Ball State University Athletics
2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 98
Carson Holmer
- Position:
- Kicker
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Avon, Ind.
- Prev School:
- Avon HS
- High School:
- Avon HS
Awards and Honors:
Co-nominee with Caden Britton & Cole Stumbaugh (in Britton's name) for AFCA Good Works Team and Allstate Wuerffel Trophy
2026 Heart of the Cardinal Award at Ball State "Chirpies" Awards Show
Academic All-MAC (2024 & 2025)
Ball State Daily News (Oct. 3, 2025): Cards Kick Cancer: The Story Behind the Ball State Specialists' Cause
Big leg specialist handled kickoff and placekicking duties for Cardinals during most of his junior season ... returns for final college season as the incumbent starter ... part of a tight-knit specialty unit with whom he shared a 2026 Chirpies Award as the "Heart of the Cardinal" ... participated with Caden Britton and Cole Stumbaugh in a "Cards Kick Cancer" initiative in 2025 to raise money to fight pediatric cancer ... Cardinals raised nearly $3,000 by accepting pledges for every extra point or field goal they scored as a kicking unit ... aside from the "Cards Kick Cancer" initiative, the specialists trio also serves frequently in the community ... they participate with Ball State’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) on various community initiatives, and on their own they combined to provide community services throughout Muncie ... they shoveled snow during the winter months, and made themselves available for other odd jobs, including moving and setup for a new bakery in nearby Yorktown ... for their efforts, the special-teams trio earned the Heart of the Cardinal Award at Ball State SportsLink's 2026 Chirpies Awards Show, by effectively and enthusiastically representing the heart of a Cardinal.
2025 (R-Jr.): Ball State's starting kicker through the season's first seven games while sharing duties with DC Pippin ... finished 3-of-7 on FGs, with makes of 22, 23 and 22 yards ... finished 3-of-4 inside 30 yards, and was 0-of-3 outside 40 yards ... recorded three touchbacks on 11 kickoffs ... finished 14-of-14 on PAT attempts.
2024 (R-So.): Handled kickoff duties over the last 11 games, and managed placekicking at Miami, Central Michigan and James Madison while Jackson Courville was sidelined (injury) ... recorded 11 touchbacks on 52 kickoffs ... connected on field goals from 31 and 40 yards at CMU (Sept. 21) for the first FGs of his career (2-of-2) ... accounted for 10 points in the Cardinals' 37-34 loss at CMU, scoring both field goal attempts and four PATs.
2023 (R-Fr.): Reserve kicker saw no action in 2023.
2022 (Fr.): Redshirt season, did not see action.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year letterwinner at Avon High School as a kicker and punter ... tabbed first team all-state and was an all-conference selection ... made 8-of-9 field goals and 35-of-37 extra point attempts ... also was a two-year letterwinner in soccer, earning all-conference and all-district recognition.
PERSONAL: Son of David and Kimberly Holmer ... has two sisters ... sister, Madison, plays soccer at Franklin College.
Co-nominee with Caden Britton & Cole Stumbaugh (in Britton's name) for AFCA Good Works Team and Allstate Wuerffel Trophy
2026 Heart of the Cardinal Award at Ball State "Chirpies" Awards Show
Academic All-MAC (2024 & 2025)
Ball State Daily News (Oct. 3, 2025): Cards Kick Cancer: The Story Behind the Ball State Specialists' Cause
Big leg specialist handled kickoff and placekicking duties for Cardinals during most of his junior season ... returns for final college season as the incumbent starter ... part of a tight-knit specialty unit with whom he shared a 2026 Chirpies Award as the "Heart of the Cardinal" ... participated with Caden Britton and Cole Stumbaugh in a "Cards Kick Cancer" initiative in 2025 to raise money to fight pediatric cancer ... Cardinals raised nearly $3,000 by accepting pledges for every extra point or field goal they scored as a kicking unit ... aside from the "Cards Kick Cancer" initiative, the specialists trio also serves frequently in the community ... they participate with Ball State’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) on various community initiatives, and on their own they combined to provide community services throughout Muncie ... they shoveled snow during the winter months, and made themselves available for other odd jobs, including moving and setup for a new bakery in nearby Yorktown ... for their efforts, the special-teams trio earned the Heart of the Cardinal Award at Ball State SportsLink's 2026 Chirpies Awards Show, by effectively and enthusiastically representing the heart of a Cardinal.
2025 (R-Jr.): Ball State's starting kicker through the season's first seven games while sharing duties with DC Pippin ... finished 3-of-7 on FGs, with makes of 22, 23 and 22 yards ... finished 3-of-4 inside 30 yards, and was 0-of-3 outside 40 yards ... recorded three touchbacks on 11 kickoffs ... finished 14-of-14 on PAT attempts.
2024 (R-So.): Handled kickoff duties over the last 11 games, and managed placekicking at Miami, Central Michigan and James Madison while Jackson Courville was sidelined (injury) ... recorded 11 touchbacks on 52 kickoffs ... connected on field goals from 31 and 40 yards at CMU (Sept. 21) for the first FGs of his career (2-of-2) ... accounted for 10 points in the Cardinals' 37-34 loss at CMU, scoring both field goal attempts and four PATs.
2023 (R-Fr.): Reserve kicker saw no action in 2023.
2022 (Fr.): Redshirt season, did not see action.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year letterwinner at Avon High School as a kicker and punter ... tabbed first team all-state and was an all-conference selection ... made 8-of-9 field goals and 35-of-37 extra point attempts ... also was a two-year letterwinner in soccer, earning all-conference and all-district recognition.
PERSONAL: Son of David and Kimberly Holmer ... has two sisters ... sister, Madison, plays soccer at Franklin College.
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