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Ben Yurosek Minnesota Vikings · #85

Tight End · 6' 4", 251 lbs · Bakersfield, CA · Age 24

Ben Yurosek is a Tight End for the Minnesota Vikings, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he caught 2 passes for 14 yards and 0 touchdowns.

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Minnesota Vikings · #85 · Tight End

Ben Yurosek

Season avg2 rec · 14 yds · 0 td

Career avg2 rec · 14 yds · 0 td

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

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Scouting report

Ben Yurosek — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Tight End · Rotation piece · Impact 50

Ben Yurosek is a Tight End for the Minnesota Vikings, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he caught 2 passes for 14 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Receiving

Big-play

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Scoring

Receiving yards

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Volume

Average · offense

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Scoring

Solid · offense

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Big-play

Solid · offense

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Target share

Average · offense

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Act II

Where Ben Yurosek stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬

29%

Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬

23%

Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬

22%

Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬

11%

Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #1331 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

50Impact index

4Star score

Career scoring average0.0 ppg

Seasons in the index0

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Ben Yurosek — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Receiving

14 YDS

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Volume

2 REC

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Big-play

7.0 Y/R

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Scoring

0 TD

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The engine

How the model sees Ben Yurosek

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026 modeled

rec

2–2

rec yds

13–15

0–0

targets

3–3

games

11–13

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.

What moves the rec line vs last season

Last season 2 → projected 2 rec

Baseline (recency-weighted)

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Age curve

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Net vs last season+0.0 rec

Everything it reads

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1 seasons of real box production

every game line, verified

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Recency × games weight

recent, healthy years anchor the baseline

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Year-over-year trend

his own trajectory, season to season

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Position aging curve

age 24 — applied to the projection

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Role & usage context

target / carry share and snaps fold in

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Availability signal

games last 3: 12

health

The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Ben Yurosek career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	G	Rec	Yds	TD	Tgt	Y/R
2025	12	2	14	0	3	7.0
Career	12	2	14	0	3

Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

Chris Manhertz 97%Stephen Carlson 94%Quintin Morris 92%Moliki Matavao 91%David Martin-Robinson 91%E.J. Jenkins 91%

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Context

Are the Minnesota Vikings built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

11–6proj record

90off index

76def index

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80%playoff odds

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Roster delta · what changed

Offense grades A (90), defense B- (76) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 84, pass rush 53, coverage 99.

How his role moves

Projected 11–6 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Ben Yurosek

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2002-03-17

The beginning

Ben Yurosek is a Tight End for the Minnesota Vikings, in his 2nd NFL season.

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Ben Yurosek is a Minnesota Vikings tight end, an undrafted find.

Chapter

Across 1 season (2025) he has caught 2 passes for 14 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 2 passes for 14 yards and 0 touchdowns in 2025.

Where things stand

Where Yurosek goes from here.

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Yurosek's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Ben Yurosek Georgia Tight End Highlights | All Targets & Catches | NFL Draft Film ▶ #NFL ドラフト2023 指名候補TE ベンジャミン・ユーロセック (スタンフォード) 2022年シーズンハイライト / Benjamin Yurosek Season Highlight

Off the field

Measurables

Active

Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 251 lbs
Born: Bakersfield, CA
Age: 24
Jersey: #85

Background

Ben Yurosek is from Bakersfield, CA and is 24 years old. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent and plays tight end at 6' 4", 251 lbs.

Over his 2025 season he has caught 2 passes for 14 yards and 0 touchdowns. Yurosek is currently on the Minnesota Vikings roster.

The person

Ben Yurosek is a blocking and depth tight end who has caught 2 passes for 14 yards and 0 touchdowns across his 2025 rookie season.

Receiving2 career receptions for 14 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Best season2 catches for 14 yards in 2025.

UndraftedEarned a roster spot after going undrafted.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Ben Yurosek — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Ben Yurosek, answered.

What position does Ben Yurosek play?

Ben Yurosek is a Tight End for the Minnesota Vikings.

When was Ben Yurosek drafted?

Ben Yurosek entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.

How many seasons has Ben Yurosek played?

1 (2025).

What are Ben Yurosek's career stats?

He has caught 2 passes for 14 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Ben Yurosek career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.

Ben Yurosek Minnesota Vikings · #85

Ben Yurosek — the report card

Where Ben Yurosek stands

Ben Yurosek — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Ben Yurosek

Ben Yurosek career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Minnesota Vikings built to win?

The Ballad of Ben Yurosek

The beginning

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Chapter

Chapter

Where things stand

Off the field

Ben Yurosek — frequently asked

Current role & opportunity

Weekly matchups

Injury history

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Ben Yurosek head-to-head

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