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2020 MIT Football Roster

45 Ben Delhees

  • Position LB
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Moreland Hills, Ohio
  • High School Saint Ignatius

Biography

2020:
- Team captain
- Inducted into the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society
- Did not play as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2019:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Ranked fifth on the team with 52 total tackles
- Added 2.5 tackles for loss, one interception and two pass breakups
- Had two double-digit tackle games, including a season-high 11 tackles vs. WPI on 11/2
- Had a 20-yard interception vs. Maine Maritime on 10/12

2018: [SEASON STATS]
- Appeared in 10 games, picking up 12 total tackles that included eight assisted tackles
- Had a fumble recovery for 10 yards in the home opener vs. Becker on 8/31
- Had a season-high four tackles at Maine Maritime on 10/6

2017: [SEASON STATS] 
- Appeared in nine games, making his career debut vs. Curry on 9/8
- Finished with 15 total tackles, including seven solo stops and eight assisted tackles

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Playing in the Ohio Divison I state championship game at Ohio State's stadium

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

Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in mathematical economics and finance
- Analyst at Goldman Sachs
- Product Development intern at the Chicago Board Options Exchange
- Published case study writer (inventory management) at MIT Sloan
- Municipal debt reconciliation at MIT Sloan
- Econometric analysis at MIT Economics
- Economics researcher for the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
- House Manager of Delta Kappa Epsilon

High School:
- Played football, basketball, baseball and was a member of the track team at Saint Ignatius.
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- Two-year letter winner in both football and track
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Founder of the Fantasy Sports Fundraising Committee
- President of the Entrepreneur Academy
- Treasurer of the National Honor Society.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 41

    2017First Year

    LB
    6'0" 210 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2018Sophomore

    LB
    6'0" 215 lbs
    41
  • 45

    2019Junior

    LB
    6'0" 215 lbs
    45
  • 45

    2020Senior

    LB
    6'0" 215 lbs
    45