Jeff Bentrim

{{Short description|American football player (born 1965)}}

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|name=Jeff Bentrim

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1965|6|21}}

|birth_place=Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.

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|Position=Quarterback

|College=North Dakota State

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|playing_years1=1987–1990

|playing_team1=Saskatchewan Roughriders

|career_highlights =

• Grey Cup champion (1989)
• Harlon Hill Trophy (1986)

|CollegeHOF=2037

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Jeff Bentrim (born June 21, 1965) is an American former gridiron football player who played quarterback. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998{{Cite web|title=Jeff Bentrim (1998) - Hall of Fame|url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2037|access-date=November 25, 2020|website=National Football Foundation|language=en}} and the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.{{Cite web|title=Jeff Bentrim (2001) - Bison Athletic Hall of Fame|url=https://gobison.com/honors/bison-athletic-hall-of-fame/jeff-bentrim/82|access-date=December 2, 2020|website=NDSU|language=en}} He was recruited by the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). In Saskatchewan, he played third-string quarterback behind Kent Austin and Tom Burgess. The Roughriders promoted him to second-string quarterback after the 1989 season when Tom Burgess was traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was part of three Division II football championship teams collegiately and the 1989 Grey Cup champion Saskatchewan Roughriders professionally.