Player Dossier

2019-2023

North Carolina

Ben Kiernan

P • 6'0" • 210 lbs • Raleigh, NC, USA

Impact contributor

Ben Kiernan shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · North Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
North Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Player Story

Ben Kiernan built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a punter from Raleigh, NC wearing No. 91, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Ben Kiernan's career was his field-position work: 197...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.7974

Wakefield · Raleigh, NC

Committed To
North Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Ben Kiernan, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · North Carolina. Ben Kiernan shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Rushing yards
17

Quick Answers

Ben Kiernan quick answers

Latest team and position
North Carolina · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 53 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · North Carolina
Top game
NC State
Recruit profile
3-star · Wakefield · North Carolina
High school pipeline
Wakefield · 11 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 91 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina1200100
2020 PostseasonNorth Carolina1000100
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina1000100
2021 PostseasonNorth Carolina1200100
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina1200100
2022 PostseasonNorth Carolina1400100
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina1400100
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina500100

Related Context

Ben Kiernan played P for North Carolina. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ben Kiernan recorded 17 rushing yards and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with North Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

North Carolina paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oregon

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2022 Postseason · North Carolina

Games

14

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon: 0. App State: 0. Florida A&M: 0. Georgia State: 0. Notre Dame: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Miami: 0. Duke: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Virginia: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. NC State: 0. Clemson: 0

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.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 9 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Oregon

Best efficiency game

— vs Oregon

Result
Thu 12/29vs OregonL 27-28
Sun 12/4vs ClemsonL 10-39
Fri 11/25vs NC StateL 27-30
Sat 11/19vs Georgia TechL 17-21
Sun 11/13@ Wake ForestW 36-34
Sat 11/5@ VirginiaW 31-28
Sun 10/30vs PittsburghW 42-24
Sun 10/16@ DukeW 38-35
Sat 10/8@ MiamiW 27-24
Sat 10/1vs Virginia TechW 41-10
Sat 9/24vs Notre DameL 32-45
Sat 9/10@ Georgia StateW 35-28
Sat 9/3@ App StateW 63-61
Sun 8/28vs Florida A&MW 56-24

Player Story

Ben Kiernan story

Ben Kiernan built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a punter from Raleigh, NC wearing No. 91, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Ben Kiernan's career was his field-position work: 197 punts, 8,582 punting yards, and 56 punts inside the 20 across 53 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with North Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 17 rushing yards and 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 53 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Carolina.

The arc is straightforward: Ben Kiernan 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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    North Carolina

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina0
2020 PostseasonNorth Carolina00
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina00
2021 PostseasonNorth Carolina00
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina00
2022 PostseasonNorth Carolina00
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina00
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ NC State

Week 14 · W 41-10 · Conference game

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Mercer

Week 13 · W 56-7

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

@ Pittsburgh

Week 12 · L 27-34 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

vs Virginia

Week 10 · L 31-38 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Duke

Week 9 · W 20-17 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · North Carolina

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2020 Postseason · North Carolina

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · North Carolina

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games