2009 Football Roster
Alex Knipp
- Position:
- Free Safety
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Amherst, Ohio
- High School:
- Steele
• 2009 Ball State Ray Louthen Award (Leadership) Co-Recipient •
• 2007 All-Mid-American Conference Third Team •
2009 (Sr.): Started 11 games and played in all 12 to earn fourth letter . . . played in all 51 games in his four-year career . . . led Ball State with 13 tackles in the season opener vs. North Texas . . . led the Cardinals with nine tackles vs. Bowling Green . . . tallied 10 tackles at Auburn . . . managed first interception of the season and third of his career at Northern Illinois . . . ranked third for the Cardinals in tackles . . . ranked 22nd in the Mid-American Conference in tackles . . . forced fumbles at Army and at Northern Illinois . . . credited with a tackle for loss at Eastern Michigan.
2008 (Jr.): Played in all 14 games to earn third letter . . . started 12 contests, including the final 10 . . . season high 13 tackles vs. Tulsa in the GMAC Bowl and at Central Michigan . . . added 11 tackles vs. Eastern Michigan . . . interceptions at Indiana and vs. Eastern Michigan . . . tied his career high with two pass breakups vs. Western Michigan . . . nine tackles at Navy, vs. Northern Illinois and at Miami University . . . first career sack vs. Tulsa in the GMAC Bowl.
2007 (So.): Played in all 13 games . . . earned second letter . . . started 10 contests, including the final nine . . . career high 15 tackles vs. Toledo . . . also tallied double figure tackle totals vs. Western Kentucky (11), at Western Michigan (10) and at Illinois (11) . . . credited with tackles for loss at Eastern Michigan and vs. Central Michigan . . . recorded the third interception of his career vs. Central Michigan and returned it 57 yards, which was the longest interception return of the season for Ball State . . . registered his second interception of the season at Western Michigan, and his pick stalled the Broncos’ final drive of the game with 20 seconds left in the contest to secure a Ball State victory . . . managed his third interception of the year at Illinois and his fourth vs. Toledo . . . ranked second for the Cardinals with four interceptions.
2006 (Fr.): Played in all 12 games and started four contests as a true freshman to earn first letter . . . managed a season high five tackles at Central Michigan and at Miami University . . . registered first career tackle for loss vs. Kent State in the season finale . . . tallied first career interception in first collegiate contest vs. Eastern Michigan . . . had second career interception at Purdue . . . credited with a blocked punt vs. Indiana . . . managed a career high two pass breakups at Toledo . . . ranked eighth on the team in tackles . . . credited with four kickoff returns on the season, including a career-long 23 yarder vs. Western Michigan.
High School: Earned three letters in football for Coach Keith Grabowski . . . helped team to a 7-3 record as a senior and a 24-8 mark in his career . . . managed 246 carries for 2,008 yards rushing and an 8.7 yards-per-carry average . . . had 27 rushing touchdowns and six catches for 86 yards and three TDs as a senior . . . averaged 25.0 yards per kickoff return and 15.3 yards per punt return plus scored 30 total touchdowns in his senior season . . . tallied 58 tackles, one tackle for loss and three interceptions in final season . . . tallied 5,531 all-purpose yards in his career with 63 TDs . . . rushed 545 times for 4,435 career yards with 53 TDs . . . managed 14 career receptions for 228 yards and four TDs . . . averaged 25.9 yards per kick return and 16.9 yards per punt return in his career . . . totalled 139 tackles and eight interceptions in his career . . . Lorain County’s first ever back-to-back 2,000-yard rusher . . . two-time All-Southwestern Conference and All-Lorain County . . . led Ohio Division I in rushing and scoring as a senior . . . Ohio North-South All-Star . . . All-Northeast Lakes as a senior . . . holds 14 school records.
Personal: Son of Tom and Vickie Knipp . . . one brother and one sister . . . brother, Jake, plays football at Baldwin Wallace . . . born Dec. 4, 1987, in Lorain, Ohio . . . full name is Alexander Michael Knipp.
KICK RETURNS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g
2006
12
4
70
0
23
17.5
5.8
2007
13
3
47
0
19
15.7
3.6
2008
14
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
2009
12
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
TOTAL
51
7
117
0
23
16.7
2.3
INTERCEPTIONS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g
2006
12
2
39
0
30
19.5
3.2
2007
13
4
78
0
57
19.5
6.0
2008
14
2
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
2009
12
1
13
0
13
13.0
1.1
TOTAL
51
9
130
0
57
14.4
2.5
ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
2006
12
0
0
0
70
39
109
9.1
2007
13
0
0
0
47
78
125
9.6
2008
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
2009
12
0
0
0
0
13
13
1.1
TOTAL
51
0
0
0
117
130
247
4.8
TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk
2006
12
15
18
33
0.5
6
0
0
1
2007
13
30
52
82
1.5
6
0
0
0
2008
14
58
38
96
3.5
8
0
0
0
2009
12
42
40
82
0.5
3
2
0
0
TOTAL
51
145
148
293
6.0
23
2
0
1
SACKS
g
ua
a
total
yards
2006
12
0
0
0.0
0
2007
13
0
0
0.0
0
2008
14
1
0
1.0
4
2009
12
0
0
0.0
0
TOTAL
51
1
0
1.0
4
