Travis Freeman

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-0
Weight:
235
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cleveland, Ohio
High School:
Glenville

* 2012 Ball State Team Captain *

*2011 & 2012 All-Mid-American Conference Second Team *

* 2012 Ball State John Magnabosco Award (Defensive MVP) *

* 2009 Ball State John Hodge Award
(Most Valuable Freshman) Co-Recipient *

Career: The NCAA leader among current players in 2012 for total tackles in a career with 465 . . . averaged 9.5 tackles per game in his career.

2012 (Sr.): Started all 13 games, including the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg . . . started 46-of-49 games in his career . . . led the Cardinals in tackles in seven games -- vs. Eastern Michigan (9), at Clemson (14), at Indiana (10), at Kent State (12), vs. Northern Illinois (14), at Army (13) and in the bowl game vs. Central Florida (10) . . . tied for team-high honors with 11 tackles at Toledo and with 10 vs. Ohio . . . tied for second on the team with seven tackles at Central Michigan . . . third on the team with nine tackles vs. South Florida . . . ranked 22nd in the nation in tackles per game (9.92) . . . credited with one tackle for loss at Clemson and 1.5 vs. Central Florida . . . one pass breakup at Indiana and one at Kent State . . . forced his first career fumble at Army . . . led the Cardinals in tackles with 129.

2011 (Jr.): Started his 11th game of the year vs. Toledo . . . ranked ninth in the nation and second in the Mid-American Conference in tackles . . . led the Cardinals in tackles in five games . . . led Ball State with a career high 18 tackles at Northern Illinois . . . also led the Cardinals in tackles vs. Indiana (10), vs. Buffalo (12), at Eastern Michigan (15) and vs. Temple (16) . . . named the Mid-American Conference West Division Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in Ball State's 28-25 win vs. Buffalo . . . recorded his first sack of the season against Indiana . . . second on the team with 15 tackles vs. Toledo . . . fourth on the team with five tackles at South Florida . . . managed one tackle for loss of 22 yards at USF . . . ranked second on the team with nine tackles at Oklahoma and 12 tackles vs. Central Michigan . . . tallied his third career interception at Ohio and registered his fifth career sack at Western Michigan . . . tallied his second career fumble recovery vs. Central Michigan.

2010 (So.): Started all 12 games . . . earned second letter . . . led the Cardinals in tackles in four games -- Purdue (9), Iowa (16), Central Michigan (8) and Western Michigan (14) -- and tied for team-high honors at Toledo (10) . . . 16 tackles at Iowa was a season high . . . tallied his second career interception and his first of the season at Toledo . . . tied for second on the team with six tackles and one pass breakup vs. Southeast Missouri State . . . managed 2.5 tackles, one sack and one tackle for loss against Liberty . . . posted his first career fumble recovery with 34 seconds left in the first quarter vs Northern Illinois . . . led the Cardinals in tackles with 109 . . . ranked seventh in the Mid-American Conference and 39th in the nation in tackles.

2009 (Fr.): Started every game except the season opener as a true freshman . . . earned first letter . . . second on the team and 15th in the MAC in tackles . . . led the Cardinals with 10 tackles at Temple and with seven at Eastern Michigan . . . managed a season high 11 tackles at Army and at Auburn . . . tied for team-high honors with nine tackles vs. Ohio . . . tallied six or more tackles in 10 games, including the final seven of the season . . . credited with first career interception at Western Michigan, and posted a 12-yard return on the play.

High School: Earned four letters in football for Coach Ted Ginn . . . helped Glenville to an 11-1 overall record and a 7-0 Senate League mark as a senior . . . helped the team to a 41-4 mark and four straight Senate League titles in his career . . . helped team to a No. 1 ranking in the state as a senior . . . all-state as a senior . . . Senate League All-Star as a senior . . . Glenville team captain as a senior . . . managed 97 tackles, six sacks and two interceptions as a senior.

Personal: Son of Anthony and Gwendolyn Freeman . . . born Aug. 3, 1990, in Cleveland, Ohio . . . two brothers . . . full name is Travis Dantamion Freeman.

KICK RETURNS	g	no.	yards	long	avg/r	avg/g
2009	12	1	15	15	15.0	1.2
2010	12	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
2011	12	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
2012	13	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
TOTAL	49	1	15	15	15.0	0.3

INTERCEPTIONS	g	no.	yards	long	avg/r	avg/g
2009	12	1	12	12	12.0	1.0
2010	12	1	14	14	14.0	1.2
2011	12	1	34	34	34.0	2.8
2012	13	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
TOTAL	49	3	60	34	20.0	1.2

ALL PURPOSE	g	kr	ir	total	avg/g
2009	12	15	12	27	2.2
2010	12	0	14	14	1.2
2011	12	0	34	34	2.8
2012	13	0	0	0	0.0
TOTAL	49	15	60	75	1.5

TACKLES	g	ua	a	total	tfl	pd	ff	fr
2009	12	42	51	93	2.0	1	0	0
2010	12	40	69	109	6.0	2	0	1
2011	12	43	91	134	4.5	2	0	0
2012	13	50	79	129	2.5	2	1	0
TOTAL	49	175	290	465	15.0	7	1	1

SACKS	g	ua	a	total	yards
2009	12	0	0	0.0	0
2010	12	1	0	1.0	2
2011	12	1	3	2.5	16
2012	13	0	0	0.0	0
TOTAL	49	2	3	3.5	18

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
All-purpose yards: 34, at Ohio University, 10/15/11 ; at Ohio, 10/15/11
Kick returns: 1, Bowling Green, 10/17/09
Kick return yards: 15, Bowling Green, 10/17/09 (1 returns)
Long kick return: 15, Bowling Green, 10/17/09
Interceptions: 1, 4 times
Long interception return: 34, at Ohio University, 10/15/11 ; at Ohio, 10/15/11
Tackles: 18, at Northern Illinois, 11/15/11 (8-10)
Sacks: 2.0, CMU, 10/22/11 (0-2); Central Michigan, 10/22/11 (0-2)
Tackles for loss: 2.0, CMU, 10/22/11 (0-2); Central Michigan, 10/22/11 (0-2)
Fumbles forced: 1, at Army, 10/27/12
Fumbles recovered: 1, Northern Illinois, 11/20/10
Pass breakups: 1, 4 times