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Redshirt Junior | 6-4 | 245 lbs. | Waterloo, Iowa
Place: Tight Finish/Fullback
Tight Finish/Fullback Earlier School: None
None Projection: Starter
Starter Standing: Most well-liked Stroll-On
Benjamin Thomas Sinnott (b. June 14, 2002) is a most well-liked walk-on breakout tight finish from Columbus Catholic Excessive College in Waterloo, Iowa, who’s majoring in advertising and marketing.
He redshirted and didn’t see any sport motion within the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
Sinnott performed in every of the ultimate 12 video games of 2021 — together with begins in opposition to Oklahoma and LSU — after lacking the season opener on account of an damage sustained in fall camp.
He totaled three rushes for 12 yards and two catches for 15 yards on the yr; his longest catch went for 11 yards in opposition to Nevada, whereas he had a 9-yard rush in opposition to Oklahoma.
Sinnott scored his first profession landing as a fullback on a 1-yard run at Kansas and in addition assisted in run blocking, serving to Ok-State to tie for second within the Large 12 with 29 dashing touchdowns, whereas the Wildcats’ 4.83 yards per rush ranked sixth at school historical past.
He earned first-team Tutorial All-Large 12 accolades following each 2021 and 2022 seasons.
Talking of the 2022 Large 12 Championship season, it was an absolute breakout for Sinnott.
He began all 14 video games final yr, hauling in 31 passes for 447 yards and 4 touchdowns as he earned All-Large 12 first-team accolades from the league’s coaches.
Sinnott led all Large 12 tight ends/fullbacks and ranked fourth nationally with a 14.4-yard receiving common, whereas he ranked sixth at school historical past in receiving yards by a good finish and tied for eighth in receptions.
This was probably the most catches and receiving yards by any Ok-State tight finish since Jeron Mastrud in 2008 (who has 38 catches for 435 yards).
Sinnott peaked when he set profession highs in catches (seven), yards (89) and touchdowns (two) at Baylor. It was the primary time a Ok-State tight finish had a number of landing catches in a single sport since Jarrett Grosdidier vs. Indiana State in 1996.
Sinnott’s seven receptions additionally had been probably the most by a Wildcat tight finish since Rashaad Norwood, who additionally had seven at Baylor in 2006. He additionally topped the 80-yard mark and had one other landing the following week at West Virginia.
Sinnott’s fourth and arguably most impactful landing of the season was the Wildcats’ first rating within the Large 12 Championship in opposition to TCU, a 6-yard reception on a 4th-down play.
He had a minimum of one catch in 13 of Ok-State’s 14 video games; beforehand broke out with a four-catch, 80-yard efficiency within the Large 12 opener at Oklahoma; and tallied two different 40-yard video games, going for 44 yards in opposition to Texas and 48 yards within the Sugar Bowl in opposition to Alabama.
Sinnott, who completed final season as an Tutorial All-District recipient from School Sports activities Communicators, lettered three years for Columbus Catholic Excessive below coach Brad Schmit.
He was named to the Iowa Print Sports activities Writers Affiliation all-state crew as a good finish, extensive receiver and defensive finish; earned the Black Hawk County All-Metro Soccer Award on offense in 2019 and protection in 2019; and in addition picked up all-district honors.
Sinnott hauled in 61 profession receptions for 958 yards and 22 touchdowns for the Sailors, whereas he additionally had 24 carries for 194 yards and 5 scores.
Defensively, he totaled 109 profession tackles, 9 sacks, 27.5 tackles for loss and 4 picks, and in addition lettered in baseball, golf, tennis, monitor and hockey. You’ll be able to be taught extra about his hockey background and his general competitiveness on this hilarious video.
Sinnott’s cousin, Ashlee Sinnott (the one he tackled?), performed volleyball at Northern Iowa, whereas one other cousin of his, Zach Hammes, was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Sinnott decommitted from South Dakota in late 2019 to simply accept a PWO provide from Ok-State. If he hasn’t already been upgraded to a full scholarship, nonetheless, he definitely needs to be now.
Right here’s what head coach Chris Klieman needed to say about Sinnott, who enters 2023 as a first-team choice on the Preseason All-Large 12 crew, at Large 12 Media Days in July:
