Kyle Hoke

Position:
Safety
Height:
5-11
Weight:
190
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Sugar Land, Texas
High School:
Clements

2011 (Sr.): Started the sixth game of his career vs. Temple . . . two starts -- also started in Ball State's season opening 27-20 victory over Indiana at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. . . . tallied a career high 11 tackles vs. Temple . . . managed two tackles vs. the Hoosiers . . . tallied three tackles at South Florida . . . tallied the first interception of his career with 1:41 to play in the second quarter at Oklahoma . . . managed six tackles at Oklahoma . . . registered four tackles at Eastern Michigan . . . recovered the third fumble of his career at Northern Illinois . . . received a Ball State Ray Louthen Senior Participation Award.

2010 (Jr.): Started the first four games . . . tied for third on the team with a season high seven tackles at Purdue . . . tied his career high with seven tackles at Iowa . . . recorded the second fumble recovery of his career in the season opener vs. Southeast Missouri State . . . tallied first career pass breakup vs. SEMO . . . suffered a right ankle injury at Central Michigan and missed the remainder of the season.

2009 (So.): Played in all 12 games to earn second letter . . . tallied the first fumble recovery of his career at Auburn . . . recovered a muffed Auburn punt on the Tigers' 18-yard line 1:09 into the game . . . season high three tackles in the season finale at Western Michigan.

2008 (Fr.): Played in 12 games, including the Mid-American Conference Championship Game and the GMAC Bowl . . . earned first letter . . . played primarily on special teams . . . tallied first career tackle at Toledo . . . managed a season high two tackles vs. Northern Illinois.

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed in football for Coach Jeff Hulme . . . helped team to a 13-1 record as a senior . . . helped the Rangers to a 10-0 start for the first time in school history . . . named to Rivals.com Top-50 in the Houston Metro area as a senior . . . all-district linebacker as a sophomore and all-district free safety as a junior and senior . . . managed 99 tackles with two interceptions as a sophomore and 110 tackles with two INTs as a junior.

PERSONAL: Son of Jon and Jody Hoke . . . born May 4, 1989, in Akron, Ohio . . . father, Jon, was a football letterman for Ball State from 1976-79 and played for the National Football League’s Chicago Bears and Kansas City Chiefs before entering the coaching profession . . . father is an assistant coach with the Chicago Bears . . . mother, the former Jody Hilles, is a former Ball State Homecoming Queen and the daughter of former Ball State assistant football coach (1972-77) Jim Hilles . . . Kyle’s uncle, Brady Hoke, is a former Ball State football letterman, 1980 team captain and was head coach of the Cardinals from 2003-08 . . . has three sisters . . . full name is Kyle David Hoke.

INTERCEPTIONS	g	no.	yards	long	avg/r	avg/g
2008	8	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
2009	12	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
2010	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
2011	11	1	2	2	2.0	0.2
TOTAL	36	1	2	2	2.0	0.1

ALL PURPOSE	g	ir	total	avg/g
2008	8	0	0	0.0
2009	12	0	0	0.0
2010	5	0	0	0.0
2011	11	2	2	0.2
TOTAL	36	2	2	0.1

TACKLES	g	ua	a	total	pd	fr
2008	8	1	2	3	0	0
2009	12	3	5	8	0	1
2010	5	10	12	22	1	1
2011	11	16	18	34	1	0
TOTAL	36	30	37	67	2	2

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
All-purpose yards: 2, at Oklahoma, 10/1/11
Interceptions: 1, at Oklahoma, 10/1/11
Long interception return: 2, at Oklahoma, 10/1/11
Tackles: 11, Temple, 10/8/11 (4-7)
Fumbles recovered: 1, Southeast Missouri, 9/2/10 ; at Auburn, 9/26/09
Pass breakups: 1, Southeast Missouri, 9/2/10