100 Days to Football Time in Oklahoma: #72 Ben Powers
Posted on: June 21, 2018
Stats via SoonerSports.com, image via SI.com
The Path to Norman
Ben Powers took the Juco route to Oklahoma. After spending a year with Butter Community College in Kansas, the Kansas Catholic school product chose the Sooners over programs including Kansas State, TCU, and Texas Tech.
I am honored to announce that I have committed to the University of Oklahoma. Boomer Soooner! #OUDNA pic.twitter.com/NC6SEdo1fh
— Bennett Powers (@BigBen_72) November 30, 2015
Career So Far
Going into the 2016 season, many projected Powers would land the starting job at left guard. While it took a few games, he ended up starting the last ten for the Sooners. In 595 snaps, he surrendered one sack – that that seems like a favorable ratio to me. 2017 saw Powers play in every game for OU, starting in most of them.
Current Profile
Position: OL
Height: 6’4”
Weight: 314
Year: Senior
Stats
Highlights
1st play of the game vs Texas Tech; Oklahoma LG 72 Ben Powers setting the tone. pic.twitter.com/uyDjH4KqGI
— Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic) October 31, 2017
Ben Powers and Orlando Brown: Throat Punchers Inc. #LZVids pic.twitter.com/ITlEKbd0iK
— Lance Zierlein (@LanceZierlein) June 28, 2017
2018 Season
Powers is a two-year starter at this point; that won’t be changing this year. While he is a versatile player, Ben should end up at the left guard spot again, providing excellent experience to the line. This is his senior season, and it could be a great opportunity to prove his draft worthiness.
