Ben Roethlisberger
 Ben Roethlisberger 2016 |
|
| Pittsburgh Steelers - No. 7 | |
| Quarterback | |
| Date of birth: March 2, 1982 | |
| Place of birth: Lima , Ohio | |
| Height: 1.96 m | Weight: 108 kg |
| NFL debut | |
|---|---|
| 2004 for the Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Career | |
| College : Miami (OH) | |
| NFL Draft : 2004 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11 | |
Teams:
|
|
| Current status: active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
|
|
|
Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
|
| Touchdowns - interceptions | 363-191 |
| Thrown yards | 56,545 |
| Pass attempts | 7,230 |
| Passes arrived | 4,651 |
| Passes arrived in% | 64.3 |
| Quarterback rating | 94.0 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Benjamin Todd "Ben" Roethlisberger (born March 2, 1982 in Lima , Ohio ) is an American American football player on the position of quarterback . He plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL), with whom he won two Super Bowls .
His nickname in the US is "Big Ben". Roethlisberger is 1.96 m tall and wears jersey number 7, following his example, the former quarterback of the Denver Broncos , John Elway . Roethlisberger is of Swiss descent: his great-great-grandfather Karl Röthlisberger emigrated to the USA in 1873 from Unterfrittenbach (municipality of Lauperswil ) in the Emmental .
High school and college
Roethlisberger attended high school in his hometown of Findlay , Ohio, and was also a talented baseball and basketball player there . He didn't play the quarterback position until his senior year, however, as his then coach, Cliff Hite, preferred his own son to quarterback. Roethlisberger then convinced in his first season as a quarterback with a statistic of 4,041 thrown yards , 54 touchdowns and only seven interceptions .
He then played quarterback in College Division I at Miami University in Oxford , Ohio. He set numerous college pass records and some Mid-American Conference records there, even though he only played there for three years. In honor of Ben Roethlisberger, his jersey number 7 will no longer be awarded at Miami University.
NFL
Roethlisberger was selected in 2004 by the Pittsburgh Steelers as eleventh player in the NFL Draft . Roethlisberger went into his first NFL season as a backup for Tommy Maddox . After he injured himself in the third quarter of the second game of the season, Roethlisberger made his NFL debut. He made 12 of 20 passes for 176 yards and threw two touchdowns and two interceptions . Since Maddox with an elbow injury should be absent for at least six weeks, Roethlisberger started in the starting line-up for the first time from the third day of the game. That game at the Miami Dolphins on September 26, 2004 had to be postponed by seven hours because of Hurricane Jeanne , Pittsburgh won 13: 3. As a result, Roethlisberger remained undefeated for 14 games, only in the play-offs , in the AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots , the Steelers had to admit defeat 27:41. For his performance during the season, Ben Roethlisberger was named NFL Rookie of the Year 2004.
In the 2005 season, Roethlisberger built on his previous year's performance, but lost a total of three games during the season. However, he succeeded at the beginning of the season, on September 11, 2005 with the Tennessee Titans , with a quarterback rating of 158.3 a perfect game . Roethlisberger missed four games due to an injury to his right knee. In the second championship game of his career, Roethlisberger won against the Denver Broncos 34:17 and led his team into Super Bowl XL . The Steelers won it on February 5, 2006 in Detroit with 21:10 against the Seattle Seahawks , and Roethlisberger became the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl, albeit with the worst quarterback rating (22.6; two interceptions, no passing Touchdown) that a quarterback ever won a Super Bowl with.
Roethlisberger won his second Super Bowl with Pittsburgh against the Arizona Cardinals in 2009 with a decisive touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes , 35 seconds from time. After the game it turned out that he had played the whole game with two broken ribs .
In the 2010 season , Roethlisberger made it back to the play-offs with the Steelers. In the fourth AFC Championship Game of his career, Roethlisberger won against the New York Jets 24:19 and thus made it into the Super Bowl for the third time. In the Super Bowl XLV against the Green Bay Packers , however, the Steelers lost 25:31. According to his own statement, he felt solely responsible for this defeat of his team because of his two interceptions thrown .
During the 2011 season, Roethlisberger became the player with the most complete passes in the history of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He improved Terry Bradshaw's old record in the game against the Cincinnati Bengals . In the following week, he was so severely dislocated in a sack by an opposing defender that he had to leave the game. At the beginning of the second half, however, he limped back to decide the game with a touchdown pass over 79 yards to Antonio Brown . Roethlisberger led his team into the play-offs again this season, where it failed in the first round.
In the 2014 season , Roethlisberger, the first quarterback in the NFL, managed to throw six touchdown passes in two consecutive games (on October 23, 2014 in the 51:34 win over the Indianapolis Colts and on November 2, 2014 at 43:23 Win against the Baltimore Ravens ).
On the 2nd match day of the 2019 season, Roethlisberger injured his right elbow, which meant the end of the season for him.
NFL records
- Most NFL rookie quarterback wins in one season (2004): Jan.
- Highest pass rate of an NFL rookie quarterback (2004): 66.4%
- Longest winning streak of an NFL quarterback before his first career loss (2004/05): 15 games
- Youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl (23 years and eleven months)
- Lowest quarterback rating of a winning quarterback in a Super Bowl with 22.7 (0 TD, 2 INT, 9 complete of 21 attempts to pass for 123 yards) in Super Bowl XL
Pittsburgh Steelers Club Records
- Quarterback with the best win-loss ratio in the club's history: (91-37)
- Most complete pass attempts in the club's history: 2,610
- Most touchdown passes in one season: 32 (2007)
- Most passing yards in one season: 4,952 (2014)
- Most passing yards in a single game: 522 (October 26, 2014 against the Indianapolis Colts )
- Most touchdown passes in a single game: 6 (October 26, 2014 against the Indianapolis Colts )
accident
On June 12, 2006, Roethlisberger sustained serious injuries in a motorcycle accident in Pittsburgh. The accident occurred on Monday at around 11:30 a.m. local time at an intersection on the outskirts of Pittsburgh. Traces of blood could still be seen hours later at the scene of the accident. In the accident, Roethlisberger broke his jaw and nose. A 62-year-old car driver turned left and cut off the approaching Roethlisberger. He flew onto the car windshield and then head first onto the asphalt. Roethlisberger was traveling without a helmet. The obligation to wear a helmet was abolished in Pennsylvania in 2003 for drivers with more than two years of driving experience, which was not yet the case for Roethlisberger. He also hadn't renewed his driver's license in time.
Web links
- Official website of Ben Roethlisberger
- Interview with Ben Roethlisberger
- List of quarterbacks who have scored more than 500 yards in a game
Individual evidence
- ↑ Todd Fleming: The 2004 Draft: The Legend of Ben Falls to Pittsburgh on bleacherreport.com. May 1, 2009, accessed September 19, 2019.
- ↑ Rookie steps in for injured Maddox on espn.com. September 27, 2004, accessed on September 19, 2019.
- ↑ Charlie Nobles: In the Rain, Pittsburgh Makes a Mess of Miami. In: The New York Times . September 27, 2004, accessed on September 19, 2019.
- ↑ Kelly Balfour, Ellie Odenheimer: Roethlisberger, Ben (1982–). In: Murry R. Nelson: American Sports: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas. Greenwood, Santa Barbara 2013, ISBN 978-0-313-39753-0 , p. 1109.
- ↑ Simon Chester: Ben Roethlisberger tops an elite group with a perfect game against the Panthers on behindthesteelcurtain.com. November 10, 2018, accessed September 19, 2019.
- ^ NFL Research: Ben Roethlisberger's injury on nfl.com. October 1, 2016, accessed on September 19, 2019.
- ↑ Alaa Abdeldaiem: The Youngest Quarterbacks to Win a Super Bowl on si.com. February 3, 2019, accessed September 19, 2019.
- ^ Bryn Swartz: The 10 Worst Quarterback Performances in Super Bowl History on bleacherreport.com. February 2, 2010, accessed September 19, 2019.
- ↑ Baltimore Ravens vs. Pittsburgh Steelers - Recap. In: scores.espn.go.com. ESPN, November 2, 2014, accessed on November 12, 2014 (English): “A week after passing for a franchise-record six touchdowns against Indianapolis, Roethlisberger duplicated the feat to lead Pittsburgh (6-3) to its third consecutive win. The 12 touchdown passes over the last two games broke the mark of 11 set by Tom Flores for Oakland in the AFL in 1963 and matched by New England's Tom Brady in 2007. "
- ↑ End of the season for Steelers quarterback "Big Ben" Roethlisberger on ran.de. September 16, 2019, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ^ Roethlisberger sets NFL Record (English) ESPN.com, accessed October 28, 2014
- ^ Roethlisberger is cited, but not at fault. Toledo Blade, accessed on September 6, 2017 (English): "To ride without a helmet under Pennsylvania law, motorcyclists must be older than 21 and either hold a license for two years or pass a state-approved motorcycle safety course."
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roethlisberger, Ben |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roethlisberger, Benjamin Todd (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player on the position of the quarterback |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lima , Ohio , United States |