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Ben Jones Class: RS Senior Hometown: Zionsville, Ind. Last College: Butler University Height / Weight: 6-1 / 213 Position: Kicker

Career: Purdue career leader with .729 field goal percentage ... ranks third with 35 field goals and fifth with 190 points.

2004: Named to Lou Groza Award watch list (nation's outstanding kicker) ... appeared in all 12 games ... ranked third in Big Ten in PAT percentage at 98.0, tied for fifth in kick scoring with average of 6.6 points per game, eighth with 0.83 field goals per game and tied for eighth in overall scoring ... set school record with 49 extra points and tied mark with 50 extra point attempts (also Travis Dorsch, 1998) ... made 10 of 18 field goals (55.6 percent) ... 10 field goals rank tied for 14th on school season list ... handled kickoff duties during last seven games ... made six straight field goals after missing first one of season ... had 45-yarder at Illinois on Sept. 25 ... tied career high with 50-yarder (one shy of school record) at Penn State on Oct. 9 ... also had 46-yarder in that game to be named Big Ten Co-Special Teams Player of the Week ... 42-yard miss vs. Wisconsin on Oct. 16 was first between 40 and 49 yards of career after 11 straight makes ... had 23-yarder in swirling wind at Northwestern on Oct. 30 ... received team's Pop Doan Award -- Special Teams (top performance against Indiana) for second straight year after making career-high nine extra points against the Hoosiers on Nov. 20.

2003: Semifinalist for Lou Groza Award ... named honorable mention All-American by Collegefootballnews.com ... appeared in all 13 games ... set school season records with 25 field goals and .833 field goal percentage (25 of 30) ... 25 field goals tied Big Ten season record (also Remy Hamilton of Michigan in 1994, Dan Nystrom of Minnesota in 2000 and Mike Nugent of Ohio State in 2002) and rank tied for 11th in NCAA history ... was 10 of 11 from 40-plus yards with lone miss coming from 53 yards ... average of 1.92 field goals per game led Big Ten and ranked tied for fourth nationally ... tied for third in Big Ten and 21st nationally with average of 8.5 points per game ... topped conference in kick scoring ... total of 111 points ranks second on school season list behind Leroy Keyes (114 in 1967) ... handled kickoff duties during last 10 games ... made first eight field goal attempts and later had streak of 11 in a row ... kicked three field goals (27, 41 and 38 yards) at Wake Forest on Sept. 13 ... also made three (46, 31 and 35 yards) vs. Notre Dame on Sept. 27 ... named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week for his effort ... nailed 50-yarder vs. Illinois on Oct. 4 ... it was one yard shy of school record and tied for longest field goal by a Purdue kicker at Ross-Ade Stadium ... became fifth kicker in school history to have 4-for-4 performance at Wisconsin on Oct. 18 ... was good from 42, 20, 26 and 18 yards ... 18-yarder was game-winner with three seconds remaining ... it was just the third last-minute, game-winning field goal by a Purdue kicker in the last 39 years (also Bob Griese at Michigan on Oct. 16, 1965, and Travis Dorsch vs. Michigan on Oct. 7, 2000) ... made 44- and 42-yarders vs. Iowa on Nov. 8 ... was good from 45 and 47 yards at Ohio State on Nov. 15 ... received team's Pop Doan Award -- Special Teams after making 22-yard field goal against the Hoosiers on Nov. 22 ... made 27- and 44-yard kicks vs. Georgia in Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1 ... 44-yarder came with 49 seconds to go and sent game into overtime.

2002: Did not play after joining team as a walkon ... transferred from Butler University ... third transfer from Butler to join Boilermakers under head coach Joe Tiller, following wide receiver Seth Morales (2000-02) and defensive tackle Brandon Johnson (2001-02).

Butler: Made 4 of 9 field goal attempts (44 percent) as freshman ... was 0 for 1 from 30 to 39 yards and 4 of 8 from 40-plus yards ... made season-long kicks from 48 yards vs. Drake on Oct. 27, 2001, and at Southern Utah on Nov. 10, 2001.

High School: Played football as senior ... member of state championship runner-up team ... coach was Larry McWhorter ... also played baseball and soccer ... member of state championship soccer squad as junior.

Personal: Given name is Benjamin Chrispin Jones ... born July 7, 1982 ... health and fitness major ... enjoys playing golf, cards and soccer and bowling ... father, James, ran cross country and mother, Lisa, played tennis at DePauw University.