Ben Ingle

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-0
Weight:
224
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
West Harrison, Ind. (LaSalle)

Awards and Honors:
2015 Ball State Dave McClain Leadership Award
2014, 2015 Ball State Team Captain
MAC West Division Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 28, 2015)
2013 All-Mid-American Conference Second Team

2015 (R-Sr.): Played in all 12 games with 11 starts at linebacker … led the team with 102 tackles … ranked ninth in the MAC with 8.5 tackles per game … finished second on the team with six tackles for loss … his 14 stops in the win over UMass on Oct. 31 tied for a team season-high … tallied a fourth quarter interception at the Ball State goal line to help preserve the 20-10 win over UMass … recorded at least 10 tackles in five games, including three times in the last four contests … notched his second career sack at Western Michigan on Nov. 5.

2014 (R-Jr.): Played in 10 games with nine starts … earned third letter … reached double-digit tackles in three games – versus Colgate (11), at Toledo (14) and versus Western Michigan (12) … the 14 tackles at Toledo tied career high … managed a tackle for loss at Iowa and at Army … recovered a fumble and returned it five yards for a touchdown versus Eastern Michigan … tallied an interception versus Akron … led team in tackles versus Colgate, at Toledo and versus Eastern Michigan … missed two games with an injury.

2013 (R-So.): Started 11 games … earned second letter … made first career start in the season opener versus Illinois State … missed the Virginia game with an injury … recorded first career interception on a third quarter pass versus Illinois State that was initially tipped by teammate Eric Patterson … two tackles for loss at Illinois State … second for the Cardinals with nine tackles plus added one sack and three tackles for loss versus Illinois State … seven tackles versus Army … led Ball State with 13 tackles at Eastern Michigan and at Northern Illinois … recorded first career forced fumble at Eastern Michigan … second on the team with 11 tackles versus Toledo … nine tackles versus Kent State … led the team with career high 14 tackles vs. Miami.

2012 (R-Fr.): Played in 12 games, including the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg … season high four tackles at Miami … three tackles at Toledo … credited with one tackle versus Western Michigan, at Central Michigan and at Army … first career pass break-up at Central Michigan … earned first letter.

2011 (Fr.): Took a redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters for head coach Tom Grippa … helped team to a 9-1 record as a senior and a 36-8 mark in career … helped the team to its first ever 9-1 record … all-conference and All-Southwest Ohio as a senior … team captain as a senior.

PERSONAL: Son of Steve and Terri Ingle … three brothers and one sister … uncle, Rick Ingle, played basketball at Denison … received academic honors at LaSalle … born Feb. 15, 1993, in Cincinnati, Ohio … full name is Benjamin P. Ingle.

SCORING	g	td	ret	total	avg/g
2012	12	0	0	0	0.0
2013	12	0	0	0	0.0
2014	10	1	1	6	0.6
2015	12	0	0	0	0.0
TOTAL	46	1	1	6	0.1

INTERCEPTIONS	g	no.	yards	long	avg/r	avg/g
2012	12	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
2013	12	1	26	26	26.0	2.2
2014	10	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
2015	12	1	3	3	3.0	0.2
TOTAL	46	2	29	26	14.5	0.6

ALL PURPOSE	g	ir	total	avg/g
2012	12	0	0	0.0
2013	12	26	26	2.2
2014	10	0	0	0.0
2015	12	3	3	0.2
TOTAL	46	29	29	0.6

TACKLES	g	ua	a	total	tfl	pd	ff	fr	qbh
2011	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2012	12	4	8	12	0.0	1	0	0	0
2013	12	43	73	116	3.5	1	1	1	2
2014	10	36	51	87	2.0	3	0	1	1
2015	12	46	56	102	6.0	5	1	0	1
TOTAL	46	129	188	317	11.5	10	2	2	4

SACKS	g	ua	a	total	yards
2011	0	0	0	0.0	0
2012	12	0	0	0.0	0
2013	12	0	1	0.5	3
2014	10	0	0	0.0	0
2015	12	1	0	1.0	3
TOTAL	46	1	1	1.5	6

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:
Points scored: 6, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/2014
Touchdowns: 1, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/2014
All-purpose yards: 26, Illinois State, 8/29/2013
Interceptions: 1 [t-8th], Akron, 10/25/2014 ; Illinois State, 8/29/2013 ; UMass, Oct 31, 2015
Long interception return: 26, Illinois State, 8/29/2013
Tackles: 14 [t-10th], at TOLEDO, 09/20/14 (7-7); Miami, 11/29/2013 (2-12); UMass, Oct 31, 2015 (8-6)
Sacks: 1.0, at Western Michigan, Nov 05, 2015 (1-0)
Tackles for loss: 2.0, Illinois State, 8/29/2013 (1-1); at Northwestern, Sep 26, 2015 (1-0)
Fumbles forced: 1 [t-4th], at Eastern Michigan, 9/21/2013 ; at Western Michigan, Nov 05, 2015
Fumbles recovered: 1 [t-4th], Central Michigan, 11/06/2013 ; Eastern Michigan, 11/22/2014
Pass breakups: 2 [t-7th], at Eastern Michigan, Sep 19, 2015