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2025 Football Roster

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21 Ben Sahakian

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 224
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mount Prospect, Ill.
  • Highschool Prospect HS

Biography

PRONUNCIATION

2024 | JUNIOR SEASON
Saw action in all 10 games ... posted 10 tackles, including three solo stops and one sack ... recorded a season-high three tackles against Harvard (Oct. 11)...had three tackles and a sack against Colgate (Sept. 21) ... also added tackles against Yale, UAlbany, and Brown.

2023 | SOPHOMORE SEASON 
Did not see varsity action

2022 I FRESHMAN SEASON
Did not see varsity action.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Named first-team all-state on the defensive line as a senior at Prospect HS ... earned all-state, all-area and all-conference honors in his final season ... named to the all-state academic team in 2021 ... was the conference's Defensive Player of the Year as a senior captain ... he was a two-time all-conference track and field athlete as a sprinter and jumper ... he earned all-section honors in his final season.

PERSONAL
Benjamin Sarkis Sahakian is the son of Rafi and Diana Sahakian and has an older and younger brother ... his older brother, Micah, is also a member of the Big Red football team ... he is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Statistics

Season:
2025-26

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2022-23Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'4" 205 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2023-24Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'4" 224 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2024-25Junior

    Linebacker
    6'4" 224 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2025-26Senior

    Linebacker
    6'4" 224 lbs
    21