Montana State  (2021) Earned 3rd Team All-America (HERO) Sports) and 1st Team All-Big Sky honors as a senior to cap a tremendous Bobcat career... logged 69 tackles (28 solo) on the season, with 8.0 for a loss and 3.5 sacks... hurried the quarterback four times and broke up three passes... his eight tackles-for-loss was fourth on the team... had 1.5 TFL against Montana and sacks against Cal Poly, Idaho and UM. (2020) Coached the defensive line at Gallatin High during the fall of 2020 while the program idled during the Covid season. (2019) Third Team All-Big Sky... played all 15 games at nose tackle, starting 13... forcued and recovered a fumble against NDSU... also caused a WIU fumble... season-high seven tackles on three occasions. (2018) Played in all 13 games... 22 tackles on the season... logged four tackles in first career start vs. WIU... three tackles off the bench at SDSU... one tackle each vs. Wagner, PSU... his initial strike on MSU’s goal-line stand at Montana helped the Cats preserve their third straight Cat-Griz win. (2017) Played in all 11 games, logging recording 12 tackles, including eight solos, two for a loss, and 1.5 sacks... hurried the quarterback twice... first career sack came in debut at Washington State.  (2016) Redshirted.
High School  Selected for the Montana Shrine Game... an All-USA Montana First Team choice, logging six sacks in seven games with 22 quarterback hurries... earned 2014 and 2015 Great Falls Tribune Superstate honors.
Academics and Personal  An exercise science major... born Chase Michael Benson in Helena... one of three children of Dave and Brandi Benson.