Tyler Bentley: DL · Pittsburgh · #92.
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Tyler Bentley
Wins the gap play after play. Five seasons in the Pittsburgh defensive front to date. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Florida State — Week 10, 2023.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 27 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | -- |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh | 20 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 78 | 26 | 10.5 | 2.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-7vs Wofford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-17@ West Virginia | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-41vs No. 17 North Carolina | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-38@ Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-21vs No. 14 Louisville | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-21@ Wake Forest | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 7-24vs No. 4 Florida State | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-28vs Syracuse | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-16vs Boston College | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 19-30@ Duke | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
7%2 TFLSack rate
2%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries27 tackles · 2 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 37-26 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
50.7%
358 pass / 348 run
Plays / game
58.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
379 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #230 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Pittsburgh, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 40 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Narduzzi.
