Bennett attended McGill-Toolen Catholic High School in Mobile, Alabama and played corner back on the football team.

In 2019, he earned first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference honors.

[1] In his first season with the Terps, he played in four games and recorded six tackles, two pass break ups, and one sack.

In the 2022 season opener, Bennett had five pass breakups against Buffalo, and it was the most since Tino Ellis.

At the end of the season, he would have 27 pass breakups, the most in the nation, one blocked field goal and one sack.