#20

Bentlee Sanders

Senior defensive back for Nevada. 2022: 5 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 80 tackles.

DB · Nevada · Sr. · #20

5′9″ · 179 lb · Tampa, FL

CFB Index 90 · #8 of 493 safetiesLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamNevada 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1381 nationally · Signed with South Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Nevada. 2022: 5 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 80 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Florida in 2017.
Transferred from South Florida to Nevada in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Nevada, 194 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with South Florida3-star out of Tampa Catholic

20219 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

202212 games

All-Mountain Westfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1381 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2022

3 coaches

2017–2020

Jay Norvell

Nevada

2021

Vai Taua

Nevada

era →

2022

Ken Wilson

Nevada

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jay Norvell, Vai Taua, and Ken Wilson. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017South Florida10-2HC: Charlie Strong · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018South Florida7-6HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning

2019South Florida4-8HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning

2020South Florida1-8HC: Jeff Scott · Balanced

2021Nevada2-10HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Nevada2-10HC: Ken Wilson · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

90All-Conference level #8 of 493?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (99th percentile). Strength: interceptions (98th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#16 / 2755 · 99th pct

Interceptions#10 / 811 · 98th pct

Forced fumbles#11 / 737 · 95th pct

Tackles#145 / 2755 · 95th pct

Passes defended#354 / 2755 · 85th pct

Tackles for loss#562 / 2755 · 78th pct

5.0

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.8	0.7	0.0	0.5
Road6g	6.5	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.9	0.3	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	7.8	0.6	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Choate

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #8 of 493 FBS safeties by CFB Index Score.2022 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

90 · #8 of 493 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #8 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Nevada	80	64	5.0	0.0	4	5	1
2021	South Florida	24	18	0.0	0.0	2	--	1
2020	South Florida	25	21	2.5	0.0	2	1	--
2019	South Florida	37	28	2.5	1.0	3	1	3
2018	South Florida	27	15	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2017	South Florida	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		194	146	10.5	1.0	11	7	5

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 38–14

vs Texas State

1 TD · 2 TFL · 4 SOLO

Dominant 24-point win at home against Texas State.

With M. Freem — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG · J. Bell — 6 rec · 60 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 23-12@ New Mexico State	5	3	0.0	1	1
Wk 1	W 38-14vs Texas State	5	4	2.0	2	0
Wk 2	L 41-55vs Incarnate Word	7	4	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	L 0-27@ Iowa	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 20-48@ Air Force	8	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 14-17vs Colorado State	7	7	0.0	1	1
Wk 7	L 16-31@ Hawai'i	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 7-23vs San Diego State	9	8	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 28-35@ San José State	10	10	1.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 11	L 3-41vs Boise State	5	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 14-41vs Fresno State	8	8	1.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 22-27@ UNLV	7	6	0.0	—	0
Total		80	64	5.0	5	4

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

Bentlee Sanders

2017

20219 games

202212 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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