2022-23 Football
1-O Jeffrey Jackson QB
1-D Keyon Turner DB
2-O Chuck Maxwell WR
2-D Evan Annis LB
3 Jadarius Horton DB
4-O Matt Ross WR
4-D Hunter Nabers LB
5-O Barret Labus RB
5-D Max Franco DB
6-O Jordan Bingham WR
6-D Tyler Days DB
7-O Josh Becton WR
7-D Adam Mekky LB
8 Teryn Berry QB
9-O Cam Livingston WR
9-D Ben Hines LB
10-O Solomon Davis WR
10-D Ousmane Dabo DB
11-O Rowan Keefe QB
11-S Evan Matthes P
12 Michael Appel Jr. QB
13-O Braden Contreras WR
13-D Max Kobs LB
14-O Diego Del Castillo WR
14-D Anthony Hightower DB
15-S Patrick Oliva P/K
15-O Dom Grguric WR
16 Mason Kaplan QB
17-O Dawson Pierson TE
17-D Caleb Rao DB
18 Garner Jones DB
19-O Tytus Ragle WR
19-D Jon Henderson DB
20-O Owen Semp WR
20-D Austin Chilton DB
21-O Aaron Dawson RB
21-D Anthony Sciarroni DB
22 Jeffery Vercher RB
23 EJ Locke WR
24 Marvin Rushing DB
25 Jahni Clarke RB
26-O Matt Martin WR
26-D Colin Graves DB
27 Matthew Cotterman LB
28 Akim Abdur-Rahim DB
29 Kohlton Sherman DB
30-O Darius Lane RB
31-O Jaeden Acker WR
31-D Connor Dickson DB
32-O Cameron Rojik TE
32-D Andy Cole DB
33 Matt Molnar DL
34 Ryan Mann RB
35 Frank Bartell DB
36 Justin Jurmu LB
37 Alton McCullum DB
38 Aaron Larkins Jr. LB
39 Owen Cherry DB
40-O Luke Dawson TE
40-D Wade Abrams LB
41 Hayden Bedell LB
42 Alex Goworowski DL
44 Jake Birmingham LB
Keagan Henschel LB
45-O Devin Yeats TE
45-D Etwood Williams DB
46 Trent Miller DL
47 Silas Mathis DB
48 Jackson Dorr P
49 Brenden Freiermuth LB
50 Niko Paic DL
51 Matthew Francisco DL
52 Danny Files OL
53 Christian Hilton DL
54 Amar Elmore DL
55 Brett Gray OL
56 Fletcher Christian DL
57 Chase Folkestad DL
58 James Doerer LB
59 Dawson Rye DL
60 Tyler Eberhart OL
62 Carter Woody OL
63 Daniel Ojaide OL
64 Ryan Merklinger OL
65 Mason Smith OL
68 Aaron Byrd OL
69 Stone Dixon OL
70 Clayton Fliss OL
72 Drew Parrish OL
73 Bryce Koteles OL
75 Gabe Watkins-Daigle OL
78 Keith Szczepanski OL
79 Andrew Covert OL
81 Max Carter TE
82 Alex Conlin TE
83 Jalen Jones TE
84 Jacob Stewart WR
85 Gavin Hooper TE
86 Andre Tarver Jr. RB
87-S Brian Bartholomew K
87-O Evan Jernegan TE
88-O Brian Hunter III WR
88-D George Dristiliaris DL
89 Jake Vickers TE
90 Sam Hafner DL
91 Kevin Spelman DL
92 Jason Harden DL
93 Kurt Kessen DL
95 Jake Paulline DL
96 Logan Chastain DL
97 George Trojanek DL
98 Adrian Divcic DL
99-D Chase Randall DL
99-S Ryan Hawk K
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Ben Hines

#9-D Ben Hines

Pos. LB
Ht. 5-11
Wt. 240
Yr. R-Sr.
Hometown Snohomish, Wash.
High School (Prev. School) Archbishop Murphy (Washington)
Major Business
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2022 All-PFL First Team
2022 Phil Steele All-PFL Second Team
2022 Team Outstanding Hitter Award

2022: Played in all 12 games... Finished the season with 91 tackles (35 solos), eight TFL, 1.5 sacks, an interception and a pass breakup... Named to the All-PFL First Team, Phil Steele All-PFL Second Team and earned the team’s Outstanding Hitter Award... Led the team and ranked 10th in the PFL with 7.58 tackles per game... Had a season-high 15 tackles at Illinois State, the most by a Valpo player since 2019... Had six or more tackles in 10 different games including each of the first nine games of the season... Had three double-figure tackle outputs – Sept. 10 at Illinois State, Oct. 15 vs. Butler (10) and Nov. 5 vs. St. Thomas (11)... Notched a sack on Oct. 29 at Dayton... Had an interception on Nov. 5 vs. St. Thomas.

Washington (2018-2021): Did not see game action in any of his first three seasons... Competed in three games in 2021, making his debut in a win over Arkansas State before also seeing action against Colorado and WSU... Won the Brian Stapp Special Teams Scout Squad MVP at the 2021 postseason banquet... Named the Mark Drennan Defensive Scout Squad MVP in 2020... Named to the PAC-12 Honor Roll in each of his final three seasons at Washington.  

Prep: Four-year varsity letterwinner... Named an AP all-state linebacker in each of his final three seasons... First team all-area linebacker as a sophomore, junior and senior... First team all-conference as a sophomore, junior and senior... All-area defensive Player of the Year as a junior... Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior... All-conference running back as a junior and senior... All-conference punter as a senior... State champion as a junior... Had 25 tackles (19 solos), three tackles for loss, one sack, one force fumble and one fumble recovery for a touchdown all in a single game against Tumwater in 2017... Also competed in basketball as a sophomore, baseball as a junior and wrestling as a senior... Team captain on the gridiron during his senior season... Honor roll three years in high school.

Personal: Pursuing his MBA... Son of Fred and Dawn Hines... Has three brothers, Freddie, Jake and Walter, and two sisters, Jessy and Jill... Brother Jake played baseball at Ball State from 2012-2014... Hobbies include golf, hunting and snowboarding... Has been to 20 states.