➤ 2016 ➤ Junior Season
Awards: Named Academic All-Big Ten...Earned the Highest Academic Average award and the Football Letterman's Club Joe and Sue Paterno Post-Graduate Scholarship at the annual Nittany Lion Football Banquet.
Season: Appeared in eight games, mostly on special teams.
Temple (9/17): Made his second career appearance (Illinois, 2015). at Rutgers (11/19): Made his first career tackles on punt coverage in the third quarter.
➤ 2015 ➤ Sophomore Season
Season: Appeared in one game...Made his Penn State debut vs. Illinois (10/31)...Earned the Highest Academic Average award.
➤ 2014 ➤ True Freshman Season
Did not see any game action.
➤ High School
Three-year letterman and captain his senior year at Wissahickon High School playing for head coach Jeff Cappa...Earned second-team all-state (AAAA) honors as a defensive back...Selected first-team all-conference as a defensive back and second-team all-conference as a receiver his senior season...Led the Trojans to their first playoff win in school history his senior year, including two interceptions in that game...Played in the Montgomery County All-Star Game where he hauled in a 41-yard receiving touchdown...Honored as Pennsylvania Academic first-team all-state...Won the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award...Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA...Played basketball for two years...Served as a basketball team captain his senior year, earning third-team all-league accolades.
➤ Personal
Full name is Gordon Everett Bentley...Son of Antonio and Cheryl Bentley...Has a brother, Todd, and a sister, Camille...Mom, Cheryl, and grandfather, William Hummel, attended Penn State...Hobbies include hanging out with friends, playing basketball and video games...Plans to major in finance and his goal is to work on Wall Street after college...Born March 3, 1995 in Wynnewood, Pa.