Ball State University Athletics
2026 Football Roster
NOTE: Starting with the 2026-27 academic year, the NCAA has adapted 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.
Position DB Academic Year 2ndHeight 5' 11'' Weight 185 lbs
Hometown Atlanta, Ga.Last School North Atlanta HSPrevious School Previous School: North Atlanta HS
Position TE Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 3'' Weight 220 lbs
Hometown Chicago, Ill.Last School Lincoln-Way Central HSPrevious School Previous School: Lincoln-Way Central HS
Position DB Academic Year 2ndHeight 5' 11'' Weight 215 lbs
Hometown Westfield, Ind.Last School Westfield HS
Position QB Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 3'' Weight 218 lbs
Hometown North Aurora, Ill.Last School West Aurora HSPrevious School Previous School: West Aurora HS
Position OLB Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 3'' Weight 236 lbs
Hometown Aurora, Ill.Last School Oswego East High SchoolPrevious School Previous School: San Diego State
Position OL Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 5'' Weight 297 lbs
Hometown Avon, Ind.Last School Avon HSPrevious School Previous School: Avon HS
Position WR Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 0'' Weight 180 lbs
Hometown Elkhart, Ind.Last School Elkhart HSPrevious School Previous School: Elkhart HS
Position OL Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 4'' Weight 303 lbs
Hometown Minooka, Ill.Last School Minooka HSPrevious School Previous School: Minooka HS
Position TE Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 3'' Weight 223 lbs
Hometown Vernon Hills, Ill.Last School Stevenson HSPrevious School Previous School: Stevenson HS
Position DB Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 7'' Weight 193 lbs
Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Westfield HSPrevious School Previous School: Westfield HS
Position DE Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 2'' Weight 233 lbs
Hometown Waycross, Ga.Last School Ware County HSPrevious School Previous School: Ware County HS
Position K/P Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 1'' Weight 203 lbs
Hometown Westfield, Ind.Last School Westfield HSPrevious School Previous School: Missouri
Position RB Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 0'' Weight 215 lbs
Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Cathedral HSPrevious School Previous School: Cathedral HS
Position DB Academic Year 1stHeight 5' 8'' Weight 175 lbs
Hometown Brownsburg, Ind.Last School Brownsburg HSPrevious School Previous School: Brownsburg HS
Position RB Academic Year 1stHeight 5' 8'' Weight 184 lbs
Hometown Elkhart, Ind.Last School Concord HSPrevious School Previous School: Concord HS
Position LS Academic Year 5thHeight 5' 10'' Weight 204 lbs
Hometown New Albany, OhioLast School New Albany HSPrevious School Previous School: New Albany HS
Position LB Academic Year 2ndHeight 5' 10'' Weight 225 lbs
Hometown Long Lake, Minn.Last School Orono High SchoolPrevious School Previous School: Valparaiso
Position WR Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 1'' Weight 194 lbs
Hometown North Muskegon, Mich.Last School North Muskegon HSPrevious School Previous School: Lawrence Tech
Position DB Academic Year 2ndHeight 5' 11'' Weight 180 lbs
Hometown Daytona Beach, Fla.Last School Spruce Creek HSPrevious School Previous School: Spruce Creek HS
Position OL Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 4'' Weight 301 lbs
Hometown Crown Point, Ind.Last School Crown Point HSPrevious School Previous School: Crown Point HS
Position LB Academic Year 2ndHeight 5' 10'' Weight 200 lbs
Hometown Chicago, Ill.Last School Morgan Park High SchoolPrevious School Previous School: Washington State
Position DT Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 1'' Weight 290 lbs
Hometown Americus, Ga.Last School Sumter County HSPrevious School Previous School: Sumter County HS
Position TE Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 3'' Weight 234 lbs
Hometown Evansville, Ind.Last School Evansville Memorial HSPrevious School Previous School: Evansville Memorial HS
Position OL Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 6'' Weight 300 lbs
Hometown Lexington, Ky.Last School Woodford County HSPrevious School Previous School: Woodford County HS
Position TE Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 5'' Weight 243 lbs
Hometown Manhattan, Kan.Last School Manhattan HSPrevious School Previous School: Hutchinson CC
Position WR Academic Year 1stHeight 5' 10'' Weight 162 lbs
Hometown Cincinnati, OhioLast School Middletown HS
Position OL Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 4'' Weight 304 lbs
Hometown Crystal Lake, Ill.Last School Marian Central Catholic HSPrevious School Previous School: Cincinnati
Position QB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 2'' Weight 211 lbs
Hometown Arcadia, Ind.Last School Hamilton Heights HSPrevious School Previous School: Hamilton Heights HS
Position OL Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 4'' Weight 300 lbs
Hometown Palatine, Ill.Last School Palatine HSPrevious School Previous School: Palatine HS
Position WR Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 1'' Weight 175 lbs
Hometown Pontiac, Mich.Last School West Bloomfield HSPrevious School Previous School: West Bloomfield
Position DB Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 11'' Weight 206 lbs
Hometown Fishers, Ind.Last School Hamilton SoutheasternPrevious School Previous School: Hamilton Southeastern
Position OL Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 7'' Weight 287 lbs
Hometown Goshen. Ind.Last School Goshen HSPrevious School Previous School: Goshen HS
Position OLB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 2'' Weight 205 lbs
Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Bishop Chatard HSPrevious School Previous School: Bishop Chatard HS
Position DB Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 1'' Weight 192 lbs
Hometown Saint Charles, Mo.Last School ChaminadePrevious School Previous School: Chaminade HS
Position K Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 10'' Weight 177 lbs
Hometown Yorkville, Ill.Last School Yorkville HSPrevious School Previous School: Monmouth
Position LB Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 3'' Weight 224 lbs
Hometown Nashville, Tenn.Last School Mount Juliet Christian AcademyPrevious School Previous School: Tennessee State
Position DB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 1'' Weight 187 lbs
Hometown Mableton, Ga.Last School Kell High SchoolPrevious School Previous School: Arkansas State
Position DT Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 4'' Weight 255 lbs
Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Cathedral HSPrevious School Previous School: Louisville
Position DT Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 1'' Weight 304 lbs
Hometown Fairburn, Ga.Last School Langston Hughes HSPrevious School Previous School: Wake Forest
Position DE Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 4'' Weight 245 lbs
Hometown West Palm Beach, Fla.Last School Cardinal Newman HSPrevious School Previous School: Pittsburgh
Position DB Academic Year 5thHeight 5' 9'' Weight 192 lbs
Hometown Lima, OhioLast School Lima HSPrevious School Previous School: Ohio State
Position WR Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 4'' Weight 210 lbs
Hometown Fishers, Ind.Last School Hamilton Southeastern HSPrevious School Previous School: Purdue
Position DT Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 1'' Weight 296 lbs
Hometown Corona, Calif.Last School Centennial HSPrevious School Previous School: Riverside CC
Position OL Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 3'' Weight 301 lbs
Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Bishop Chatard HSPrevious School Previous School: Bishop Chatard HS
Position OL Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 2'' Weight 303 lbs
Hometown Fishers, Ind.Last School Fishers HSPrevious School Previous School: Fishers HS
Position DT Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 3'' Weight 296 lbs
Hometown Greenfield, Ind.Last School Greenfield Central HSPrevious School Previous School: Purdue
Position DB Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 3'' Weight 182 lbs
Hometown Fishers, Ind.Last School Cathedral HSPrevious School Previous School: Cathedral HS
Position WR Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 0'' Weight 185 lbs
Hometown Greenwood, Ind.Last School Center GrovePrevious School Previous School: Center Grove HS
Position DT Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 2'' Weight 270 lbs
Hometown Hamilton, OhioLast School Hamilton HSPrevious School Previous School: Hamilton HS
Position OL Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 10'' Weight 330 lbs
Hometown Kendallville, Ind.Last School East Noble HSPrevious School Previous School: East Noble HS
Position TE Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 2'' Weight 252 lbs
Hometown Manhattan, Kan.Last School Manhattan HSPrevious School Previous School: Hutchinson CC
Position RB Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 10'' Weight 200 lbs
Hometown Lexington, Ky.Last School Frederick Douglass HSPrevious School Previous School: Frederick Douglass HS
Position DT Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 3'' Weight 300 lbs
Hometown New Lenox, Ill.Last School Providence Catholic HSPrevious School Previous School: Providence Catholic HS
Position DB Academic Year 5thHeight 5' 11'' Weight 172 lbs
Hometown San Diego, Calif.Last School Madison High SchoolPrevious School Previous School: Colorado State
Position RB Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 8'' Weight 182 lbs
Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Lawrence Central HSPrevious School Previous School: Purdue
Position OL Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 3'' Weight 290 lbs
Hometown Miami, Fla.Last School Palmetto HSPrevious School Previous School: Concord University
Position LB Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 0'' Weight 205 lbs
Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Cathedral HSPrevious School Previous School: Cathedral HS
Position DB Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 0'' Weight 174 lbs
Hometown Winter Garden, Fla.Last School West Orange HSPrevious School Previous School: West Orange HS
Position LB Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 2'' Weight 222 lbs
Hometown Kalamazoo, Mich.Last School Kalamazoo Central HSPrevious School Previous School: Cincinnati
Position DB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 1'' Weight 198 lbs
Hometown Lafayette, Ind.Last School Lafayette Jefferson HSPrevious School Previous School: Lafayette Jefferson HS
Position QB Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 10'' Weight 250 lbs
Hometown McKinney, TexasLast School McKinney HSPrevious School Previous School: Texas State
Position DE Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 2'' Weight 252 lbs
Hometown Hilliard, OhioLast School Darby HSPrevious School Previous School: Darby HS
Position DT Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 6'' Weight 289 lbs
Hometown Wilsonville, Ore.Last School Wilsonville HSPrevious School Previous School: Wilsonville HS
Position P Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 2'' Weight 185 lbs
Hometown Melbourne, AustraliaLast School Caulfield Grammar School
Position OL Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 5'' Weight 288 lbs
Hometown Fremont, OhioLast School Fremont Ross HSPrevious School Previous School: Fremont Ross HS
Position WR Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 0'' Weight 180 lbs
Hometown Deerfield Beach, Fla.Last School Tru Prep AcademyPrevious School Previous School: Butler CC
Position RB Academic Year 1stHeight 5' 10'' Weight 217 lbs
Hometown Akron, OhioLast School Washington HSPrevious School Previous School: Washington HS
Position QB Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 1'' Weight 170 lbs
Hometown Denver, N.C.Last School East Lincoln HSPrevious School Previous School: Concord University
Position DB Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 0'' Weight 170 lbs
Hometown Fort Wayne, Ind.Last School North Side HSPrevious School Previous School: North Side HS
Position OL Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 4'' Weight 305 lbs
Hometown Columbia City, Ind.Last School Columbia City HSPrevious School Previous School: Columbia City HS
Position LB Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 0'' Weight 224 lbs
Hometown Muncie, Ind.Last School Delta HS
Position WR Academic Year 5thHeight 5' 11'' Weight 184 lbs
Hometown North Richland Hills, TexasLast School Richland HSPrevious School Previous School: Eastern Illinois
Position DE Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 3'' Weight 240 lbs
Hometown Vancouver, B.C.Last School ADRAO International SchoolPrevious School Previous School: Vanderbilt
Position DB Academic Year 1stHeight 5' 11'' Weight 198 lbs
Hometown Louisville, Ky.Last School Christian Academy HSPrevious School Previous School: Christian Academy HS
Position DB Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 0'' Weight 155 lbs
Hometown Ypsilanti, Mich.Last School Ann Arbor Huron HSPrevious School Previous School: Michigan State
Position TE Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 5'' Weight 248 lbs
Hometown Zionsville, Ind.Last School Zionsville HSPrevious School Previous School: Zionsville HS
Position OL Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 4'' Weight 298 lbs
Hometown Crown Point, Ind.Last School Crown Point HSPrevious School Previous School: Crown Point HS
Position DT Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 4'' Weight 280 lbs
Hometown 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 lbs
Hometown Chula Vista, Calif.Last School St. Augustine HSPrevious School Previous School: Vanderbilt
Position DB Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 3'' Weight 206 lbs
Hometown Clayton, Ga.Last School Lovejoy HSPrevious School Previous School: Arkansas
Position TE Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 4'' Weight 255 lbs
Hometown Rochester Hills, Mich.Last School Notre Dame PrepPrevious School Previous School: Rice
Position OL Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 2'' Weight 303 lbs
Hometown Cincinnati, OhioLast School Withrow HSPrevious School Previous School: Morgan State
Position TE Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 4'' Weight 235 lbs
Hometown Brookfield, Wisc.Last School Brookfield Central HS
Position DB Academic Year 3rdHeight 5' 11'' Weight 195 lbs
Hometown McKinney, TexasLast School McKinney HSPrevious School Previous School: Coastal Carolina
Position WR Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 9'' Weight 160 lbs
Hometown Orlando, Fla.Last School Jones HSPrevious School Previous School: Florida Atlantic
Position DT Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 2'' Weight 335 lbs
Hometown Pickerington, OhioLast School Pickerington Central HSPrevious School Previous School: Cincinnati
Position DB Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 11'' Weight 198 lbs
Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.Last School Cathedral HSPrevious School Previous School: Purdue
Position OL Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 4'' Weight 300 lbs
Hometown 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 lbs
Hometown Versailles, Ky.Last School Woodford County HSPrevious School Previous School: Woodford County HS
Position LB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 0'' Weight 246 lbs
Hometown Broward County, Fla.Last School Chaminade HSPrevious School Previous School: Coffeyville CC
Position DE Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 4'' Weight 215 lbs
Hometown Orlando, Fla.Last School Cypress Creek HSPrevious School Previous School: Davenport University
Position DB Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 1'' Weight 206 lbs
Hometown Montgomery, Ala.Last School Alabama Christian AcademyPrevious School Previous School: Kentucky
Position P Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 2'' Weight 220 lbs
Hometown Plainfield, Ill.Last School Montini Catholic HSPrevious School Previous School: Montini Catholic HS
Position DB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 0'' Weight 178 lbs
Hometown 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 lbs
Hometown Crown Point, Ind.Last School Crown Point HSPrevious School Previous School: Crown Point HS
Position WR Academic Year 2ndHeight 5' 8'' Weight 157 lbs
Hometown Lexington, Ky.Last School Frederick Douglass HSPrevious School Previous School: Frederick Douglass HS
Position WR Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 11'' Weight 195 lbs
Hometown New Palestine, Ind.Last School New Palestine HSPrevious School Previous School: New Palestine HS
Position DT Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 0'' Weight 290 lbs
Hometown New Palestine, Ind.Last School New Palestine HSPrevious School Previous School: New Palestine HS
Position OLB Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 0'' Weight 241 lbs
Hometown Flossmoor, Ill.Last School Homewood-Flossmoor HSPrevious School Previous School: U. of Indianapolis
Position DT Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 0'' Weight 291 lbs
Hometown Brunswick, Ga.Last School Brunswick HSPrevious School Previous School: Wake Forest
Position WR Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 10'' Weight 168 lbs
Hometown San Diego, Calif.Last School Utah State
Position RB Academic Year 4thHeight 5' 10'' Weight 193 lbs
Hometown Pacoima, Calif.Last School Oaks Christian HSPrevious School Previous School: Kansas
Position LS Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 0'' Weight 200 lbs
Hometown Spring Arbor, Mich.Last School Western HSPrevious School Previous School: Western HS
Position DT Academic Year 4thHeight 6' 1'' Weight 303 lbs
Hometown Shawnee, Kan.Last School Mill Valley HSPrevious School Previous School: Dodge City CC
Position OL Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 3'' Weight 301 lbs
Hometown Palatine, Ill.Last School Fremd HSPrevious School Previous School: Fremd HS
Position TE Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 5'' Weight 255 lbs
Hometown Cleveland, OhioLast School St. Ignatius HSPrevious School Previous School: Dartmouth
Position OL Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 6'' Weight 258 lbs
Hometown Greenwood, Ind.Last School Center Grove HSPrevious School Previous School: Center Grove HS
Position LB Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 1'' Weight 238 lbs
Hometown Sheridan, Ind.Last School Westfield HSPrevious School Previous School: Westfield HS
Position OL Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 3'' Weight 301 lbs
Hometown Huntington, W.Va.Last School HuntingtonPrevious School Previous School: Dartmouth
Position DB Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 1'' Weight 190 lbs
Hometown Baltimore, Md.Last School Mergenthaler Vocational TechPrevious School Previous School: Independence CC
Position QB Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 1'' Weight 195 lbs
Hometown 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 lbs
Hometown Springboro, OhioLast School Springboro HSPrevious School Previous School: Springboro HS
Position DB Academic Year 1stHeight 6' 2'' Weight 175 lbs
Hometown Greenville, Fla.Last School Lowndes HSPrevious School Previous School: Lowndes HS
Position WR Academic Year 3rdHeight 6' 0'' Weight 174 lbs
Hometown Lafayette, Ind.Last School Lafayette Jefferson HSPrevious School Previous School: Siena Heights University
Position DT Academic Year 5thHeight 6' 3'' Weight 278 lbs
Hometown Fayetteville, Ga.Last School Carrollton HSPrevious School Previous School: Alabama A&M
Position OL Academic Year 2ndHeight 6' 4'' Weight 300 lbs
Hometown 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
Sunday, August 30
Thursday, August 27
Thursday, August 27
Thursday, August 27