Troy University Athletics
2015 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 69
Dalton Bennett
- Position:
- OL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 305
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Marianna, Fla.
- High School:
- Marianna HS
**2015 Rimington Trophy Watch List**
**2014 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention**
2014 (Junior): Finished the year with over 30 knockdown blocks and graded out at 86.5 percent … Enters his senior season with starts in 24 consecutive games … Played a season-high 69 snaps at South Alabama and graded out at 91 percent … Dominated Idaho’s defensive line as he recorded eight knockdown blocks and graded out at 95 percent … Allowed just one sack after the second game of the season … Key piece of an offensive line that protected for NCAA record-setting quarterback Brandon Silvers; Silvers set the NCAA FBS record for completion percentage by a freshman as he completed 191 of his 271 pass attempts (70.5 percent) ... Named to the All-Sun Belt Team as an honorable mention selection
2013 (Sophomore): Started all 12 games for the Trojans with six starts at right guard before moving to left tackle for the final six games of the season; it was the first 12 starts of his career … Graded out at over 82 percent on the season with 32 knockdown blocks … Allowed just half a sack all season … Posted a season-high 91 grade in 64 snaps at Ole Miss … Had a season-high 6.5 knockdown blocks at Louisiana-Lafayette … Played 102 snaps at Georgia State … After four straight grades in the 70s to open the season, did not post a grade under 80 the remainder of the year … Key part of an offensive line that paved the way for Jordan Chunn to earn Freshman All-America honors after he rushed for 14 touchdowns … Troy led the Sun Belt Conference in total offense (463.3), passing offense (322.3) and scoring offense (34.1) … As an offensive unit, Troy’s offensive line finished second in the Sun Belt and 35th nationally with only 19 sacks allowed; Troy led the league by allowing a sack once every 25.4 pass attempts
2012 (RS-Freshman): Played in all 12 games both on the offensive line and special teams … Played 89 total snaps on the line and finished the season with a 76.7 percent grade … Played a season-high 36 snaps against FIU … Played 21 snaps against Mississippi State and 13 snaps against Navy … Finished the year with four knockdown blocks and allowed just one sack
2011 (Freshman): Redshirted
High School: Played in 10 games on the offensive line for Marianna High School in 2009 with 10 starts … Also saw time on the defensive line … On defense as a junior, recorded 87 tackles and nine sacks … Posted 62 tackles and four sacks as a senior … Also recruited by East Carolina and Kansas State … Also played baseball, basketball and competed in track and field in discus and shot put
Personal: Born Oct. 5, 1991, in Pensacola, Fla. … Son of Carter and Jill Bennett … Has one brother, Dillon … Majoring in criminal justice ... Married to the former Morgan Williams
**2014 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention**
2014 (Junior): Finished the year with over 30 knockdown blocks and graded out at 86.5 percent … Enters his senior season with starts in 24 consecutive games … Played a season-high 69 snaps at South Alabama and graded out at 91 percent … Dominated Idaho’s defensive line as he recorded eight knockdown blocks and graded out at 95 percent … Allowed just one sack after the second game of the season … Key piece of an offensive line that protected for NCAA record-setting quarterback Brandon Silvers; Silvers set the NCAA FBS record for completion percentage by a freshman as he completed 191 of his 271 pass attempts (70.5 percent) ... Named to the All-Sun Belt Team as an honorable mention selection
2013 (Sophomore): Started all 12 games for the Trojans with six starts at right guard before moving to left tackle for the final six games of the season; it was the first 12 starts of his career … Graded out at over 82 percent on the season with 32 knockdown blocks … Allowed just half a sack all season … Posted a season-high 91 grade in 64 snaps at Ole Miss … Had a season-high 6.5 knockdown blocks at Louisiana-Lafayette … Played 102 snaps at Georgia State … After four straight grades in the 70s to open the season, did not post a grade under 80 the remainder of the year … Key part of an offensive line that paved the way for Jordan Chunn to earn Freshman All-America honors after he rushed for 14 touchdowns … Troy led the Sun Belt Conference in total offense (463.3), passing offense (322.3) and scoring offense (34.1) … As an offensive unit, Troy’s offensive line finished second in the Sun Belt and 35th nationally with only 19 sacks allowed; Troy led the league by allowing a sack once every 25.4 pass attempts
2012 (RS-Freshman): Played in all 12 games both on the offensive line and special teams … Played 89 total snaps on the line and finished the season with a 76.7 percent grade … Played a season-high 36 snaps against FIU … Played 21 snaps against Mississippi State and 13 snaps against Navy … Finished the year with four knockdown blocks and allowed just one sack
2011 (Freshman): Redshirted
High School: Played in 10 games on the offensive line for Marianna High School in 2009 with 10 starts … Also saw time on the defensive line … On defense as a junior, recorded 87 tackles and nine sacks … Posted 62 tackles and four sacks as a senior … Also recruited by East Carolina and Kansas State … Also played baseball, basketball and competed in track and field in discus and shot put
Personal: Born Oct. 5, 1991, in Pensacola, Fla. … Son of Carter and Jill Bennett … Has one brother, Dillon … Majoring in criminal justice ... Married to the former Morgan Williams
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