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Linebacker, Kansas, 2011–14
Ben Heeney
- Number
- No. 31
- Height
- 6′0″
- Hometown
- Hutchinson, KS
- Born
- May 13, 1992, in Overland Park, Kansas
Wikipedia readers: about 208 a month over the past year
Ben Heeney played linebacker at Kansas (2011–14). The Oakland Raiders took Heeney in round 5, No. 140 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 12 | 66 | 46 | 112 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013N | 10 | 56 | 32 | 88 | 11.5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – |
| On file | 127 | 81 | 208 | 23.5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). 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
2014 Kansas 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18 | at Texas Tech | L 21–34 | 1 |
2013 Kansas 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | vs. Louisiana Tech | W 13–10 | 1 |
| Oct 5 | vs.Texas Tech | L 16–54 | 1 |
| Nov 16 | vs. West Virginia | W 31–19 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
Played in the 2015 East–West Shrine Game (West team, lost 3–19).
| Drill | Combine 2015 | Combine or pro day 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0¼″ | |
| Weight | 231 lb | |
| Arm length | 30¾″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.59 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.61 s | |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′0″ | |
| Bench press | 19 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.68 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.00 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 16 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Oakland Raiders | 10 | 37 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2016 | Oakland Raiders | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Houston Texans | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 16 | 50 | 2.5 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | XFL | New York Guardians |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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