Player Bio: Ben Bouffard - BUCKNELL OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

Ben Bouffard

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Newport, Vt.
	High School: North Country Union

	Height / Weight: 6-1 / 212
	Position: Quarterback

Entering fourth season as a backup quarterback ... smart player who got plenty of reps in spring practice and knows the offense very well ... a coaches' favorite ... a tireless worker who is a student of the game ... missed all of 2006 season with a collarbone injury suffered the previous spring ... one of the top students on the team ... 2007 (Junior): Lone varsity appearance came in win over Marist ... appeared in two junior varsity games, including a start against La Salle ... in that game completed 7 of 14 passes for 123 yards and two touchdowns ... 2006 (Sophomore): Missed the season because of injury ... 2005 (Freshman): Served as a backup quarterback in his rookie year ... played in one varsity game, against Marist ... started the team's lone JV game against Lackawanna College ... NORTH COUNTRY UNION HIGH SCHOOL: Played both football and basketball ... quarterbacked the football team and was named the Vermont Gatorade Player of the Year in 2004 ... Varsity Magazine Vermont Player of the Year ... first-team all-state QB ... two-year team captain under head coach Bob Davis ... PERSONAL: Born Dec. 9, 1986 in Newport, Vt. ... son of David and Beth Bouffard ... has an older sister, Melissa, and a younger brother, Tom ... Dean's List student in Bucknell's mechanical engineering program.