Ben Finley

Position:
QB
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
6-3
Weight:
210
Hometown:
Phoenix, Ariz.
High School:
Paradise Valley HS | NC State | California

2025: Named to the Phil Steele Preseason All-MAC Fourth Team... named to the Athlon Sports Preseason All-MAC Fourth Team...

2024: Named to the CSC Football Academic All-District team… named to the All-MAC Academic Team… appeared and started 12 games… threw for 2,604 yards on 212 completions… threw for 16 touchdowns… averaged 217 yards per game… threw for a touchdown in nine games… ran for 52 yards on 81 attempts… averaged 4.3 per game… had a long of 33 yards… set a career-high in passing yards with 395 at Western Michigan (10/12/24)… threw a career-high four touchdowns twice (vs Buffalo 11/02/24, vs Colgate 09/14/24)… set a career-high for longest pass on a 72-yard pass against Toledo (11/26/24)…

2023 (Cal): Played in six games with two starts and completed 54-of-94 passes (57.1%) for 572 yards with three touchdowns and four interceptions for a 110.6 efficiency rating

2020-22 (NC State): Played in eight games with two starts ...completed 83-of-152 passes for 912 yards with four touchdowns and five interceptions ... in 2022, played in three games including starts in each of the Wolfpack’s final two games and completed 65-of-123 passes for 741 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions

2020 (Paradise Valley HS): Participated in 39 of 40 possible career games and saw action in all four seasons, completing 620-of-1126 passes for 8,272 yards with 74 touchdowns and 46 interceptions for an 83.5 quarterback rating, while also adding 84 yards rushing and five touchdowns on the ground as well as two receptions for 84 yards and one score, and one two-point conversion rush ... served as the team’s placekicker for his final two prep seasons as a 2018 junior and 2019 senior and combined to connect on 12-of-18 field goals and 65-of-69 extra points, while contributing 13 punts for 408 yards (31.4 ypp) and twice trapping opponents’ inside their 20-yard line and 23 kickoffs for 622 yards (27.0 ypk) and nine touchbacks ... served as a team captain as a 2019 senior and completed 123-of-198 passes for 2,119 yards with 21 touchdowns and nine interceptions for a career-best 114.9 quarterback rating while being credited with a loss of 103 yards on 30 rushing attempts, as well as one reception for 60 yards and a touchdown in 10 games ... compiled career highs as a 2018 junior by completing 224-of-393 passes for 2,777 yards and 23 touchdowns with 15 interceptions for an 82.6 quarterback rating while rushing for 14 yards on 20 rushing attempts as well as one reception for 24 yards in 10 games, and one two-point conversion rush ... completed 159-of-320 passes for 1,896 yards with 16 touchdowns and 14 interceptions for a 66.6 quarterback rating while rushing for 153 yards and four touchdowns on 64 carries as a 2017 sophomore in 10 games ... completed 114-of-215 passes for 1,480 yards with 14 touchdowns and eight interceptions for an 81.2 quarterback rating while being credited for zero yards and one rushing touchdown on the ground on 35 carries as a 2016 freshman in nine games ... played tennis and junior varsity basketball

Personal: Son of Pat and Robin Finley, who were both collegiate student-athletes at St. Olaf College with Pat playing football and baseball, and Robin on the tennis team ... Brother, Ryan Finley, is a former NFL quarterback with Cincinnati (2019-20) and Houston (2021) who was taken by the Bengals in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft after being a three-year starter at North Carolina State (2016-18)