# Ben Sirmans

Running Backs Coach, Green Bay Packers (GB).

## Quick Facts
- **Role:** Running Backs Coach
- **Team:** Green Bay Packers (GB)
- **NFL experience:** Not listed
- **Reports to:** Matt LaFleur (Head Coach)
- **Coaching tree:** see Coaching Trees

## Background
Joined the Packers on Feb. 17, 2016, as running backs coach. Enters his 14th season as an NFL coach after 16 seasons at the collegiate level. During his time in the league, has tutored four different running backs who have posted 1,000-yard rushing seasons under his tutelage (Steven Jackson, Todd Gurley, Aaron Jones, Josh Jacobs). In his first nine seasons as Green Bay's running backs coach (2016-24), helped the Packers rank No. 1 in the NFC and No. 4 in the NFL over that span in yards per carry (4.56). Helped guide Jacobs to Pro Bowl recognition in his first season with the Packers in 2024 as he posted a team-high 1,329 rushing yards and a career-best 15 TDs on 301 carries (4.4 avg.), the most rushing yards, rushing TDs and total TDs (16) by a Packer in his first season with the team. Tutored Jones (2017-23) as he became the first player in NFL history to post 5,000-plus rushing yards (5,940), 45-plus rushing TDs (45), an average of 5.0-plus yards per carry (5.04), 250-plus catches (272), 2,000-plus receiving yards (2,076) and 15-plus receiving TDs (18) in his first seven seasons. In 2021, mentored Jones (1,190) and RB AJ Dillon (1,116) as they became only the second RB duo in team history to both register 1,100-plus yards from scrimmage in the same season. In 2018, helped guide a run game that averaged 5.01 yards per carry (1,667 yards on 333 attempts) as the Packers posted the second-best average in team history and ranked No. 2 in the league in the category. Tutored Gurley in St. Louis, who was named Offensive Rookie of the Year by The Associated Press in 2015.

## Scheme & Fantasy Angle
Sirmans has coached four different 1,000-yard rushers (Steven Jackson, Todd Gurley, Aaron Jones, Josh Jacobs) and his Green Bay backfield has led the NFC in yards per carry, a strong fantasy signal for the Packers' lead running back.

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