#24

Ulysses Bentley IV

Former running back at Ole Miss. 2024: 419 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 13 catches.

RB · Ole Miss · Sr. · #24

5′11″ · 200 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 45 · #170 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceOle Miss 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1613 nationally · Signed with SMU

Statement game19 car · 227 yds · 3 TDat North Texas (FBS) · W 65-35

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

Bentley is so damn good. I really want to see Gibson and green get a few snaps in this quarterr/CFB game thread · ▲ 7His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Ole Miss. 2024: 419 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 13 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to SMU in 2019.
Named AAC Rookies of the Year in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Ole Miss, 2,576 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20194 games

Signed with SMU3-star out of C.E. King

202010 games

The role got bigger.

All-AACfirst
AAC Rookies of the Yearwinner

202110 games

All-AACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1613 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019

Matt Luke

Ole Miss

2020–2024

Lane Kiffin

Ole Miss

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Luke → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019SMU10-3HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced, fast tempo

2020SMU7-3HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced

2021SMU8-4HC: Jim Leavitt · Balanced

2022Ole Miss8-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2023Ole Miss11-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning

2024Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

45Rotational starter #170 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long run (98th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#138 / 442 · 69th pct

6.0%

Yards / carry#263 / 442 · 41st pct

5.0

EPA / carry#302 / 442 · 32nd pct

0.09

Success rate#366 / 442 · 17th pct

37.7%

Explosive rate#371 / 442 · 16th pct

3.6%

Box-score rates (7)

Long run#6 / 335 · 98th pct

Rush TDs#128 / 335 · 59th pct

Rec yards#143 / 330 · 56th pct

Receptions#140 / 330 · 55th pct

Yards / carry#158 / 335 · 51st pct

5.0

Carries#187 / 335 · 44th pct

Rush yards#191 / 335 · 43rd pct

419

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

72nd → 32nd percentile

Success rate

95th → 17th percentile

Explosive rate

64th → 16th percentile

Yards / carry

70th → 41st percentile

TD rate

51st → 69th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	40.6	3.7	0.6
Road3g	45.0	5.9	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	39.8	5.2	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	45.0	3.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

45 · #170 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #170 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Ole Miss	84	419	5.0	5	--
2023	Ole Miss	95	540	5.7	4	--
2022	Ole Miss	16	73	4.6	4	--
2021	SMU	96	610	6.4	4	--
2020	SMU	169	898	5.3	11	--
2019	SMU	7	36	5.1	0	--
Career		467	2,576	5.5	28	--

Season	Team
2024	Ole Miss	13	99	7.6	0	--
2023	Ole Miss	11	87	7.9	1	--
2022	Ole Miss	1	4	4.0	0	--
2021	SMU	19	90	4.7	1	--
2020	SMU	21	174	8.3	1	--
2019	SMU	1	30	30.0	0	--
Career		66	484	7.3	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 28–10

vs Georgia

28 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

With J. Dart — 199 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 89.6 · 50 rush yds (8 car) · F. Masin — 54 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 65 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Mississippi State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.76Ulysses Bentley IV 89 Yd Run (Caden Davis Kick)
Week 7 · LSU · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +5.87Ulysses Bentley IV run for 50 yds for a TD (Caden Davis KICK)
Week 10 · Arkansas · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -4.21Ulysses Bentley IV run for no gain to the ARK 1
Week 11 · Georgia · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.50Jaxson Dart pass complete to Ulysses Bentley IV for 31 yds to the UGA 39 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Georgia · 1&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.42Ulysses Bentley IV 9 Yd Run (Caden Davis Kick)
Week 1 · Duke · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.41Jaxson Dart pass complete to Ulysses Bentley IV for 15 yds to the MISS 41 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Mississippi State · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA -2.40Ulysses Bentley IV run for a loss of 7 yards to the MSST 47
Week 1 · Duke · 1&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.32Ulysses Bentley IV run for 8 yds for a TD (Caden Davis KICK)
Week 7 · LSU · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +1.87Ulysses Bentley IV run for 9 yds to the MISS 47 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Duke · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.68Ulysses Bentley IV run for 18 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 76-0vs Furman	6	23	3.8	0	9
Wk 2	W 52-3vs Middle Tennessee	5	13	2.6	0	5
Wk 3	W 40-6@ Wake Forest	3	17	5.7	0	7
Wk 4	W 52-13vs Georgia Southern	2	9	4.5	0	9
Wk 7	L 26-29@ LSU	11	107	9.7	1	50
Wk 9	W 26-14vs Oklahoma	5	5	1.0	0	5
Wk 10	W 63-31@ Arkansas	5	11	2.2	0	4
Wk 11	W 28-10vs Georgia	13	28	2.2	1	9
Wk 14	W 26-14vs Mississippi State	20	136	6.8	1	89	Season-high 136 yds
Bowl	W 52-20vs Duke	14	70	5.0	2	18
Total		84	419	4.3	5	89

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