Fifth-year senior defensive lineman and outside linebacker from Buena Park, Calif. who is majoring in marketing … minor is law ... is scheduled to graduate Oct. 28 … has played in every game since his arrival on campus in 2018 … entering this season, has 127 tackles, 30.5 tackles for loss, 20 sacks, six passes defended, seven forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and one blocked kick in 31 games … was named to the 2022 Lindy’s preseason All-Division II second team … only Californian on this year’s roster.
2021: was a team captain and the Northeast-10 Defensive Lineman of the Year … had a standout season that included 55 tackles, 12 TFL, ten sacks, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, seven QB hurries, five pass break-ups and one blocked kick … season-high eight tackles at New Haven Nov. 6 … had seven against Assumption Sept. 11 and Stonehill a week later … had at least one sack in eight games and had a streak of nine straight games with at least one, dating back to the 2019 season … 3.5 tackles, including a fourth-down strip sack and recovery, in the Stonehill game … field goal block, a sack and a forced fumble in the Sept. 11 Assumption game … honors included D2CCA All-Super Region 1 first team, New England Football Writers Division II-III All-New England and first-team All-Northeast-10 … twice named the NE10 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 13, 20) … NE10 co-leader in sacks, forced fumbles and fumble recoveries … also first in the conference in yards lost, both on sacks (71) and TFL (92), as well as third in tackles for losses … nationally, was 11th in Division II in forced fumbles, 16th in sacks and 23rd in fumble recoveries.
2020: Bentley did not compete in any games during the 2020 season.
2019: 1st-team All-Northeast-10 defensive lineman who finished with 36 tackles (21 solo), 13 tackles for losses, 9.5 sacks for 54 yards, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery ... ranked second in the NE10 in sacks and third in TFL ... 12th in Division II in sacks and 55th in TFL ... had at least one sack in each of the season’s final five games, including two at Pace Oct. 26 and at home Nov. 16 vs. American International ... also had two against New Haven Sept. 27 ... also had season-best eight tackles against the Chargers ... named to the New England Football Writers Div. II-III All-New England team ... Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll Oct. 28.
2018: Earned Northeast-10 All-Rookie accolades after ranking sixth on the team in tackles with 36, including 22 unassisted ... was one of four Falcon freshmen to appear in all ten games ... started three times ... in first collegiate game, was in on eight tackles against West Chester ... also had five tackles at Southern Connecticut Sept. 7 and Sept. 15 vs. Merrimack ... tied for team-high in tackles for losses (5.5) and was the team-leader in QB hurries (7) ... 2 TFL and a forced fumble Oct. 27 at Saint Anselm.
Before Bentley: 2017 graduate of Buena Park High School who prepped at Connecticut’s Kent School … earned ten varsity letters (four football, four basketball, two track and field) … two-time first-team All-State (2014, 2016) … first-team All-California Interscholastic Federation and All-County … league MVP and Defensive MVP … Buena Park’s all-time leader in tackles, sacks, TFL and defensive points … 450 career tackles included more than 50 sacks … football and basketball team captain … Franklin D. Watkins Scholar-Athlete Award.
Personal: Age as of Sept. 1: 23 … son of Cedric and Christal Dashiell … has two siblings, Rikki (26) and Cameron (21) ... family now resides in Las Vegas … Cameron is a basketball team captain at San Diego Christian College ... grandfather, Willie McIntyre Jr., played football at San Diego State ... cousin, Willie McIntyre III, played football at Lake Forest ... has volunteered at the Boys and Girls Club … involved in Bentley Black Students Athletes and Athletes in Action.
