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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2017Pittsburgh
Ben Dinucci
QB • 6'2" • 220 lbs • Dallas, TX, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Ben Dinucci is a balanced quarterback profile with 18.4 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
16
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Pittsburgh
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
Ben Dinucci built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a quarterback from Dallas, TX wearing No. 3, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Ben Dinucci's career was his passing role: 1,107 passing...
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- Committed To
- Pittsburgh
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2020
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 17
- Overall
- No. 231
- NFL Team
- Dallas Cowboys
Ben Dinucci, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Ben Dinucci is a balanced quarterback profile with 18.4 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 1,251
- Passing yards
- 1,107
- Rushing yards
- 144
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Ben Dinucci quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Pittsburgh · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 1,251
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
- Top game
- NC State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Pine-Richland · Pittsburgh
- High school pipeline
- Pine-Richland · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2020 · Round 7 · Pick 17 · Dallas Cowboys
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Class 2017
- 2017 Total offense rank
- 1,217 total offense · QB 132nd (top 40%) · ACC 15th (top 10%) · National 163rd (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 1 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 38.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 10 | 1,217 | 1,091 | 126 | 6 | 63.7 |
Related Context
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Ben Dinucci played QB for Pittsburgh. Across 2 tracked seasons, Ben Dinucci recorded 1,107 passing yards, 144 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Pittsburgh.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Pittsburgh paired 1,217 primary output with 53.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 37.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Games
1
Primary Metric / G
34
Efficiency
37.3
Usage
6.3
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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All Games34 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
37.3 vs Northwestern
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/28 | @ Northwestern | L 24-31 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 33.3 | 1 | 2 | 37.3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
Player Story
Ben Dinucci story
Ben Dinucci built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a quarterback from Dallas, TX wearing No. 3, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Ben Dinucci's career was his passing role: 1,107 passing yards, 6 touchdown passes, 167 attempts, and 144 rushing yards across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Pittsburgh. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 144 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Pittsburgh.
The arc is straightforward: Ben Dinucci 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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Pittsburgh
2016-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 34 | 37.3 | 6.3 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 1,217 | 53.6 | 18.4 | 1,183 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ NC State
Week 1
Game with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
276
Total Offense
87.8 takeover
276 total offense with 75.6 efficiency.
#2
@ West Virginia
Week 1
192
Total Offense
79.5 takeover
Game with 192 yards of offense and 58.9 efficiency.
192 total offense with 58.9 efficiency.
#3
vs North Carolina
Week 11 · L 31-34 · Conference game
225
Total Offense
78 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
225 total offense with 73.4 efficiency.
#4
vs Oklahoma State
Week 3 · L 21-59
246
Total Offense
67.1 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
246 total offense with 55.4 efficiency.
#5
@ Duke
Week 8 · W 24-17 · Conference game
171
Total Offense
56.9 takeover
Win with 171 yards of offense and 58.4 efficiency.
171 total offense with 58.4 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
1,217 primary output · 53.6 efficiency · 18.4 usage
63.7
#2
2016 Postseason · Pittsburgh
38.5
34 primary · 37.3 efficiency · 6.3 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
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3+ TD games
2
Above avg efficiency
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