Jacob White

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Position:
Inside Linebacker
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 230
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Clarendon Hills, Ill.
Prev School:
Hinsdale Central HS
High School:
Hinsdale Central
Major:
Business Administration

Awards and Honors:
2019 All-Mid-American Conference First Team
2019 Ball State Defensive Player of the Year
2018 All-Mid-American Conference Third Team
2017 Team Captain
2017, 2019 Ball State Dave McLain Leadership Award
2016, 2019 Academic All-Mid-American Conference

2019 (R-Sr.): Started all 12 games at inside linebacker … led the team with 117 tackles … ranked fifth in the MAC and 16th nationally in tackles per game (9.8) … reached double-figure tackles in five games … registered career highs in tackles in back-to-back weeks against Florida Atlantic (17) on Sept. 14 and NC State (18) on Sept. 21 … notched his first collegiate forced fumble and interception in the game against Central Michigan on Nov. 16 … involved in a tackle for loss in seven games

2018 (R-Jr.): Played in 11 games with nine starts at inside linebacker … started the first nine games of the season … missed the Toledo game on Oct. 31 with an ankle injury … tied for fifth on the team with 66 tackles … posted a season-high 10 tackles against Kent State (Sept. 29) and Northern Illinois (Oct. 6) … also recovered a fumble in the Kent State victory … tied for the team lead with nine tackles and a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss at No. 8 Notre Dame on Sept. 8 … registered Ball State’s first sack of the season in the opener versus Central Connecticut … tallied seven or more tackles in seven games.

2017 (R-So.): Started 11 games at middle linebacker … missed the Tennessee Tech game on Sept. 16 with a broken bone in his right hand … played the rest of the season with a cast on his right hand … led the team with 72 tackles … ranked second on the team in sacks (3.0) and third in tackles for loss (5.0) … recorded at least five tackles in nine of his 11 appearances … finished with a season-best 10 stops on Nov. 16 against Buffalo … chipped in with a game-high eight tackles and a sack at NIU on Nov. 9 … recovered a fumble at Eastern Michigan on Nov. 2 … led the team in tackles four times – at Illinois on Sept. 2, at Akron on Oct. 7, versus Toledo on Oct. 26 and at NIU on Nov. 9.

2016 (R-Fr.): Saw action in 11 games as a reserve linebacker and on special teams … recorded a season-high three stops in the win at Florida Atlantic on Sept. 24 … registered two tackles against Eastern Kentucky on Sept. 17 and at Miami on Nov. 22.

2015 (Fr.): Took a redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters for Coach Rich Tarka at Hinsdale Central High … two-time All-West Suburban Silver Conference … all-area as a senior … Hinsdale Central’s Most Valuable Player as a senior … team captain as a senior … tallied 69 tackles as a senior and 137 tackles, five sacks and four quarterback hurries in his career … rushed for 429 yards with four touchdowns as a senior … averaged 7.15 yards per carry as a senior … played three sports all four years – football, basketball and baseball … totaled eight varsity letters.

PERSONAL: Son of Daniel and Janice White … born July 23, 1995, in Downers Grove, Illinois … one brother and one sister … earned his Ball State bachelor's degree in August 2018 … completed his MBA degree in December 2019 … full name is Jacob Daniel White.