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0 Ben Dwyer

  • Position WR
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Baldwinsville, N.Y.
  • High School C.W. Baker

Biography

2021:
- Appeared in all nine games
- Led the team with 41 receptions for 646 yards and seven touchdowns
- Also had 15 rushes for 97 yards and one touchdown, along with 743 all-purpose yards
- Had a career-high 224-yard, nine catch outing at Merchant Marine
- Posted three touchdown catches vs. Norwich
- Also had five punts for 160 yards
- D3football.com Team of the Week (Oct. 18)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American
- National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society

2020:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Did not play as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2019: [SEASON STATS]
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Appeared in nine games
- Had 70 rushing yards on 10 carries, along with 60 receiving yards on seven receptions
- Posted two rushing touchdowns in a win at Springfield on 11/16
- Tallied 10 total tackles, including seven assisted stops

2018: [SEASON STATS]
- Appeared in five games, making his debut at Curry on 9/7

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Playing in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Winning back-to-back NEWMAC Championships

Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in computational neuroscience
- Intern at the Boston Consulting Group
- Did a UROP in the Mechanical Engineering Department

Prior to MIT:
- Played football, ice hockey and lacrosse at C.W. Baker High School
- Four-year letter winner in ice hockey, while winning three letters each in football and lacrosse
- US Lacrosse Academic All-American
- 2018 All-Central New York Overall Male Athlete of the Year
- Senior captain in football, hockey and lacrosse
- Class valedictorian
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Was a US Army and Pro Football Hall of Fame Award for Excellence National Finalist

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2018First Year

    QB/P
    6'1" 185 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2019Sophomore

    WR
    6'1" 185 lbs
    17
  • 5

    2020Junior

    WR
    6'1" 185 lbs
    5
  • 0

    2021Senior

    WR
    6'1" 185 lbs
    0