University of Oklahoma Athletics

2022 Football Roster

Bentavious Thompson
Jersey Number 21

Bentavious Thompson

  • Position:
    RB
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    190
  • Hometown:
    Miami, Fla.
  • Prev School:
    UCF
2021
Was enrolled at UCF but was not a member of the football team.

2020 (AT UCF)
Appeared in nine of 10 games at running back ... earned AAC All-Academic Team honors … rushed 73 times for 382 yards and five touchdowns ... averaged 5.2 yards per carry and 42.4 rushing yards per game … caught three passes for 12 yards … rushed 12 times for 30 yards and a touchdown at Georgia Tech (9/19) … had 10 carries for 77 yards vs. East Carolina (9/26) … logged 10 carries for 42 yards and a touchdown vs. Tulane (10/24) ... rushed for 87 yards and a score on eight carries at Houston (10/31) … totaled 16 carries for 110 yards and two touchdowns at South Florida (11/27). Ā 

2019 (AT UCF)
Played in all 13 games … team's third-leading rusher with 604 yards on 87 attempts (6.9 average) and a team-high eight rushing touchdowns … caught five passes for 25 yards … returned two kickoffs for a total of 31 yards … registered two games with a pair of rushing touchdowns … recorded nine plays of 20 or more yards … had nine carries for 74 yards in Gasparilla Bowl vs. Marshall (12/23) … led UCF running backs with nine carries for 35 yards at Tulane (11/23) … Rushed for 22 yards on eight carries with a one-yard touchdown at Tulsa (11/8) … had seven rushes for 65 yards and scores from 43 and two yards vs. Houston (11/2) … rushed 10 times for 87 yards and TDs of 34 and 11 yards at Temple (10/26) … had 10 rushes for 51 yards with a 32-yard score vs. East Carolina (10/19) … rushed 11 times for 71 yards and a two-yard touchdown vs. UConn (9/28) … ran for 38 yards on seven carries vs. Stanford (9/14) … had seven rushes for 91 yards (28-yard TD) at FAU (9/7) … rushed six times for 64 yards and caught one pass for 10 yards vs. Florida A&M (8/29). Ā 

2018 (AT UCF)
Appeared in all 13 games … split time among running back, kick returner and special teams … rushed for 150 yards on 29 carries (5.2 average) … returned two kickoffs for 56 yards (28.0 average) … rushed seven times for 49 yards vs. Pitt (9/29) and seven times for 34 yards vs. South Carolina State (9/8). Ā 

2017 (AT UCF)
Redshirted ... did not play ... member of AAC All-Academic Team. Ā 

HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Miami Southridge High School … ranked as nation's No. 25 running back by Rivals, No. 32 by 247Sports and No. 39 by ESPN ... rated the No. 79 prospect in Florida by 247Sports and No. 82 by ESPN ... ranked as the No. 35 prospect in South Florida by CBS Miami Channel 4 … rushed for nearly 900 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior ... helped lead team to the 2016 Florida Class 8A State Championship.

PERSONAL
Major is health and exercise science.Ā 
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