
Kansas State’s unsung fullback with old-school grit
In the 2012 season, Ben Kall was a classic depth-chart grinder for Kansas State: he played in two games and logged one rushing attempt for 3 yards, while his career profile shows he was valued more for toughness, size, and team-first reliability than box-score fireworks[1][2]. The differentiator here is his blue-collar, low-drama profile—an in-state walk-on type who earned time through consistency and physicality, not flash, which is exactly the kind of glue guy coaches love when they want a dependable, hard-nosed fullback who embraces dirty work[1][7].