Player Dossier

2021-2021

Western Kentucky

Ben Ratzlaff

WR

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Ben Ratzlaff reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Western Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech

Player Story

Ben Ratzlaff built his college career in 2021 as a wide receiver, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Ben Ratzlaff's career was his receiving role: 12 catches and 118 receiving yards across 12...

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Ben Ratzlaff, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Western Kentucky. Ben Ratzlaff reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
118
Receptions
12

Quick Answers

Ben Ratzlaff quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Kentucky · WR
Career Receiving Yards
118
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 12 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
Top game
Louisiana Tech
Latest roster
Class 2021
2021 Receiving yards rank
118 receiving yards · WR 596th (top 58%) · Conference USA 89th (top 41%) · National 888th (top 44%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky812118044.6

Related Context

Ben Ratzlaff played WR for Western Kentucky. Across 1 tracked season, Ben Ratzlaff recorded 118 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Western Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Western Kentucky paired 118 primary output with 65.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 65.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Rice

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

Games

8

Receiving Yards / G

14.8

Efficiency

65.9

Usage

4.1

Consistency

65.1

Best Game by takeover score

Rice

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UT Martin: 20. UTSA: 9. Old Dominion: 2. Florida International: 23. Charlotte: 10. Rice: 26. Florida Atlantic: 9. UTSA: 19

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UT Martin: 1 by 100. UTSA: 1 by 60. Old Dominion: 2 by 6.7. Florida International: 2 by 76.7. Charlotte: 1 by 66.7. Rice: 2 by 86.7. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 30. UTSA: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins15 · Games = 6 · +1 vs Losses
Losses14 · Games = 2 · -1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Rice

Best efficiency game

100 vs UTSA

Result
Sat 12/4@ UTSAL 41-491191919019
Sat 11/20vs Florida AtlanticW 52-17294.54.5006
Sat 11/13@ RiceW 42-212261313014
Sat 10/30vs CharlotteW 45-131101010010
Sat 10/23@ Florida InternationalW 34-1922311.511.50014
Sat 10/16@ Old DominionW 43-20221103
Sat 10/9vs UTSAL 46-52199909
Fri 9/3vs UT MartinW 59-211202020020

Player Story

Ben Ratzlaff story

Ben Ratzlaff built his college career in 2021 as a wide receiver, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Ben Ratzlaff's career was his receiving role: 12 catches and 118 receiving yards across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Ben Ratzlaff's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Western Kentucky

    2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky11865.94.1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Louisiana Tech

Week 4

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

137

Receiving Yards

95.7 takeover

137 receiving yards with a 91.3 efficiency score.

#2

@ North Texas

Week 1

108

Receiving Yards

89.4 takeover

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

108 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Texas Tech

Week 2

105

Receiving Yards

88.3 takeover

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

105 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ UTEP

Week 1

88

Receiving Yards

86.7 takeover

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

88 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#5

@ Rice

Week 11 · W 42-21 · Conference game

26

Receiving Yards

68.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

26 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

118 primary output · 65.9 efficiency · 4.1 usage

44.6

Milestones

3

100+ receiving yards

2

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games