Ben Roethlisberger

Born: Mar 2, 1982, in Lima, Ohio

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Ben Roethlisberger played quarterback at Miami (OH) (2000–⁠03). He finished ninth in the 2003 Heisman vote. The Pittsburgh Steelers took Roethlisberger in the first round, No. 11 overall in the 2004 NFL Draft.

Best season: 2003; Mid-American Offensive Player of the Year and Mid-American Vern Smith Leadership Award
Heisman vote: 9th; In the 2003 vote
Drafted: No. 11; Overall, 2004 NFL Draft (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Honors

Team titles: MAC champions, 2003

All-America: AP third team 2003

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

Season	Team	Games	Passing						Rushing
Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
2000	0	0
2001	12	12	241	381	63.3	3,105	21	2	120	189	1.6	3
2002	12	12	271	428	63.3	3,238	22	11	82	54	0.7	1
2003	14	14	342	495	69.1	4,486	37	10	67	111	1.7	3
Career		38	854	1,304		10,829	80	23	269	354		7

From the college statistics table in Roethlisberger’s Wikipedia article (Ben Roethlisberger, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2004
Height	6′4⅞″
Weight	241 lb
Arm length	31½″
Hand size	9⅜″
40-yard dash	4.81 s
Vertical jump	30″
3-cone drill	6.83 s
20-yard shuttle	4.32 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

18 seasons, 249 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

Pro Bowls: 6 (2007, 2011, 2014–⁠17)

Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
2004	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	196	295	2,621	17	11	144
2005	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	168	268	2,385	17	9	69
2006	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	281	470	3,528	18	23	98
2007	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	265	405	3,158	32	11	204
2008	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	282	470	3,314	17	15	101
2009	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	337	506	4,328	26	12	79
2010	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	240	389	3,200	17	5	176
2011	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	324	513	4,077	21	14	70
2012	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	284	449	3,265	26	8	92
2013	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	375	584	4,261	28	14	99
2014	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	408	608	4,952	32	9	27
2015	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	319	469	3,938	21	16	29
2016	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	328	509	3,819	29	13	14
2017	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	361	562	4,259	28	14	47
2018	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	452	675	5,129	34	16	98
2019	Pittsburgh Steelers	2	35	62	351	0	1	7
2020	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	399	608	3,803	33	10	11
2021	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	390	605	3,740	22	10	5
NFL career		249	5,444	8,447	64,128	418	211	1,370

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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Books

Ben Roethlisbergerby Jeffrey Zuehlke, 2008
Meet Ben Roethlisberger: football's Big Benby Sloan MacRae, 2009
Ben Roethlisbergerby Rudolph T. Heits, 2010
Ben Roethlisberger: gifted and giving football starby Tom Robinson, 2010
Ben Roethlisbergerby Michael Sandler, 2009

And 1 more

Ben Roethlisbergerby Rachel A. Koestler-Grack, 2008

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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