a high-upside, tone-setting freshman linebacker with real tackle-for-loss juice
In the 2026 season, Dylan Bennett arrives at UCF as a freshman linebacker with a compact 5-foot-11, 210-pound frame and a disruptive high school résumé: 69 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, seven sacks, and a state title at American Heritage in 2025. His calling card is downhill violence and backfield impact, not empty-calorie stat stuffing, which makes him an intriguing fit for a defense that wants quick-trigger pursuit and physical edge-setting. The big question is early college polish, but the motor and production say “watch this space.”
