LSU Tigers · S RoomS

#2 Ty Benefield

Class  SR/TRFrom  Boise State (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'3" · 208 lbHometown  Altadena, CA · Crean Lutheran HS

Depth-chart placement

Current role

FS1

Placement

Starter

Room

Safety

Experience

4-SR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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S room context

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Ty Benefield holds the FS · Starter spot in LSU Tigers’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

STAR · StarterDashawn SpearsStarter

SS · StarterTamarcus CooleyStarter

FS · StarterTy BenefieldStarter

STAR · BackupCJ JimcoilyBackup

SS · BackupJhase ThomasBackup

FS · BackupFaheem DelaneBackup

Transfer history

2026Boise State→LSU Tigers

Background & career

Ty Benefield is a senior member of the LSU roster. He is from Altadena, CA and attended Crean Lutheran HS. He joined the program as a transfer from Boise State. He was rated a 3-star recruit in the 2023 class.

Boise Statethrough 2025

LSU2026 — present

Previous schoolBoise StateRecruiting3-star · No. 980 nationalOriginAltadena, CA · Crean Lutheran HS