Multi-sport star at the Illinois high school level who joined Clemson in its 2024 recruiting class ... enters 2025 after playing six games and 17 offensive snaps during his redshirt season in 2024.
Multi-sport star at the Illinois high school level who joined Clemson in its 2024 recruiting class … enters 2025 after playing six games and 17 offensive snaps during his redshirt season in 2024.
2024: Played 17 offensive snaps over six games while redshirting and caught one pass for seven yards … made collegiate debut vs. Appalachian State … recorded his first career reception, a seven-yard pass from Christopher Vizzina, vs. The Citadel.
Before Clemson: Rated as a consensus top 125 player nationally by 247Sports, ESPN, On3, Rivals and PrepStar … rated as the No. 58 overall player in the nation, third-best player in Illinois and third-best tight end in the nation by PrepStar … ranked by On3 as the No. 85 player in the nation and as the sixth-best tight end and fourth-best player in Illinois … Rivals ranked him as the nation’s No. 100 overall player, fifth-best tight end and fourth-best player in Illinois … listed as 247Sports’ No. 116 overall player and as the service’s eighth-best tight end and fourth-best prospect in Illinois … rated as ESPN’s No. 124 overall player, third-best tight end in the nation and third-best player in Illinois … finished his career with 231 receptions for 3,867 yards and 51 touchdowns … finished in the top five in Illinois high school history in receiving yards (second), receiving touchdowns (third) and receptions (fifth) … as a senior, recorded 21 receptions in a single game against Wheaton Academy and five touchdowns in one game against Christ The King; those were the second-best single game figures in each category in Illinois high school history … earned conference player of the year as a senior … two-year team captain and three-time all-area selection … earned all-state honors from multiple services as a junior and senior … 2023 Northwest Herald Player of the Year … played for Liam Kirwan at Marian Central Catholic … also an outstanding basketball player who became the first high school athlete in Illinois history to catch 200 passes in football and score 2,000 points in basketball.
Personal: Born Sept. 18, 2005 … named to honor roll every year in high school … committed to Clemson Jan. 13, 2023 … pre-business major … enrolled at Clemson in summer 2024 … name pronounced “BENT-tin-curr.”
