Rayshaun Benny
Baltimore RavensOur College Grade
How good he was in college at what his position is supposed to do, out of 100. Scored against everyone else at his position, adjusted for the level he played at. This is not his NFL grade.
College Production
Michigan · Big Ten
| Season | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | Pos Rk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 706 |
| 2023 | 27 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 261 |
| 2024 | 29 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | 2 | 126 |
| 2025 | 35 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 113 |
The seasons in our college data. It does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Scouting Report
Michigan · 2026 draft class
Rayshaun Benny is a veteran fifth-year defensive tackle who spent four years developing behind Michigan's stacked interior line featuring first-rounders Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant, contributing to two national championship teams. The Detroit native and former four-star recruit demonstrated patience and resilience, bouncing back from a broken fibula suffered in the 2024 Rose Bowl victory over Alabama to gradually regain form mid-season. His game is built on power and leverage rather than flash, with exceptional anchor strength against double teams, disciplined gap integrity, and devastating stack-and-shed technique that allows him to control and discard blockers. Benny showcased his abilities most notably with eight tackles, two TFLs, and one sack against Fresno State, plus critical performances in Big Ten matchups against Washington and Ohio State, where he shared Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors. With 42 career games and the experience of Michigan's championship-caliber system, he enters 2025 as the Wolverines' most experienced interior defender, finally positioned to showcase his complete skill set as an unquestioned starter after accumulating 72 tackles, 9.0 TFLs, and 2.5 sacks over his first four seasons.
Strengths
- Exceptional anchor against double teams with powerful lower body strength and natural leverage that allows him to reset the line of scrimmage
- Maintains gap integrity with disciplined hand placement and understanding of blocking schemes
- rarely getting washed out of responsibility
- Displays impressive lateral agility for his size
- showing ability to mirror ball carriers and make tackles when runs bounce to perimeter
- Devastating stack-and-shed technique where he controls offensive linemen before violently discarding them to make plays
- Consistently collapses the pocket with bull rush power
- generating push that forces quarterbacks to abandon their platform
- Possesses violent hands that shock offensive linemen back on initial contact
- creating immediate separation
Concerns
- Limited as a pass rusher beyond bull rush
- lacking counters and hand-fighting finesse to consistently win when initial power move is stalled
- Pad level rises on extended drives
- causing him to lose leverage battles and limiting effectiveness when fatigue sets in
- Medical concerns linger after 2024 fibula break
- with visible impact on explosiveness through parts of following season
- Occasionally over-commits to run fits
- creating cutback lanes when aggressively shooting gaps instead of maintaining position
- First-step quickness is merely adequate rather than exceptional
- limiting ability to consistently penetrate against NFL-caliber interior linemen
Honors
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (shared, 2024 vs Ohio State); Two-time National Champion (2023, 2024); Preseason All-Big Ten (2025)