Defensive line, Washington, 2015–⁠19

Benning Potoa’e

Number: No. 8
Height: 6′3″
Weight: 290 lb
Class (2019): Senior
Hometown: Dupont, WA
Born: Sep 17, 1996

Benning Potoa’e played defensive line at Washington (2015–⁠19).

2sacks, career highvs. Eastern Washington, 2019

Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2016 and 2018

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Hur
2016	Washington	19	14	2	0	2
2017	Washington	27	18	5	3	1
2018	Washington	36	16	4.5	0	0
2019	Washington	30	18	7	4.5	0
Career		112	66	18.5	7.5	3

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2016	Washington	8	DL	Fr.
2017	Washington	8	DL	So.
2018	Washington	8	DL	Jr.
2019	Washington	8	DL	Sr.	6′3″	290

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2019 Washington 11 games, 30 tackles, 4.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Aug 31	vs.Eastern Washington	W 47–⁠14	4	3	3	2
Sep 7	vs.California	L 19–⁠20	3	0	0	0
Sep 14	vs.Hawai’i	W 52–⁠20	2	0	0	0
Sep 21	atBYU	W 45–⁠19	3	3	2	1
Oct 5	atStanford	L 13–⁠23	4	3	0	0
Oct 12	atArizona	W 51–⁠27	2	2	1	1
Oct 19	vs.Oregon	L 31–⁠35	1	0	0	0
Nov 2	vs.Utah	L 28–⁠33	5	2	0.5	0.5
Nov 23	atColorado	L 14–⁠20	2	2	0	0
Nov 29	vs.Washington State	W 31–⁠13	2	2	0	0
Dec 21 ✦	vs.Boise State	W 38–⁠7	2	1	0.5	0

2018 Washington 12 games, 36 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Sep 1	vs.Auburn	L 16–⁠21	4	3	0
Sep 8	vs.North Dakota	W 45–⁠3	1	0	0
Sep 15	atUtah	W 21–⁠7	3	2	1
Sep 22	vs.Arizona State	W 27–⁠20	7	3	2
Sep 29	vs.BYU	W 35–⁠7	2	2	1
Oct 6	atUCLA	W 31–⁠24	1	0	0
Oct 13	atOregon	L 27–⁠30	3	1	0
Oct 20	vs.Colorado	W 27–⁠13	7	4	0
Oct 27	atCalifornia	L 10–⁠12	2	0	0
Nov 23	atWashington State	W 28–⁠15	2	0	0
Nov 30	vs.Utah	W 10–⁠3	1	0	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Ohio State	L 23–⁠28	3	1	0.5

2017 Washington 11 games, 27 tackles, 3 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Sep 1	atRutgers	W 30–⁠14	3	2	0	0
Sep 9	vs.Montana	W 63–⁠7	2	2	1	0
Sep 23	atColorado	W 37–⁠10	1	1	0	0
Oct 7	vs.California	W 38–⁠7	1	1	1	1
Oct 14	atArizona State	L 7–⁠13	1	1	0	0
Oct 28	vs.UCLA	W 44–⁠23	3	3	1	1
Nov 4	vs.Oregon	W 38–⁠3	3	2	1	0
Nov 10	atStanford	L 22–⁠30	2	0	0	0
Nov 18	vs.Utah	W 33–⁠30	3	1	0	0
Nov 25	vs.Washington State	W 41–⁠14	2	1	1	1
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Penn State	L 28–⁠35	6	4	0	0

2016 Washington 10 games, 19 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Sep 3	vs.Rutgers	W 48–⁠13	4	3	0
Sep 10	vs.Idaho	W 59–⁠14	1	1	0
Sep 17	vs.Portland State	W 41–⁠3	1	1	0
Sep 30	vs.Stanford	W 44–⁠6	1	1	0
Oct 8	atOregon	W 70–⁠21	2	2	0
Oct 22	vs.Oregon State	W 41–⁠17	3	2	1
Nov 5	atCalifornia	W 66–⁠27	2	1	0
Nov 25	atWashington State	W 45–⁠17	1	0	0
Dec 2	vs.Colorado	W 41–⁠10	1	1	1
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Alabama	L 7–⁠24	3	2	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2020
Height	6′2⅞″
Weight	293 lb
Arm length	31½″
Hand size	10⅝″

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 4 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Commanders.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2021	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1	1
2022	Washington Commanders	2	4
2023	Washington Commanders	1	1
NFL career		4	6

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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