#95

Keeanu Benton

Former nose tackle at Wisconsin. 2022: 4.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 36 tackles.

NT · Wisconsin · Sr. · #95

6′4″ · 315 lb · Janesville, WI

CFB Index 91 · #8 of 278 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferencePittsburgh — drafted 2023, Rd 2, Pick 18, #49 overall

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1221 nationally · Signed with Craig

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former nose tackle at Wisconsin. 2022: 4.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 36 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Craig in 2019.
Drafted round 2 by the Pittsburgh in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Wisconsin, 81 tackles — drafted at #49 overall by Pittsburgh.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20198 games

Recruited3-star out of Craig

202110 games

All-Big Tensecond

202212 games

All-Big Tenthird

2023

Drafted by Pittsburghround 2, pick 49

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1221 national

CFB

College

Wisconsin

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #49

Pittsburgh · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019–2021

Paul Chryst

Wisconsin

2022

Jim Leonhard

Wisconsin

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Paul Chryst → Jim Leonhard. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PittsburghEntering 4th NFL season

#49Rd 2 · Pick 18

PittsburghEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Wisconsin10-4HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2020Wisconsin4-3HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Wisconsin9-4HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2022Wisconsin7-6HC: Jim Leonhard · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

91All-America level #8 of 278?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (95th percentile). Strength: sacks (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#127 / 2755 · 95th pct

10.0

Sacks#164 / 2755 · 93rd pct

4.5

QB hurries#511 / 2755 · 76th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Tackles#1021 / 2755 · 62nd pct

Solo tackles#1041 / 2755 · 61st 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.7	0.9	0.5	0.1
Road5g	3.4	0.8	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	0.4	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	1.4	0.5	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

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

our read the All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #8 of 278 FBS interior linemen by CFB Index Score.2022 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

91 · #8 of 278 interior linemen

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

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Wisconsin	36	20	10.0	4.5	2	--	--
2021	Wisconsin	24	11	5.0	2.5	1	--	--
2020	Wisconsin	9	5	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Wisconsin	12	8	4.0	2.0	--	--	--
Career		81	44	19.0	9.0	3	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-0vs Illinois State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 14-17vs Washington State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 66-7vs New Mexico State	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 21-52@ Ohio State	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 5	L 10-34vs Illinois	3	2	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 6	W 42-7@ Northwestern	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 28-34@ Michigan State	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 35-24vs Purdue	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 23-10vs Maryland	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 10-24@ Iowa	3	3	2.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 15-14@ Nebraska	4	4	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 16-23vs Minnesota	5	1	2.0	0.5	—	0
Total		36	20	10.0	4.5	—	2

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

Keeanu Benton

20198 games

202110 games

202212 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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