Benjamin Yurosek

UPDATES

Week 4: Yurosek was targeted 5 times and caught 2 passes for 35 yards. Yurosek recorded 67 offensive plays run and passing plays in a 21-20 loss to University of Arizona.

Week 3: Yurosek had very limited playing time. Yurosek only had 2 targets and no pass receptions.

Week 2: Yurosek was targeted 7 pass plays and had 4 receptions for 54 yards. He averaged 18 yard after each catch.

Week 1: Yurosek had a huge game 11 targets 9 catches for 138 yards and 1 touchdown. He averages 15.3 yards each catch. Yurosek averaged 29 yard after each catch.

Week 0: DNP

HISTORY — from college profile

2022 (jr): All-Pac-12 Second-Team tight end…All-Pac-12 second team tight end (coaches)...Stanford Offensive Player of the Game (Week 8, ASU)...Started in all 12 games, totaling 445 receiving yards on 49 receptions with one touchdown…Also rushed for 50 yards on one carry…Career-long 50-yard rush against USC (Sept. 10). Led team with five receptions for 45 yards…Recorded a career-best 10 catches for 78 yards in the Cardinal's win over Arizona State (Oct. 22). The 10 catches was the second-most by a tight end in the David Shaw era (Zach Ertz, at Oregon, in 2012, had 11) and the most by a Cardinal on the season. (Only eight Cardinal players have had more than 10 catches in a game during the David Shaw era.)...Led all Cardinal receivers with eight catches for 90 yards against Washington State (Nov. 5)

2021 (soph): All-Pac-12 First-Team (Pro Football Focus)...All-Pac-12 Third-Team tight end (Phil Steele)...All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention tight end (coaches)...Deswarte-Eller Award…Frank Rehm Award. Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll…Started 11 games at tight end, hauling in 43 receptions and led the team with 658 receiving yards…Added three touchdowns on the season..Average of 15.3 yards per reception ranked third among Power-5 tight ends averaging at least 3.5 receptions per game…Had 13 receptions of 20+ yards to rank second among Power-5 tight ends…Only tight end in the Pac-12 to have multiple 40+ yard touchdown catches…Had career highs in receptions (6) and receiving yards (118) at No. 22 Arizona State, becoming the first Stanford tight end with a 100-yard receiving game since Colby Parkinson in 2018 (Oct. 8)...Almost passed the century mark with 99 receiving yards at Washington State...scored his first touchdown on a then career best 45-yard reception (Oct. 16)...Had 93 receiving yards off six receptions against Washington (Oct. 30)...Had 27 receiving yards and a touchdown at Oregon State (Nov. 13)...Made five receptions for 64 yards against California (Nov. 20)...Had 87 yards off five receptions, including a career-long 49 yard reception for a touchdown against Notre Dame (Nov. 27)

2020 (fr): Played in all six games…Did not post any receiving stats.

High school: Played at Bakersfield Christian in Bakersfield, CA, for head coach Darren Carr (brother of NFL QBs David and Derek)…Four-star recruit ranked No. 283 by 247Sports…Ranked No. 26 in the state of California by 247Sports, No. 41 by PrepStar, No. 43 by Rivals and No. 58 by ESPN…Consensus top 15 tight end ranked No. 12 by ESPN, No. 13 by 247Sports and PrepStar…Ranked as the No. 24 athlete by Rivals…Two-time all-state first team (2017-18)...Two-time County Defensive Player of the Year (2018-19)...Three-time all-league first team (2017-19)...2019 CIF Division 3-A State Champions, the first in school history…Caught three touchdowns in his final high school game to secure the win in the state championship…Three-time League Champion…Totaled 49 catches for 741 yards and 11 touchdowns offensively and made 81 tackles (24 for loss), 22 sacks, five forced fumbles and one interception as a senior in 2019…Had 27 catches for 329 yards and four touchdowns as a sophomore in 2018 and added 82 tackles (15.5 for loss) and 15.5 sacks…Registered 35 catches for 346 yards and three touchdowns offensively with 64 tackles (20 for loss) and 13 sacks as a sophomore in 2017…Also competed in basketball…Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL

Son of Derek and Kellie Yurosek…Father played football at Colorado State…Mother played volleyball at Colorado State…Has four siblings, Sophia, Calvin, Owen and Vivian…Great-grandfather, Mike Yurosek, is credited with inventing the baby carrot…Family owns horses, cows and chickens…Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021).