Safety, Texas, 2007–⁠09

Ben Wells

Number
No. 5
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Beaumont, TX
Born
Jan 9, 1989, in Beaumont, Texas

Ben Wells played safety at Texas (2007–⁠09).

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2009

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2009Texas1

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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksInt
2008N1120200–
200979110111
On file1111211–

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Texas5S6′1″

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

2009 Texas 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 26vs.UTEPW 64–⁠71

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.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2013CFLMontreal Alouettes
2015ArenaArizona Rattlers

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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