V'Angelo Bentley

Biography

V'Angelo Bentley joined the Blue Devil gridiron program in January 2024 and serves as an assistant coach, working primarily with the cornerbacks. His first two years in Durham, Bentley mentored cornerback Chandler Rivers to All-America and First Team All-ACC honors in 2024 and Second Team All-ACC accolades in 2025. Rivers closed his outstanding career ranked eighth at Duke in career pass breakups. Rivers and Bentley’s group helped Duke finish ranked 11th nationally in fumbles recovered (10), 12th in turnover margin (+0.71), 14th in turnovers gained (24) and 16th in tackles for loss per game (6.6). In Rivers’ exceptional 2024, Bentley guided the All-America pick to 54 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, three interceptions, nine pass breakups, three quarterback pressures, two caused fumbles and one fumble recovery. He tied the Duke record with interceptions in three consecutive games (vs. Florida State, SMU and Miami) in 2024, becoming the first Blue Devil to accomplish the feat since John Talley in 2006. In addition, senior starting cornerback Joshua Pickett registered 38 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, one interception and seven pass breakups to aid the defense in 2024. Bentley’s group helped Duke rank in the top 25 nationally in tackles for loss per game (second/8.9), fumbles recovered (second/14), sacks per game (fourth/3.3), turnovers gained (seventh/27) and turnover margin (24th/+0.62). His unit also helped the team stand second in the ACC in passing yards allowed pe