Justin Benton
North Texas Mean Green
65
Depth

Justin Benton

North Texas Mean GreenAverage
DTDefenseDepthTRANSFER · East Carolina
Projected Starter

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Justin Benton is the projected starter at DT for North Texas Mean Green.

Redshirt junior · #15 · 6'0", 296 lbs

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Depth at DT · North Texas Mean Green

  1. 11565Justin BentonStarter
  2. 24458Dylan Williams
  3. 38852Wesley Hudson
  4. 49640AJ Brown

North Texas Starting Lineup

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Up next for North Texas

North Texas plays Rice at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Newton, ranked #634 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 19 tackles, 2 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 65 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #634 NatlTeam Share2%
Atlanta, GA
Jersey
#15
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
296 lbs
Transfer
East Carolina

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—1920

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8786
National Rank
#634
High School
Newton
Hometown
Covington, GA

Why this rating?

On a 65-rated defense; 59th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.81 for competition level) put them +0 vs unit starters → 65.

Team defense (SP+)
65
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 59% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 60% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.81)
Depth-chart adjustment
+0 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 29WFAUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 48-41

Oct 24WNAVYTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 49-39

Oct 10WCLTTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 50-10

Oct 2WTLSATKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-44 OT

Sep 26WHCUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 63-14

Sep 19LTXSTTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 49-35

Sep 12WUNLVTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 44-6

Sep 5LIUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 52-16

Justin Benton's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

19 tkl · 2 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement29%
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