Ryan Rimmler

Photo by: Jeff Sochko/Tim Cowie Photography

Photo by: Ball State University Creative Services

Position:
Kicker
Ht./Wt.:
5-10 / 230
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Heidelberg, Germany
Prev School:
Kaiserslautern HS
High School:
Kaiserslautern
Major:
Business Administration

Awards and Honors:
MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 7, 2019)

2019 (Sr.): Took over field goal kicking duties as a senior … also split time with Patrick LeCorre on kickoffs … led the team with 92 points … connected on a personal-best 44-yard field goal at Western Michigan on Nov. 5 … made all three field goal attempts at NC State on Sept. 21, including a pair of 43 yarders … successfully executed an onside kick in the fourth quarter at NC State … it was Ball State’s first successful onside kick in seven years … hit 4-of-5 field goals on a wet and rainy day at NIU on Oct. 5 … the four field goals were the most by a Ball State kicker in five years … he earned MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week honors for his performance at NIU … only missed one PAT all year.

2018 (Jr.): Served as the team’s kickoff specialist … helped the Cardinals rank seventh out of 12 MAC teams in kickoff coverage … finished with nine touchbacks, including a season-high four touchbacks against Northern Illinois on Oct. 6 … average starting yard line for the opposition was the 24.

2017 (So.): Served as the team’s kickoff specialist … helped the Cardinals rank sixth out of 12 teams in the MAC in kickoff coverage … totaled eight touchbacks, including two touchbacks against Akron (Oct. 7), Central Michigan (Oct. 21) and Toledo (Oct. 26) … chipped in with a tackle against Buffalo on Nov. 16.

2016 (Fr.): Competed in five games as a kickoff specialist … made his collegiate debut on Sept. 17 versus Eastern Kentucky … tallied two touchbacks against EKU … utilized five times against EKU and the following week at Florida Atlantic … did not see any action the final four weeks.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters in football for coach Aaron Scalise at Kaiserslautern … three-time first team all-conference selection … named All-Europe as a junior and senior … career long field goal was 54 yards … also played four years on the soccer team … two-time all-conference pick as a center midfielder … academic all-conference honors.

PERSONAL: Son of Ralf and Lisa Rimmler … born Oct. 31, 1997 in Heidelberg, Germany … one brother … full name is Ryan Charles Rimmler … his uncle, Craig Wise, played football at Guilford College in North Carolina.