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2019 commit Keeanu Benton to bring multi-sport background to Wisconsin

“Skill” position players typically get all the love, but have you heard a head coach say one of his defensive linemen is the best athlete on the team?

That’s what Janesville Craig head coach Adam Bunderson says of 2019 Wisconsin commit Keeanu Benton.

“There’s a couple of our skill guys that would probably argue with me, but he’s the best athlete on our team,” Bunderson said Friday night after a rough 42–7 road loss to Middleton. “When you’re 290 pounds, 6’4, and you’re that good of an athlete—I mean he’s so quick, he’s so quick. Just watch him catch a ball sometime.