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Stockton selected as Broyles Award nominee
November 15, 2022 | Football
Fourth-year coach at Ball State up for nation’s top assistant coach award
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Ball State assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach Tyler Stockton is among the nominees for this year's Broyles Award, presented annually to the nation's top assistant coach, for the third consecutive season.
Stockton is one of 58 coaches from across the country nominated for this year's Broyles Award, named for hall of fame Arkansas head coach Frank Broyles.
Stockton's defensive unit has helped set the tone for the Cardinals this season. The defense has allowed just 217 passing yards per game and opponents to having a passing efficiency of just 123.13, both rank second in the Mid-American Conference and are among the tops in the country. Since Oct. 8, the Cardinals have allowed just 21.0 points per game, which is the second-lowest in the MAC during that span. Only Miami (20.6) has produced a better mark in the conference. In the last five games, Ball State has recorded 34 tackles-for-loss, including 15 sacks.
Stockton has tutored four of top 20 tacklers in the Mid-American Conference in Clayton Coll (89), Cole Pearce (81), Jordan Riley (80) and Jaquan Amos (76). No other team has more than three members on the list. In fact, no other team in the FBS has at least three players with 80-plus tackles this season. Riley is the only player in the conference to have 70 tackles and seven passes defended this season. Pearce went from being a walk-on to a full-time starter at linebacker and touts 81 tackles, 13.5 tackles-for-loss, 4.5 sacks and three pass breakups.
Ball State sits at 5-5 overall and 3-3 in league play. The Cardinals are aiming to become bowl-eligible and make an appearance in a bowl game for the third consecutive season, something has never been done before in program history. Ball State has won 18 games since the beginning of 2020, which is the most in the Mid-American Conference.
In addition, Stockton was named to ESPN's 45 minority coaches under the age of 45 over the summer and was chosen to AFCA 35 under 35 list during 2021 campaign.
Stockton is one of 58 coaches from across the country nominated for this year's Broyles Award, named for hall of fame Arkansas head coach Frank Broyles.
Stockton's defensive unit has helped set the tone for the Cardinals this season. The defense has allowed just 217 passing yards per game and opponents to having a passing efficiency of just 123.13, both rank second in the Mid-American Conference and are among the tops in the country. Since Oct. 8, the Cardinals have allowed just 21.0 points per game, which is the second-lowest in the MAC during that span. Only Miami (20.6) has produced a better mark in the conference. In the last five games, Ball State has recorded 34 tackles-for-loss, including 15 sacks.
Stockton has tutored four of top 20 tacklers in the Mid-American Conference in Clayton Coll (89), Cole Pearce (81), Jordan Riley (80) and Jaquan Amos (76). No other team has more than three members on the list. In fact, no other team in the FBS has at least three players with 80-plus tackles this season. Riley is the only player in the conference to have 70 tackles and seven passes defended this season. Pearce went from being a walk-on to a full-time starter at linebacker and touts 81 tackles, 13.5 tackles-for-loss, 4.5 sacks and three pass breakups.
Ball State sits at 5-5 overall and 3-3 in league play. The Cardinals are aiming to become bowl-eligible and make an appearance in a bowl game for the third consecutive season, something has never been done before in program history. Ball State has won 18 games since the beginning of 2020, which is the most in the Mid-American Conference.
In addition, Stockton was named to ESPN's 45 minority coaches under the age of 45 over the summer and was chosen to AFCA 35 under 35 list during 2021 campaign.
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