Jack Drake

Photo by: Grace Adcock/Ball State Athletics

Position:
Kicker
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 186
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Zionsville, Ind.
Prev School:
DePauw
High School:
Zionsville

BEFORE BALL STATE: Played 34 career games at DePauw under head coach Brett Dietz, helping the Tigers to a pair of NCAC championships and Division III playoff berths ... was DePauw's primary punter and long kicker in each of his junior and senior seasons ... 88 touchbacks on 183 career kickoffs, 43,1-yard career punting average with eight career field goals ... averaged 43.4 yards per punt with a long of 63 yards as a senior ... placed 19 punts inside the opponents' 20 ... booted 13 punts for 50 yards or more in 2022 ... kicked a career-long 47-yard field goal at Ohio Wesleyan as a senior (10/22/22) ... used for longer field goals, connected on 3 of 4 as a senior, all over 40 yards ... was 4-of-5 on PATs ... produced 35 touchbacks on kickoffs ... North Coast Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Year and first team All-NCAC specialist ...

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned two varsity letters as a kicker/punter at Zionsville High School ... also earned two letters as an outside hitter in volleyball ... academic all-state selection in football (2019) and volleyball (2018, 2019) ... All-Hoosier Crossroads Conference in volleyball as a senior.

PERSONAL: Son of Nancy and Andrew Drake ... older siblings include Maggie and Connor ... hopes to obtain a graduate degree in business administration ... enjoys cooking in his spare time ... favorite athlete is Tiger Woods, favorite actor is Ben Affleck ... hopes to work in the sports technology field.