Kansas State University Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Sinnott, Ben
Jersey Number 34
Ben Sinnott
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Waterloo, Iowa
- High School:
- Columbus Catholic
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2023 Honorable Mention All-American (Phil Steele)
• 2022-23 All-Big 12 First Team (Coaches, Associated Press)
• 2023 John Mackey Award semifinalist
• 2024 Reese’s Senior Bowl Invitee
• 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl Invitee
• 2023 Academic All-American (College Sports Communicators)
• 2022-23 Academic All-District (College Sports Communicators)
• 2021-23 First Team Academic All-Big 12
CAREER: Played in 38 games with 28 starts over three seasons prior to becoming an early entrant into the NFL Draft... Finished his career by tying for the most receiving touchdowns by K-State tight end (10), ranking third among the position in receptions (82) and fourth in receiving yards (1,138)... Was just the fourth tight end ever to eclipse the 1,000-yard receiving mark.
2023: Started 12 games, coming away with 49 catches for 676 yards and six touchdowns on the year as he was an Honorable Mention All-American by Phil Steele and an All-Big 12 First Team pick by both the league’s coaches and the Associated Press.. Also named a semifinalist for the John Mackey Award... Finished the season ranking fourth nationally among tight ends in yards, tying for fifth in catches and tying for sixth in touchdowns... Had the most receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns in a single season by a K-State tight end in school history... Also tied for fifth among all juniors in school history for single-season catches... Posted 10 receptions for 136 yards and a touchdown against Iowa State in the final game of his collegiate career... His 10 receptions against the Cyclones were the most by a tight end in a single game in school history, while it tied for the fourth most by a junior regardless of position... It was also the fifth-most receiving yards by a K-State tight end in a game... It was his second 100-yard receiving game of the year, tied for the second most by a tight end in school history... The other was a 100-yard effort in the season opener against SEMO, teaming with wide receiver RJ Garcia II (119 yards) for the 16th double 100-yard receiving game in school history... Tied his career high with two touchdown receptions at Missouri... Had six receptions for 72 yards at Texas Tech, while he had five receptions for 78 yards at Missouri... Also hauled in five passes against UCF and Texas, while he eclipsed the 60-yard mark against UCF (64), Texas (69) and Baylor (68)... Played all over the field during the 2023 season, lining up for 493 snaps as an inline tight end, 171 snaps in the slot, 91 snaps in the backfield and 27 snaps as a wide receiver... Earned Academic All-America accolades from College Sports Communicators and First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
2022: Started all 14 games, hauling in 31 passes for 447 yards and four touchdowns as he earned All-Big 12 First Team accolades from the league’s coaches... He led all Big 12 tight ends and ranked fourth nationally with a 14.4-yard receiving average, while he ranked sixth in school history in receiving yards by a tight end and tied for eighth in receptions... It was the most catches and receiving yards by a K-State tight end since Jaren Mastrud in 2008 (38 catches for 435 yards)... Set career highs in catches (7), yards (89) and touchdowns (2) at Baylor... It was the first time a K-State tight had multiple touchdown catches in a game since Jarrett Grosdidier vs. Indiana State in 1996... His seven receptions were the most by a Wildcat tight end since Rashaad Norwood also had seven at Baylor in 2006... Also topped the 80-yard mark and had another touchdown the next week at West Virginia... His fourth touchdown of the season was the Wildcats’ first score in the Big 12 Championship against TCU, a six-yard reception on a 4th down play... Had at least one catch in 13 of K-State’s 14 games... Broke out with a four-catch, 80-yard performance in the Big 12 opener at Oklahoma... Tallied two other 40-yard games, going for 44 yards against Texas and 48 yards in the Sugar Bowl against Alabama... An Academic All-District recipient from College Sports Communicators and First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer.
2021: Played in each of the final 12 games – including starts against Oklahoma and LSU – after missing the season opener due to an injury sustained in fall camp... Totaled three rushes for 12 yards and two catches for 15 yards on the year... His long catch of the year went for 11 yards against Nevada, while he had a nine-yard rush against Oklahoma... Scored his first-career touchdown on a one-yard run at Kansas... Also assisted in run blocking, helping K-State tie for second in the Big 12 with 29 rushing touchdowns, while the Wildcats’ 4.83 yards per rush ranked sixth in school history... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 accolades.
2020: Did not see any game action.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three years at Columbus Catholic – the same high school that produced K-State head coach Chris Klieman – under head coach Brad Schmit... Named to the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association all-state team as a tight end, wide receiver and defensive end... Earned the Black Hawk County All-Metro Football Award on offense in 2019 and defense in 2019... Also picked up all-district honors... Hauled in 61 career receptions for 958 yards and 22 touchdowns, while he also had 24 carries for 194 yards and five scores... Defensively, totaled 109 career tackles, 9.0 sacks, 27.5 tackles for loss and four picks... Also lettered in baseball, golf, tennis, track and hockey.
PERSONAL: Ben Sinnott was born June 14, 2002, in Waterloo, Iowa... Son of Tom Sinnott and Tina Sinnott... Has one sibling, Anna... Cousin, Ashlee Sinnott, played volleyball at Northern Iowa, while another cousin, Zach Hammes, was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers... Majoring in marketing.
• 2023 Honorable Mention All-American (Phil Steele)
• 2022-23 All-Big 12 First Team (Coaches, Associated Press)
• 2023 John Mackey Award semifinalist
• 2024 Reese’s Senior Bowl Invitee
• 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl Invitee
• 2023 Academic All-American (College Sports Communicators)
• 2022-23 Academic All-District (College Sports Communicators)
• 2021-23 First Team Academic All-Big 12
CAREER: Played in 38 games with 28 starts over three seasons prior to becoming an early entrant into the NFL Draft... Finished his career by tying for the most receiving touchdowns by K-State tight end (10), ranking third among the position in receptions (82) and fourth in receiving yards (1,138)... Was just the fourth tight end ever to eclipse the 1,000-yard receiving mark.
2023: Started 12 games, coming away with 49 catches for 676 yards and six touchdowns on the year as he was an Honorable Mention All-American by Phil Steele and an All-Big 12 First Team pick by both the league’s coaches and the Associated Press.. Also named a semifinalist for the John Mackey Award... Finished the season ranking fourth nationally among tight ends in yards, tying for fifth in catches and tying for sixth in touchdowns... Had the most receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns in a single season by a K-State tight end in school history... Also tied for fifth among all juniors in school history for single-season catches... Posted 10 receptions for 136 yards and a touchdown against Iowa State in the final game of his collegiate career... His 10 receptions against the Cyclones were the most by a tight end in a single game in school history, while it tied for the fourth most by a junior regardless of position... It was also the fifth-most receiving yards by a K-State tight end in a game... It was his second 100-yard receiving game of the year, tied for the second most by a tight end in school history... The other was a 100-yard effort in the season opener against SEMO, teaming with wide receiver RJ Garcia II (119 yards) for the 16th double 100-yard receiving game in school history... Tied his career high with two touchdown receptions at Missouri... Had six receptions for 72 yards at Texas Tech, while he had five receptions for 78 yards at Missouri... Also hauled in five passes against UCF and Texas, while he eclipsed the 60-yard mark against UCF (64), Texas (69) and Baylor (68)... Played all over the field during the 2023 season, lining up for 493 snaps as an inline tight end, 171 snaps in the slot, 91 snaps in the backfield and 27 snaps as a wide receiver... Earned Academic All-America accolades from College Sports Communicators and First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
2022: Started all 14 games, hauling in 31 passes for 447 yards and four touchdowns as he earned All-Big 12 First Team accolades from the league’s coaches... He led all Big 12 tight ends and ranked fourth nationally with a 14.4-yard receiving average, while he ranked sixth in school history in receiving yards by a tight end and tied for eighth in receptions... It was the most catches and receiving yards by a K-State tight end since Jaren Mastrud in 2008 (38 catches for 435 yards)... Set career highs in catches (7), yards (89) and touchdowns (2) at Baylor... It was the first time a K-State tight had multiple touchdown catches in a game since Jarrett Grosdidier vs. Indiana State in 1996... His seven receptions were the most by a Wildcat tight end since Rashaad Norwood also had seven at Baylor in 2006... Also topped the 80-yard mark and had another touchdown the next week at West Virginia... His fourth touchdown of the season was the Wildcats’ first score in the Big 12 Championship against TCU, a six-yard reception on a 4th down play... Had at least one catch in 13 of K-State’s 14 games... Broke out with a four-catch, 80-yard performance in the Big 12 opener at Oklahoma... Tallied two other 40-yard games, going for 44 yards against Texas and 48 yards in the Sugar Bowl against Alabama... An Academic All-District recipient from College Sports Communicators and First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer.
2021: Played in each of the final 12 games – including starts against Oklahoma and LSU – after missing the season opener due to an injury sustained in fall camp... Totaled three rushes for 12 yards and two catches for 15 yards on the year... His long catch of the year went for 11 yards against Nevada, while he had a nine-yard rush against Oklahoma... Scored his first-career touchdown on a one-yard run at Kansas... Also assisted in run blocking, helping K-State tie for second in the Big 12 with 29 rushing touchdowns, while the Wildcats’ 4.83 yards per rush ranked sixth in school history... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 accolades.
2020: Did not see any game action.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three years at Columbus Catholic – the same high school that produced K-State head coach Chris Klieman – under head coach Brad Schmit... Named to the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association all-state team as a tight end, wide receiver and defensive end... Earned the Black Hawk County All-Metro Football Award on offense in 2019 and defense in 2019... Also picked up all-district honors... Hauled in 61 career receptions for 958 yards and 22 touchdowns, while he also had 24 carries for 194 yards and five scores... Defensively, totaled 109 career tackles, 9.0 sacks, 27.5 tackles for loss and four picks... Also lettered in baseball, golf, tennis, track and hockey.
PERSONAL: Ben Sinnott was born June 14, 2002, in Waterloo, Iowa... Son of Tom Sinnott and Tina Sinnott... Has one sibling, Anna... Cousin, Ashlee Sinnott, played volleyball at Northern Iowa, while another cousin, Zach Hammes, was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers... Majoring in marketing.
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