Player Dossier

2011-2014

Kansas

Ben Heeney

LB • 6'0" • Hutchinson, KS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ben Heeney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

65

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Kansas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Kansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Player Story

Ben Heeney built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a linebacker from Hutchinson, KS wearing No. 31, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Ben Heeney's career was his defensive production: 4...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.8206

Hutchinson · Hutchinson, KS

Committed To
Kansas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2015
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 4
Overall
No. 140
NFL Team
Las Vegas Raiders

Ben Heeney, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Kansas. Ben Heeney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.

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Ben Heeney Kansas Highlights

2014 · Kansas · Player Highlight

Ben Heeney college highlights at Kansas.

Season
2014
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Ben Heeney quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas · LB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 5 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · Kansas
Top game
West Virginia
Recruit profile
3-star · Hutchinson · Kansas
High school pipeline
Hutchinson · 6 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2015 · Round 5 · Pick 4 · Las Vegas Raiders
Latest roster
No. 31 · Class 2014

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonKansas00-0--0-
2012 Regular SeasonKansas00-0--0-
2013 Regular SeasonKansas30-0--073.3
2014 Regular SeasonKansas20-0--031.1

Related Context

Ben Heeney is listed as a LB for Kansas. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

Kansas paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2014 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2013 Regular Season · Kansas

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

West Virginia

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 1. Texas Tech: 1. West Virginia: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

West Virginia

Best efficiency game

20 vs West Virginia

Result
Sat 11/16vs West VirginiaW 31-191
Sat 10/5vs Texas TechL 16-541
Sat 9/21vs Louisiana TechW 13-101

Player Story

Ben Heeney story

Ben Heeney built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a linebacker from Hutchinson, KS wearing No. 31, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Ben Heeney's career was his defensive production: 4 interceptions across 5 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Kansas. 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 Heeney's production has multiple signals. With 5 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas.

The arc is straightforward: Ben Heeney 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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    Kansas

    2011-2014

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonKansas0
2012 Regular SeasonKansas00
2013 Regular SeasonKansas3203
2014 Regular SeasonKansas110-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs West Virginia

Week 12 · W 31-19 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

vs Texas Tech

Week 6 · L 16-54 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 4 · W 13-10

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas Tech

Week 8 · L 21-34 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

@ Baylor

Week 10 · L 14-60 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · Kansas

3 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2014 Regular Season · Kansas

31.1

1 primary · 10 efficiency · usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Kansas

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games