Sean Wiggins

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Position:
Linebacker
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 232
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Mint Hill, N.C.
Prev School:
Butler HS
High School:
Butler

Awards and Honors:
2016 All-Mid-American Conference Third Team
2016 Ball State Dave McClain Leadership Award
2016 Team Captain
2015 All-Mid-American Conference First Team
2015 Ball State Ray Louthen Award (most improved)

2016 (Sr.): Started all 12 games at weakside linebacker … ranked fifth in the MAC in tackles per game (9.1) … his 109 total tackles were the most by a Cardinal since Ben Ingle registered 116 in 2013 … led Ball State in tackles in six games and also reached double-figure stops in four contests … finished with a team season-high as well as personal-best 15 tackles at Central Michigan on Oct. 8 … recorded 14 tackles as well as a career-high two tackles for loss at Toledo on Nov. 16 … tallied eight tackles and a forced fumble at Indiana on Sept. 10.

2015 (Jr.): Played in all 12 games with 11 starts at linebacker … led the team with 48 solo tackles and ranked second with 95 total tackles … reached double-digit tackles in four games, including three straight games against UMass, Western Michigan and Ohio … recorded his first collegiate sack as well as his first two collegiate interceptions on Sept. 19 at Eastern Michigan … his sack ended a first quarter Eastern Michigan drive while his interceptions came … piled up eight tackles, a sack and fumble recovery against Georgia State on Oct. 17 … forced and recovered a fumble in the first quarter against Central Michigan on Oct. 24 which led to a Ball State touchdown … also notched two pass break-ups against Central Michigan.

2014 (So.): Played in all 12 games and started two games (versus Northern Illinois and at Massachusetts) to earn second letter … season-high 13 tackles versus Northern Illinois … posted 10 tackles at UMass … six tackles in season opener versus Colgate … first career tackle for loss in the season finale at Bowling Green … forced first career fumble versus Northern Illinois.

2013 (Fr.): Saw first collegiate action in the season opener versus Illinois State … played in 11 games to earn first letter … first career tackle came against Illinois State … four tackles in three contests … five tackles at North Texas and versus Central Michigan … season-high eight tackles versus Miami.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters in football for coach Brian Hales at Butler High … helped team to a 15-0 overall record as a senior and a 57-2 mark in his career … helped team to a USA Today No. 3 ranking as a senior … the Bulldogs won three state championships in his four seasons … all-state as a senior … All-Southwestern Conference as a junior and senior … Southwestern Conference's Defensive Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior … Matthews Mint Hill Daily Standard Defensive Player of the Year as a senior … Butler's Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior … team captain as a senior … managed 186 tackles, four interceptions, six sacks and three forced fumbles as a senior … tallied 356 tackles, eight interceptions and 15 sacks in two varsity seasons … selected to participate in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas after his senior season … also earned three letters in basketball for coach Donald Kirby … named conference's Sixth Man of the Year as a junior.

PERSONAL: Son of Eddie and Marianne Wiggins … born Feb. 2, 1995, in Charlotte, North Carolina … two brothers and one sister … attended the same high school as former Ball State standout Jahwan Edwards and fellow signee David Moore … full name is Sean Michael Wiggins.