2012 - Earned First Team All-MVFC honors for the second consecutive year after spending all season on The Buck Buchanan Award Watch List ... Tallied 43 total tackles, including 18 solos and 25 assists and recorded 5.5 tackles for a loss of 22 yards and three quarterback sacks for 18 yards ... His 5.5 quarterback sacks ranked tied for 23rd in the MVFC and he had a season-best six total tackles at Indiana and again versus South Dakota State ... Posted 1.5 tackles for a loss of eight yards against South Dakota and had quarterback sacks against South Dakota State, Southern Illinois and South Dakota.
2011 - Named First Team All-America by the Associated Press ... Named a First Team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference selection ... Finished third in the MVFC's Defensive Player of the Year voting after leading the Sycamores with 7.5 sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss this season, tying for second and third in the MVFC, respectively, in those categories ... Turned in one of the best defensive performances in MVFC history against Western Illinois on Oct. 15, recording 22 tackles (seven solo, 15 assisted) with four tackles for loss and three sacks ... His 22 tackles against the Leathernecks are the most in conference history by a defensive lineman ... Impact player in goal line situations, rushing the ball five times for five touchdowns.
2010 – Earned First Team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference plaudits ... Started all 11 contests at defensive end … Finished the year with 70 total tackles,
including 41 solo stops … Had 16 tackles for loss and nine quarterback sacks ..
Tallied one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, five quarterback hurries and
one pass breakup … Recorded one safety … Rushed the football twice for two
yards and a pair of touchdowns … Had three games of over 10 tackles, including
a season-high 13 tackles against Missouri State … Also had five tackles for
loss and three quarterback sacks versus the Bears … Named the league’s
Defensive Player Of The Week following the Missouri State contest … His 6.36
tackles per game ranked in a tie for 22nd in the league .. His .68
sacks per game was second in the league and tied for 23rd nationally
… His 1.45 tackles for loss per game average was first in the MVFC and tied for
19th nationally.
2009 – Recorded 32 total tackles on the season, including 12 solo stops ... Made six tackles for loss, including a pair at Missouri State ... Tallied a season-high five tackles in three different contests, including Quincy, Youngstown State and at Missouri State ... Had quarterback sacks at South Dakota State and against Western Illinois ... Ended the season with three quarterback hurries, including Eastern Illinois, Youngstown State and at Illinois State ... Broke up a pass against Eastern Illinois ... Had multiple tackle in 10 of the Sycamores' 11 contests.
High School – Lettered for four years in football, two years in wrestling and one year in track ... An all-area selection in football for four consecutive seasons ... A two-time all-conference honoree and a one time all-state selection ... Coached by Kelly Brasheer.
Personal – Born Benjamin Olu Alan Obaseki on August 12, 1990 to Art and Linda Obaseki in Washington, Ind. ... Majoring in Pre-Medicine.
