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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Iowa
Ben Niemann
LB • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Sycamore, IL, USA
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Ben Niemann shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
30
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Iowa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Iowa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
Player Story
Ben Niemann built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Sycamore, IL wearing No. 44, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Ben Niemann's career was his defensive production: 146...
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- Committed To
- Iowa
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Ben Niemann, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Iowa. Ben Niemann shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.1 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Iowa · LB
- Career Tackles
- 146
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Iowa
- Top game
- Ohio State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Sycamore · Iowa
- High school pipeline
- Sycamore · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 77 tackles · LB 141st (top 13%) · Big Ten 26th (top 5%) · National 237th (top 5%)
Ben Niemann played LB for Iowa. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ben Niemann recorded 146 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Iowa.
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