#81 Ben Cotton
Sr • TE • 6-6 • 255 lbs
| Hometown: | AMES, IA |
| Previous School: | AMES |
| Recruited By: | Barney Cotton |
| Recruiting Class: | 2008 |
Huskers Pick Up Tight End Recruit
Nebraska picked up the seventh verbal committment of their 2013 recruiting class on Wednesday, when Dayton Ohio tight end prospect Greg Hart pledged to the Huskers. Hart will help NU fill a position of need in this class. It also serves as further evidence that the Husker coaching staff is …
Handicapping the Spring Game
<font size="2">The Nebraska Athletic Department has released the rosters for the Spring game. <font size="2">Based on what we see, which team has the edge?</font></font>
Time for a Reed Revival?
<font size="2">In the offseason, it's easy for fans to look over the roster, envision the best case scenario for a player and get really excited about what that player might produce on the field. Such was the buzz around Kyler Reed a year ago. It made sense given that Reed …
Spring Breakdown: Receivers and Tight Ends
Nebraska fans have earned the right to be skeptical when they hear that the Huskers have a “great receiving corps” returning. In NU’s run-heavy history, special pass catchers have been few and far between. You can name them on one hand. And the dropped balls from the 2011 season are …
Line Play Biggest Question Mark Offensively
<font size="2">Nebraska returns a lot at of experience at the skill positions offensively. There are returning starters in the offensive backfield with Taylor Martinez and Rex Burkhead. The top two receiving options at tight end are back in Kyler Reed and Ben Cotton. Young but veteran receivers return in Kenny …
Reading into the Roster
The latest additions to the 2012 Husker Recruiting class have their official bio's and are listed on the Huskers.com football roster. Signing day makes it official, but seeing the names of those players listed and ready contribute makes it real. Along with these additions, the graduated players have been removed …
The Recruiting Home Stretch
Recruiting is the life blood of most every college football program. For those who are in the running for conference titles and mythical national titles, talent is table stakes. It doesn't guarantee wins, but you can't compete without it. For months, sometimes even years, coaches cultivate relationships with prospective players. …
Will the 2012 Class Live Up to 2007?
<font size="2">When it comes to recruiting, you're perpetually seeking to raise the bar on talent for your team. If the incoming class is inferior to the one you recruited 4-5 years ago, then presumably your overall talent declines. A decline in talent would presumably be evident on the field as …
Turning the page to 2012
In case you missed it yesterday the Capital One Bowl went something like this: "Damn." Nebraska, probably the fourth best team in the Big Ten, didn't get pounded by (probably) the fourth best team in the SEC. That was the good news. The bad news was that the Huskers decided …
Departure of Kerr Opens Up Scholarship
<font size="2">It's been reported that sophomore tight end J.T. Kerr is no longer on the roster for Nebraska. While that reduces NU's depth at the position, it also opens up an additional scholarship in time for signing day. With Sam Cotton already in the upcoming recruiting class, you might expect …
Tweaking the NCAA12 Huskers
With two days of good gameplay under our belts you by now no doubt know that Taylor Martinez' digital doppelganger can't throw the deep ball. Like at all. There was a crucial moment in my third or fourth game of NCAA Football 12 where digital Tim Beck (played by me) …
2012 Recruiting Picks Up Steam
With the Huskers expected to assemble a smallish recruiting class for 2012, the fact that they had only two recruits a week ago was hardly reason for concern. Still, it can be discouraging to see other programs so far along in recruiting while Nebraska still seemed barely out of the …
Quotes from Bo Pelini's press conference
Bo Pelini covered a lot of ground in his weekly press conference today. He answered questions about officiating, his actions on the sideline, Carl Pelini's incident after the game, his message to the players and if the Big 12 is out to get Nebraska. Read on for highlights. …
Kavario Middleton Plans to Transfer to Nebraska
Husker fans got an unexpected piece of positive news Monday night when former University of Washington tight end Kavario Middleton announced that he intended to transfer to Nebraska. In Middleton, NU will be getting an experienced player and a significant talent. There are certain question marks about his character, however. He …
Underclassmen Make Strides to Impact Team
So it's apparently never too early for 2011 draft talk, as SI's Andrew Perloff and ESPN's Todd McShay have decided. With McShay believing that Jared Crick will be leaving early as a Junior next year. Looking at Nebraska's roster, there are 25 seniors and 24 juniors on the roster this year, …
Players You Won't See Saturday
A team usually likes to make it through spring practice without having to worry about injury, but that's usually just a pipe dream. The roster for this weekend will probably be published today or tomorrow with a full list of who's wearing red and who's wearing white, but it probably won't …
Are the Stars Aligning for Reed?
Last spring, Nebraska fans caught their first glimpse of tight end Kyler Reed. Reed took a LaTravis Washington dumpoff pass 71 yards for a touchdown in the Red-White game. But by the fall he was stuck behind the logjam of tight ends that included Mike McNeill, Dreu Young, Ben Cotton, and …
McNeill Moves to Wide Receiver
About a week ago, we reviewed the updated Husker roster, looking for additions, departures and changes that could make a difference for NU in 2010. In terms of position changes, the search came up pretty hollow, coming up with only a move at backup center. Well, clearly we looked too soon. …
Special Teams Give NU Jump Start
Superior field position is never a bad thing. Against the Buffaloes, it seemed to be everything. The Huskers pinned Colorado deep for most of the first half. This helped set up a 59-yard punt return touchdown by Niles Paul and a 24-yard touchdown pass to tight end Ben Cotton. After Nebraska …
Will Recent Recruits Silence the Naysayers?
In recent weeks and months there's been a lot of chatter that Nebraska was "behind" in recruiting due to the relatively small number of commitments to NU and the many commitments to programs like Texas. The clamor rose to almost outright panic by some factions of Husker fans with the decommitments …
What Could Be Done with Five Tight Ends
If there’s a consensus as to which position on the team is the deepest, it’s probably tight end. Give credit to Ron Brown, arguably the most proven coach on the NU staff. Mike McNeil returns and is getting some buzz as a possible all-conference prospect. He’s sure to be a major …
Minor and Major
Most football-related news items in March are pretty mundane, as Husker fans are forced to wait patiently for Nebraska's second season - spring football. And, while it is not officially "Bad News Season" (a phrase Steve coined a few years ago to describe the summer months), there is also not a …
Roster Ramblings for 2009
This week, the University of Nebraska released its updated football roster for 2009. While the actual task of building and releasing the roster feels like administrivia...the content is actually the best gateway to start digging in to what the 2009 Huskers may look like. My initial review of the new roster …
Position Breakdowns: Tight Ends
Outlook: The Huskers have neither a lot of size nor a lot of experience at tight end going into the fall. This group lacks the stout blocking tight end of years past like Aaron Golliday or William Washington who seemed like extra linemen. Playing time may still be very much up …
The Class of 2008 Comes Together
The Huskers recruiting class of 2008 might be remembered as much for whom it didn't include as for who it did. Among the decommits were five-star quarterback Blaine Gabbert, four-star running back Jonas Gray, four-star offensive linemen Trevor Robinson, Bryce Givens, and Dan Hoch, four-star linebacker Shaun Mohler, and five-star defensive …
Another Busy Recruiting Week for Nebraska
The Huskers continue to host recruits including some midweek arrivals. California running back/athlete DeLeon Eskridge arrived yesterday and Texas defensive end Jacquies Smith is set to arrive today. Eskridge has given a “soft" verbal commitment to Minnesota and Smith also has offers from Colorado and Missouri.
Recruiting Update
Now that the Huskers have a head coach, it will become easier to understand which recruits still want to come to Lincoln and which will look elsewhere. Sure, there's a ton of re-recruiting to be done of the kids who had committed to Bill Callahan, but with a lot less uncertainty …
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- All-Big 12 Freshman Team (2009, ESPN.com, Sporting News)
- First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2009)
- Two-Time Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll (2008, 2009)
- Three-Time Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll (2009, 2010, 2011)
- Brook Berringer Citizenship Team (2010)
- Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award (2011)