Ray Bentley

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Ray Bentley
Date of birth	November 25, 1960
Place of birth	Grand Rapids, MI
Position(s)	Linebacker
College	Central Michigan University
Statistics	DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1986-1991 1992	Buffalo Bills Cincinnati Bengals

Ray Bentley (born November 25, 1960 in Grand Rapids, Michigan)is a former NFL and USFL linebacker.

Bentley's first three years in professional football were spent with the Michigan Panthers and Oakland Invaders of the USFL. He later would join the Buffalo Bills, and play six seasons with the team, including the Bills' first two Super Bowl years in the 1990s. Bentley's career ended in Cincinnati with the Bengals in 1992.

Bentley worked as part of The NFL on FOX broadcast team for five years in the late 1990s and early 2000s, doing both color commentary and play-by-play. He left Fox for a position as head coach and general manager of the Arena Football League's Buffalo Destroyers, and held that for two years before resigning.

From 2004 to 2006, Bentley was a color commentator alongside play-by-play man Bob Papa on NBC's Arena Football League coverage until that network dropped the AFL. He occasionally fills in on ABC's college football coverage.

Currently resides in Grandville, MI.