Dallen Bentley

#88 · TE · Sr. · Utah6′4″ · 264 lb · Taylorsville, UT

Dallen Bentley: TE · Utah · #88.

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Dallen Bentley

TE · Utah · Sr · #88

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Third year in the Utah receiving corps. The first one came in 2025: All-Big 12. On tape: 106 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Nebraska, Bowl, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Utah in the news

Utah OT out for seasonThe Salt Lake Tribune Nov 2
Big 12 penalizes discriminatory chantsKJZZ Oct 29
Pat McAfee criticizes UtahThe Salt Lake Tribune Oct 27
Digital evidence reviewed in caseKUTV Oct 23

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Utah	48	620	12.9	6	45
2024	Utah	2	15	7.5	0	12
2023	Utah	1	5	5.0	0	5
Career		51	640	12.5	6	45

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	W 43-10@ UCLA	5	31	6.2	1	8
Wk 2	W 63-9vs Cal Poly	2	35	17.5	1	24
Wk 3	W 31-6@ Wyoming	4	46	11.5	0	23
Wk 4	L 10-34vs No. 17 Texas Tech	6	75	12.5	0	44
Wk 5	W 48-14@ West Virginia	5	59	11.8	1	21
Wk 7	W 42-10vs No. 21 Arizona State	2	24	12.0	0	13
Wk 8	L 21-24@ No. 15 BYU	4	65	16.3	0	32
Wk 9	W 53-7vs Colorado	2	34	17.0	0	25
Wk 10	W 45-14vs No. 17 Cincinnati	2	14	7.0	0	8
Wk 12	W 55-28@ Baylor	3	48	16.0	1	25
Wk 13	W 51-47vs Kansas State	3	54	18.0	1	38
Wk 14	W 31-21@ Kansas	4	29	7.3	0	11
Bowl	W 44-22vs Nebraska	6	106	17.7	1	45
Total		48	620	12.9	6	45

Signature game

Bowl · 2025

W 44-22

vs Nebraska · neutral site

6 rec · 106 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 22-point win at a neutral site against Nebraska.

With D. Dampier — 310 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.2 · 148 rush yds (19 car) · 3 TD · O. Phillips — 35.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Wyoming · 3rd and 21 · Q3 · EPA +3.95Devon Dampier pass complete to Dallen Bentley for 23 yds to the WYO 23 for a
Week 9 · Colorado · 4th and 6 · Q1 · EPA +3.61Phillips to Bentley: a 25-yard pass.
Week 4 · Texas Tech · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.24Devon Dampier pass complete to Dallen Bentley for 44 yds to the TTU 31 for a
Week 1 · Nebraska · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.14Dampier to Bentley: a 17-yard touchdown pass.
Week 13 · Kansas State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.09Dampier to Bentley: a 38-yard touchdown pass.
Week 12 · Baylor · 3rd and 1 · Q1 · EPA +2.92Dampier to Bentley: a 25-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 2 · Cal Poly · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.91Devon Dampier pass complete to Dallen Bentley for 11 yds for a TD (Dillon Curtis KICK)
Week 7 · Arizona State · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.69Devon Dampier pass complete to Dallen Bentley for 11 yds to the ASU 41 for a
Week 1 · Nebraska · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.66Dampier to Bentley: a 23-yard pass.
Week 5 · West Virginia · 2nd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Devon Dampier pass complete to Dallen Bentley for 20 yds to the UTAH 45 for a

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

27%20 of his 75 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Kyle Whittingham — 24-14 over that span.

2023Utah8-5HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

2024Utah5-7HC: Kyle Whittingham · Balanced

2025Utah11-2HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 80 (#6 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

80All-Conference level #6 of 156 · 2025?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: rec yards (97th percentile). Strength: receptions (95th percentile). Concern: catch rate (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#371 / 798 · 54th pct

11.8

TD rate#372 / 798 · 53rd pct

2.7%

Explosive rate#373 / 798 · 53rd pct

10.7%

EPA / target#491 / 798 · 39th pct

0.34

Catch rate#670 / 798 · 16th pct

57.3%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#6 / 175 · 97th pct

620

Receptions#9 / 175 · 95th pct

Rec TDs#6 / 175 · 95th pct

Yards / catch#31 / 175 · 82nd pct

12.9

Fumbles lost#1 / 33 · 74th pct

Long catch#44 / 175 · 74th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.8	39.3	14.0	0.3
Road6g	4.2	46.3	11.5	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.3	53.7	12.7	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	40.7	13.6	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

Pass share

39.8%

371 pass / 562 run

Plays / game

71.8

13 games

Team sack rate

3.3%

367 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

The All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #6 of 156 FBS tight ends by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2025 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

80 · #6 of 156 TEs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #6 at the position.

Dallen Bentley

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