Player Dossier

2015-2018

TCU

Ben Banogu

DE • 6'4" • 249 lbs • McKinney, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ben Banogu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

89

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · TCU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
TCU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

Player Story

Ben Banogu built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive end from McKinney, TX wearing No. 15, spending time with TCU. The clearest part of Ben Banogu's career was his defensive production: 99...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2019
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 17
Overall
No. 49
NFL Team
Indianapolis Colts

Ben Banogu, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · TCU. Ben Banogu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
99
TFL
33.5
Sacks
17
QB hurries
15
Passes defended
1
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Ben Banogu quick answers

Latest team and position
TCU · DE
Career Tackles
99
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 25 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · TCU
Top game
Kansas
NFL Draft
2019 · Round 2 · Pick 17 · Indianapolis Colts
Latest roster
No. 15 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
52 tackles · DE 21st (top 7%) · Big 12 49th (top 12%) · National 576th (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonTCU00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonTCU00-0--0-
2017 PostseasonTCU13410--076.1
2017 Regular SeasonTCU134315.58.571076.1
2018 PostseasonTCU12511--072.5
2018 Regular SeasonTCU1247167.58-172.5

Related Context

Ben Banogu played DE for TCU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ben Banogu recorded 99 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with TCU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

TCU paired 33 primary output with 40.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 43.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Postseason · TCU

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.8

Efficiency

43.9

Usage

15.3

Consistency

46.1

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. California: 2. Southern: 1. SMU: 3. Ohio State: 2. Texas: 5. Iowa State: 0. Texas Tech: 4. Oklahoma: 1. Kansas: 7.5. West Virginia: 2. Baylor: 5. Oklahoma State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. California: 5 by 40.8. Southern: 0 by 10. SMU: 2 by 38.3. Ohio State: 3 by 32.5. Texas: 3 by 62.5. Iowa State: 3 by 12.5. Texas Tech: 8 by 73.3. Oklahoma: 4 by 26.7. Kansas: 8 by 83.3. West Virginia: 4 by 36.7. Baylor: 10 by 91.7. Oklahoma State: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2 · Games = 6 · -1.6 vs Losses
Losses3.6 · Games = 6 · +1.6 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kansas

Best efficiency game

91.7 vs Baylor

Result
Thu 12/27vs CaliforniaSplash gameW 10-753110
Sun 11/25vs Oklahoma StateW 31-2422100
Sat 11/17@ Baylor10+ tackles · Splash gameW 16-9109410
Sat 11/10@ West VirginiaSplash gameL 10-4744200
Sat 10/27@ Kansas2+ sacks · Splash gameL 26-27874.5020
Sat 10/20vs OklahomaL 27-5242000
Thu 10/11vs Texas Tech2+ sacks · Splash gameL 14-1786220
Sat 9/29vs Iowa StateW 17-1431000
Sat 9/22@ TexasSplash gameL 16-31321.501.500
Sun 9/16vs Ohio StateSplash gameL 28-4033000
Sat 9/8@ SMUSplash gameW 42-1222110
Sat 9/1vs SouthernW 55-700000

Player Story

Ben Banogu story

Ben Banogu built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive end from McKinney, TX wearing No. 15, spending time with TCU. The clearest part of Ben Banogu's career was his defensive production: 99 tackles, 33.5 tackles for loss, 17 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with TCU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ben Banogu's production has multiple signals. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across TCU.

The arc is straightforward: Ben Banogu moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    TCU

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonTCU0
2016 Regular SeasonTCU00
2017 PostseasonTCU3340.513.433
2017 Regular SeasonTCU3340.513.40
2018 PostseasonTCU33.543.915.30.5
2018 Regular SeasonTCU33.543.915.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Kansas

Week 9 · L 26-27 · Conference game

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

7.5

Havoc Plays

94.4 takeover

7.5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.

#2

vs West Virginia

Week 6 · W 31-24 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Texas

Week 10 · W 24-7 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Baylor

Week 12 · W 16-9 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

86.1 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.

#5

vs SMU

Week 3 · W 56-36

4

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · TCU

33 primary output · 40.5 efficiency · 13.4 usage

76.1

#2

2017 Regular Season · TCU

76.1

33 primary · 40.5 efficiency · 13.4 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · TCU

72.5

33.5 primary · 43.9 efficiency · 15.3 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

16

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games