5 Ben Cooney
Ben Cooney
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    175
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Lisle, IL
  • High School:
    Benet Academy
  • Position:
    DB
  • Major:
    Economics
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna
  • gp
    10
  • tk
    36.0
  • sac
    0.0
  • int
    1
  • ffum
    0

Bio

At CMS
2021 (Senior)
Second-Team All-SCIAC ... Totaled 36 tackles (31 solo) ... Had nine pass break-ups and one interception ... Three of his tackles were for losses ... Played for half the season with a cast fully covering a broken hand ... Had a season-high seven tackles in a road win over Chapman ... Picked off a pass in a 27-0 shutout win over Cal Lutheran, the program's first shutout since 2017. 

2020 (Junior)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Stags did not compete due to COVID-19.

2019 (Sophomore)
Second-Team All-SCIAC... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Earned All-SCIAC honors for second time... Tallied a team-high five interceptions... Led the team with 14 pass break-ups... Had two interceptions in an overtime game at La Verne, and had at least one interception in each of his four games... Named to D3football.com Team of the Week for his efforts on Opening Day against Puget Sound, when he had seven solo tackles, an interception, and six pass breakups... Played in 10 games, made 29 total tackles (26 solo, 3 assisted)... Finished with 67 return yards on five interceptions and two tackles for a loss of seven yards... Posted 61 yards in the return game, averaging 6.1 yards per game while making three return appearances and posting a long of 24 yards... Recorded one interception against Puget Sound (9/7), at Northwestern (9/14), against Pacific Lutheran (9/21), and two at La Verne (9/21)... Posted a season-high 7.0 tackles on two occasions: first on Sep. 7 at Puget Sound, second on Oct. 19 against Redlands. 

2018 (First Year)
Second-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Played in all 11 games, including 10 starts ... Ranked third on the team in tackles (56) and first in interceptions (three) ... Tallied 10 tackles (nine solo) in an NCAA contest at Whitworth ... Had an interception in a key road win at Redlands, which ended up deciding the SCIAC Championship, while also picking off two passes ... Picked off a pass in a home win over Northwestern (Minn.) ... Added another interception in a home win over Whittier ... Had seven tackles in a win over Cal Lutheran ... Recovered a fumble (which was forced by his brother) in a SCIAC-opening win over La Verne. 

Prior To CMS: All conference, All Area, Academic All State, Team MVP….National Honor Society, Scholar athlete award.

Personal: Son of Mara and Chris Cooney… List back to back semis appearances as his biggest sport moment… List his favorite hobbies as basketball and video games…. Career Ambition is to be a CEO of a company.

 Benjamin Cooney

 

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 2 Redlands L, 22-19
Oct 16 at Whittier W, 50-13
Oct 23 at Cal Lutheran W, 27-0
Oct 30 La Verne W, 34-10
Nov 6 at Chapman W, 42-34
Nov 13 Pomona-Pitzer L, 24-10
  Overall Conf
Solo tackles 31 14
Assists 5 3
Tackles 36.0 17.0
Tackles per game 3.6 2.8
Sacks 0.0 0.0
Sack yards 0 0
Interceptions 1 1
Returned for touchdown 0 0
Fumble recoveries 0 0
Fumble return TDs - -

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 4 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 25-3 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Lewis & Clark W, 34-10 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 18 Whitworth L, 31-15 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Chapman W, 29-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 Redlands L, 22-19 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Whittier W, 50-13 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Cal Lutheran W, 27-0 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 La Verne W, 34-10 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 at Chapman W, 42-34 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Pomona-Pitzer L, 24-10 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 4 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 25-3 - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Lewis & Clark W, 34-10 - - - - - - -
Sep 18 Whitworth L, 31-15 - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Chapman W, 29-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 2 Redlands L, 22-19 - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Whittier W, 50-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Cal Lutheran W, 27-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 30 La Verne W, 34-10 - - - - - - -
Nov 6 at Chapman W, 42-34 - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Pomona-Pitzer L, 24-10 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 4 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 25-3 - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Lewis & Clark W, 34-10 - - - - - - -
Sep 18 Whitworth L, 31-15 - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Chapman W, 29-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 2 Redlands L, 22-19 - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Whittier W, 50-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Cal Lutheran W, 27-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 30 La Verne W, 34-10 - - - - - - -
Nov 6 at Chapman W, 42-34 - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Pomona-Pitzer L, 24-10 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 4 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 25-3 - - - - - 0
Sep 11 Lewis & Clark W, 34-10 - - - - - 0
Sep 18 Whitworth L, 31-15 - - - - - 0
Sep 25 Chapman W, 29-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 2 Redlands L, 22-19 - - - - - 0
Oct 16 at Whittier W, 50-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 23 at Cal Lutheran W, 27-0 - - - - - 0
Oct 30 La Verne W, 34-10 - - - - - 0
Nov 6 at Chapman W, 42-34 - - - - - 0
Nov 13 Pomona-Pitzer L, 24-10 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 4 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 25-3 - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Lewis & Clark W, 34-10 - - - - - - - -
Sep 18 Whitworth L, 31-15 - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Chapman W, 29-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 Redlands L, 22-19 - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Whittier W, 50-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Cal Lutheran W, 27-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 La Verne W, 34-10 - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 at Chapman W, 42-34 - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Pomona-Pitzer L, 24-10 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 4 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 25-3 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Lewis & Clark W, 34-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 18 Whitworth L, 31-15 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Chapman W, 29-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 Redlands L, 22-19 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Whittier W, 50-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Cal Lutheran W, 27-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 La Verne W, 34-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 at Chapman W, 42-34 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Pomona-Pitzer L, 24-10 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 4 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 25-3 1 - - - - 0
Sep 11 Lewis & Clark W, 34-10 1 - - - - 0
Sep 18 Whitworth L, 31-15 1 - - - - 0
Sep 25 Chapman W, 29-21 1 - - - - 0
Oct 2 Redlands L, 22-19 1 - - - - 0
Oct 16 at Whittier W, 50-13 1 - - - - 0
Oct 23 at Cal Lutheran W, 27-0 1 - - - - 0
Oct 30 La Verne W, 34-10 1 - - - - 0
Nov 6 at Chapman W, 42-34 1 - - - - 0
Nov 13 Pomona-Pitzer L, 24-10 1 - - - - 0

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 4 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 25-3 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 11 Lewis & Clark W, 34-10 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 18 Whitworth L, 31-15 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 25 Chapman W, 29-21 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 2 Redlands L, 22-19 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 16 at Whittier W, 50-13 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 23 at Cal Lutheran W, 27-0 0 - - - - 0 - - - 0 0 -
Oct 30 La Verne W, 34-10 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 6 at Chapman W, 42-34 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Nov 13 Pomona-Pitzer L, 24-10 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 4 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 25-3 4 0 4.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 1 - -
Sep 11 Lewis & Clark W, 34-10 2 2 4.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 18 Whitworth L, 31-15 5 0 5.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 1 - -
Sep 25 Chapman W, 29-21 6 0 6.0 - - 1.0 1 - - - - - - 2 - -
Oct 2 Redlands L, 22-19 3 1 4.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Whittier W, 50-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 2 - -
Oct 23 at Cal Lutheran W, 27-0 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 1 0 0
Oct 30 La Verne W, 34-10 2 0 2.0 - - 1.0 1 - - - - - - 1 - -
Nov 6 at Chapman W, 42-34 6 1 7.0 0.0 0 1.0 4 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 0
Nov 13 Pomona-Pitzer L, 24-10 2 1 3.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2018-19 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2019-20 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2022-23 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 40 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2018-19 11 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 10 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 9 - - - - - - - -
Total 40 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2018-19 11 - - - - - - -
2019-20 10 - - - - - - -
2020-21 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - -
2022-23 9 - - - - - - -
Total 40 - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2018-19 11 - - - - - - - 0
2019-20 10 - - - - - - - 0
2020-21 - - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 9 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Total 40 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2018-19 11 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 10 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 9 - - - - - - - -
Total 40 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2018-19 - - - - - - - - - -
2019-20 3 61 20.3 0 24 - - - - -
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - 2 29 14.5 0 20
Total 3 61 20.3 0 24 2 29 14.5 0 20

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2018-19 11 - - - - 0 .0
2019-20 10 - - - 61 61 6.1
2020-21 - - - - - 0 -
2021-22 10 - - - - 0 .0
2022-23 9 - - 29 - 29 3.2
Total 40 - - 29 61 90 2.3

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2018-19 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
2019-20 6 0.6 - - 0 - 1 - - - - 0
2020-21 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
2022-23 0 0.0 - - - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0
Total 6 0.1 - - 0 0 1 - 0 - 0 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2018-19 11 34 22 56.0 5.1 - - 1.5 2 - 1 0 3 18 7 -
2019-20 10 26 3 29.0 2.9 - - 2.0 7 - 1 0 5 67 14 1
2020-21 - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 31 5 36.0 3.6 0.0 0 3.0 6 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
2022-23 9 29 15 44.0 4.9 0.0 0 4.5 6 2 1 0 2 20 9 0
Total 40 120 45 165.0 4.1 0.0 0 11.0 21 2 3 0 11 105 39 1

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 10 - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 6 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 6 - - - - - - - 0
Away 4 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 4 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 10 - - - - 0 .0
Conference 6 - - - - 0 .0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 6 - - - - 0 .0
Away 4 - - - - 0 .0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 7 - - - - 0 .0
Losses 3 - - - - 0 .0
Month September 4 - - - - 0 .0
October 4 - - - - 0 .0
November 2 - - - - 0 .0

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Conference 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Away 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Month September 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
October 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
November 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 10 31 5 36.0 3.6 0.0 0 3.0 6 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
Conference 6 14 3 17.0 2.8 0.0 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 20 4 24.0 4.0 - - 2.0 2 - - - - - 4 -
Away 4 11 1 12.0 3.0 0.0 0 1.0 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 21 3 24.0 3.4 0.0 0 3.0 6 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
Losses 3 10 2 12.0 4.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - 1 -
Month September 4 17 2 19.0 4.8 - - 1.0 1 - - - - - 4 -
October 4 6 1 7.0 1.8 0.0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
November 2 8 2 10.0 5.0 0.0 0 1.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

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