Usage / Role
52%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Nebraska
Ben Stille
DL • 6'5" • 295 lbs • Ashland, NE, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ben Stille shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
79
High-end production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
59
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Nebraska
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Player Story
Ben Stille built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Ashland, NE wearing No. 95, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Ben Stille's career was his defensive production:...
Read the storyBen Stille, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Nebraska. Ben Stille shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 149
- TFL
- 32
- Sacks
- 14.5
- QB hurries
- 21
- Passes defended
- 7
Quick Answers
Ben Stille quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nebraska · DL
- Career Tackles
- 149
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 51 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Nebraska
- Top game
- Illinois
- Latest roster
- No. 95 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 42 tackles · DL 58th (top 7%) · Big Ten 90th (top 15%) · National 848th (top 15%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Nebraska | 9 | 24 | 10 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Nebraska | 11 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 62.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Nebraska | 11 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 65.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 8 | 27 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 45.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 12 | 42 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 58.8 |
Related Context
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Ben Stille played DL for Nebraska. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ben Stille recorded 149 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Nebraska.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Nebraska paired 15.5 primary output with 28.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Nebraska
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
27.2
Usage
9.6
Consistency
58.5
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Alabama: 0. Colorado: 3. Northern Illinois: 1. Ohio State: 0. Northwestern: 2.5. Minnesota: 0. Indiana: 3. Purdue: 3. Wisconsin: 2. Maryland: 1.5. Iowa: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Alabama: 4 by 16.7. Colorado: 3 by 42.5. Northern Illinois: 0 by 10. Ohio State: 3 by 12.5. Northwestern: 5 by 45.8. Minnesota: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 2 by 38.3. Purdue: 4 by 46.7. Wisconsin: 3 by 32.5. Maryland: 2 by 23.3. Iowa: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 7 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs Purdue
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | vs Iowa | L 24-27 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Maryland | W 54-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs WisconsinSplash game | L 21-37 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ PurdueSplash game | L 27-31 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs IndianaSplash game | L 31-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Minnesota | L 7-34 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs NorthwesternSplash game | W 13-10 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Ohio State | L 7-48 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/15 | vs Northern Illinois | W 44-8 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ ColoradoSplash game | L 31-34 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs South Alabama | W 35-21 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ben Stille story
Ben Stille built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Ashland, NE wearing No. 95, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Ben Stille's career was his defensive production: 149 tackles, 32 tackles for loss, 14.5 sacks, and 7 passes defended across 51 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Nebraska. 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 Stille's production has multiple signals. With 51 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nebraska.
The arc is straightforward: Ben Stille 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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Nebraska
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Nebraska | 15.5 | 28.3 | 13.5 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Nebraska | 18 | 25.8 | 8.3 | 2.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Nebraska | 17 | 27.2 | 9.6 | -1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 7.5 | 23.4 | 7.1 | -9.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 16.5 | 28.3 | 8.4 | 9 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Illinois
Week 5 · W 28-6 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Buffalo
Week 2 · W 28-3
3.5
Havoc Plays
83.9 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Purdue
Week 14 · W 37-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Purdue
Week 10 · L 27-31 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Iowa
Week 13 · L 21-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
80.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Nebraska
15.5 primary output · 28.3 efficiency · 13.5 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Nebraska
65.1
17 primary · 27.2 efficiency · 9.6 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Nebraska
62.6
18 primary · 25.8 efficiency · 8.3 usage
Milestones
16
Impact games
22
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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