Ben Skowronek – Los Angeles Rams (249th Pick, Round 7)
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QUICK HITS
- Team gameball recipient – at Pitt (10/24/20)
- His three receiving TDs at Boston College tied for the single-game most in the ACC in 2020
- Owned 2020 ACC single-game high for yards per catch, with 53.5 YPC at Pitt (2, 107)
- Served as a team captain in his senior season at Northwestern
GRADUATE SEASON (2020)
- Marked his first game and start for the Irish in the season-opening win vs. Duke (9/12).
- Did not participate vs. South Florida (9/19).
- Did not participate vs. Florida State (10/10).
- Started, catching two passes for 28 yards in the 12-7 win vs. Louisville (10/17)… Both receptions came on third down, and his second catch kept the game-ending drive alive.
- Tallied two receptions for 107 yards and two TDs (73-yard long) with a 53.5-yard avg in the 45-3 win at Pitt (10/24). Skowronek’s two receiving TDs tied for the lead in the ACC that week, and his 107 yards were the third-most among all ACC players on the week. His 53.5 yards per catch vs. Pittsburgh is the best mark of the season in the ACC thus far. Skowronek’s 73-yard touchdown reception was the third-longest among all FBS players that week, and the second-longest in the ACC. His 34-yard touchdown later in the game also ranked as the seventh-longest touchdown reception in the ACC that week.
- Started and caught one pass for eight yards in the 31-13 win at Georgia Tech (10/31).
- Started and recorded four receptions for 33 yards in the 47-40 2OT win over then-No. 1 Clemson (11/7).
- Started and totaled five receptions for 63 yards and three touchdowns in the 45-31 win at Boston College (11/14); his 18 points led all ACC players in scoring that week, and was the only ACC player to record three touchdowns of any kind that weekend. His three receiving touchdowns tie for the ACC’s single-game high, and just two other ACC players have caught three touchdown passes in a single game this season. His three receiving touchdowns tied for the national lead among all FBS players that week; marked the first time an Irish player has hauled in three touchdown passes in a single half since Chase Claypool vs. Navy in 2019.
- Started and caught three passes for 34 yards, and recorded his first-career rush for a touchdown (13 yards), in the 31-17 win at No. 19 North Carolina (11/27).
- Started and tallied four receptions for 71 yards, as well as a tackle, in the 41-25 regular season finale win over Syracuse (12/5).
- Started and totaled four receptions for a team-high 54 yards in the ACC Championship game (12/19).
- Started and caught four passes for 41 yards, rushing once for four yards, in the CFP Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game (1/1/21).
