Ball State University Athletics
2025 Football Roster

Jersey Number 42
Layton Starks
- Position:
- Outside Linebacker
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 234
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Versailles, Ky.
- Prev School:
- Woodford County HS
- High School:
- Woodford County HS
2024 (Fr.): Made two appearances on the defensive line, against Bowling Green and at Ohio, in the final games of the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Starks has signed with the Cardinals out of Woodford County High School in Kentucky, where he was a 2022 teammate with Cardinals’ offensive lineman Tristan Cook … Starks played both wide receiver and defensive end for Woodford County, helping lead the Yellowjackets to a 6-4 record and a trip to the Kentucky Class 5A playoffs … the Yellowjackets finished 11-2 during his junior campaign and 13-1 as a sophomore in 2021, losing both seasons to the eventual state champions … Starks also stars on the basketball team.
HIGH SCHOOL: Starks has signed with the Cardinals out of Woodford County High School in Kentucky, where he was a 2022 teammate with Cardinals’ offensive lineman Tristan Cook … Starks played both wide receiver and defensive end for Woodford County, helping lead the Yellowjackets to a 6-4 record and a trip to the Kentucky Class 5A playoffs … the Yellowjackets finished 11-2 during his junior campaign and 13-1 as a sophomore in 2021, losing both seasons to the eventual state champions … Starks also stars on the basketball team.
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