Aiden Benton

Preseason All-Sun Belt (second team) via Phil Steele. Appeared in all 13 games, starting seven as an edge defender … Ended the season with 41 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks and 10 quarterback hurries while also forcing two fumbles … Started seven of the final eight games … Completed a season-high seven tackle game against James Madison on the road … Second in sacks on the team, with 1.5 sacks against Lindenwood … Totaled 1.0 sacks against Georgia State and Marshall while contributing half a sack against Coastal Carolina and Georgia Southern (in the bowl game). Totaled 52 tackles, 9.0 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks and two forced fumbles as a junior college redshirt freshman at Georgia Military, which finished a 10-2 season in the NJCAA DI Football Championship semifinal game … Had two games this season with eight tackles, with two tackles for loss in a 40-35 win against Lackawanna College … Redshirted during the 2023 season at West Georgia … At Lovejoy High School in Georgia, played outside linebacker and defensive end, helping the team record an 8-4 record and a 6-1 mark in the region as a senior … Had 90 tackles as a senior, including 44 solo stops and 12.0 sacks … Tallied 32.0 tackles for loss and 28 QB hurries en route to being named the Region 3 6-A Defensive Player of the Year … Made the all-state team from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia High School Football Daily and Recruit Georgia.