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Kevin Bentley

{{Short description|American football player (born 1979)}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Kevin Bentley

| image = Kevin Bentley held back.jpg

| caption = Bentley with the Houston Texans in 2010

| number = 57

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|12|29}}

| birth_place = North Hills, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 243

| high_school = Van Nuys (CA) Montclair

| college = Northwestern

| draftyear = 2002

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 101

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 421

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 1.0

| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles

| statvalue3 = 2

| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue4 = 5

| statlabel5 = Interceptions

| statvalue5 = 2

| pfr = BentKe20

}}

Kevin Kinte Bentley (born December 29, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2002 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2002/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats. Bentley went to high school at Montclair Prep in Van Nuys where he spent three years under the coaching of George Ginnanni and defensive coordinator John Greaves.

Bentley was also a member of the Seattle Seahawks, Houston Texans, San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars and Indianapolis Colts.{{cite web|title=Kevin Bentley|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BentKe20.htm|publisher=Pro Football Reference|accessdate=2021-03-17}}

College career

In 2000 Bentley and Northwestern won a share for the Big Ten champion with Michigan and Purdue. Bentley helped lead Northwestern to their first bowl game since the 1997 Florida Citrus Bowl. They went on to face off against Nebraska in the 2000 Alamo Bowl, though they ended up losing by a score of 66–17.

===College statistics===

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
colspan="16" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Northwestern Wildcats}}" | Northwestern Wildcats
rowspan="2"| Season

! rowspan="2"| GP

! colspan="6"| Def Int

! colspan="4"| Fumbles

IntYdsAvgTDPDFRYdsTDFF
1999

| 11 || 2 || 40 || 20.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 ||0 ||0 ||0

2000

| 12 || 1 || 19 || 19.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||50 ||1 ||0

2001

| 11 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 ||45 ||0 ||0

[https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/kevin-bentley-1.html Career]3435919.71019510

Professional career

=Cleveland Browns=

Bentley was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round, with the 101st overall pick, of the 2002 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2002 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2002/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He officially signed with the team on July 16, 2002. He became a free agent after the 2004 season.

=Seattle Seahawks=

Bentley signed a contract with Seattle Seahawks in the 2005 season. He helped lead the Seahawks to the NFC Championship Game and beat the Carolina Panthers by a score of 34{{ndash}}14. They would face the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XL, though they would fall short by a score of 21{{ndash}}10. He became a free agent after the 2007 season.

=Houston Texans=

File:Kevin Bentley.jpg

Bentley signed a free agent contract with the Houston Texans on March 2, 2008.{{Cite web|title=Kevin Bentley Stats - Pro Football Archives|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerb/bent00350.html|access-date=2021-03-17|website=www.profootballarchives.com}} He became a free agent on July 26, 2011.{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/transactions/b/bent00350.html | title=Kevin Bentley NFL Transactions | publisher=profootballarchives.com | accessdate=June 14, 2024}}

=San Diego Chargers=

On August 24, 2011, Bentley signed with the San Diego Chargers. He was released during final cuts.{{Cite web|title=Kevin Bentley Stats|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BentKe20.htm|access-date=2021-03-17|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|language=en}}

=Jacksonville Jaguars=

The Jacksonville Jaguars signed Bentley on November 22, 2011. He was released on December 5.

=Indianapolis Colts=

On December 6, 2011, he was signed by the Indianapolis Colts.

Bentley retired after the 2011 season.

NFL career statistics

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

! colspan="2"| Legend

Bold

| Career high

=Regular season=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="5"| Tackles

!colspan="5"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCmbSoloAstSckTFLIntYdsTDLngPDFFFRYdsTD
2002CLE

| 12 || 0 || 39 || 24 || 15 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0

2003CLE

| 16 || 14 || 96 || 60 || 36 || 0.0 || 1 || 1 || 25 || 0 || 25 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2004CLE

| 16 || 3 || 63 || 44 || 19 || 0.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0

2005SEA

| 15 || 3 || 33 || 28 || 5 || 0.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2006SEA

| 14 || 0 || 27 || 19 || 8 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0

2007SEA

| 14 || 2 || 27 || 21 || 6 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2008HOU

| 16 || 7 || 57 || 38 || 19 || 1.0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0

2009HOU

| 16 || 0 || 21 || 10 || 11 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2010HOU

| 13 || 8 || 55 || 35 || 20 || 0.0 || 3 || 1 || 18 || 0 || 18 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 0

rowspan="2" | 2011JAX

| 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

IND

| 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|136374212801411.01324302592580

=Playoffs=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="5"| Tackles

!colspan="5"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCmbSoloAstSckTFLIntYdsTDLngPDFFFRYdsTD
2002CLE

| 1 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2005SEA

| 3 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2006SEA

| 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2007SEA

| 2 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|80121110.00000000000

Personal life

Bentley earned his MBA from Rice University in 2015, and is currently a Cert-III level snowboard coach with Team Summit Colorado.{{Cite web|date=2010-09-24|title=Houston Texans linebacker Kevin Bentley will teach you how to butter your muffin|url=https://www.espn.com/action/snowboarding/news/story?page=kevin-bentley-snowboard|access-date=2021-03-17|website=ESPN.com|language=en}} He is currently on the MGA TOUR with the ATLMGA chapter. His alias is "Smart Stick" or #KBCLOSE

References

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Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from North Hills, Los Angeles

Category:Players of American football from Los Angeles

Category:American football linebackers

Category:Northwestern Wildcats football players

Category:Cleveland Browns players

Category:Seattle Seahawks players

Category:Houston Texans players

Category:21st-century American sportsmen

Category:San Diego Chargers players

Category:Jacksonville Jaguars players

Category:Indianapolis Colts players

Category:Montclair College Preparatory School alumni