Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger Sr. is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He played college football at Miami University and was drafted by the Steelers in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft. In 2006 he became the youngest Super Bowl-winning quarterback in NFL history, leading the Steelers to a 21–10 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL at the age of 23. He earned the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award in 2004 and his first Pro Bowl selection in 2007. He currently is ranked 7th all-time in NFL career passing yards, 12th in passer rating, and tied for 9th in yards per attempt.
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Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger Sr. is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He played college football at Miami University and was drafted by the Steelers in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft. In 2006 he became the youngest Super Bowl-winning quarterback in NFL history, leading the Steelers to a 21–10 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL at the age of 23. He earned the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award in 2004 and his first Pro Bowl selection in 2007. He currently is ranked 7th all-time in NFL career passing yards, 12th in passer rating, and tied for 9th in yards per attempt. He is one of six quarterbacks to have beaten at least 31 of the current NFL teams. He grew up idolizing John Elway and has often been compared to him, wearing number 7 in his honor. His number #7 jersey was retired by the Miami RedHawks during homecoming festivities on October 13, 2007, including the game against Bowling Green in which he was the only athlete in the game to play both quarterback and wide receiver. He also has a son, Ryan Hite, who played wide receiver for the Redhawks from 2000 to 2003. He was named the MAC East Special Teams Player of the Week for three punts that landed inside the 20 in the 27–13 victory over Toledo. He broke the MAC single-game record for passing yards in a 48–41 loss against Northern Illinois on October 12, 2002 when he threw for 525 yards and 4 touchdowns.
He established the Miami single-season record with 3,238 passing yards and 271 completions in 2002. After starting the season with a loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes, he led the MiamiRedHawks to an unbeaten record in 12 consecutive wins, ranking #10 in the Associated Press poll and a 49–28 ranking in the GM Bowl. He finished his first year with the Redhawk’s with a conference-leading 343 yards, 241 completions, and 25 touchdown completions. In the 2001 season, he made his collegiate debut against Michigan, completing 18 of 35 passes for 193 yards and two touchdowns in the 31–13 loss. He became the third athlete in Miami history to be named as the MAC Offensive Player of The Year for the 2003 season. He threw for 343 yards and three touchdowns in a disappointing 29–24 loss against Iowa, on September 7, 2002. In his final game against Akron, he broke the schoolsingle-game passing record with 399 yards, with 70 of those yards coming on a Hail Mary to Eddie Tillitz to win the game by a score of 30–27 as time expired. His final game with Miami was a 27–21 victory against North Carolina on September 28, 2003, when he had two touchdowns and 305 passing yards. He had a career best 59-yard punt in a 27-21 victory. He has a fourth-highest career winning percentage as a starter in the regular season among quarterbacks with a minimum of 100 starts.
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