#46

Spencer Benton

Senior defensive end for Iowa State. 2018: 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.

DE · Iowa State · Sr. · #46

6′2″ · 256 lb · Van Meter, IA

Iowa State 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive end for Iowa State. 2018: 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Iowa State, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Iowa State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

Played his entire career under Matt Campbell.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Matt Campbell — 19-19 over that span.

2016Iowa State3-9HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2017Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2018Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (86th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#308 / 2662 · 86th pct

3.0

QB hurries#287 / 2662 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#779 / 2662 · 68th pct

4.0

Solo tackles#1868 / 2662 · 28th pct

Tackles#2066 / 2662 · 21st pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0
Road5g	2.2	0.4	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Iowa State	17	11	4.0	3.0	--	--	--
2017	Iowa State	11	3	1.5	0.5	--	--	--
2016	Iowa State	21	9	2.0	1.5	--	--	--
Career		49	23	7.5	5.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2018

W 48–42

at Oklahoma State

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out Oklahoma State on the road in a shootout.

With B. Purdy — 318 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · 84 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD · C. Dunn — 41 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week