4 Ben Bernabei
Ben Bernabei
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    215
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Peru, Ill.
  • High School:
    St. Bede Academy
  • Position:
    RB
  • gp
    10
  • tk
    0.0
  • sac
    0.0
  • int
    0
  • ffum
    0

Bio

Awards and Honors

  • All-NACC Honorable Mention 2021

Junior (fall 2021): Started all 10 games at fullback or running back, becoming the Red Devils’ primary ball carrier in the last three games of the season … Recorded 253 rushing yards and six touchdowns on 52 carries … Became the fifth Eureka player in program history to rush for five touchdowns, recording 161 rushing yards on 27 carries with five scores against Wisconsin Lutheran on Oct. 23; it was only the 12th time in program history for a Red Devil to rush for five touchdowns … Tallied 88 rushing yards and one score on 23 carries against Lakeland on Oct. 30 … Tallied seven receptions, including three touchdowns.

Sophomore (spring 2021): Started four games at fullback during shortened COVID 2021 spring season …Rushed 20 times for 68 yards … Scored his first career touchdown on a fumble recovery in a 48-29 win over Rockford on April 10 ... Notched four receptions for 26 yards.

Freshman (2019): Contributed to specials teams and appeared in three games at running back ... Made his first carry against Concordia Wisconsin on Nov. 9.

St. Bede Academy: Received First Team All-Three Rivers Athletic Conference and was given Class 3A All-State Honorable Mention as a running back … Racked up 1,200 rushing yards during his senior season.

Personal: The son of Doug and Theresa Bernabei, Ben was born in Spring Valley, Illinois, on May 8, 2001  … Has on sibling, Dominic … Majoring in kinesiology/exercise science.

 

 

 

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 1 at Concordia Chicago W, 27-13
Oct 8 at Concordia Wisconsin L, 23-20
Oct 15 Aurora L, 72-13
Oct 22 Wis. Lutheran L, 51-35
Oct 29 at Lakeland L, 26-17
Nov 5 at St. Norbert L, 20-7
  Overall Conf
Solo tackles 0 0
Assists 0 0
Tackles 0.0 0.0
Tackles per game .0 .0
Sacks 0.0 0.0
Sack yards 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Returned for touchdown - -
Fumble recoveries 0 0
Fumble return TDs - -

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 3 Neb. Wesleyan L, 31-6 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 at Olivet L, 54-14 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Rockford W, 31-14 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 Benedictine (Ill.) L, 58-10 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at Concordia Chicago W, 27-13 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Concordia Wisconsin L, 23-20 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Aurora L, 72-13 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Wis. Lutheran L, 51-35 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Lakeland L, 26-17 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at St. Norbert L, 20-7 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 3 Neb. Wesleyan L, 31-6 14 40 2.9 11 0 - -
Sep 10 at Olivet L, 54-14 9 27 3.0 11 0 - -
Sep 17 Rockford W, 31-14 3 8 2.7 4 1 1 1
Sep 24 Benedictine (Ill.) L, 58-10 3 9 3.0 5 0 - -
Oct 1 at Concordia Chicago W, 27-13 10 80 8.0 46 1 - -
Oct 8 at Concordia Wisconsin L, 23-20 20 120 6.0 22 1 - -
Oct 15 Aurora L, 72-13 11 54 4.9 12 0 - -
Oct 22 Wis. Lutheran L, 51-35 9 26 2.9 15 0 - -
Oct 29 at Lakeland L, 26-17 23 125 5.4 18 1 - -
Nov 5 at St. Norbert L, 20-7 20 62 3.1 26 0 1 0

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 3 Neb. Wesleyan L, 31-6 3 14 4.7 13 0 - -
Sep 10 at Olivet L, 54-14 2 9 4.5 12 0 - -
Sep 17 Rockford W, 31-14 1 4 4.0 4 0 1 1
Sep 24 Benedictine (Ill.) L, 58-10 3 4 1.3 4 0 - -
Oct 1 at Concordia Chicago W, 27-13 0 0 - 0 0 - -
Oct 8 at Concordia Wisconsin L, 23-20 1 2 2.0 2 0 - -
Oct 15 Aurora L, 72-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Wis. Lutheran L, 51-35 - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Lakeland L, 26-17 1 17 17.0 17 0 - -
Nov 5 at St. Norbert L, 20-7 - - - - - 1 0

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 3 Neb. Wesleyan L, 31-6 - - - - - 0
Sep 10 at Olivet L, 54-14 - - - - - 0
Sep 17 Rockford W, 31-14 - - - - - 0
Sep 24 Benedictine (Ill.) L, 58-10 - - - - - 0
Oct 1 at Concordia Chicago W, 27-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 8 at Concordia Wisconsin L, 23-20 - - - - - 0
Oct 15 Aurora L, 72-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 22 Wis. Lutheran L, 51-35 - - - 0 0 0
Oct 29 at Lakeland L, 26-17 - - - - - 0
Nov 5 at St. Norbert L, 20-7 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 3 Neb. Wesleyan L, 31-6 - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 at Olivet L, 54-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Rockford W, 31-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 Benedictine (Ill.) L, 58-10 - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at Concordia Chicago W, 27-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Concordia Wisconsin L, 23-20 - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Aurora L, 72-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Wis. Lutheran L, 51-35 1 42 42.0 42 0 0 1 0
Oct 29 at Lakeland L, 26-17 - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at St. Norbert L, 20-7 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 3 Neb. Wesleyan L, 31-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 at Olivet L, 54-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Rockford W, 31-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 Benedictine (Ill.) L, 58-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at Concordia Chicago W, 27-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Concordia Wisconsin L, 23-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Aurora L, 72-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Wis. Lutheran L, 51-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Lakeland L, 26-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at St. Norbert L, 20-7 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 3 Neb. Wesleyan L, 31-6 1 40 14 - - 54
Sep 10 at Olivet L, 54-14 1 27 9 - - 36
Sep 17 Rockford W, 31-14 1 8 4 - - 12
Sep 24 Benedictine (Ill.) L, 58-10 1 9 4 - - 13
Oct 1 at Concordia Chicago W, 27-13 1 80 0 - - 80
Oct 8 at Concordia Wisconsin L, 23-20 1 120 2 - - 122
Oct 15 Aurora L, 72-13 1 54 - - - 54
Oct 22 Wis. Lutheran L, 51-35 1 26 - - - 26
Oct 29 at Lakeland L, 26-17 1 125 17 - - 142
Nov 5 at St. Norbert L, 20-7 1 62 - - - 62

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 3 Neb. Wesleyan L, 31-6 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 10 at Olivet L, 54-14 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 17 Rockford W, 31-14 6 1 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 24 Benedictine (Ill.) L, 58-10 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 1 at Concordia Chicago W, 27-13 6 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 8 at Concordia Wisconsin L, 23-20 6 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 15 Aurora L, 72-13 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 22 Wis. Lutheran L, 51-35 2 0 - - - - - 0 - - 0 1
Oct 29 at Lakeland L, 26-17 6 1 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 5 at St. Norbert L, 20-7 0 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 3 Neb. Wesleyan L, 31-6 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 at Olivet L, 54-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Rockford W, 31-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 Benedictine (Ill.) L, 58-10 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at Concordia Chicago W, 27-13 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 8 at Concordia Wisconsin L, 23-20 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 15 Aurora L, 72-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Wis. Lutheran L, 51-35 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Lakeland L, 26-17 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at St. Norbert L, 20-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2019-20 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2020-21 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 37 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2019-20 3 5 2 0.7 0.4 0 5 - -
2020-21 4 20 68 17.0 3.4 0 10 0 0
2021-22 10 52 253 25.3 4.9 6 30 2 0
2022-23 10 122 551 55.1 4.5 4 46 2 1
2023-24 10 182 844 84.4 4.6 11 53 3 2
Total 37 381 1718 46.4 4.5 21 53 7 3

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2019-20 3 - - - - - - -
2020-21 4 4 1.0 26 6.5 6.5 0 11
2021-22 10 7 0.7 38 3.8 5.4 3 9
2022-23 10 11 1.1 50 5.0 4.5 0 17
2023-24 10 5 0.5 27 2.7 5.4 1 18
Total 37 27 0.7 141 3.8 5.2 4 18

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2019-20 3 - - - - - - - 0
2020-21 4 - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2022-23 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 37 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2019-20 3 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 4 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 1 42 42.0 42 0 0 1 0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 37 1 42 42.0 42 0 0 1 0

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2019-20 - - - - - - - - - -
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 1 9 9.0 0 9 - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Total 1 9 9.0 0 9 - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2019-20 3 2 - - - 2 .7
2020-21 4 68 26 - - 94 23.5
2021-22 10 253 38 - 9 300 30.0
2022-23 10 551 50 - - 601 60.1
2023-24 10 844 27 - - 871 87.1
Total 37 1718 141 - 9 1868 50.5

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2019-20 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
2020-21 6 1.5 0 0 - - - 1 - - 0 0
2021-22 54 5.4 6 3 0 - - - 0 - 0 0
2022-23 26 2.6 4 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0
2023-24 74 7.4 11 1 - - - - - - 1 0
Total 160 4.3 21 4 0 - - 1 0 - 2 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2019-20 3 5 1 6.0 2.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0
2021-22 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022-23 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023-24 10 0 2 2.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 37 5 3 8.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 10 122 551 55.1 4.5 4 46 2 1
Conference 8 99 484 60.5 4.9 4 46 2 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 40 137 27.4 3.4 1 15 1 1
Away 5 82 414 82.8 5.0 3 46 1 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 2 13 88 44.0 6.8 2 46 1 1
Losses 8 109 463 57.9 4.2 2 26 1 0
Month September 4 29 84 21.0 2.9 1 11 1 1
October 5 73 405 81.0 5.5 3 46 - -
November 1 20 62 62.0 3.1 0 26 1 0

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 10 11 1.1 50 5.0 4.5 0 17
Conference 8 6 0.8 27 3.4 4.5 0 17
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 7 1.4 22 4.4 3.1 0 13
Away 5 4 0.8 28 5.6 7.0 0 17
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 2 1 0.5 4 2.0 4.0 0 4
Losses 8 10 1.3 46 5.8 4.6 0 17
Month September 4 9 2.3 31 7.8 3.4 0 13
October 5 2 0.4 19 3.8 9.5 0 17
November 1 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Conference 8 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 2 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 8 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
November 1 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 10 1 42 42.0 42 0 0 1 0
Conference 8 1 42 42.0 42 0 0 1 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 1 42 42.0 42 0 0 1 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 2 - - - - - - - -
Losses 8 1 42 42.0 42 0 0 1 0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 5 1 42 42.0 42 0 0 1 0
November 1 - - - - - - - -

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 10 551 50 - - 601 60.1
Conference 8 484 27 - - 511 63.9
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 5 137 22 - - 159 31.8
Away 5 414 28 - - 442 88.4
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 2 88 4 - - 92 46.0
Losses 8 463 46 - - 509 63.6
Month September 4 84 31 - - 115 28.8
October 5 405 19 - - 424 84.8
November 1 62 - - - 62 62.0

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 26 2.6 4 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0
Conference 26 3.3 4 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 8 1.6 1 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0
Away 18 3.6 3 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 12 6.0 2 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Losses 14 1.8 2 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0
Month September 6 1.5 1 0 - - - - - - - 0
October 20 4.0 3 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0
November 0 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 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 8 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 2 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 8 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month September 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

News Mentions

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Six Red Devils Receive 2022 All-NACC Football Honors

MILWAUKEE, Wis. –  Six Eureka football players have received All-Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference recognition, according to an...

November 18, 2022

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St. Norbert Gets Edge Over Eureka, 20-7

DE PERE, Wis. – The Eureka football team’s 2022 season came to an end with a 20-7 loss at St. Norbert on Saturday.

November 5, 2022

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One More NACC Challenge for Red Devils in 2022 Season

DE PERE, Wis. – On Saturday, the Red Devils (2-7, 2-5 NACC) will take on St. Norbert (5-3, 4-2 NACC) on the road in their last Northern...

November 4, 2022

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Lakeland Holds Off Red Devils, 26-17

PLYMOUTH, Wis. – The Eureka football team fell short on the road at Lakeland on Saturday, 26-17.

October 29, 2022

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Red Devils Fall to Aurora at Home, 72-13

EUREKA – Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference leader Aurora took down the Eureka football team 72-13 on a chilly Saturday evening at...

October 15, 2022

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Eureka Rising Up for High-Powered Aurora

EUREKA – On Saturday at 6 p.m., Eureka (2-4, 2-2  NACC) will take on Aurora (4-1, 3-0 NACC) under the bright lights of McKinzie Field...

October 14, 2022

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Eureka Bounces Back, Tops Cougars, 27-13

EUREKA — After a tough loss last week, the Eureka football team bounced back with a 27-13 triumph at Concordia Chicago on Saturday.

October 1, 2022

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Benedictine Poses Tough Homecoming Challenge for EC

EUREKA – Homecoming week is here, and the Eureka football team is heading into the big day coming off a strong win.

September 23, 2022

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Eureka Scores Big NACC Win Over Rockford, 31-14

EUREKA – The Red Devils tamed Rockford’s explosive offense and earned a 31-14 victory over Rockford to open the 2022 Northern...

September 17, 2022

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Olivet Bests Red Devils, 54-14

OLIVET, Mich. – The Eureka football team had a tough time getting anything going at Olivet on Saturday.

September 10, 2022

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Nebraska Wesleyan Tops Eureka in Season Opener, 31-6

EUREKA – Nebraska Wesleyan topped Eureka 31-6 in the Red Devils’ home football opener on sunny afternoon at McKinzie Field.

September 3, 2022

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Season-Opening Magic Almost Here for Red Devils

EUREKA – It’s almost that magical time again. The time of fall when the crowd gets on its feet, the speakers boom and the sirens blare...

September 2, 2022