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Lewis & Clark College

2024 Football Roster

Steve Gibbons
Claudia Loeber

5 Ben Burnham

  • Position WR
  • Year Senior
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 185
  • Hometown Burbank, Calif.
  • High School Burbank
  • Major Political Science

Biography

2024 Awards  
 
National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame (NFF)'s Hampshire Society Inductee
 
College Sports Communicators: Academic All-District 
 
Northwest Conference Second Team: Wide Receiver 

2025 Northwest Conference Scholar-Athlete 
 
2024 Stats (Season High Plays In Parentheses)
 
Games: 10
 
Receptions/Yards/Average: 48 for 597 Yards, 12.4 Average, 2 Touchdowns (53 Yards vs Pacific 10/26) 

Punt Returns/Yards/Average: 5 for 61 Yards, 12.2 Average (23 Yards vs George Fox 10/5)

  • Closed out his career by serving as one of the team’s starting wide receivers in his final season 
  • Finished second on the team in receptions, receiving yards and average yards per game
  • Ended the season sixth in the NWC in receiving yards and fifth in total receptions
  • Finished his career 13th in program history in receiving yards (1,779), 16th in catches (122) and tied for 24th in touchdown catches (nine)
  • Posted 50 or more receiving yards six times and five plus catches on four occasions 
  • Racked up 11 catches for 122 yards and a touchdown against nationally-ranked Montana Western on September 21 
  • Closed out his career with seven catches for 119 yards in the season-finale against Willamette

2023 Awards 
 
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
 
Northwest Conference Honorable Mention: WR 
 
2023 Stats (Season High Plays In Parentheses)
 
Games: 10
 
Receptions/Yards: 46 for 723 Yards, 5 Touchdowns (59 Yards vs. Whitworth 10/28) 
 
Total Yards: 723 Yards (138 Total Yards at Willamette 11/11) 

  • Enjoyed a career season as he earned All-Conference honors for the first time in his career
  • Honored as one of two College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honorees – the first Pioneers football players to earn the honors since 2001 
  • Led Lewis & Clark with 723 receiving yards and finished fourth on the team in all-purpose yards and tied for fourth in touchdowns (five) 
  • Finished fifth in the Northwest Conference in receiving yards, sixth in receptions and tied for eighth in receiving touchdowns 
  • Posted 50 or more receiving yards in eight games (final five) and 96 or yards more four times 
  • Notched a career-high nine catches and finished with 96 yards on September 16 at Montana Western 
  • Registered a career-high two touchdowns and totaled five catches for 97 yards on Senior Night against Willamette
  • Recorded his first collegiate 100-yard receiving game on November 11 at Willamette when he finished with 138 yards on seven catches 
  • ­­Ended the season with 74 career catches for 1,182 yards and seven touchdowns in three seasons 

2022 Stats (Season High Plays In Parentheses)
 
Games: 9
 
Receptions/Yards: 16 for 292 Yards, 1 Touchdown (47 Yards vs Willamette 10/15) 
 
Punt Returns/Yards: 9 for 87 (38 Yards at Puget Sound 10/22)
 
Total Yards: 397 Yards (93 Total Yards vs. Willamette 10/15) 

  • Carved out a role as the Pioneers third starter
  • Posted a career-high 16 catches for 292 yards (third on the team)
  • Led the team with an average of 18.25 yards per catch
  • Finished the season first on the team with nine punt returns for 87 yards 
  • Recorded at least 39 receiving yards in four of the team’s final six contests
  • Posted a season-high five catches and finished with 39 receiving yards against Pacific Lutheran University
  • Notched three catches for a season-high 85 yards and a touchdown against Willamette University on Homecoming.

As a Sophomore (2021-22): Played in all nine games … Finished the season with 167 yards on 12 completions and a touchdown … Had a career high six completions for 87 yards on Nov. 6 against George Fox … Had three completions for 55 yards and a touchdown on Oct. 30 at Pacific … Had two receptions for 16 yards in first career appearance in the season opener on Sep. 11 at Claremont M-S.

As a Freshman (2020-21): Season canceled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

At Lewis & Clark: Minoring in Rhetoric and Media Studies.

Prior to the Pios: Offensive Team MVP, All-CIF, All-League First Team, Scholar-Athlete Award, School Athlete of the Year.

Why Lewis & Clark?: The environment and people.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020First Year

    WR
    6'0" 180 lbs
  • 15

    2021-22Sophomore

    WR
    6'0" 180 lbs
    15
  • 5

    2022Junior

    WR
    6'0" 190 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023Senior

    WR
    6'0" 180 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2024Senior

    WR
    6'0" 185 lbs
    5