2024 Football Roster
Brian Cooey Jr.
- Position:
- Punter
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 169
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Blackwood, N.J.
- Prev School:
- Charleston Southern
- High School:
- Highland Regional HS
Transfer from Charleston Southern University and should find himself in the mix for reps in Ball State's punter rotation.
BEFORE BALL STATE: Played 40 games over five seasons at Charleston Southern University. 2023 (Sr.): Appeared in 11 games … recorded 70 punt attempts for 41.2 average yards. 2022 (Jr.): Appeared in 11 games … recorded 55 punt attempts for 42.8 average yards. 2021 (So.): Appeared in four games … recorded 13 punt attempts for 36.7 average yards. 2020 (So.): Appeared in four games … recorded 17 kickoff attempts for 52.8 average yards. 2019 (Fr.): Appeared in 10 games … recorded 55 kickoffs for 2,958 yards with one touchback ... averaged 53.8 yards on kickoffs .... one touchback against Richmond (Oct. 12) ... had career-high eight kickoffs at UAlbany for a single-game career-high 442 yards ... averaged a career-best 61.7 yards per kickoff at Villanova (Sept. 28) ... named to the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Blue-Grey All-American punter ... No. 13 ranked punter in the country ... First-Team All-State punter ... NJFCA Top-100 Player in New Jersey ... three-year state semifinalist … 2016 conference champion.
