Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Ben Bartch was born on July 22, 1998 in McMinnville, Oregon. He is an offensive tackle in the NFL.

Bartch grew up in McMinnville, Oregon and attended Blanchet Catholic School where he played tight end. He was not recruited out of high school.

Bartch began his collegiate career playing tight end. He played in one game as a freshman and was team's third tight end as a sophomore, catching four passes for 43 yards and one touchdown. His coaches liked his blocking ability and suggested he move to the offensive line going into his junior season. In order to gain weight, Bartch consumed a protein shake daily consisting of 7 scrambled eggs, tub of cottage cheese, quick grits, peanut butter, bananas and gatorade and went up from 250 pounds to 275 by summer training camp before eventually reaching 305 pounds. Bartch became the Johnnies starting left tackle and was named second team All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team at the end of the season. As a senior, Bartch was named first team All-MIAC and a consensus first team All-American by D3Football.com.

Bartch was selected in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars