Player Dossier

2024-2025

Rutgers

Ben Black

WR • 6'0" • 184 lbs • Charlotte, NC, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Ben Black reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

9

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

16

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Rutgers

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Rutgers
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Ben Black built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 2, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Ben Black's career was his receiving role: 20 catches,...

Read the story

Ben Black, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Rutgers. Ben Black reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
276
Receptions
20
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Ben Black quick answers

Latest team and position
Rutgers · WR
Career Receiving Yards
276
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 20 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Rutgers
Top game
Purdue
High school pipeline
Mallard Creek · 44 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Sophomore
2025 Receiving yards rank
119 receiving yards · WR 590th (top 54%) · Big Ten 113th (top 40%) · National 894th (top 41%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2024 PostseasonRutgers10110059.5
2024 Regular SeasonRutgers1011147159.5
2025 Regular SeasonRutgers108119151.2

Related Context

Ben Black played WR for Rutgers. Across 2 tracked seasons, Ben Black recorded 276 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Rutgers.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Rutgers paired 157 primary output with 65 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 65 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Postseason · Rutgers

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

15.7

Efficiency

65

Usage

9.4

Consistency

41.4

Best Game by takeover score

Nebraska

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kansas State: 10. Howard: 0. Akron: 9. Nebraska: 54. Wisconsin: 15. UCLA: 16. USC: 13. Minnesota: 0. Maryland: 7. Michigan State: 33

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. Kansas State: 1 by 66.7. Akron: 1 by 60. Nebraska: 2 by 100. Wisconsin: 2 by 50. UCLA: 2 by 53.3. USC: 2 by 43.3. Maryland: 1 by 46.7. Michigan State: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins9.8 · Games = 5 · -11.8 vs Losses
Losses21.6 · Games = 5 · +11.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Nebraska

Best efficiency game

100 vs Michigan State

Result
Thu 12/26@ Kansas StateL 41-441101010010
Sat 11/30@ Michigan StateW 41-141333333033
Sat 11/16@ MarylandW 31-17177707
Sat 11/9vs MinnesotaW 26-19
Sat 10/26@ USCL 20-422136.56.5007
Sat 10/19vs UCLAL 32-352168809
Sat 10/12vs WisconsinL 7-422157.57.5009
Sat 10/5@ NebraskaL 7-142542727143
Sat 9/7vs AkronW 49-17199909
Thu 8/29vs HowardW 44-7

Player Story

Ben Black story

Ben Black built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 2, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Ben Black's career was his receiving role: 20 catches, 276 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 20 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 tackles and 163 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ben Black's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Rutgers

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonRutgers157659.4
2024 Regular SeasonRutgers157659.40
2025 Regular SeasonRutgers1198012.7-38

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 90 Purdue

Week 9 · W 27-24 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

56

Receiving Yards

87.9 takeover

56 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

#2

@ Nebraska

Week 6 · L 7-14 · Conference game

54

Receiving Yards

81.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

54 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Norfolk State

Week 3 · W 60-10

56

Receiving Yards

81.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

56 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Michigan State

Week 14 · W 41-14 · Conference game

33

Receiving Yards

62.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

33 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Wisconsin

Week 7 · L 7-42 · Conference game

15

Receiving Yards

44.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

15 receiving yards with a 50 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Rutgers

157 primary output · 65 efficiency · 9.4 usage

59.5

#2

2024 Regular Season · Rutgers

59.5

157 primary · 65 efficiency · 9.4 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Rutgers

51.2

119 primary · 80 efficiency · 12.7 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games