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79 De'Jon Benton

79 De'Jon Benton

  • Position:
    Defensive Line
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-2 / 270
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Pittsburg, Calif.
  • Highschool:
    Pittsburg, Calif.
  • Prev School:
    New Mexico

Summary

Biography

2025 (Graduate)
  • Second-Team All-Mountain West selection
  • Earned the Team Captain’s Award at the end of the season. 
  • Started all 12 games he appeared in.
  • Missed only contest of the year at Air Force.
  • Led all FBS interior defensive linemen with 44 pressures, and finished fourth with 28 hurries.
  • Fourth-highest graded interior DL in the MW by PFF (78.8)
  • First on the team with 9.5 TFLs and second with 5.5 sacks.
  • Finished the year with 33 total tackles, including 21 solo.

Prior To UH
  • Started his collegiate career at USC
  • Played in 35 games over a four-year career at USC, recording 32 tackles and 6.5 TFLs.
  • Played in nine games as a senior with 12 tackles, 5.0 TFLs and 1.5 sacks.
  • Recorded 14 tackles with 1.5 TFLs in all 13 games for USC in 2022 
  • Played in eight games in 2021, recording three tackles 
  • Saw action in one game in 2020.
  • Redshirted after playing in four games in 2019, recording three tackles.
  • Was collegiate teammates at USC with current Rainbow Warrior Jamar Sekona.
  • Transferred to New Mexico in 2024.
  • Sidelined for the 2024 season and did not appear in any games for the Lobos.

Prep
  • A 2019 graduate of Pittsburg HIgh School in California.
  • Named 2018 PrepStar All-Western Region as a senior defensive and offensive lineman.  
  • Recorded 43 tackles, including 11 TFLs (2 sacks), plus a forced fumble and a deflection in his senior season.
  • Recorded 36 tackles, including 2 TFLs (1 sack), plus a fumble recovery and a deflection as a junior in 2017.

Personal
  • Born in Oakland, Calif.
  • Graduated from USC with a degree in Non-Governmental Organizations and Social Change.
  • Has three younger sisters and one younger brother.
  • Parents are De’Wayne Benton of Stockton, Calif., and Regina Benton of Liberia, West Africa.
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