2011 Football Roster
Roster
Ben Popeck
- Position:
- Defensive Lineman
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Weight:
- 260
- Hometown:
- Olive Branch, Miss.
- Previous School:
- St. George's
2010: Played in all ten games ... totaled 42 tackles, adding two sacks and three tackles for a loss ... also, had one interception and two fumble recoveries.
2009: Played in nine games … had a sack at Lafayette and a tackle for a loss vs. Penn … credited with a pass breakup vs. Yale.
At St. George's School: TSSAA DII A Defensive Mr. Football ... all-state ... team was state champ in 2007 ... Defensive MVP of 2007 state champion game ... 2006 team was state runner-up ... 70 tackles as a junior, and 59 tackles (including five sacks) as a junior ... Commercial Appeal Best of Preps ... played in AutoZone All-Star Game ... all-metro ... All-Shelby County DII ... Team Defensive MVP ... captain ... three-year letterwinner in football, lacrosse and basketball ... captain of lacrosse team twice and football once ... all-state in lacrosse as a junior ... basketball team was 2007-08 regional champion.
Personal: Political science major ... enjoys hunting, fishing and boating ... grandfather, Stan Popeck, played football for the University of Wyoming ... Benjamin Mark Popeck, b. 6/23/89 in Yuma, Ariz.
| Year | GP | Solo Tackles | Ast | Total | TFL-Yards | Sacks-Yards | Pass Breakups | Passes Defended | Fumbles Recovered-Yards | FF |
| 2009 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1-2 | 0.5-2 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 3-10 | 2.0-9 | 3 | 3 | 2-26 | 1 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Total | 29 | 28 | 48 | 76 | 8-23 | 2.5-11 | 4 | 4 | 2-26 | 1 |
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