Ball State University Athletics
2026 Football Roster
NOTE: Starting with the 2026-27 academic year, the NCAA has adopted a new eligibility model. Ball State athletic team rosters will now show a student-athlete's eligibility with a designated year as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th. A student-athlete listed as 1st is in their first year with five seasons of eligibility, 2nd is in their second year with four seasons to compete, etc.
Players
- Position DB Academic Year 2ndHeight 5' 11'' Weight 185 lbsHometown Atlanta, Ga.Last School North Atlanta HSPrevious School Previous School: North Atlanta HS
- Position WR Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 3'' Weight 220 lbsHometown Chicago, Ill.Last School Lincoln-Way Central HSPrevious School Previous School: Lincoln-Way Central HS
- Position DB Academic Year 2ndHeight 5' 11'' Weight 215 lbsHometown Westfield, Ind.Last School Westfield HS
- Position QB Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 3'' Weight 218 lbsHometown North Aurora, Ill.Last School West Aurora HSPrevious School Previous School: West Aurora HS
- Position OLB Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 3'' Weight 236 lbsHometown Aurora, Ill.Last School Oswego East High SchoolPrevious School Previous School: San Diego State
- Position OL Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 5'' Weight 297 lbsHometown Avon, Ind.Last School Avon HSPrevious School Previous School: Avon HS
- Position WR Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 0'' Weight 180 lbsHometown Elkhart, Ind.Last School Elkhart HSPrevious School Previous School: Elkhart HS
- Position OL Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 4'' Weight 303 lbsHometown Minooka, Ill.Last School Minooka HSPrevious School Previous School: Minooka HS
- Position TE Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 3'' Weight 223 lbsHometown Vernon Hills, Ill.Last School Stevenson HSPrevious School Previous School: Stevenson HS
- Position DB Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 7'' Weight 193 lbsHometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Westfield HSPrevious School Previous School: Westfield HS
- Position DE Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 2'' Weight 233 lbsHometown Waycross, Ga.Last School Ware County HSPrevious School Previous School: Ware County HS
- Position K/P Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 1'' Weight 203 lbsHometown Westfield, Ind.Last School Westfield HSPrevious School Previous School: Missouri
- Position RB Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 0'' Weight 215 lbsHometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Cathedral HSPrevious School Previous School: Cathedral HS
- Position DB Academic Year 1stHeight 5' 8'' Weight 175 lbsHometown Brownsburg, Ind.Last School Brownsburg HSPrevious School Previous School: Brownsburg HS
- Position RB Academic Year 1stHeight 5' 8'' Weight 184 lbsHometown Elkhart, Ind.Last School Concord HSPrevious School Previous School: Concord HS
- Position LS Academic Year 5thHeight 5' 10'' Weight 204 lbsHometown New Albany, OhioLast School New Albany HSPrevious School Previous School: New Albany HS
- Position LB Academic Year 2ndHeight 5' 10'' Weight 225 lbsHometown Long Lake, Minn.Last School Orono High SchoolPrevious School Previous School: Valparaiso
- Position WR Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 1'' Weight 194 lbsHometown North Muskegon, Mich.Last School North Muskegon HSPrevious School Previous School: Lawrence Tech
- Position DB Academic Year 2ndHeight 5' 11'' Weight 180 lbsHometown Daytona Beach, Fla.Last School Spruce Creek HSPrevious School Previous School: Spruce Creek HS
- Position OL Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 4'' Weight 301 lbsHometown Crown Point, Ind.Last School Crown Point HSPrevious School Previous School: Crown Point HS
- Position LB Academic Year 2ndHeight 5' 10'' Weight 200 lbsHometown Chicago, Ill.Last School Morgan Park High SchoolPrevious School Previous School: Washington State
- Position DT Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 1'' Weight 290 lbsHometown Americus, Ga.Last School Sumter County HSPrevious School Previous School: Sumter County HS
- Position TE Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 3'' Weight 234 lbsHometown Evansville, Ind.Last School Evansville Memorial HSPrevious School Previous School: Evansville Memorial HS
- Position OL Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 6'' Weight 300 lbsHometown Lexington, Ky.Last School Woodford County HSPrevious School Previous School: Woodford County HS
- Position TE Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 5'' Weight 243 lbsHometown Manhattan, Kan.Last School Manhattan HSPrevious School Previous School: Hutchinson CC
- Position WR Academic Year 1stHeight 5' 10'' Weight 162 lbsHometown Cincinnati, OhioLast School Middletown HS
- Position OL Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 4'' Weight 304 lbsHometown Crystal Lake, Ill.Last School Marian Central Catholic HSPrevious School Previous School: Cincinnati
- Position QB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 2'' Weight 211 lbsHometown Arcadia, Ind.Last School Hamilton Heights HSPrevious School Previous School: Hamilton Heights HS
- Position OL Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 4'' Weight 300 lbsHometown Palatine, Ill.Last School Palatine HSPrevious School Previous School: Palatine HS
- Position WR Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 1'' Weight 175 lbsHometown Pontiac, Mich.Last School West Bloomfield HSPrevious School Previous School: West Bloomfield
- Position DB Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 11'' Weight 206 lbsHometown Fishers, Ind.Last School Hamilton SoutheasternPrevious School Previous School: Hamilton Southeastern
- Position OL Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 7'' Weight 287 lbsHometown Goshen. Ind.Last School Goshen HSPrevious School Previous School: Goshen HS
- Position OLB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 2'' Weight 205 lbsHometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Bishop Chatard HSPrevious School Previous School: Bishop Chatard HS
- Position DB Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 1'' Weight 192 lbsHometown Saint Charles, Mo.Last School ChaminadePrevious School Previous School: Chaminade HS
- Position K Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 10'' Weight 177 lbsHometown Yorkville, Ill.Last School Yorkville HSPrevious School Previous School: Monmouth
- Position LB Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 3'' Weight 224 lbsHometown Nashville, Tenn.Last School Mount Juliet Christian AcademyPrevious School Previous School: Tennessee State
- Position DB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 1'' Weight 187 lbsHometown Mableton, Ga.Last School Kell High SchoolPrevious School Previous School: Arkansas State
- Position DT Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 4'' Weight 255 lbsHometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Cathedral HSPrevious School Previous School: Louisville
- Position DT Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 1'' Weight 304 lbsHometown Fairburn, Ga.Last School Langston Hughes HSPrevious School Previous School: Wake Forest
- Position DE Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 4'' Weight 245 lbsHometown West Palm Beach, Fla.Last School Cardinal Newman HSPrevious School Previous School: Pittsburgh
- Position DB Academic Year 5thHeight 5' 9'' Weight 192 lbsHometown Lima, OhioLast School Lima HSPrevious School Previous School: Ohio State
- Position WR Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 4'' Weight 210 lbsHometown Fishers, Ind.Last School Hamilton Southeastern HSPrevious School Previous School: Purdue
- Position DT Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 1'' Weight 296 lbsHometown Corona, Calif.Last School Centennial HSPrevious School Previous School: Riverside CC
- Position OL Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 3'' Weight 301 lbsHometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Bishop Chatard HSPrevious School Previous School: Bishop Chatard HS
- Position OL Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 2'' Weight 303 lbsHometown Fishers, Ind.Last School Fishers HSPrevious School Previous School: Fishers HS
- Position DT Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 3'' Weight 296 lbsHometown Greenfield, Ind.Last School Greenfield Central HSPrevious School Previous School: Purdue
- Position DB Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 3'' Weight 182 lbsHometown Fishers, Ind.Last School Cathedral HSPrevious School Previous School: Cathedral HS
- Position WR Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 0'' Weight 185 lbsHometown Greenwood, Ind.Last School Center GrovePrevious School Previous School: Center Grove HS
- Position DT Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 2'' Weight 270 lbsHometown Hamilton, OhioLast School Hamilton HSPrevious School Previous School: Hamilton HS
- Position OL Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 10'' Weight 330 lbsHometown Kendallville, Ind.Last School East Noble HSPrevious School Previous School: East Noble HS
- Position TE Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 2'' Weight 252 lbsHometown Manhattan, Kan.Last School Manhattan HSPrevious School Previous School: Hutchinson CC
- Position RB Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 10'' Weight 200 lbsHometown Lexington, Ky.Last School Frederick Douglass HSPrevious School Previous School: Frederick Douglass HS
- Position DT Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 3'' Weight 300 lbsHometown New Lenox, Ill.Last School Providence Catholic HSPrevious School Previous School: Providence Catholic HS
- Position DB Academic Year 5thHeight 5' 11'' Weight 172 lbsHometown San Diego, Calif.Last School Madison High SchoolPrevious School Previous School: Colorado State
- Position RB Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 8'' Weight 182 lbsHometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Lawrence Central HSPrevious School Previous School: Purdue
- Position OL Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 3'' Weight 290 lbsHometown Miami, Fla.Last School Palmetto HSPrevious School Previous School: Concord University
- Position LB Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 0'' Weight 205 lbsHometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Cathedral HSPrevious School Previous School: Cathedral HS
- Position DB Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 0'' Weight 174 lbsHometown Winter Garden, Fla.Last School West Orange HSPrevious School Previous School: West Orange HS
- Position LB Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 2'' Weight 222 lbsHometown Kalamazoo, Mich.Last School Kalamazoo Central HSPrevious School Previous School: Cincinnati
- Position DB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 1'' Weight 198 lbsHometown Lafayette, Ind.Last School Lafayette Jefferson HSPrevious School Previous School: Lafayette Jefferson HS
- Position QB Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 10'' Weight 250 lbsHometown McKinney, TexasLast School McKinney HSPrevious School Previous School: Texas State
- Position DE Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 2'' Weight 252 lbsHometown Hilliard, OhioLast School Darby HSPrevious School Previous School: Darby HS
- Position DT Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 6'' Weight 289 lbsHometown Wilsonville, Ore.Last School Wilsonville HSPrevious School Previous School: Wilsonville HS
- Position P Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 2'' Weight 185 lbsHometown Melbourne, AustraliaLast School Caulfield Grammar School
- Position OL Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 5'' Weight 288 lbsHometown Fremont, OhioLast School Fremont Ross HSPrevious School Previous School: Fremont Ross HS
- Position WR Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 0'' Weight 180 lbsHometown Deerfield Beach, Fla.Last School Tru Prep AcademyPrevious School Previous School: Butler CC
- Position RB Academic Year 1stHeight 5' 10'' Weight 217 lbsHometown Akron, OhioLast School Washington HSPrevious School Previous School: Washington HS
- Position QB Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 1'' Weight 170 lbsHometown Denver, N.C.Last School East Lincoln HSPrevious School Previous School: Concord University
- Position DB Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 0'' Weight 170 lbsHometown Fort Wayne, Ind.Last School North Side HSPrevious School Previous School: North Side HS
- Position OL Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 4'' Weight 305 lbsHometown Columbia City, Ind.Last School Columbia City HSPrevious School Previous School: Columbia City HS
- Position LB Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 0'' Weight 224 lbsHometown Muncie, Ind.Last School Delta HS
- Position WR Academic Year 5thHeight 5' 11'' Weight 184 lbsHometown North Richland Hills, TexasLast School Richland HSPrevious School Previous School: Eastern Illinois
- Position DE Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 3'' Weight 240 lbsHometown Vancouver, B.C.Last School ADRAO International SchoolPrevious School Previous School: Vanderbilt
- Position DB Academic Year 1stHeight 5' 11'' Weight 198 lbsHometown Louisville, Ky.Last School Christian Academy HSPrevious School Previous School: Christian Academy HS
- Position DB Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 0'' Weight 155 lbsHometown Ypsilanti, Mich.Last School Ann Arbor Huron HSPrevious School Previous School: Michigan State
- Position TE Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 5'' Weight 248 lbsHometown Zionsville, Ind.Last School Zionsville HSPrevious School Previous School: Zionsville HS
- Position OL Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 4'' Weight 298 lbsHometown Crown Point, Ind.Last School Crown Point HSPrevious School Previous School: Crown Point HS
- Position DT Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 4'' Weight 280 lbsHometown North Judson, Ind.Last School North Judson-San Pierre HSPrevious School Previous School: North Judson-San Pierre HS
- Position OL Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 6'' Weight 312 lbsHometown Chula Vista, Calif.Last School St. Augustine HSPrevious School Previous School: Vanderbilt
- Position DB Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 3'' Weight 206 lbsHometown Clayton, Ga.Last School Lovejoy HSPrevious School Previous School: Arkansas
- Position TE Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 4'' Weight 255 lbsHometown Rochester Hills, Mich.Last School Notre Dame PrepPrevious School Previous School: Rice
- Position OL Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 2'' Weight 303 lbsHometown Cincinnati, OhioLast School Withrow HSPrevious School Previous School: Morgan State
- Position TE Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 4'' Weight 235 lbsHometown Brookfield, Wisc.Last School Brookfield Central HS
- Position DB Academic Year 3rdHeight 5' 11'' Weight 195 lbsHometown McKinney, TexasLast School McKinney HSPrevious School Previous School: Coastal Carolina
- Position WR Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 9'' Weight 160 lbsHometown Orlando, Fla.Last School Jones HSPrevious School Previous School: Florida Atlantic
- Position DT Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 2'' Weight 335 lbsHometown Pickerington, OhioLast School Pickerington Central HSPrevious School Previous School: Cincinnati
- Position DB Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 11'' Weight 198 lbsHometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Cathedral HSPrevious School Previous School: Purdue
- Position OL Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 4'' Weight 300 lbsHometown Mount Juliet, Tenn.Last School Pope John Paul II HSPrevious School Previous School: Pope John Paul II HS
- Position OLB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 4'' Weight 235 lbsHometown Versailles, Ky.Last School Woodford County HSPrevious School Previous School: Woodford County HS
- Position LB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 0'' Weight 246 lbsHometown Broward County, Fla.Last School Chaminade HSPrevious School Previous School: Coffeyville CC
- Position DE Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 4'' Weight 215 lbsHometown Orlando, Fla.Last School Cypress Creek HSPrevious School Previous School: Davenport University
- Position DB Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 1'' Weight 206 lbsHometown Montgomery, Ala.Last School Alabama Christian AcademyPrevious School Previous School: Kentucky
- Position P Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 2'' Weight 220 lbsHometown Plainfield, Ill.Last School Montini Catholic HSPrevious School Previous School: Montini Catholic HS
- Position DB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 0'' Weight 178 lbsHometown O'Fallon, Ill.Last School O'Fallon Township HSPrevious School Previous School: O'Fallon Township HS
- Position LB Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 1'' Weight 220 lbsHometown Crown Point, Ind.Last School Crown Point HSPrevious School Previous School: Crown Point HS
- Position WR Academic Year 2ndHeight 5' 8'' Weight 157 lbsHometown Lexington, Ky.Last School Frederick Douglass HSPrevious School Previous School: Frederick Douglass HS
- Position WR Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 11'' Weight 195 lbsHometown New Palestine, Ind.Last School New Palestine HSPrevious School Previous School: New Palestine HS
- Position DT Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 0'' Weight 290 lbsHometown New Palestine, Ind.Last School New Palestine HSPrevious School Previous School: New Palestine HS
- Position OLB Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 0'' Weight 241 lbsHometown Flossmoor, Ill.Last School Homewood-Flossmoor HSPrevious School Previous School: U. of Indianapolis
- Position DT Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 0'' Weight 291 lbsHometown Brunswick, Ga.Last School Brunswick HSPrevious School Previous School: Wake Forest
- Position RB Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 10'' Weight 193 lbsHometown Pacoima, Calif.Last School Oaks Christian HSPrevious School Previous School: Kansas
- Position LS Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 0'' Weight 200 lbsHometown Spring Arbor, Mich.Last School Western HSPrevious School Previous School: Western HS
- Position DT Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 1'' Weight 303 lbsHometown Shawnee, Kan.Last School Mill Valley HSPrevious School Previous School: Dodge City CC
- Position OL Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 3'' Weight 301 lbsHometown Palatine, Ill.Last School Fremd HSPrevious School Previous School: Fremd HS
- Position TE Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 5'' Weight 255 lbsHometown Cleveland, OhioLast School St. Ignatius HSPrevious School Previous School: Dartmouth
- Position OL Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 6'' Weight 258 lbsHometown Greenwood, Ind.Last School Center Grove HSPrevious School Previous School: Center Grove HS
- Position LB Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 1'' Weight 238 lbsHometown Sheridan, Ind.Last School Westfield HSPrevious School Previous School: Westfield HS
- Position OL Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 3'' Weight 301 lbsHometown Huntington, W.Va.Last School HuntingtonPrevious School Previous School: Dartmouth
- Position DB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 1'' Weight 190 lbsHometown Baltimore, Md.Last School Mergenthaler Vocational TechPrevious School Previous School: Independence CC
- Position QB Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 1'' Weight 195 lbsHometown Charlotte, N.C.Last School Charlotte Country Day HSPrevious School Previous School: Charlotte Country Day HS
- Position DB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 0'' Weight 177 lbsHometown Springboro, OhioLast School Springboro HSPrevious School Previous School: Springboro HS
- Position DB Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 2'' Weight 175 lbsHometown Greenville, Fla.Last School Lowndes HSPrevious School Previous School: Lowndes HS
- Position WR Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 0'' Weight 174 lbsHometown Lafayette, Ind.Last School Lafayette Jefferson HSPrevious School Previous School: Siena Heights University
- Position DT Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 3'' Weight 278 lbsHometown Fayetteville, Ga.Last School Carrollton HSPrevious School Previous School: Alabama A&M
- Position OL Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 4'' Weight 300 lbsHometown West Lafayette, Ind.Last School Harrison HSPrevious School Previous School: Harrison HS
Coaching Staff
- Head Football Coach
- Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach
- Offensive Pass Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
- Defensive Run Game Coordinator/Defensive Line Coach
- Defensive Pass Game Coordinator/Cornerbacks
- Offensive Line Coach
- Running Backs Coach
- Tight Ends Coach
- Inside Receivers Coach
- Safeties Coach
- Snipers Coach
- Wide Receivers Coach
- Special Teams Coordinator
- Assistant Secondary Coach
- Graduate Assistant, Defense
- Graduate Assistant, Offense
- Graduate Assistant, Special Teams
- Graduate Assistant, Offense
- Graduate Assistant, Defense
- Senior Analyst, Defense
- Senior Analyst, Offense
Support Staff
- Assistant Athletic Director for Football Operations and Chief of Staff
- Football Operations and Player Development Assistant
- Graduate Assistant, Football Operations
- General Manager
- Graduate Assistant, Recruiting
- Director of Strength and Conditioning, Football
- Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning
- Graduate Assistant, Strength and Conditioning
- Head Football Athletic Trainer
- Athletic Trainer
- Video/Creative Content Coordinator
- Head Football Equipment Manager
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