Barry Sanders Football League
10-31-2145
#39|Ben Reece Safety
Florida Gators (1978, Age 33)
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Total Rating B   Help Conditioning 95%
Status Deceased (12-15-2023) Potential B+
Age at Death 78 Born 03-31-1945 in Bay Village, OH
Drafted Round 4, Pick 60 (1968) Experience 6 Years (118 Wks)
College University of Seattle, 1967 Salary 620 ($8441.596M/2145 $)
OFFENSE DEFENSE SPEC TEAMS
Throw Power C- Catching C- Pass Cover B  Kick Power D+
Throw Acc D+ Pass Blocking D+ Run Cover B- Kick Acc C+
Carrying C  Run Blocking D  Tackling B  Kick Return B-
        Pursuit A-    
PHYSICAL MENTAL DEXTERITY
Speed B  Stamina A- Execution C+ Agility B 
Strength C  Health C- Aggressiveness B+ Hands C+
Jumping C+     Attitude B+ Break Tackle D 
ROLES
QB D+ C D+ DT C+ SS B  K D- GUN C+
WR C- G D+ DE C+ FS B  P D- KR C 
HB/TB C- T D+ ILB C+ CB C+ LS D  KRB C-
FB D+ TE C- OLB C+ H D+ HT C  KOS D-
Year Type ICs Hlth Sta Att Exe ThrP ThrA Crry Ctch PBlk RBlk PCov RCov Tkl Purs KP KA KR Spd Str Jmp Agr Agl Hnd BrkT  Total 
1964 College 54 0/1 4/4   3/3             3/7 3/8 4/7 1/3       5/7 2/5 1/1   3/5 1/3   30/54
1965 College 73 2/2 5/7   0/2             6/8 3/7 6/9 2/7       2/8 5/11 0/2   0/6 1/4   32/73
1966 College 59 1/2 0/2 2/2 0/6       2/4     4/6   4/8 2/7       4/11 0/2 1/2   5/6 1/1   26/59
1967 College 47 0/2 0/1   1/6       1/3     1/2   2/4       2/5 6/10 2/2 3/4   0/5 0/1 2/2 20/47
1968 Position 25   1/1                   1/2 2/7       0/1   0/9     0/5     4/25
1968 Drills 23   6/10                     5/9         -2/0 1/4           10/23
1968 Declines 0                                           -1/0     -1/0
1969 Position 14   1/2   0/1             1/1   1/3 1/3       0/2 0/2           4/14
1969 Drills 23   1/1 0/4 0/1                 2/4         1/5   2/2   0/5 1/1   7/23
1969 Declines 0                                         -1/0       -1/0
1970 Position 11       0/2       0/1     0/2   0/2         0/3       0/1     0/11
1970 Drills 23 0/5 0/2 0/1 2/3                 0/1             0/6   0/3 1/2   3/23
1970 Declines 0                   -1/0                             -1/0
1971 Position 35   0/3   1/3       0/2     1/6 0/2 0/3 0/4       0/8       0/4     2/35
1971 Drills 22 0/1   0/3 1/4                 0/1         0/1 0/2     0/1 1/9   2/22
1972 Position 51   0/3   0/4       0/3     0/8 0/2 0/12 0/9       0/8       0/2     0/51
1972 Drills 19     0/5 4/6                                 -3/0   1/8   2/19
1972 Declines 0                       -1/0         -1/0               -2/0
1973 Position 60   0/2   1/12       0/2     0/5 0/1 0/8 0/15       0/8       0/7     1/60
1973 Drills 24     6/12 1/4                                 -1/0   1/8   7/24
1973 Declines 0 -2/0     -1/0                 -1/0                 -1/0     -5/0
1974 Position 59   0/5   2/6       0/2     0/10 0/3 0/12 0/8       0/9       0/4     2/59
1974 Drills 24     4/9 1/8                                 -1/0   0/7   4/24
1974 Declines 0 -4/0     -1/0     -1/0 -1/0 -1/0 -1/0 -1/0   -2/0 -2/0 -2/0   -3/0 -2/0 -1/0 -1/0       -1/0 -24/0
1975 Position 59   0/4   4/9       0/4     0/10 0/3 1/7 2/11       0/8       0/3     7/59
1975 Drills 24     4/11 1/6                                 -1/0   0/7   4/24
1975 Declines 0 -7/0 -3/0   -1/0       -3/0   -1/0 -2/0 -2/0 -1/0   -2/0 -1/0 -1/0 -2/0 -1/0 -2/0 -2/0 -2/0   -3/0 -36/0
1976 Position 59   0/2   0/6       0/4     1/18 1/2 0/8 0/9       0/4       0/6     2/59
1976 Drills 23     0/6 2/6                                 -2/0   2/11   2/23
1976 Declines 0 -6/0 -2/0   -1/0 -1/0 -2/0 -2/0 -2/0 -2/0 -1/0 -1/0 -2/0 -3/0 -1/0 -1/0 -4/0   -2/0 -2/0 -2/0 -3/0 -1/0 -2/0 -3/0 -46/0
1977 Position 13       0/2             0/5   0/3 0/1               0/2     0/13
1977 Drills 25     2/9 1/8                                     1/8   4/25
1977 Declines 0 -10/0 -4/0   -1/0 -1/0   -2/0 -2/0 -2/0 -2/0 -3/0 -3/0 -5/0 -4/0 -1/0 -1/0 -1/0 -3/0 -3/0 -2/0 -2/0 -4/0 -1/0 -4/0 -61/0
1978 Position 1                         0/1                       0/1
1978 Drills 2       0/2                                         0/2
Total -26/13 9/49 18/62 20/110 -2/0 -2/0 -5/0 -5/25 -5/0 -6/0 10/88 0/30 15/109 1/77 -6/0 -6/0 -4/6 7/92 3/37 0/17 -16/0 -1/65 8/70 -9/2 -2/852

Career Transactions
DateTransaction
02-28-1978Ben Reece has retired from the Los Angeles Lakers.
08-08-1977The Los Angeles Lakers have moved Jacque Price, Lane Lankford, Carl Soward, and Al Amey to the active roster. The Los Angeles Lakers have moved Cecil Brown, Reuben Meutch, Ted Ungerer, and Ben Reece to the inactive roster.
09-17-1972Ben Reece of the Los Angeles Lakers is injured with an ankle ligament sprain and is expected to be out for approximately 29 days.
04-30-1972The Los Angeles Samurai have reverted Ben Ritsu's name to Ben Reece.
04-30-1972The Los Angeles Samurai have changed Ben Reece's name to Ben Ritsu.
10-10-1971The Philadelphia Eagles have acquired Ben Reece from the waiver wire.
08-31-1970The Green Bay Avalanche have waived Ben Reece.
08-10-1970The Green Bay Avalanche have acquired Ben Reece from the waiver wire.
08-11-1969The Providence Pirates have waived Ben Reece.
08-04-1969The Providence Pirates have moved Ben Reece, Ray McKeller, Steve Burke, Dale Breitenstein, Rick Dorris, Jim Selfridge, Troy Dayhoff, Bird Coronado, Sig St.Jean, Dan Musso, and Terry Nova to the active roster. The Providence Pirates have moved Willie Marshall, Cortez Rhiniu, Hank Mitchell, Blue Winslet, Dat Ingram, Darnerian Groman, Paul Caldona, Matt Gillet, Ty Williams, Frans Koc, and Adrian Meeks to the inactive roster.