2025 Football Roster
Roster
Ben Barten
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- DL
- Hometown:
- Stratford, Wis.
- High School:
- Stratford
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 330
- Major:
- Elementary Education
Honors and Awards
2024: Academic All-Big Ten
2023: Academic All-Big Ten
2022: Academic All-Big Ten
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2024 Season: Started all 12 game on the interior defensive line for the Badgers … posted 22 tackles, including 11 solo stops … batted down 5 balls at the line of scrimmage … recovered two fumbles … posted a career-high four tackles and three pass deflections against Minnesota (Nov. 29) … made four stops at Iowa (Nov. 2) … tallied two tackles and a fumble recovery at Nebraska (Nov. 23) … notched two tackles and a pass deflection against South Dakota (Sept. 7) … swatted a pass and noticed a tackle at Rutgers (Oct. 12) … recovered a fumble at USC (Sept. 28)
2023 Season: Played in all 13 games on the defensive line ... earned second letter … totaled 13 tackles … posted his first-career sack at Minnesota (Nov. 25) … tallied a career-high three tackles versus LSU (Jan. 1)
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2022 Season: Played in seven games as a defensive line reserve … made four tackles … recorded his first tackle in his Badger debut vs. New Mexico State (9/17) … recorded tackles at Northwestern, vs. Purdue and at Iowa
2021 Season: Did not appear in any games
2020 Season: Redshirt season
High School: Three-star recruit by 247 Sports, ESPN and Rivals … 2019 all-state selection by Wisconsin Football Coaches Association on offense and defense …Tim Krumrie Award winner as state's top senior defensive lineman … 2019 Wisconsin Small School Defensive Player of the Year (WFCA) two-time Marawood Conference Lineman of the Year… played on the offensive and defensive line at Stratford High School, leading them to state championship appearances in 2018 and 2019 … recorded 208 career tackles, 10 sacks, 43 tackles-for-loss and six forced fumbles during his prep career …. led Statford to 12 shutout wins his senior year and had 60 tackles and three sacks … posted 88 tackles and six sacks his junior year … during his sophomore year, collected 60 tackles and forced two fumbles … Team captain his senior year … also was a standout basketball player for the Tigers, earning Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Division 4 All-State Team honors and was named the Marawood Conference’s Player of the Year his senior year … was a member of the honor roll … coach was Jason Tubbs
Personal: Parents are Todd and Denise Barten ... has one brother, Lucas
