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{{Short description|American football player (born 1965)}}
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{{Infobox CFL biography
   |name=Jeff Bentrim
   |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1965|6|21}}
   |birth_place=[[Saint Paul, Minnesota]], U.S.
   |death_date=
   |death_place=
   |Position=[[Quarterback]]
   |College=[[North Dakota State Bison football|North Dakota State]]
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   |playing_years1=1987–1990
   |playing_team1=[[Saskatchewan Roughriders]]
|career_highlights =
* [[Grey Cup]] champion ([[77th Grey Cup|1989]])
* [[Harlon Hill Trophy]] (1986)
   |CollegeHOF=2037
   |HOF=
}}
'''Jeff Bentrim''' (born June 21, 1965) is an American former [[gridiron football]] player who played [[quarterback]]. He was elected to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1998<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jeff Bentrim (1998) - Hall of Fame|url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2037|access-date=November 25, 2020|website=National Football Foundation|language=en}}</ref> and the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jeff Bentrim (2001) - Bison Athletic Hall of Fame|url=https://gobison.com/honors/bison-athletic-hall-of-fame/jeff-bentrim/82|access-date=December 2, 2020|website=NDSU|language=en}}</ref> He was recruited by the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL). In Saskatchewan, he played third-string quarterback behind [[Kent Austin]] and [[Tom Burgess (Canadian football)|Tom Burgess]]. The Roughriders promoted him to second-string quarterback after the 1989 season when Tom Burgess was traded to the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]. He was part of three Division II football championship teams collegiately and the 1989 Grey Cup champion Saskatchewan Roughriders professionally.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{College Football HoF|2037}}

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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American football quarterbacks]]
[[Category:Canadian football quarterbacks]]
[[Category:North Dakota State Bison football players]]
[[Category:Saskatchewan Roughriders players]]
[[Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Saint Paul, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Players of Canadian football from Minnesota]]


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