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2023 Football Roster
Hanshaw, Bentley
Jersey Number 15
Bentley Hanshaw
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- TE
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 245
- Prev School:
- BYU
- Hometown:
- Moorpark, Calif.
Bio
2023 (Sr.):
- 2023 Phil Steele Postseason Conference USA All-Conference third team
- National Rankings:
- No. 6 in receiving touchdowns by tight ends (6)
- Saw playing time in 13 games, starting 10 contests
- Helped Liberty rank No. 4 in the country in total offense (499.1 yards per game) and No. 9 in scoring offense (38.3 points per game)
- Ranked second on Liberty’s roster with six receiving touchdowns
- Had a reception in 10 of his 13 games played
- Had a touchdown reception in three of the first four games of 2023
- Finished the season with 18 receptions for 219 yards
- Averaged 12.2 yards per reception
- 17-yard touchdown reception against Bowling Green
- Two receptions for 45 yards, including a 24-yard touchdown, against New Mexico State during the regular season
- Five receptions for 43 yards, including a 14-yard touchdown, against FIU
- Two receptions for 33 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown, against MTSU
- Two receptions for 23 yards, including a 16-yard touchdown, against Louisiana Tech
- One-yard touchdown reception against Old Dominion
- Finished Liberty’s first drive against No. 8 Oregon in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl with a 17-yard touchdown reception
- Saw playing time in all 13 games during his first season at Liberty
- Finished the season with six receptions for 117 yards
- Five of his six receptions on the year came during the last four games of the year
- Was one of 12 different players on the team with a touchdown reception
- Ranked second on the team in receiving yards by a tight end
- Had a six-yard reception during Liberty’s season-opening four-overtime win at Southern Miss
- Five-yard reception at UConn
- 25-yard catch against Virginia Tech
- Eight-yard reception against New Mexico State
- Led the Flames in receiving during RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl
- Finished the Boca Raton Bowl game two-receptions for 73 yards, including a 67-yard touchdown reception
- Transferred to Liberty from BYU
- Played in one game for BYU during the 2020 season
- Completed two years of mission work before joining BYU’s roster
- Graduated from Moorpark High School in Moorpark, Calif. in 2017
- Three-star recruit as ranked by 247Sports.com out of high school
- Three-star recruit as ranked by Rivals.com
- Also received offers from UCLA, Utah, Oregon State, Cal, Arizona State and Pittsburgh
- 45 catches for 400 yards as a junior
- Finished his senior year with 47 receptions for 600 yards and six touchdowns
- All-county and all-league honoree
- All played basketball
- Son of Rachelle and Tim Hanshaw
- His father, Tim Hanshaw, played offensive line for BYU (1988, 1991-1994) and in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers (1995-98)
- Completed his undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary studies in May 2023
- Currently working on his MBA
- Birthday is February 1
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