2006: Redshirted.

High School: Earned four letters in football for Coach Reggie Glon . . . helped team to an 8-2 record as a senior . . . All-Northern Indiana Conference as a senior . . . Indiana Football Coaches Association All-State as a senior . . . all-area as a senior . . . IFCA Honorable Mention All-State as a junior . . . also earned four letters in basketball . . . led the area in rebounds and was named his team’s Most Valuable Player as a sophomore.

Personal: Son of Tim and Kim Basker . . . two brothers . . . managed a 3.02 grade-point average on Ball State’s 4.0 scale last spring . . . owns a 3.24 overall GPA . . . born Oct. 19, 1987, in South Bend, Ind. . . . full name is Jacob Eugene Basker.