Multi-sport star at the Illinois high school level who joined Clemson in its 2024 recruiting class … enters 2026 with 21 career receptions for 222 yards and three touchdowns in 340 offensive snaps over 19 games (two starts).
2025: Caught 20 passes for 215 yards and three touchdowns in 323 offensive snaps over 13 games (two starts) … gained 23 yards on two receptions vs. No. 9 LSU … caught two passes for 15 yards vs. Syracuse … recorded two receptions for 53 yards with two touchdowns at North Carolina, including scoring grabs of 45 yards and eight yards … caught a two-yard pass at Boston College … grabbed four passes for 26 yards vs. SMU … contributed a 10-yard catch vs. Florida State … hauled in a six-yard touchdown vs. Furman … made his first career start at South Carolina and caught five passes for 51 yards … gained 29 yards on two catches vs. Penn State.
2024: Played 17 offensive snaps over six games while redshirting and caught one pass for seven yards … ACC Honor Roll selection … 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.”