JockBio: Ben Roethlisberger Facts

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• Pittsburgh Steelers	• Quarterback	• #7
• Height: 6' 5 "	• Weight: 241	• Born: 2/2/82

As a basketball player, Ben averaged 26.5 points as a high school senior, with nine rebounds and five assists a game.
Ben’s second choice for college was not Ohio State, as is commonly believed. He says he would have chosen Duke.
The quarterback to whom Ben was most often compared in college was Hall of Famer Jim Kelly.
Ben ended his college career with 19 touchdowns and one interception in his final five games.
Ben finished his three-year college career with 854 completions in 1,3094 attempts (65.5%) for 10,829 yards, 84 touchdowns and 34 interceptions.
Ben was the eighth Miami of Ohio player to earn All-America recognition.
Part of Miami of Ohio’s Heisman campaign for Ben included a website called WhereHaveYouBen.com.
Ben was the 2003 MAC MVP and Offensive Player of the Year.
Ben spent his first NFL season living in a townhouse a few minutes away from the Steelers’ practice facility.
The last Steeler rookie to start as early in his career as Ben was Terry Bradshaw in 1970. Bradshaw threw six touchdowns and had 24 interceptions as a rookie.
With his seventh win of the 2004 season, Ben broke the NFL record for consecutive victories to start a career. It had been held by another Steeler, Mike Kruczek. He set the mark at 6-0 in 1976 filling in for an injured Bradshaw. Kruczek did not throw a single TD pass that year.
Ben’s 66.4 completion percentage broke Dan Marino’s record for NFL rookies.
Ben led the AFC with 8.9 yards per passing attempt in 2005.
Ben’s passer rating of 22.6 in Super Bowl XL was the lowest ever for a winning quarterback.
Ben had his first four-TD game on opening day of the 2007 season against the Cleveland Browns. Later that season he threw for five touchdowns against the Baltimore Ravens.
In 2007, Ben became the first quarterback in history to have two "perfect games" in the same season.
In 2008, Ben led the Steelers to an 11–10 victory over the Chargers. It was the first game with that score in NFL history.
Ben passed for a touchdown and had an AFC-high 18-yard run in the 2008 Pro Bowl.
With 51 career victories in his first five seasons, Ben eclipsed the record of 48, held jointly by Otto Graham, Dan Marino and Tom Brady.
When Ben isn’t scanning game film, you’re likely to find him playing PlayStation.
Ben’s #7 jersey was the NFL’s top seller for Christmas 2004.
The most popular sandwich in Pittsburgh in 2004 was the Roethlis-burger. At Peppi’s it is an artery-choking concoction that combines ground beef, sausage, scrambled eggs and provolone. At Brentwood Express, it’s a 12-ounce burger with bacon, ranch dressing, bbq sauce, provolone and cheddar cheese.
In a 2004 poll of NFL personnel directors, Ben edged Byron Leftwich for top honors as the game’s best young quarterback.
In 2007, Ben appeared at a Harlem Globetrotters game and joined in the team's famous football routine. He confounded the Washington Generals with a perfect TD strike to High Rise Brown.
Ben has his own brand of beef jerky. All profits go to charity.
Ben's Favorites include:
- Colors - black and gold
- Food - the flank steak and cheezy potatoes his parents make
- TV Show - SportsCenter
- Pro Athletes - Joe Montana, Jerry Rice and Michael Jordan
- Hobbies - Golf, fishing and watching movies
- Movies - Gladiator, Bad Boys (I and II) and Barbershop (I and II)
If Ben could have any pet in the world, it would be either a monkey, dolphin or white tiger.
Ben loves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches made with Extra Crunchy Jiff and either strawberry or blackberry jelly.
Ben is a spokesman for Swiss Roots, a program that helps American with Swiss ancestry reconnect with their homeland.

Jim Kelly,
1996 Yahoo! Magazine

Terry Bradshaw,
1980 Topps Super

Otto Graham,
Black Book Partners archives

Harlem Globetrotters card