Defensive end, TCU, 2015–18
Ben Banogu
- Number
- No. 15
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 249 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- McKinney, TX
- Born
- Jan 19, 1996, in Nigeria
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Ben Banogu played defensive end at TCU (2015–18). The Indianapolis Colts took Banogu in round 2, No. 49 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
10tackles, career highat Baylor, 20182sacks, career highthree times; last at Kansas, 2018Honors
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 of 13 | 14 | 17 | 31 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2018 TCU 12 games, 52 tackles, 8.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Southern | W 55–7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | at SMU | W 42–12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Ohio State | L 28–40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | at Texas | L 16–31 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | vs. Iowa State | W 17–14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | vs. Texas Tech | L 14–17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | vs. Oklahoma | L 27–52 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | at Kansas | L 26–27 | 8 | 7 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | at West Virginia | L 10–47 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | at Baylor | W 16–9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 31–24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. California | W 10–7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2017 TCU 13 games, 47 tackles, 8.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Jackson State | W 63–0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | at Arkansas | W 28–7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs.SMU | W 56–36 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | atOklahoma State | W 44–31 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs.West Virginia | W 31–24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | at Kansas State | W 26–6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs.Kansas | W 43–0 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | atIowa State | L 7–14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs.Texas | W 24–7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | atTexas Tech | W 27–3 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 24 | vs.Baylor | W 45–22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 2 | vs.Oklahoma | L 17–41 | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. Stanford | W 39–37 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2019 Senior Bowl (North team, won 34–24).
| Drill | Combine 2019 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3½″ |
| Weight | 250 lb |
| Arm length | 33⅝″ |
| Hand size | 9″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.62 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.62 sW |
| Vertical jump | 40″ |
| Broad jump | 11′2″ |
| Bench press | 23 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.02 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.27 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
4 seasons, 22 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Indianapolis Colts | 10 | 9 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2020 | Indianapolis Colts | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Indianapolis Colts | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Indianapolis Colts | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 22 | 27 | 2.5 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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