Ja'Whaun Bentley

Bentley, Ja'Whaun Louis
Position: LB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 250
Born: August 24, 1996 Glenarden, MD
High School: DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, MD)

Year	College	Participation
2014	Purdue	Lettered
2015	Purdue	Lettered
2016	Purdue	Lettered
2017	Purdue	Lettered

Draft: 5th round (143rd overall) 2018 New England Patriots

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
2018 New England Patriots (NFL)2018 NE NFL	51	RDE-LDE-RLB	3	2
2019 New England Patriots (NFL)2019 NE NFL	51	RILB-LILB	16	2
2020 New England Patriots (NFL)2020 NE NFL	51	MLB	13	13
2021 New England Patriots (NFL)2021 NE NFL	8	SLB	16	16
2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL	8	MLB	17	17
2023 New England Patriots (NFL)2023 NE NFL	8	ILB	16	16
2024 New England Patriots (NFL)2024 NE NFL	8	ILB	2	2
7 Years (NFL)7 Years NFL			83	68

Team	Date	Transaction
2018 New England Patriots (NFL)New England Patriots	4/28/2018	Draft
2018 New England Patriots (NFL)New England Patriots	5/11/2018	Signed
2018 New England Patriots (NFL)New England Patriots	9/26/2018	Injured Reserve
2021 New England Patriots (NFL)New England Patriots	12/27/2021	Reserve/COVID
2021 New England Patriots (NFL)New England Patriots	1/1/2022	Activated
2021 New England Patriots (NFL)New England Patriots	3/16/2022	Unrestricted Free Agent
2022 New England Patriots (NFL)New England Patriots	3/21/2022	Signed
2024 New England Patriots (NFL)New England Patriots	9/25/2024	Injured Reserve
2024 New England Patriots (NFL)New England Patriots	3/28/2025	Released
2025 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)Pittsburgh Steelers	9/17/2025	Practice Squad
2025 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)Pittsburgh Steelers	10/7/2025	Released

SNAP COUNTS	TOTAL	OFF	OFF%	DEF	DEF%	ST	ST%
2018 New England Patriots (NFL)2018 NE NFL	184	0	0.0	138	13.2	46	10.2
2019 New England Patriots (NFL)2019 NE NFL	422	0	0.0	287	27.8	135	29.6
2020 New England Patriots (NFL)2020 NE NFL	650	0	0.0	608	60.1	42	10.8
2021 New England Patriots (NFL)2021 NE NFL	723	0	0.0	691	64.0	32	7.3
2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL	1000	0	0.0	907	80.3	93	20.4
2023 New England Patriots (NFL)2023 NE NFL	996	0	0.0	985	86.6	11	2.4
2024 New England Patriots (NFL)2024 NE NFL	61	0	0.0	61	5.5	0	0.0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4036	0		3677		359

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
2018 New England Patriots (NFL)2018 NE NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0
2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL	1	7	7.0	7	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	7	3.5	7	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
2020 New England Patriots (NFL)2020 NE NFL	1.5	11.0
2021 New England Patriots (NFL)2021 NE NFL	1.0	0.0
2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL	3.0	25.0
2023 New England Patriots (NFL)2023 NE NFL	4.5	13.5
2024 New England Patriots (NFL)2024 NE NFL	0.5	2.5
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	10.5	52.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0

DEFENSE	TKL	DEF	ST	MT	QH	TFL	FF	PD	BL
2018 New England Patriots (NFL)2018 NE NFL	14	13	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
2019 New England Patriots (NFL)2019 NE NFL	44	39	5	0	1	2	0	1	0
2020 New England Patriots (NFL)2020 NE NFL	90	90	0	0	3	3	0	2	0
2021 New England Patriots (NFL)2021 NE NFL	109	108	1	0	5	5	3	2	0
2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL	125	122	3	0	6	5	0	2	0
2023 New England Patriots (NFL)2023 NE NFL	114	114	0	0	12	5	1	3	0
2024 New England Patriots (NFL)2024 NE NFL	12	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	508	498	10	0	29	21	4	11	0

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Nullified Yards	First Downs	Stalled Drives
2019 New England Patriots (NFL)2019 NE NFL	1	0	1	5	0	1	0
2020 New England Patriots (NFL)2020 NE NFL	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL	1	0	1	15	0	1	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3	0	3	25	0	2	0