'17 IN S Ben Stewart (Boston College Verbal)

[BobbyMac]

Safety
Indianapolis, IN
Cathedral HS

Measurements:

Height: 5-11
Weight: 200
GPA: 4.26


Rankings:

247 Comp..... NR

247.............. ..... #44 S ..... #587 OA ..... 85 rating
Rivals........... NR
Scout........... NR


Offers:

Ball St
BC
Bowling Green
Illinois St
Iowa
Western Michigan
Toledo


Interest:

Notre Dame
Ivy League
Cincinnati
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Purdue
Northwestern


Media Links:

Twitter - @ben_stewart7

Ben Stewart - Hudl

Ben Stewart | MaxPreps

Indianapolis Cathedral HS | MaxPreps


Highlights:

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[BobbyMac]

Get on the bandwagon now.

1st Team AP All State as a Sophomore along with Mykelti Williams

US Army All-Combine Team

113 Tackles... 103 Solo... 2 INT... 2 TD

Had 15 tackles against St. Xavier (OH)

This guy has to have a wrestling background... he shoots a double leg on every tackle. He is also put together for a sophomore. He's actually put together for a senior but he's freakish for a 10th grader.

I'm CB'ing now. Loy and Wiltfong can jump on the bandwagon when they do their homework!

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[Irish2155]

Same HS as John Turner.

 

[BobbyMac]

Same HS as Kenny Barlow and Scotty Hicks too. Cathedral and ND both descend from the Congregation or the Holy Cross so the Sisters down there should be guiding the young souls to South Bend!

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[BobbyMac]

Damn that Wiltfong... he's already on it. (he lives in Indy)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/IndianaPreps">@IndianaPreps</a> Ben Stewart is an absolute stud. One of the best players in the state regardless of grade, position.</p>— Steve Wiltfong (@SWiltfong247) <a href="https://twitter.com/SWiltfong247/status/580914720711974913">March 26, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[ab2cmiller]

Man, watching that highlight tape, he reminded me a lot of Tranquill. The kid makes great reads and is aggressive in attacking the runner or the ball in the air.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

He looks like a high school Bob Sanders the way he diagnoses then explodes through the ball carrier. My only fear is that he looks like he's playing some really poor teams. I didn't see very many fast kids and he didn't look that much faster than any of them.

The only scary thing is he looks like the guy that goes to BC or Purdue and then racks up accolades because he continues to develop even though he looks maxed out.

 

[Irish2155]

He looks like a high school Bob Sanders the way he diagnoses then explodes through the ball carrier. My only fear is that he looks like he's playing some really poor teams. I didn't see very many fast kids and he didn't look that much faster than any of them.

The only scary thing is he looks like the guy that goes to BC or Purdue and then racks up accolades because he continues to develop even though he looks maxed out.

He isn't playing poor competition. Cathedral plays the best schedule for their class in IN year after year.

 

[Irish2155]

6A is the best class in IN and they play a lot of them. I'm kind of surprised not to see Warren (Sheldon Day) on next year's schedule. Travel to OH to play some of their best. Chatard (Martin brothers) is by far the best program in 4A. I don't know anything about the team out of Tennessee. Brebeuf isn't that great.

Aug. 21 at Lawrence Central {6A} 7:00 pm
Aug. 28 Cincinnati Moeller (Ohio) 8:00 pm Nippert Stadium
Sep. 4 Mishawaka {5A} 7:00 pm
Sep. 11 Indianapolis Chatard {4A} 7:00 pm Lawrence North
Sep. 18 at Cincinnati St. Xavier (Ohio) 7:30 pm
Sep. 25 Rhea County (Tenn.) 7:00 pm
Oct. 2 at Fishers {6A} 7:00 pm
Oct. 9 Brebeuf Jesuit {3A} 7:00 pm
Oct. 16 at Center Grove {6A} 7:00 pm

 

[GoldenDomer]

We HAVE to get this kid. Do not let him leave the state

 

[ab2cmiller]

Indiana Preps Scouting Report

https://indianapreps.wordpress.com/2015/02/06/2017-ben-stewart-db-cathedral-high-school/

 

[ab2cmiller]

Get on the bandwagon now.

1st Team AP All State as a Sophomore along with Mykelti Williams

US Army All-Combine Team

113 Tackles... 103 Solo... 2 INT... 2 TD

Had 15 tackles against St. Xavier (OH)

This guy has to have a wrestling background... he shoots a double leg on every tackle. He is also put together for a sophomore. He's actually put together for a senior but he's freakish for a 10th grader.

I'm CB'ing now. Loy and Wiltfong can jump on the bandwagon when they do their homework!

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Confirmed that he does indeed wrestle. Competes at 182. Went 16-4 this year and lost to the eventual winner of Semi-State 3-1. It looks like he gave the winner his toughest test of the Semi-State.

 

[BobbyMac]

He looks like a high school Bob Sanders the way he diagnoses then explodes through the ball carrier. My only fear is that he looks like he's playing some really poor teams. I didn't see very many fast kids and he didn't look that much faster than any of them.

The only scary thing is he looks like the guy that goes to BC or Purdue and then racks up accolades because he continues to develop even though he looks maxed out.

Last year as the eventual 5A state champ they played:

Ben Davis - 6A Champ - #1 Indiana (Asmar Bilal)

Warren Central - #3 in Indiana (Mykelti Williams) ...Sheldon Day '12

Bishop Chatard - #21 in Indiana ...Martin Brothers

St. Xavier (OH) - #6 in Ohio (Justin Hilliard)

Trinity (KY) - #1 Kentucky

Bishop Dwenger - #72 in Indiana

Hamilton SE - #25 in Indiana

Center Grove - #4 in Indiana

Bloomington South - #9 in Indiana

LaPorte - #26 in Indiana - 5A Championship game... 56-7

He isn't playing poor competition. Cathedral plays the best schedule for their class in IN year after year.

They have to move up to 6A for the playoffs next year. It will be interesting to see how they do. They didn't do well against Ben Davis and Warren Central last year but they were both loaded. Cathedral is a young team.

6A is the best class in IN and they play a lot of them. I'm kind of surprised not to see Warren (Sheldon Day) on next year's schedule. Travel to OH to play some of their best. Chatard (Martin brothers) is by far the best program in 4A. I don't know anything about the team out of Tennessee. Brebeuf isn't that great.

Aug. 21 at Lawrence Central {6A} 7:00 pm
Aug. 28 Cincinnati Moeller (Ohio) 8:00 pm Nippert Stadium
Sep. 4 Mishawaka {5A} 7:00 pm
Sep. 11 Indianapolis Chatard {4A} 7:00 pm Lawrence North
Sep. 18 at Cincinnati St. Xavier (Ohio) 7:30 pm
Sep. 25 Rhea County (Tenn.) 7:00 pm
Oct. 2 at Fishers {6A} 7:00 pm
Oct. 9 Brebeuf Jesuit {3A} 7:00 pm
Oct. 16 at Center Grove {6A} 7:00 pm

Rhea Co was the #2 team in 5A (out of 6A and ranked #16 overall at 12-1)

Mishawaka was undefeated and finally got past Penn last year but lost to Valpo in the playoffs before going downstate.

Bishop Chatard is getting moved down to 3A which sucks if you are a 3A program though Tri-West Hendricks was rocking last year as was New Paestine in 4A.

Cathedral has it's work cut out it next year.

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[BobbyMac]

Confirmed that he does indeed wrestle. Competes at 182. Went 16-4 this year and lost to the eventual winner of Semi-State 3-1. It looks like he gave the winner his toughest test of the Semi-State.

Competes at 182... that's good. It's likely he's a legit 190 walk around.

He is probably on target to be an OLB in 4 years. 182 wrestling weight as a 10th grader sounds like a college LB to me. That's ok as long as he blows up plays like he does on that tape. Reminded me of Michael Stonebreaker. (goosebumps)

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[GoldenDomer]

Give me all the wrestlers. We need some toughness.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

He isn't playing poor competition. Cathedral plays the best schedule for their class in IN year after year.

Doesn't it seem like there is a noticeable difference in team speed between his highlights and some of the others we often see? Take any of the top 20 safeties and watch their highlights, they all invariably have the speed to pull away from the competition, he doesn't appear to do that. It just looks like a bunch of really slow players on the field, maybe the highlight tape is deceiving.

Last year as the eventual 5A state champ they played:

Ben Davis - 6A Champ - #1 Indiana (Asmar Bilal)

Warren Central - #3 in Indiana (Mykelti Williams) ...Sheldon Day '12

Bishop Chatard - #21 in Indiana ...Martin Brothers

St. Xavier (OH) - #6 in Ohio (Justin Hilliard)

Trinity (KY) - #1 Kentucky

Bishop Dwenger - #72 in Indiana

Hamilton SE - #25 in Indiana

Center Grove - #4 in Indiana

Bloomington South - #9 in Indiana

LaPorte - #26 in Indiana - 5A Championship game... 56-7




They have to move up to 6A for the playoffs next year. It will be interesting to see how they do. They didn't do well against Ben Davis and Warren Central last year but they were both loaded. Cathedral is a young team.



Rhea Co was the #2 team in 5A (out of 6A and ranked #16 overall at 12-1)

Mishawaka was undefeated and finally got past Penn last year but lost to Valpo in the playoffs before going downstate.

Bishop Chatard is getting moved down to 3A which sucks if you are a 3A program though Tri-West Hendricks was rocking last year as was New Paestine in 4A.

Cathedral has it's work cut out it next year.

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Rather than care about how his team fared, I'd like to know how he performed against the better schools on their schedule? Did he hit his averages for the season, did he rise to the occasion and play better or was he limited?

 

[Irish2155]

Well they won 56 -7 in last year's state title game. But overall was 9-5 playing that super tough schedule. If they move from 5 to 6A next year they'll have a hard time I think.

6A is pretty much dominated by sides of town in Indy. Ben Davis west side, Carmel north side, Warren on the east side and Center Grove south. Every now and then Fishers or Hamilton Southeast will poke their head in. Then there are those northern folks who preach Penn...but they get their ass whooped every time they play someone in Hamilton county south.

 

[BobbyMac]

Doesn't it seem like there is a noticeable difference in team speed between his highlights and some of the others we often see? Take any of the top 20 safeties and watch their highlights, they all invariably have the speed to pull away from the competition, he doesn't appear to do that. It just looks like a bunch of really slow players on the field, maybe the highlight tape is deceiving.


Rather than care about how his team fared, I'd like to know how he performed against the better schools on their schedule? Did he hit his averages for the season, did he rise to the occasion and play better or was he limited?

11 tackles against Ben Davis. 1st game of the season. Ben Davis was the 6A (top class) champion in Indiana, ranked in Top 20 nationally by USA Today and MaxPreps.

15 tackles against Cincinnati St. Xavier. St. X was the #6 team in the final poll in Div I... (top class)


I agree that his top end speed did not look impressive on that tape. What did look impressive were the angles / routes he took at full speed to intercept the runner and the utter lack of hesitation in his read/react. His spatial cognition is off the charts. He'd make a hell of a fighter pilot.

I think this calls for 3 minutes and 22 seconds of the greatest highlights in Notre Dame history. Pay close attention at 2:15 to see what the gift of spatial cognition and wrapping up the carriers legs can do for a slow defender. My favorite play in Irish history.

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[Booslum31]

11 tackles against Ben Davis. 1st game of the season. Ben Davis was the 6A (top class) champion in Indiana, ranked in Top 20 nationally by USA Today and MaxPreps.

15 tackles against Cincinnati St. Xavier. St. X was the #6 team in the final poll in Div I... (top class)


I agree that his top end speed did not look impressive on that tape. What did look impressive were the angles / routes he took at full speed to intercept the runner and the utter lack of hesitation in his read/react. His spatial cognition is off the charts. He'd make a hell of a fighter pilot.

I think this calls for 3 minutes and 22 seconds of the greatest highlights in Notre Dame history. Pay close attention at 2:15 to see what the gift of spatial cognition and wrapping up the carriers legs can do for a slow defender. My favorite play in Irish history.

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Great video clip...thanks NDCrusader!

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

I'll say this, if someone could "only" guarantee me that Ben would be like Mike Anello, I'd take it in a heartbeat. We need a special teams gunner.

 

[irishff1014]

#4 player in the state and ranked #35 safety in the country.

Also visiting Next Weekend

 

[goldandblue]

6A is the best class in IN and they play a lot of them. I'm kind of surprised not to see Warren (Sheldon Day) on next year's schedule. Travel to OH to play some of their best. Chatard (Martin brothers) is by far the best program in 4A. I don't know anything about the team out of Tennessee. Brebeuf isn't that great.

Aug. 21 at Lawrence Central {6A} 7:00 pm
Aug. 28 Cincinnati Moeller (Ohio) 8:00 pm Nippert Stadium
Sep. 4 Mishawaka {5A} 7:00 pm
Sep. 11 Indianapolis Chatard {4A} 7:00 pm Lawrence North
Sep. 18 at Cincinnati St. Xavier (Ohio) 7:30 pm
Sep. 25 Rhea County (Tenn.) 7:00 pm
Oct. 2 at Fishers {6A} 7:00 pm
Oct. 9 Brebeuf Jesuit {3A} 7:00 pm
Oct. 16 at Center Grove {6A} 7:00 pm

Solid football team but they should handle them easily. Probably not a division 1 player on the team at any level of Division 1. They are coached by Mark Pemberton who won a TN State Championship as Harrison Smiths head coach at Knoxville Catholic.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

This kid is worth the scholarship; what exactly is his level of interest?

 

[Irish2155]

Cathedral now up in 6A is ranked number two in the state in this week's poll. I'm a little surprised being their first year in 6A...good for them.

 

[bkess8]

Tom Zbikowski 2.0? Has the toughness and loved in his junior highlights how he would blow up the lead blockers!

 

[Irish#1]

Date Opponent Result
8/14
7:00p
@ Franklin County (Brookville, IN)
Location: Franklin County High School
Win

8/21
7:00p
@ Lawrence Central (Indianapolis, IN)
Game Details: Lawrence Central High School
Box Score
32 - 14 Win

8/28
8:00p
Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, OH)
Game Details: TBA
Box Score
21 - 19 Loss

9/4
7:00p
Mishawaka (Mishawaka, IN)
Location: Cathedral High School
Box Score
52 - 25 Win

9/11
7:00p
Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (Indianapolis, IN)
Location: Cathedral High School
Box Score Rivalry Game
42 - 14 Win

9/18
7:30p
@ St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH)
Location: St. Xavier High School

 

[Redbar]

Kid moves around the field like a predator. Really reads the play well from the back end and makes the right fit. I like his game.

 

[aubeirish]

Punt return @1.35 = Tommy fucking Z! Sign this kid up. He's a baller.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

MSU offer...that's all I need to know


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[BobbyMac]

Been a while since I checked in on Stewart. He's added a handful of MAC offers and still has the B1G teams interested. Elston was down to see him, Ekiyor, Werner and Steppe last week.

Stewart currently is the #2 wrestler at 195.

He mentions going out to see the Ivy's this summer. He has a 4.26 GPA. That would make a sweet PWO if nothing else.

Here's a freebie from Scout:

Well-Rounded 2017 S Ben Stewart Has Two Offers - Football Recruiting - Scout

Here's his Junior highlight.

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