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Boise State Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 0
Ty Benefield
- Position:
- Safety
- Hometown:
- Altadena, Calif.
- Height:
- 6-2
- High School:
- Crean Lutheran HS
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Junior
- NIL Exchange:
- Ty Benefield
- Major:
- Pre-Business
CAREER HONORS
JUNIOR (2025)
Honors: All-Mountain West First Team...Phil Steele All-Mountain West First Team...Mountain West Championship Defensive MVP...East-West Shrine Bowl Defensive Player of the Week (Dec.1).
Notable Statistics/Rankings: 70 solo tackles (1st MW / T-2nd NCAA).
Top Highlights: Started all 14 games at safety, finishing the season with a team-high 107 total tackles, including 70 solo and 8.5 for loss…also notched two interceptions, three pass breakups, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery…team’s leading tackler in 10 games…led the Broncos with 1,042 total snaps, playing a team-high 846 on defense and ranking second in the team with 196 special teams snaps…tallied nine tackles, including three for loss, against Eastern Washington (Sept. 5)...recorded 11 tackles, 2.0 TFLs and an interception at Air Force (Sept. 20)...posted eight tackles, sharing a TFL, and forced a fumble at No. 21 Notre Dame (Oct. 4)...notched three tackles and an interception against New Mexico (Oct. 11)...recorded seven tackles and a solo TFL against UNLV (Oct. 18)...added six tackles and a solo TFL at Nevada (Oct. 24)...tallied 11 tackles in back-to-back games, doing so against Fresno State (Nov. 1) and San Diego State (Nov. 15)...crowned Defensive MVP of the MW Championship after totaling eight tackles, a solo TFL and a fumble recovery in the win over UNLV (Dec. 5).
SOPHOMORE (2024)
Honors: Cornish Trophy Finalist…Honorable Mention All-Mountain West...Academic All-Mountain West.
Notable Statistics/Rankings: 2 fumbles recovered (T-1st MW / T-19th NCAA).
Top Highlights: Played and started all 14 games, leading the Broncos in tackles (82) and interceptions (2)…played a team-high 1,070 total snaps, including a team-high 899 on defense…posted a team-high nine tackles against Georgia Southern (Aug. 31)...totaled six tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a fumble recovery at No. 7 Oregon (Sept. 7)…collected a pair of tackles for loss against Portland State (Sept. 21)...made eight tackles and had an interception in a win over Washington State (Sept. 28)...recovered a fumble, broke up a pass and had three solo tackles against Utah State (Oct. 5)...recorded a team-high eight tackles, all solo, against Nevada (Nov. 9)...forced a fumble and intercepted a pass at San Jose State (Nov. 16)...tallied eight tackles and a pass breakup at Wyoming (Nov. 23)...notched eight tackles and 1.5 TFLs in the MW Championship win over No. 20 UNLV (Dec. 6)...led the team with nine tackles against No. 6 Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl (Dec. 31).
FRESHMAN (2023)
Honors: Academic All-Mountain West.
Top Highlights: Saw action in 13 games, starting five…recorded a solo sack against North Dakota (Sept. 16)…made five tackles and tallied a pass breakup against Colorado State (Oct. 14)…made first career interception against Wyoming (Oct. 28)…totaled seven tackles, 2.5 TFLs, 2.0 sacks, two QB hurries and a pass breakup against Utah State (Nov. 18)…registered a season-high eight tackles in the LA Bowl against UCLA, including a solo TFL (Dec. 2).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Three-star recruit per 247Sports…played on both sides of the ball in high school as a DB/WR combo…in 12 games his senior season, Benefield registered 91 tackles (52 solo), seven pass breakups and four interceptions…on the offensive side, hauled in 90 receptions for 1,404 yards and 20 touchdowns (averaging 117 yards/game)…added 136 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries…utilized on special teams, returning 12 punts and nine kickoffs…father Daved played 13 seasons in the CFL for five teams, plus 15 games for the San Francisco 49ers in 1996.
- All-Mountain West First Team (2025)
- Phil Steele All-Mountain West First Team (2025)
- Mountain West Championship Defensive MVP (2025)
- East-West Shrine Bowl Defensive Player of the Week (Dec. 1, 2025)
- Cornish Trophy Finalist (2024)
- Honorable Mention All-Mountain West (2024)
- 2x Academic All-Mountain West (Fall 2023, 2024)
JUNIOR (2025)
Honors: All-Mountain West First Team...Phil Steele All-Mountain West First Team...Mountain West Championship Defensive MVP...East-West Shrine Bowl Defensive Player of the Week (Dec.1).
Notable Statistics/Rankings: 70 solo tackles (1st MW / T-2nd NCAA).
Top Highlights: Started all 14 games at safety, finishing the season with a team-high 107 total tackles, including 70 solo and 8.5 for loss…also notched two interceptions, three pass breakups, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery…team’s leading tackler in 10 games…led the Broncos with 1,042 total snaps, playing a team-high 846 on defense and ranking second in the team with 196 special teams snaps…tallied nine tackles, including three for loss, against Eastern Washington (Sept. 5)...recorded 11 tackles, 2.0 TFLs and an interception at Air Force (Sept. 20)...posted eight tackles, sharing a TFL, and forced a fumble at No. 21 Notre Dame (Oct. 4)...notched three tackles and an interception against New Mexico (Oct. 11)...recorded seven tackles and a solo TFL against UNLV (Oct. 18)...added six tackles and a solo TFL at Nevada (Oct. 24)...tallied 11 tackles in back-to-back games, doing so against Fresno State (Nov. 1) and San Diego State (Nov. 15)...crowned Defensive MVP of the MW Championship after totaling eight tackles, a solo TFL and a fumble recovery in the win over UNLV (Dec. 5).
SOPHOMORE (2024)
Honors: Cornish Trophy Finalist…Honorable Mention All-Mountain West...Academic All-Mountain West.
Notable Statistics/Rankings: 2 fumbles recovered (T-1st MW / T-19th NCAA).
Top Highlights: Played and started all 14 games, leading the Broncos in tackles (82) and interceptions (2)…played a team-high 1,070 total snaps, including a team-high 899 on defense…posted a team-high nine tackles against Georgia Southern (Aug. 31)...totaled six tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a fumble recovery at No. 7 Oregon (Sept. 7)…collected a pair of tackles for loss against Portland State (Sept. 21)...made eight tackles and had an interception in a win over Washington State (Sept. 28)...recovered a fumble, broke up a pass and had three solo tackles against Utah State (Oct. 5)...recorded a team-high eight tackles, all solo, against Nevada (Nov. 9)...forced a fumble and intercepted a pass at San Jose State (Nov. 16)...tallied eight tackles and a pass breakup at Wyoming (Nov. 23)...notched eight tackles and 1.5 TFLs in the MW Championship win over No. 20 UNLV (Dec. 6)...led the team with nine tackles against No. 6 Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl (Dec. 31).
FRESHMAN (2023)
Honors: Academic All-Mountain West.
Top Highlights: Saw action in 13 games, starting five…recorded a solo sack against North Dakota (Sept. 16)…made five tackles and tallied a pass breakup against Colorado State (Oct. 14)…made first career interception against Wyoming (Oct. 28)…totaled seven tackles, 2.5 TFLs, 2.0 sacks, two QB hurries and a pass breakup against Utah State (Nov. 18)…registered a season-high eight tackles in the LA Bowl against UCLA, including a solo TFL (Dec. 2).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Three-star recruit per 247Sports…played on both sides of the ball in high school as a DB/WR combo…in 12 games his senior season, Benefield registered 91 tackles (52 solo), seven pass breakups and four interceptions…on the offensive side, hauled in 90 receptions for 1,404 yards and 20 touchdowns (averaging 117 yards/game)…added 136 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries…utilized on special teams, returning 12 punts and nine kickoffs…father Daved played 13 seasons in the CFL for five teams, plus 15 games for the San Francisco 49ers in 1996.
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