2006 Football Roster
Tanner Justice
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- High School:
- Cathedral
2009 (Sr.): Played in all 12 games . . . started the final five games . . . earned second letter . . . made his first career start at Eastern Michigan . . . took over at quarterback in the second quarter vs. Bowling Green after Kelly Page suffered a season-ending injury . . . completed 6-of-9 passes for 78 yards and his first career touchdown pass vs. Ohio . . . completed his first career TD pass on a 35-yard completion to Jeremy Hill with 5:52 left in the game to give the Cardinals a 17-12 advantage over the Bobcats . . . at Northern Illinois, completed 11-of-19 passes for a career high 134 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions . . . against Central Michigan, completed 10-of-17 passes for 105 yards . . . completed 7-of-11 passes for 100 yards at Army, including a career long pass of 36 yards . . . three touchdown passes at Army, at Eastern Michigan, vs. Ohio, vs. Central Michigan and at Western Michigan . . . career high nine rushes for career best 43 yards vs. Ohio, including a career long 14-yard run.
2008 (Jr.): Played in all 14 games primarily as the team’s holder on special teams . . . earned first letter . . . served as Ball State’s backup quarterback . . . completed one pass for seven yards vs. Northeastern and one for 10 yards vs. Northern Illinois . . . credited with one rush vs. NIU.
2007 (So.): Played in all 13 games . . . served as Ball State’s backup quarterback . . . played primarily as the team’s holder on special teams . . . completed 2-of-3 passes for 24 yards with a season long pass of 16 yards vs. Central Michigan . . . also completed only pass attempt for 13 yards at Indiana . . . rushed for an 8-yard touchdown on the Cardinals’ final play vs. Central Michigan.
2006 (Fr.): Did not see action.
2005: Redshirted as a walk-on.
High School: Earned three letters in football for Coach Jim O’Hara . . . helped team to a 7-4 record as a senior . . . completed 139-of-224 passes for 986 yards with 10 touchdowns as a senior plus tallied 26 tackles and two interceptions as a defensive back . . . all-city . . . captained his team as a senior and helped the squad to a ranking as high as second in the state in Class 4A.
Personal: Son of Todd Justice and Teri Wedge . . . three brothers and one sister . . . father played golf at St. Joseph’s College . . . born Feb. 28, 1987, in Lafayette, Ind. . . . graduated last May with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship . . . managed a 3.916 last spring . . . completed his master’s degree in business with a 3.625 grade-point average on Ball State's 4.0 scale . . . full name is Tanner Wade Justice.
JUSTICE, Tanner
RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g
2005
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
2007
11
2
8
1
8
4.0
0.7
2008
11
1
-2
0
0
-2.0
-0.2
2009
12
37
37
0
14
1.0
3.1
TOTAL
35
40
43
1
14
1.1
1.2
PASSING g cmp-att-int yards td long pct avg/p avg/g effic
2005
1
0-0-0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2007
11
3-4-0
37
0
16
75.0
9.2
3.4
152.7
2008
11
2-2-0
17
0
10
100.0
8.5
1.5
171.4
2009
12
51-105-5
594
2
36
48.6
5.7
49.5
92.9
TOTAL
35
56-111-5
648
2
36
50.5
5.8
18.5
96.4
TOTAL OFFENSE g rush pass total avg/g
2005
1
0
0
0
0.0
2007
11
8
37
45
4.1
2008
11
-2
17
15
1.4
2009
12
37
594
631
52.6
TOTAL
35
43
648
691
19.7
SCORING g td rush rcv ret pat 2pat fg total avg/g
2005
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
2007
11
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
0.5
2008
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
2009
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
TOTAL
35
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
0.2
ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
2005
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
2007
11
8
0
0
0
0
8
0.7
2008
11
-2
0
0
0
0
-2
-0.2
2009
12
37
0
0
0
0
37
3.1
TOTAL
35
43
0
0
0
0
43
1.2
TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk
2005
1
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
2007
11
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
2008
11
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
2009
12
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
TOTAL
35
2
0
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
