 2688 · 80th pct

Interceptions#134 / 779 · 72nd pct

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Passes defended#1097 / 2688 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2141 / 2688 · 17th pct

0.5

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 · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.3	0.1	0.0	0.2
Road3g	6.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

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	Temple	57	34	0.5	0.0	1	2	--
2018	Temple	46	23	1.0	1.0	5	3	--
2017	Temple	21	13	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2016	Temple	12	11	0.0	0.0	--	1	--
Career		136	81	1.5	1.0	7	6	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 56-12vs Bucknell	2	2	0.0	—	0	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 3	W 20-17vs Maryland	8	6	0.5	—	0
Wk 4	L 22-38@ Buffalo	6	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 24-2vs Georgia Tech	6	6	0.0	1	0
Wk 6	W 27-17@ East Carolina	8	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 29-21vs Tulane	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 13-15@ Cincinnati	5	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 14	W 49-17vs UConn	6	3	0.0	—	1
Bowl	L 13-55vs North Carolina	12	3	0.0	—	0
Total		57	34	0.5	2	1

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

20166 games

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays