2026 Football Roster
Roster
Ben Sahakian
- Position:
- Defensive end
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Mount Prospect, Ill.
- High School:
- Prospect
- Prev School:
- Cornell
2022-25 (at Cornell)
Second Team All-Ivy League in 2025…Started all 10 games at linebacker ... Finished with 35 total tackles including 18 solo stops and 17 assists ... Recorded 7.0 tackles for loss totaling 17 yards and 2.5 sacks for 10 yards ... Forced four fumbles and added six quarterback hurries … One of the most productive pass rushers and playmakers on defense … Saw action in all 10 games in 2024 ... posted 10 tackles, including three solo stops and one sack.
High School
Named first-team all-state on the defensive line as a senior at Prospect HS ... earned all-state, all-area and all-conference honors in his final season ... named to the all-state academic team in 2021 ... was the conference's Defensive Player of the Year as a senior captain ... he was a two-time all-conference track and field athlete as a sprinter and jumper ... he earned all-section honors in his final season.
Personal
Benjamin Sarkis Sahakian is the son of Rafi and Diana Sahakian and has an older and younger brother ... his older brother, Micah, plays at Duke.
