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The University of Utah Athletics
Dallen Bentley Selected by Denver in Seventh Round
4/25/2026 5:14 PM | Football
Former Utah tight end set to play for the Broncos
PITTSBURGH — The Denver Broncos picked former Utah tight end Dallen Bentley with the 256th overall pick in the seventh round of the 2026 NFL Draft on Saturday.
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Bentley is the third Ute selected in this year's draft, following OT Spencer Fano (9th overall, Cleveland) and OT Caleb Lomu (28th overall, New England).
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Bentley follows a strong line of Ute tight ends to the NFL and is the second straight taken in the seventh round by Denver after Caleb Lohner went 241st overall a year ago. Bentley is the 10th overall Utah tight end to be selected in the draft, with the highest pick coming in 2023 when Dalton Kincaid went 25th overall to Buffalo.
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Bentley becomes the 25th Ute to be taken in the seventh round of the draft.
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DALLEN BENTLEY | TIGHT END
Hometown: Taylorsville, Utah
High School: Played football at Taylorsville High School
Utah Awards: Big 12 Third Team All-Conference selection (2025), John Mackey Award Semifinalist (2025).
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2025:Â Saw action in each of Utah's 13 games, starting at tight end 12 times.
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Bentley is the third Ute selected in this year's draft, following OT Spencer Fano (9th overall, Cleveland) and OT Caleb Lomu (28th overall, New England).
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Bentley follows a strong line of Ute tight ends to the NFL and is the second straight taken in the seventh round by Denver after Caleb Lohner went 241st overall a year ago. Bentley is the 10th overall Utah tight end to be selected in the draft, with the highest pick coming in 2023 when Dalton Kincaid went 25th overall to Buffalo.
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Bentley becomes the 25th Ute to be taken in the seventh round of the draft.
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DALLEN BENTLEY | TIGHT END
Hometown: Taylorsville, Utah
High School: Played football at Taylorsville High School
Utah Awards: Big 12 Third Team All-Conference selection (2025), John Mackey Award Semifinalist (2025).
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2025:Â Saw action in each of Utah's 13 games, starting at tight end 12 times.
- 48 catches for 620 yards and six touchdowns.
- Seventh among all tight ends nationally in receiving yards and 10th in receptions.
- Logged four or more receptions six times.
- Brought in six catches for 75 yards – both career highs – against Texas Tech.
- Logged six catches for 106 yards and a touchdown in the Las Vegas Bowl.
- Tallied four catches for 65 yards at No. 15 BYU and four grabs for 29 yards at Kansas.
- Three catches for 54 yards and a score on Senior Day against K-State.
- Hauled in three receptions for 48 yards and a touchdown at Baylor.
- Tallied five receptions for 59 yards and a score at West Virginia.
- Caught five passes for 31 yards and nabbed his first-career touchdown at UCLA.
- Followed that up with two catches for 35 yards and another touchdown against Cal Poly.
- Caught four passes for 46 yards on the road at Wyoming.
- Tallied two catches for 24 yards against No. 21 Arizona State.
- Collected a pair of receptions for 15 yards against Baylor in his first start at Utah.Â
- Caught his first-career pass as a Ute for five yards against Northwestern in the Las Vegas Bowl.Â
- NJCAA All-America second-team.
- Had eight catches for 114 yards and two touchdowns in 2022.
- Earned NJCAA All-Academic.
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