Gavin Forsha

Position:
Linebacker
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 214
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Nashville, Tenn.
Prev School:
Tennessee State
High School:
Mount Juliet Christian Academy

Sixth-year linebacker lands at Ball State after previous stops at Kansas State, South Alabama and Tennessee State … appeared in just one game last year with the Tigers, after three seasons of college experience at South Alabama (2023-24) and Kansas State (2022) … a versatile linebacker, he recorded 27 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss in 2024 at South Alabama before a season-ending injury … among those was a career-high eight tackles at Arkansas State … at Kansas State in 2022, he played in nine games, notching 10 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, a sack and a pass breakup … opened his college career in 2021 at Tyler JC in Texas where he was named to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football All-Small College Team after totaling 45 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss and 11.5 sacks on the year … led the conference and ranked fifth nationally in sacks, while he was 15th in the nation in tackles for loss … posted a season-high seven tackles to go with 2.5 sacks at Kilgore College … he was a four-year letterwinner at Mount Juliet Christian Academy, outside Nashville, under head coach Dan Davis … two-time all-district and all-county performer who was named the team’s defensive MVP … also participated in basketball in high school … father, Randall, played football at Middle Tennessee State.