Ben Sankey
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Position: | Chicago (IL) Whitney Young | ||||||||||
College: | Wake Forest | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2000 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||
CFL status: | Import | ||||||||||
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Player stats at CFL.ca (archive) |
Ben Sankey (born December 5, 1976) is a former
.Sankey also played for the
Early years
Sankey attended Chicago's
Sankey, a youth sports enthusiast, enjoys harassing 13 year old umpires in little league baseball.College career
Sankey also attended
Statistics
Sankey's career statistics are as follows:[3]
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
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Season | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||
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Comp | Att | Yards | Pct. | TD | Int | QB Rating | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |
1996 | 13 | 30 | 180 | 43.3 | 1 | 0 | 104.7 | 9 | -4 | -0.4 | 0 |
1997 | 54 | 93 | 606 | 58.1 | 1 | 5 | 105.6 | 46 | -34 | -0.7 | 2 |
1998 | 38 | 58 | 468 | 65.5 | 4 | 2 | 149.2 | 14 | 65 | 4.6 | 0 |
1999 | 133 | 224 | 1,496 | 59.4 | 9 | 9 | 120.7 | 150 | 405 | 2.7 | 5 |
NCAA career totals | 238 | 405 | 2,750 | 58.8 | 15 | 16 | 120.1 | 219 | 432 | 2.0 | 7 |
Professional career
Sankey went undrafted in the
In 2001, he was named the Stampeders' starting quarterback, however a sprained thumb caused him to miss several games. Marcus Crandell took over and led the Stampeders to their fifth Grey Cup championship. His play was promising enough for the Houston Texans of the National Football League to take interest in him: he was signed to a contract before the 2002 season.
He did not receive any playing time with the Texans, so he returned to the Stampeders later that season, playing in seven games.
He returned to the Texans in 2003, however he was relegated to the
He returned to the CFL with the
He began the 2008 CFL season with the Stampeders but was sidelined with an injury. Upon recovering from his injury Sankey appeared to be the fourth quarterback on the Stampeders' depth chart and was released in July 2008. This did not last as Dave Dickenson was injured for the remainder of the season and Sankey was brought back to the Stampeders.
On May 4, 2009, Sankey was released by the Stampeders.
From August 2015 through May 2016 he was at
References
- ^ Reid Hanley (September 2, 1994). "Even Without Sankey, Young Can Get Offensive". www.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ Bill Hass (October 18, 1999). "SANKEY PERSEVERES DESPITE BACKGROUND\ BEN SANKEY, RAISED IN INNER-CITY CHICAGO, HAS USED HIS BACKGROUND AS A CATALYST TO PROPEL HIM TO BETTER THINGS". www.greensboro.com. Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ "Ben Sankey". www.sports-reference.com. USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
- ^ "Stampeders release Sankey, three others". TSN. May 4, 2009. Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ Zilis, Anthony (August 23, 2016). "STM's new AD makes himself at home". news-gazette.com. Retrieved June 29, 2017.