Shug Bentley

CAREER AT STETSON AT A GLANCE 25 GAMES | 157 TACKLES | 13 TFL 3.5 SACKS • 1 INT • 6 PASS BREAKUPS • 1 FORCED FUMBLE Named to the Phil Steele Preseason All-Pioneer Football League Second Team. PRESEASON HONORS Phil Steele Preseason All-PFL Second Team 2026 • Linebacker Earned All-Pioneer Football League Honorable Mention honors... Started all 11 games at linebacker... Led Stetson with 75 tackles, including 25 solo stops and 50 assists... Added four tackles for loss, a half sack, one interception and four pass breakups... Recorded a season-high nine tackles four times, including against Webber International, Presbyterian, Marist and Valparaiso... Registered his first career interception in a win over Morehead State while also breaking up two passes... Posted a half sack and six solo tackles against Valparaiso... Named to the Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll. 2025 HONORS All-Pioneer Football League Honorable Mention • Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll. Team-leading 75 tackles • Started all 11 games • First career interception Earned All-Pioneer Football League Honorable Mention honors... Appeared in all 11 games, making two starts... Finished with 65 tackles, including 34 solo stops and 31 assists... Ranked among the team's leading tacklers while adding nine tackles for loss, three sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup... Recorded a career-high 11 tackles against Marist... Registered two sacks against Drake... Made 10 solo tackles against Butler. 2024 HONORS All-Pioneer Football League Honorable Mention 65 tackles • 9 tackles for loss • 3 sacks • 2 starts Did not see game action. Played four varsity seasons at St. Pius X Catholic High School under head coach Chad Garrison... Served as a two-year team captain... Finished his prep career as the Golden Lions' all-time leading tackler... Also lettered three years each in wrestling and baseball... Honor Roll student. Shug Bentley was born on Aug. 9, 2004... Son of Malcolm and Leigh Bentley... Has two older brothers, Blayne and Anderson, and one younger brother, Reid... Majoring in marketing... Aspires to work in the sports business industry.