2018 Ball State Cardinals Football Preseason Chirps TEAM Roster This Season – Sophomore WR Justin Hall OFFENSE and Junior KR Malik Dunner
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2018 Ball State Football Quick Facts 2018 Ball State Schedule University Information Important Dates Date Opponent Time Location . Muncie, Ind. 47306 Aug. 30 Central Connecticut State 7 p.m. Enrollment/Founded . 22,513/1918 MAC Football Media Day ESPN+ President . .Geoffrey . Mearns Tuesday, July 24 Sept. 8 at Notre Dame 3:30 p.m. Director of Athletics . Beth Goetz NBC Colors . Cardinal (200) and White Players Report to Preseason Camp Sept. 15 at Indiana Noon Home Facility . Scheumann Stadium Tuesday, July 31 Big Ten Network Surface . Field Turf Sept . 22 Western Kentucky TBA First Day of Preseason Practice Football History . 2018 is the 94th team Sept . 29 Kent State* TBA Wednesday, Aug. 1 First Season in Stadium . 1967 Oct . 6 Northern Illinois* TBA Capacity . 22,500 Oct. 13 at Central Michigan* TBA Ball State Sports Fan Jam Conference . Mid-American (West Division) Saturday, Aug. 18 Oct . 20 Eastern Michigan* (HC) 3 p .m . Ticket Office . 765.285.1474 ESPN+ Oct. 25 at Ohio* 7 p.m. or 1.888.BSU.TICKET Ball State fall classes begin ESPN2/CBS Sports Network Monday, Aug. 20 Oct. 31 at Toledo* 7:30 p.m. Coaching Staff ESPN2 Season Opener vs . Central Conn . State Nov. 10 OPEN WEEK Head Coach . Mike Neu (Ball State ’94) Thursday, Aug. 30 Nov . 13 Western Michigan* 6 p .m . Record at Ball State . 6-18 (3rd season) ESPN2 Collegiate Coaching Record . Same MAC Opener vs . Kent State Nov. 20 at Miami* 7 p.m. For Interviews . Call Michael Clark Saturday, Sept. 29 ESPNU/ESPN+ . 765-760-6050 Nov. 30 at MAC Championship 7 p.m. Assistant Coaches 2018 MAC Championship Game ESPN2 Asst. Head Coach/OL . Kyle DeVan Friday, Nov. 30 (Detroit, Mich.) Off. Coord./QBs . Joey Lynch 2017 Ball State Results Def. Coord. David Elson Football Information Record: 2-10, 0-8 MAC ST Coord./TEs . Patrick Dougherty Run Game Coord./Inside LBs . 2017 Record . 2-10. Date Opponent Result . Johnny Curtis 2017 MAC Record . 0-8 Sept. 2 at Illinois 21-24, L WRs . Alex Bailey 2017 Home Record . 2-4 Sept. 9 UAB 51-31, W Outside LBs . .Cory Connolly 2017 Road Record . 0-6 Sept. 16 Tennessee Tech 28-13, W DBs . Chevis. Jackson 2017 Bowl . n/a Sept. 23 at Western Kentucky 21-33, L Recruiting Coord./RBs . Kevin Lynch 2017 Letterwinners Returning . 50 Sept. 30 at Western Michigan* 3-55, L DL . Keith McKenzie . .(26 offense, 20 defense, 4 specialists) Oct. 7 at Akron* 3-31, L Strength & Cond. Ben Armer 2017 Letterwinners Lost . 17 Oct. 21 Central Michigan* (HC) 9-56, L . (6 offense, 10 defense, 1 specialists) Oct. 26 Toledo* 17-58, L 2017 Starters Returning . 19 Nov. 2 at Eastern Michigan* 14-56, L . (9 offense, 7 defense, 3 specialists) Nov. 9 at Northern Illinois* 17-63, L 2017 Starters Lost . 6 Nov. 16 Buffalo* 24-40, L . (2 offense, 4 defense, 0 specialists) Nov. 21 Miami* 7-28, L Offensive Sets . Up-tempo pro style Asterisk (*) denotes MAC contest Defensive Sets . 3-4 Ball State Media Contacts Michael Clark . Associate AD Email . [email protected] Phone . 765-285-8904 (O) . 765-760-6050 (C) Twitter . @Mike_Clark77 Tyson Mathews . Asst . Director (Secondary) Email . [email protected] Phone . 765-285-8242 (O) . 765-716-7235 (C) – 3 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ItsTime • 2018 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 3 – 2018 Ball State Cardinals Football Preseason Chirps TEAM roster this season – sophomore WR Justin Hall OFFENSE and junior KR Malik Dunner. Hall was a second YEAR THREE UNDER COACH NEU INJURIES DERAIL OFFENSE IN 2017 team selection while Dunner was honored on • Former Cardinal Mike Neu is now in his third • Seven of the 11 offensive starters in the 2017 the third team. year as the program’s head coach. For more season opener at Illinois suffered a season- information on coach Neu, please check page ending injury at some point during the year. NOT MUCH YELLOW ON THE FIELD nine. The Cardinals were forced to use four starting • Ball State led the MAC and ranked ninth Neu is currently one of 22 Football Bowl quarterbacks. nationally in fewest penalties per game (4.08) in Subdivision (FBS) head coaches serving as coach Key offensive personnel missed a total of 66 2017. The Cardinals only committed two penal- at his alma mater. John Bonamego (Central games. Here is a list of offensive players who ties for a season-low 10 yards against Buffalo on Michigan) and Tim Lester (Western Michigan) suffered season-ending injuries and the amount Nov. 16. are the other MAC coaches on the list. of games missed: OL Alex Joss (11), WR Jordan Hogue (11), QB Riley Neal (9), RB James Gilbert BALL STATE ‘FAMILY’ CONNECTIONS WHERE ARE THE SENIORS? (9), WR Corey Lacanaria (8), TE Danny Pinter (5), • Junior QB Riley Neal and junior WR Riley • There are only nine seniors listed on the QB Zack Blair (4), OL Andrew Poenitsch (4) and Miller both have family ties to Ball State. Neal’s preseason roster, second fewest among all FBS OL Kaleb Slaven (3). father (Jesse) and uncle (Jay) both played teams. Only Illinios has fewer seniors on its football for the Cardinals. Meanwhile, Miller’s roster. Ball State hosts Western Kentucky, which NEAL AND GILBERT CLIMBING UP CHARTS father (Greg) was a part of the Ball State bas- only has 10 seniors, on Sept. 22. • QB Riley Neal and RB James Gilbert both ketball team that made a run to the 1990 NCAA find their names on a Ball State top-10 list. 8 – Illinois Tournament ‘Sweet 16’. 9 – Ball State, SMU Neal ranks fifth on Ball State’s all-time passing list (5,476 yards) and Gilbert sits ninth on the 10 – WKU, Arizona LOOKING TO GO BOWLING career rushing list (2,147). See chart at bottom 12 – Auburn, Utah • Ball State aims to return to the bowl scene of page. 13 – Minnesota this fall. The Cardinals went to the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg following the 2012 MAJOR FRESHMEN IMPACT IN 2017 YET, LOTS OF EXPERIENCE ON ROSTER season and the GoDaddy Bowl after the 2013 • Ball State had a true freshman lead the team • Ball State has 19 returning starters (including campaign. However, Ball State fell short of bowl in rushing (Caleb Huntley) and receiving (Justin specialists) on the preseason roster, one of the eligibility each of the last four seasons. top numbers in nation. Hall) one year ago. Huntley led all MAC fresh- men and ranked third in the league in rushing 22 – Baylor, Michigan State BALL STATE IN THE NFL yards per game (83.6). He also became just the 20 – Florida, Michigan, UAB, Utah State • Two former Cardinals are on NFL rosters second freshman in Ball State history to rush 19 – Arizona, Ball State, Kansas, North Texas heading into preseason camps which begin this for 1,000 yards in a season (Bernie Parmalee, week. They are WR Willie Snead (Baltimore Nine of Ball State’s returning starters are 1987). Ravens) and LB Anthony Winbush (Atlanta on the offensive side of the ball. Only Florida, Meanwhile, Hall was named an ESPN.com Falcons). Michigan State and UAB have more in that Freshman All-American after leading all fresh- Snead is in his fourth season on an active category. men in the nation in receptions (78) and ranking NFL roster and spent the last three years in 11th overall nationally in receptions per game 10 – Florida, Michigan State, UAB New Orleans. Winbush concluded his Ball State (6.5). He led the Cardinals in receptions for 9 – Ball State, Baylor, Northern Illinois, Mis- career in 2017. He was a free agent signee by sissippi State, Missouri, North Texas the Falcons. TOP 10 CHARTS FAN FRIENDLY SCHEDULE CARDINALS ADD SPECIAL TEAMMATE • Ball State does not have to travel outside of • Ball State football joined forces with Team Career Rushing Yards the state of Indiana until week seven when the IMPACT to welcome 9-year old Dominick 1. 4,558 Jahwan Edwards, 2011-14 2. 4,002 Marcus Merriweather, 1999-2002 Cardinals face Central Michigan (Oct. 13). The Landreth to the squad in May. Landreth, who Cardinals open the schedule with four home 3. 3,748 MiQuale Lewis, 2006-10 was born with mitochondrial disease, signed his 4. 3,483 Bernie Parmalee, 1987-90 games and road games at Notre Dame and Letter of Intent in front of the team in a Draft 5. 3,080 LeAndre Moore, 1995-98 Indiana. Day ceremony. As a team member, Landreth 6. 3,051 Michael Blair, 1993-96 will have the opportunity to attend practices, 7. 2,725 Corey Croom, 1989-92 SPEAKING OF NOTRE DAME games, team dinners, events and more. 8. 2,209 Amos Van Pelt, 1966-68 • The Cardinals and Fighting Irish will meet on Team IMPACT is a national nonprofit head- 9. 2,147 James Gilbert, 2015-present the gridiron for the first time in program history quartered in Boston, Massachusetts that con- 10. 2,098 Tony Nibbs, 1992-94 on Sept. 8. Notre Dame is 6-0 all-time against nects children facing serious or chronic illnesses Career Passing Yards MAC opponents with wins over Western Michi- with college athletic teams, forming life-long 1. 11,402 Keith Wenning, 2010-13 gan (3), Miami (2) and Akron (1). bonds and life-changing outcomes. Since 2011, 2. 9,233 Nate Davis, 2006-08 Ball State men’s basketball team upset No. 8 Team IMPACT has matched more than 1,400 3. 6,271 Mike Neu, 1990-93 Notre Dame last winter in South Bend, 80-77.