2018 Football Roster
Alex Joss
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 300
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Novi, Mich.
- Prev School:
- Walled Lake Western HS
- High School:
- Walled Lake Western
- Major:
- Finance
Awards and Honors:
2018 Ball State Willie Snead True Cardinal Award
2017 Ball State Gene Booker Academic Award
2016 Academic All-Mid-American Conference
2018 (R-Sr.): Made an appearance in the first two games of the season … earned the start at left guard at No. 8 Notre Dame on Sept. 8 … reinjured his knee against Notre Dame and missed the rest of the season.
2017 (R-Jr.): Entered the season as the team’s starting right guard … suffered a knee injury on the final drive of the game in the opener at Illinois on Sept. 2 … did not play the rest of the season.
2016 (R-So.): Stepped into a starting role on the offensive line … made 11 starts at left guard and one start at right tackle (at Toledo on Nov. 16) … one of four offensive linemen to start all 12 games … helped the Cardinals average 220 rushing yards per game, their highest average since 1978 (238.6 ypg) … Ball State rushed for more than 300 yards in two games, including a season-high 356 yards at Buffalo on Oct. 15 … Ball State’s offensive line held the opposition to one sack or less in eight contests.
2015 (R-Fr.): Made his collegiate debut at Western Michigan on Nov. 5 … did not play in any other game.
2014 (Fr.): Took a redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters in football for coach Mike Zdebski at Walled Lake Western High … helped the Warriors to a 9-2 overall record as a senior, including a 5-0 mark in the Kensington Lakes Activity Association … helped the team capture its first conference championship since 1999 … led the team to back-to-back district championships for the first time in school history … all-conference as a junior and senior … all-state as a senior … all-metro and all-county as a junior and senior … team captain as a senior … managed 64 pancake blacks and allowed only one sack as a senior … tallied 86 pancake blocks and allowed only three sacks in career.
PERSONAL: Son of Mark Joss and Amy Joss … mother played basketball at the University of Detroit … born Aug. 2, 1996, in Royal Oak, Michigan … earned his Ball State bachelor’s degree at the end of the fall 2018 semester with a 3.753 GPA … full name is Alexander William Joss.
