Benedet immediately became a starter on the offensive line for UBC as a first year in 2019.[5] The 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] He appeared in seven games during the 2021 season.[7] In 2022, he was named first-team All-Canadian and was the winner of the J. P. Metras Trophy for best lineman nationally, helping the team have one of the best U Sports rushing offences along with reaching their first Hardy Cup in four years.[8] He was the only U Sports player selected to the 2023 East–West Shrine Bowl.[9] Although projected to be a top pick in the 2023 CFL draft along with fellow UBC offensive lineman Giovanni Manu, they both opted to return for a final season.[10] In 2023, Benedet repeated as a first-team All-Canadian selection and as the winner of the J. P. Metras Trophy, becoming the first offensive lineman to win the trophy twice in a row; he also helped the Thunderbirds reach the Vanier Cup for the first time since 2015.[11]
During the 2025 offseason, he competed with the incumbent Braxton Jones, Kiran Amegadjie, and Ozzy Trapilo to be the Bears' starter at left tackle.[20] Jones won the role while Benedet began the year as his backup and the swing tackle.[21] In Week 4 against the Las Vegas Raiders, Benedet took over at right tackle after Darnell Wright suffered an injury before slotting to left tackle in Jones' place. The Bears named Benedet the starting left tackle from that point on.[22]
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