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Jersey Number 22
Bennett Andersen
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
- High School:
- Jesuit HS
Bio
Overview
2024-25, Grad Season
2023-24, Senior Season
Prep
Personal
Off the Court
- Graduated in summer 2025 with master's degree in Management
- Finished his career with six points in 13 appearances, including baskets in the SEC Tournament and NCAA Tournament.
- Member of the 2025 national championship team.
- Graduated in 2024 with a degree in in Industrial and Systems Engineering and worked toward his Master’s in management during his final season.
- Earned the NCAA Elite 90 award for having the highest GPA at the championship site (3.98), Florida’s fourth all-time honoree and first in a male sport.
- Also named to the 2025 SEC Men’s Basketball Community Service team for his work as a co-founder and executive committee member of the Gainesville chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace.
- Joined the team as a walk-on in 2023 after three seasons as a team manager, appearing in four games during his senior year and scoring two points.
- Three-time UF intramural champion prior to joining the roster.
2024-25, Grad Season
- Named the Elite 90 winner, posting the highest GPA of any player at the NCAA Final Four championship site.
- Grabbed an offensive rebound and scored the put-back basket in the Sweet 16 win vs. #11 Maryland.
- Scored the record-setting basket in the SEC Tournament semifinal win vs. #5 Alabama that gave Florida 104 points and the SEC Tournament single-game scoring record.
- Comes back for his final season after graduating in 2024.
- Named to the 2025 SEC Community Service Team for his work with the local chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace.
- Appeared in nine games.
2023-24, Senior Season
- Appeared in four games, scoring on his lone field goal attempt.
- Made his college debut vs. Grambling and scored on a layup assisted by Kajus Kublickas after making a backdoor cut.
- Also appeared in the Senior Night win vs. 16th-ranked Alabama, holding the ball as the clock ran out.
- Saw the court in the SEC Tournament quarterfinal win vs. Alabama and the championship game vs. Auburn.
Prep
- Named to the Hillsborough County All-Star team.
- Also competed in track and field.
Personal
- Parents are Carter and Dana Andersen.
- Has four siblings: Abby, Maddie, Carter and Wilson.
- Younger brother Wilson played on USA Baseball’s 15U team.
- Came to Florida because of the academics and his parents went here so he grew up a Florida fan.
Off the Court
- Chose his uniform number because his dad’s favorite Florida athlete is Emmitt Smith, who wore #22.
- Favorite food: Cheeseburger
- If he could have any superpower: Super speed
- Favorite quote: “If you can’t spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker.” Mike McDermott from the movie Rounders
- Hidden talent: Can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under 30 seconds
- If he could have dinner with any three people: Erik Spoelstra, Gregg Popovich, Steve Kerr
- Favorite NBA player: Tyrese Haliburton
- Favorite athlete outside the NBA: Justin Thomas
- Favorite place he’s traveled: Mountains in North Carolina
- Favorite holiday and why: Thanksgiving, because of the food
- Favorite movie or TV show: Good Will Hunting
Tommy Haugh Media Availability 9-22-25
Monday, September 22
Alex Condon Media Availability 9-22-25
Monday, September 22
Todd Golden Media Availability 9-22-25
Monday, September 22
Xaivian Lee Press Conference 6-17-25
Tuesday, June 17
