Player Dossier

2018-2023

Northwestern

Ben Bryant

QB • 6'3" • 220 lbs • La Grange, IL, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Ben Bryant is a balanced quarterback profile with 21.4 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

82%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

58

Solid production for a quarterback

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Eastern Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Cincinnati • Eastern Michigan • Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Player Story

Ben Bryant built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a quarterback from La Grange, IL wearing No. 2, spending time with Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, and Northwestern. The clearest part of Ben Bryant's...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8643

Lyons Township · La Grange, IL

Committed To
Cincinnati
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Ben Bryant, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Eastern Michigan. Ben Bryant is a balanced quarterback profile with 21.4 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
8,115
Passing yards
8,213
Touchdowns
58

Quick Answers

Ben Bryant quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · QB
Career Total Offense
8,115
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 44 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
Top game
Northern Illinois
Recruit profile
3-star · Lyons Township · Cincinnati
High school pipeline
Lyons Township · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2023 Total offense rank
1,774 total offense · QB 107th (top 27%) · Big Ten 11th (top 8%) · National 107th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonCincinnati17175-4040.3
2019 PostseasonCincinnati524213033.2
2019 Regular SeasonCincinnati539936732233.2
2020 Regular SeasonCincinnati51559065227.1
2021 PostseasonEastern Michigan13183200-17069.4
2021 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan132,8952,921-261669.4
2022 Regular SeasonCincinnati112,6142,732-1182161.6
2023 PostseasonNorthwestern92292227256.9
2023 Regular SeasonNorthwestern91,5451,585-401556.9

Related Context

Ben Bryant played QB for Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, and Northwestern. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ben Bryant recorded 8,213 passing yards, -98 rushing yards, and 58 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Eastern Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Eastern Michigan paired 3,078 primary output with 60 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 53.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, Northwestern.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Win with 400 yards of offense and 60.3 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2023 Postseason · Northwestern

Games

9

Primary Metric / G

197.1

Efficiency

53.3

Usage

21.4

Consistency

69.3

Best Game by takeover score

Minnesota

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah: 229. Rutgers: 154. UTEP: 115. Duke: 116. Minnesota: 400. Penn State: 117. Wisconsin: 189. Purdue: 205. Illinois: 249

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: 40 by 58.4. Rutgers: 44 by 43.1. UTEP: 23 by 55.4. Duke: 38 by 42.1. Minnesota: 55 by 60.3. Penn State: 36 by 49.2. Wisconsin: 32 by 57.9. Purdue: 31 by 54.3. Illinois: 38 by 59

Split Comparison

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

Wins231.2 · Games = 6 · +102.2 vs Losses
Losses129 · Games = 3 · -102.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Minnesota

Best efficiency game

60.3 vs Minnesota

Result
Sun 12/24vs UtahW 14-7233422267.62058.4671.20010
Sat 11/25@ Illinois3+ TDW 45-43243223475.022596152.50115
Sat 11/18vs PurdueW 23-15132423054.21154.37-25-3.6002
Sat 11/11@ Wisconsin3+ TDW 24-10182619569.22057.96-6-113
Sat 9/30vs Penn StateL 13-41142512256.00049.211-5-0.50114
Sat 9/23vs Minnesota300-yard game · 3+ TDW 37-34334939667.34060.3640.70010
Sat 9/16@ DukeL 14-38173412350.01142.14-7-1.8003
Sat 9/9vs UTEPW 38-7111711664.71055.46-1-0.2017
Sun 9/3@ RutgersL 7-24203616955.60243.18-15-1.90015

Player Story

Ben Bryant story

Ben Bryant built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a quarterback from La Grange, IL wearing No. 2, spending time with Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, and Northwestern. The clearest part of Ben Bryant's career was his passing role: 8,213 passing yards, 50 touchdown passes, and 1,107 attempts across 44 career games in the available record. That gives Ben Bryant's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Cincinnati

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Eastern Michigan

    2021

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Northwestern

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201820192019202020212021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonCincinnati7150.83.6
2019 PostseasonCincinnati42356.59.8352
2019 Regular SeasonCincinnati42356.59.80
2020 Regular SeasonCincinnati15572.35.1-268
2021 PostseasonEastern Michigan3,0786020.82,923
2021 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan3,0786020.80
2022 Regular SeasonCincinnati2,61455.714.4-464
2023 PostseasonNorthwestern1,77453.321.4-840
2023 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1,77453.321.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Northern Illinois

Week 5 · L 20-27 · Conference game

Loss with 306 yards of offense and 57 efficiency.

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Total Offense

72.4 takeover

306 total offense with 57 efficiency.

#2

vs Ohio

Week 11 · L 26-34 · Conference game

355

Total Offense

71.4 takeover

Loss with 355 yards of offense and 54.5 efficiency.

355 total offense with 54.5 efficiency.

#3

vs Minnesota

Week 4 · W 37-34 · Conference game

400

Total Offense

68.8 takeover

Win with 400 yards of offense and 60.3 efficiency.

400 total offense with 60.3 efficiency.

#4

@ Memphis

Week 14 · L 24-34 · Conference game

228

Total Offense

67.8 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

228 total offense with 49.3 efficiency.

#5

vs Ball State

Week 7 · L 31-38 · Conference game

319

Total Offense

67.7 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

319 total offense with 53.4 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Eastern Michigan

3,078 primary output · 60 efficiency · 20.8 usage

69.4

#2

2021 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

69.4

3,078 primary · 60 efficiency · 20.8 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Cincinnati

61.6

2,614 primary · 55.7 efficiency · 14.4 usage

Milestones

12

250+ passing yards

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300+ total offense

8

3+ TD games

14

Above avg efficiency