Player Dossier

2016-2020

Notre Dame

Bennett Skowronek

WR • 6'3" • 224 lbs • Fort Wayne, IN, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Bennett Skowronek reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

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: 2017 Postseason · Northwestern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Northwestern • Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nevada

Player Story

Bennett Skowronek built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Fort Wayne, IN wearing No. 11, spending time with Northwestern and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Bennett Skowronek's career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8556

Homestead · Fort Wayne, IN

Committed To
Northwestern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2021
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 22
Overall
No. 249
NFL Team
Los Angeles Rams

Bennett Skowronek, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Northwestern. Bennett Skowronek reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,856
Receptions
139
Touchdowns
14

Quick Answers

Bennett Skowronek quick answers

Latest team and position
Notre Dame · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,856
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 45 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Northwestern
Top game
Nevada
Recruit profile
3-star · Homestead · Northwestern
High school pipeline
Homestead · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2021 · Round 7 · Pick 22 · Los Angeles Rams
Latest roster
No. 11 · Senior
2020 Receiving yards rank
439 receiving yards · WR 128th (top 15%) · FBS Independents 8th (top 11%) · National 142nd (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonNorthwestern6870035.5
2017 PostseasonNorthwestern13325071.2
2017 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1342619571.2
2018 PostseasonNorthwestern1416068
2018 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1444556368
2019 Regular SeasonNorthwestern312141070.2
2020 PostseasonNotre Dame9441065.6
2020 Regular SeasonNotre Dame925398665.6

Related Context

Bennett Skowronek played WR for Northwestern and Notre Dame. Across 5 tracked seasons, Bennett Skowronek recorded 17 rushing yards, 1,856 receiving yards, and 8 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Northwestern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Northwestern paired 644 primary output with 78 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 72.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northwestern, Notre Dame.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 92.9th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Postseason · Northwestern

Games

14

Receiving Yards / G

40.1

Efficiency

72.8

Usage

13.7

Consistency

66.4

Best Game by takeover score

Wisconsin

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah: 6. Purdue: 47. Duke: 37. Akron: 88. Michigan: 25. Michigan State: 60. Nebraska: 73. Rutgers: 7. Wisconsin: 73. Notre Dame: 7. Iowa: 45. Minnesota: 44. Illinois: 8. Ohio State: 42

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. Utah: 1 by 40. Purdue: 3 by 100. Duke: 4 by 61.7. Akron: 7 by 83.8. Michigan: 3 by 55.6. Michigan State: 5 by 80. Nebraska: 6 by 81.1. Rutgers: 1 by 46.7. Wisconsin: 4 by 100. Notre Dame: 1 by 46.7. Iowa: 3 by 100. Minnesota: 2 by 100. Illinois: 1 by 53.3. Ohio State: 4 by 70

Split Comparison

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

Wins40.3 · Games = 9 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses39.8 · Games = 5 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Wisconsin

Best efficiency game

100 vs Minnesota

Result
Tue 1/1@ UtahW 31-20166606
Sun 12/2@ Ohio StateL 24-4544210.510.50015
Sat 11/24vs IllinoisW 24-16188818
Sat 11/17@ MinnesotaW 24-142442222023
Sat 11/10@ IowaW 14-103451515132
Sat 11/3vs Notre DameL 21-31177707
Sat 10/27vs WisconsinW 31-1747318.318.30032
Sat 10/20@ RutgersW 18-15177707
Sat 10/13vs NebraskaW 34-3167312.212.20027
Sat 10/6@ Michigan StateW 29-195601212029
Sat 9/29vs MichiganL 17-203258.38.30010
Sat 9/15vs AkronL 34-3978812.612.60124
Sat 9/8vs DukeL 7-214379.39.30018
Fri 8/31@ PurdueW 31-2734715.715.70040

Player Story

Bennett Skowronek story

Bennett Skowronek built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Fort Wayne, IN wearing No. 11, spending time with Northwestern and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Bennett Skowronek's career was his receiving role: 139 catches, 1,856 receiving yards, 13 touchdowns, and 17 rushing yards across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Northwestern. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 17 rushing yards and 8 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern and Notre Dame.

The arc is straightforward: Bennett Skowronek 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Northwestern

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Notre Dame

    2020

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201720182018201920202020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonNorthwestern7056.16.3
2017 PostseasonNorthwestern6447817574
2017 Regular SeasonNorthwestern64478170
2018 PostseasonNorthwestern56272.813.7-82
2018 Regular SeasonNorthwestern56272.813.70
2019 Regular SeasonNorthwestern14178.230.3-421
2020 PostseasonNotre Dame43979.915.9298
2020 Regular SeasonNotre Dame43979.915.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Nevada

Week 1 · W 31-20

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

123

Receiving Yards

98.4 takeover

123 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs UNLV

Week 3 · W 30-14

57

Receiving Yards

98.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

57 receiving yards with a 95 efficiency score.

#3

vs Purdue

Week 11 · W 23-13 · Conference game

117

Receiving Yards

94.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

117 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Stanford

Week 1 · L 7-17

53

Receiving Yards

87.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

53 receiving yards with a 70.7 efficiency score.

#5

vs Wisconsin

Week 9 · W 31-17 · Conference game

73

Receiving Yards

87.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

73 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Northwestern

644 primary output · 78 efficiency · 17 usage

71.2

#2

2017 Regular Season · Northwestern

71.2

644 primary · 78 efficiency · 17 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Northwestern

70.2

141 primary · 78.2 efficiency · 30.3 usage

Milestones

3

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

3

2+ TD games