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The University of Mississippi Athletics
2024 Football Roster
Bentley IV, Ulysses
vs
Arkansas
Sep 13 (Sat)
6:00 or 6:45 PM
Jersey Number 24
Ulysses Bentley IV
- Position:
- RB
- Collegiate Letters Earned:
- 6
- Letters Earned at Ole Miss:
- 3
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 200
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- C.E. King
- Prev. College:
- SMU
- Major:
- Multi-Disciplinary Studies
Bio
| CAREER HIGHLIGHTS |
| • 2025 NFL Combine Invitee • Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch List (2024) • Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Watch List (2023, '24) • Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List (2023, '24) |
| ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS |
| • SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2024) • Dean's Honor Roll (Fall 2024) • Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2022) |
2023 (SENIOR*): Played in all 13 games, rushing 95 times for 540 yards and four touchdowns ... Also caught 11 passes for 87 yards and one TD ... Handled majority of kickoff return duties for the Rebels, running back 14 kicks for 272 yards and a long of 34 ... Ole Miss' top-rated rusher per PFF in 2023 with a season grade of 89.5 ... Played 289 total snaps across offense and special teams ... vs. Mercer (9/2/23): Rushed six times for 27 yards and caught a six-yard touchdown pass ... at #22 Tulane (9/9/23): Rushed twice for zero yards, returned two kickoffs for 41 yards ... vs. Georgia Tech (9/16/23): Rushed six times for 61 yards and one touchdown ... at #12 Alabama (9/23/23): Tallied three catches for an Ole Miss career-high 41 yards, returned two kickoffs 25 yards and rushed three yards on one carry ... vs. #12 LSU (9/30/23): Rushed nine times for an an Ole Miss career-high 90 yards, a 43-yard TD run and an 18-yard kickoff return ... Recorded one reception for 17 yards, ranked as the second-best in offense per PFF (88.7 grade) ... vs. Arkansas (10/7/23): Rushed 13 times for an Ole-Miss career-high 94 yards and a touchdown to secure the Rebel win ... at Auburn (10/21/23): Rushed for an Ole Miss career-high 17 times for 52 yards ... Recorded one reception for 10 yards ... vs. Vanderbilt (10/28/23): Rushed seven times for 42 yards, registered one reception for two yards and returned a 21-yard kickoff ... vs. Texas A&M (11/4/23): Rushed six times for 19 yards, had one catch for four yards and returned three kickoffs for 74 yards ... at #1 Georgia (11/11/23): Rushed six times for 23 yards, had one catch for two yards, returned two kickoffs for 26 yards ... vs. ULM (11/18/23): Rushed nine times for 47 yards and one TD ... at Mississippi State (11/23/23): Rushed 10 times for 63 yards, also had one catch for five yards ... vs. Penn State (12/30/23): Rushed three times for 19 yards, returned one kickoff 20 yards in 14 total snaps played in Ole Miss’ Peach Bowl victory ... Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award watch list ... Reese's Senior Bowl watch list.
2022 (JUNIOR): Appeared in six games for the Rebels at running back … Battled wrist injury that caused him to miss a portion of the season … Carried the ball 16 times for 73 yards and four touchdowns … Caught one pass for four yards … vs. Troy (9/3/22): Earned a pair of carries in his debut in the Rebel backfield, gaining a total of five yards along with a 2-yard touchdown run ... vs. Central Arkansas (9/10/22): Ran the ball four times, accounting for 43 yards and a touchdown on the day ... at Georgia Tech (9/17/22): Scored two touchdowns on just eight carries from the Rebel backfield, finishing the day with 27 total rushing yards ... at LSU (10/22/22): Finished with one catch for four yards … Also had one carry for a loss of three ... at Texas A&M (10/29/22): Checked into the Rebel backfield but recorded no stats ... vs. #9 Alabama (11/12/22): Recorded one carry for one yard … Transfer who arrived on campus in January and participated in spring drills.
SMU: Saw action in 11 games in 2021, making eight starts ... Was second on the team with 96 carries for 610 yards and four TDs ... Posted a pair of 100-yard rushing games (UNT, at TCU) ... Added 19 catches for 90 yards and a TD ... Had five kick returns for 128 yards ... Was second on the team with 838 all-purpose yards ... Second team All-AAC ... Maxwell Award watch List ... Doak Walker Award watch list... CFPA Award watch list ... Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award watch list ... PFF All-AAC first team ... Played in all 10 games, starting six as a redshirt freshman in 2020 ... Named the Co-Rookie of the Year in The American and to the conference first team ... Led the league with 913 rushing yards (18th NCAA, 1st AAC) off 170 attempts and 11 rushing TDs (17th NCAA, 3rd AAC) ... His 11 rushing TDs set the SMU freshman single-season record ... His 913 rushing yards in the regular season were over 200 more than any other player in the conference ... Scored his first seven TDs in the opening three games of the season, which tied for the sixth most in a three-game span at SMU ... Added 21 receptions for 174 yards and one TD ... One of only two freshmen in the country with 10+ TDs (12) ... Led the Mustangs with 1,087 all-purpose yards (4th AAC) ... Had a career-high 227 rushing yards at North Texas ... AAC Co-Rookie of the Year ... All-AAC first team ... FWAA Freshman All-America ... Dave Campbell’s All-Texas College second team ... Doak Walker Watch List... CFPA Watch List.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star recruit by 247sports.com and Rivals.com ... Had 50 carries for 510 yards in 2018 ... Team went 8-3 and advanced to the first round of the Texas 6A D2 playoffs.
PERSONAL: Full name is Ulysses Bentley IV ... Born Dec. 30, 2000 ... Son of Felicia Bentley ... SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll in 2022 and 2024 … Dean's Honor Roll in fall 2024 … Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in spring 2022 ... Multi-disciplinary studies major.
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