35BEN SCHMIESING
- POSITION LB
- HEIGHT 6-1
- WEIGHT 233
- CLASS Graduate Student
- HOMETOWN Piqua, Ohio
- HIGHSCHOOL Piqua
2022 (Graduate Student)
• Named a 2022 Co-Captain
• First Team Preseason All-Pioneer Football League
2021 (Graduate Student)
• Appeared in all 10 games at LB including seven starts
• Finished third on the team with 74 tackles (31 solo)
• Had five total tackle’s for loss, and three pass breakups
• Forced one fumble, and recovered two
• Named Second Team All-PFL
• First Team Academic All-PFL
• CoSIDA Academic All-District selection
PRIOR TO UD:
At Ohio State
- Played three seasons as a walk-on at Ohio State
- Was a three-time OSU Scholar-Athlete
- Named Academic All-Big Ten in 2019 and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar in 2020
High School
- Captain and team MVP and All-Greater Western Ohio Conference in football and basketball
- First Team All-Ohio in football
- Totaled 55 tackles and two interceptions as a senior to earn GWOC Defensive Player of the Year honors
- As a junior, was a two-way force with 65 tackles, two forced fumbles and four interceptions to go along with 806 yards rushing, 10 TDs and 294 receiving yards
- Graduated fifth in his class
Personal
- Has two seasons of eligibility, and will be pursuing his MBA at Dayton
- Son of Chris and Paula Schmiesing
- Has an older brother, Jack and a younger brother, Sam
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