BALL STATE NORTHERN ILLINOIS 3-1, 0-0 (MAC) 0-4, 0-0 (MAC) Streak: Won 2 Streak: Lost 4 Head Coach: Mike Neu (1st year) Head Coach: Rod Carey (4th year)

Date: Oct. 1, 2016 | Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. | Site: Scheumann Stadium, Muncie, Ind. (capacity: 22,500) | TV: ASN, ESPN3 Storylines #CHIRPCHIRP 8Ball State will be looking for its first win in the series since 2008. Northern Illinois piled up 59 points against the Cardinals last year, equaling the most by either team in the 43 meetings between the teams. Sophomore QB Riley Neal threw for a career-best 393 yards Ball State is aiming for its against NIU last fall. 3 first three-game winning streak since the team 8The Bronze Stalk Trophy is on the line this weekend. These two MAC rivals began won seven straight late competing for this trophy in 2008. Designed by nationally recognized sculptor and DeKalb in the 2013 season. artist Renee Bemis, the trophy depicts several cornstalks in tribute to the prevalence of maize around the respective home states of the rivals.

QB Riley Neal accounted 8RBs Darian Green and James Gilbert are both closing in on 1,000 career rushing yards. 4 for four touchdowns last Green needs 19 more yards while Gilbert is 62 yards shy. The duo has combined for 533 week at FAU. He threw rushing yards this year. for two scores and ran 8Ball State’s defense leads the nation in total sacks (17) and ranks 18th nationally in rush- for two more, including ing defense (97.0 yards per game). The Cardinals ranked next to last in the MAC in rushing the game-winner with defense last year (225.5 yards per game) and have already equaled last year’s season total 1:47 remaining. in sacks (17).

8Senior DE Joshua Posley has 6.0 tackles for loss the last two games. As a unit, the defense LB Sean Wiggins has amassed 25 tackles for loss and 11 sacks in the previous two contests. equaled his personal 13 high with 13 tackles in last week’s win at FAU. 2016 Statistical Comparison The Cardinals have Ball State Statistic Northern Illinois 25 notched 25 tackles for 30.8 ...... Scoring Average ...... 25.5 loss over the last two 23.0 ...... Scoring Defense ...... 39.5 games. Fifteen different 221.0 ...... Rushing Yards ...... 186.5 players have chipped in 215.2 ...... Passing Yards ...... 238.5 to the total. 436.2 ...... Total Offense ...... 425.0 97.0 ...... Rushing Defense ...... 236.2 267.8 ...... Passing Defense ...... 262.8 MAC Championships 364.8 ...... Total Defense ...... 499.0 9.6 ...... Punt Return Average ...... 8.9 1976, 1978, 1989, 1993, 1996 19.9 ...... Kick Return Average ...... 23.1 MAC West Division Titles 33:35 ...... Time of Possession Avg...... 26:54 28/66 (42.4%) ...... 3rd Down Conversions ...... 18/65 (27.7%) 2001, 2007, 2008 12/19 (63.2%) ...... Red Zone Touchdowns ...... 8/13 (61.5%) Bowl Appearances 1965, 1967, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013

– 1 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 1 – 2016 Football 2016 Schedule Breakdown at Georgia State Notes: Ball State won its seventh consecu- Friday, Sept. 2 | 7 p.m. tive season opener … Mike Neu tallied his Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. first win as Ball State coach … RBJames W, 31-21 | TV: ASN, ESPN3 Gilbert ran for career-high 160 yards at Notes: Indiana raced out to a 30-0 lead Saturday, Sept. 10 | 4 p.m. before Ball State scored the final 20 points Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Ind. … these two teams will play again in 2018, Setting the Scene … L, 20-30 | TV: ESPNews 2019 and 2020 … IU leads the series, 5-3 Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. ET, Oct. 1, 2016 Eastern Kentucky Notes: The Cardinals won their seventh Saturday, Sept. 17 | 3 p.m. straight home opener … Ball State held EKU Site: Scheumann Stadium, Muncie, Ind. Scheumann Stadium, Muncie, Ind. to three yards rushing and tallied eight W, 41-14 | TV: ESPN3 sacks … Ball State scored the first 41 points (capacity: 22,500) Rankings: Notes: First-ever meeting between the two at Florida Atlantic Ball State (NR – AP; NR – Coaches) programs … FAU will return the game in Saturday, Sept. 24 | 6 p.m. Northern Illinois (NR – AP; NR – Coaches) FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Fla. 2019 … QB Riley Neal accounted for four W, 31-27 | TV: FAUSports.tv TDs (2 rushing, 2 passing) Television: American Sports Network/ESPN3 Northern Illinois* Notes: Annual game for the Bronze Stalk Mike Gleason, play-by-play Saturday, Oct. 1 | 3:30 p.m. Trophy … NIU has won seven straight meet- Brad Jackson, analyst Scheumann Stadium, Muncie, Ind. ings and leads the all-time series, 21-20-2 … Petar Hood, sidelines QB Riley Neal threw for 393 yards last year TV: ASN, ESPN3 Radio: Notes: Ball State has won four straight (Ball State Radio Network) at Central Michigan* WLBC 104.1 FM – Flagship Saturday, Oct. 8 | 3:30 p.m. meetings at Central Michigan … the Cardi- nals lead the all-time series, 24-23-1 Joel Godett, play-by-play Kelly/Shorts Stadium, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. Rich Spisak, analyst TV: ASN, ESPN3 Tyler Bradfield, sidelines at Buffalo* Notes: This will be Ball State’s first trip to Live Stats: Saturday, Oct. 15 | TBA Buffalo since 2011 … the Cardinals are 4-0 BallStateSports.com UB Stadium, Buffalo, N.Y. all-time at Buffalo … Ball State leads the all- time series, 8-1 Twitter: TV: TBA @BallStateFB, @BallStateSports Akron* Notes: 2016 Homecoming Game … Ball State Forecast: Saturday, Oct. 22 | 3 p.m. has won five consecutive games versus the Overcast with 20 percent chance of rain, Scheumann Stadium, Muncie, Ind. Zips including last meeting in 2014 … Ball high near 70 degrees TV: TBA State leads the all-time series, 11-10-1 Western Michigan* Notes: Western Michigan is the preseason Tuesday, Nov. 1 | 8 p.m. MAC favorite … WMU has won two Scheumann Stadium, Muncie, Ind. straight meetings and leads the all-time TV: ESPN2 or ESPNU series, 23-19 Eastern Michigan* Notes: LB Sean Wiggins tallied two inter- A Ball State Win Would … ceptions in last year’s victory … Ball State Tuesday, Nov. 8 | 7 p.m. … Snap a seven game losing streak to has won 10 of the last 11 meetings … the Scheumann Stadium, Muncie, Ind. Northern Illinois. Cardinals hold a 33-21-2 lead in the series TV: ESPN2 or CBSSN … Move Ball State to 1-0 in MAC action for the sixth time in the last seven years. Notes: Toledo held Ball State to just 26 yards at Toledo* … Give the Cardinals their first three- rushing in 2015 … the Rockets have won Wednesday, Nov. 16 | 7 p.m. game winning streak since the team won two straight meetings … Toledo leads the Glass Bowl, Toledo, Ohio seven straight late in the 2013 season. TV: ESPN2 or ESPNU all-time series, 21-19-1 at Miami* Notes: First meeting at Miami since 2012 … Tuesday, Nov. 22 | 7 p.m. Ball State has won the last three meetings … Yager Stadium, Oxford, Ohio Miami leads the all-time series, 16-12-1 TV: ESPNU or ESPN3

– 2 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 2 – 2016 Ball State Cardinals Football Game #5 Chirps TEAM teams. The Cardinals scored the game-win- ning touchdown with 1:47 left in the 31-27 TOP 10 CHARTS 2015-16 HALL OF FAME WEEKEND victory. Career Receiving Yards • This weekend, the The previous time Ball State played a 1. 3,030 Dante Ridgeway, 2002-04 Department of Athletics is inducting four game in the state of Florida was the 2012 2. 2,991 Willie Snead, 2011-13 individuals and one team into its Hall of 3. 2,778 Dante Love, 2005-08 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg against Fame – Eduardo Ferraz (men’s volleyball), 4. 2,723 Jordan Williams, 2012-15 UCF. Dee Nocero (soccer), Dante Ridgeway (foot- 5. 2,473 Darius Hill, 2005-08 ball), Brad Snyder (baseball) and the 1989-90 6. 2,256 Deon Chester, 1984-87 HOME, SWEET HOME 7. 2,218 Briggs Orsbon, 2008-11 men’s tennis team. • Thanks to a 41-14 win over Eastern Ken- 8. 2,150 KeVonn Mabon, 2012-Present Ridgeway was one of three finalists for tucky on Sept. 17, Ball State has now won 9. 2,111 Brian Oliver, 1991-94 ’s Fred Biletnikoff Award, seven consecutive home openers. 10. 2,034 Jamill Smith, 2010-13 presented to the nation’s most outstand- ing wide receiver, as a junior in 2004. That Career Receptions RED HELMET MAKES ITS RETURN 1. 238 Dante Ridgeway, 2002-04 season, he ranked first in the NCAA in • Ball State debuted a new red helmet in 2. 223 Willie Snead, 2011-13 receptions per game (9.55), receiving yards the home opener on Sept. 17 against EKU, 3. 213 Briggs Orsbon, 2008-11 per game (127.18) and total receiving yards marking the first time the Cardinals used 4. 199 Dante Love, 2005-08 (1,399). For more information on the Ball red helmets since 1970. From 1971 through 5. 200 Jordan Williams, 2012-15 State Athletics Hall of Fame, please visit 6. 182 KeVonn Mabon, 2012-Present 2013, the Cardinals exclusively wore a BallStateSports.com. 7. 177 Jamill Smith, 2010-13 white helmet adorned with a Cardinal head 8. 158 Darius Hill, 2005-08 logo. A black helmet was introduced in CELEBRATING HISTORY 9. 146 Deon Chester, 1984-87 2014. 10. 138 Brian Oliver, 1991-94 • Ball State is welcoming back two of its championship teams this weekend – the CARDINALS VICTORIOUS IN NEU’S 1976 and 1996 MAC championship teams. DEBUT The 1976 team (8-3, 4-1 MAC) won the 2016 TEAM CAPTAINS • Ball State’s season opener at Georgia State league title in the program’s second year in • The 2016 team captains were named on Sept. 2 was also the debut for Mike Neu the MAC. The 1996 team (8-4, 7-1) earned earlier this summer. They are senior DB as the Cardinals’ head coach. The former a trip to the Las Vegas Bowl and fell to Martez Hester, senior WR KeVonn Mabon, Cardinal was hired as the program’s 17th Nevada, 18-15. senior LB Sean Wiggins and senior RB head coach back in January. Neu served the Teddy Williamson. previous two seasons as the EXTRA YARD FOR TEACHERS coach for the . As a • Ball State is teaming up with the College SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM player, Neu led Ball State to the 1993 MAC Football Playoff Foundation this weekend • Five players on the 2016 Ball State roster championship. For more information on to promote the Extra Yard for Teachers have already earned their bachelor’s degree coach Neu, please check page nine. campaign (EYFT). The EYFT initiative – WR Cywettnie Brown, DB Martez Hes- focuses on three main points – direct provi- ter, WR KeVonn Mabon, P Kyle Schmidt SUCCESS IN SEASON OPENERS sion of resources, teacher recognition and and LS Nick Traub. • Thanks to a 31-21 win at Georgia State professional development. on Sept. 2, Ball State has now won seven For more on EYFT, please visit ALL IN THE BALL STATE FAMILY consecutive season openers dating back to www.cfp-foundation.org. • Three of the Ball State coaches played 2010. The contest at GSU was the first true football and graduated from the university road game in a season opener for the Cardi- NOT MUCH YELLOW ON THE FIELD – head coach Mike Neu, offensive coordina- nals since 2005. • Ball State leads the MAC and ranks sixth tor and defensive line coach nationally in fewest penalties per game (3.5) Keith McKenzie. THREE ALL-MAC PLAYERS RETURN and third in fewest penalty yards per game • Of the five Ball State players who earned (26.0). Last week at Florida Atlantic, Ball PRESEASON MAC POLLS All-MAC accolades in 2015, three return to State was only flagged once for five yards. • Both the media and coaches poll slotted lead the Cardinals this season – senior LB Ball State fifth out of six teams in the MAC Sean Wiggins, senior DL Joshua Posley and MEMORABLE VISIT TO FLORIDA West this year. Western Michigan was the senior WR KeVonn Mabon. Wiggins and • Ball State traveled to Boca Raton, Florida MAC West preseason favorite in both polls. Posley were both first team selections while on Sept. 24 to take on Florida Atlantic. It Mabon was recognized on the third team was the first-ever meeting between the two BALL STATE IN THE NFL for both wide receiver and kick returner. • Former Cardinal WR Willie Snead was a major contributor for the New Orleans LOOKING TO GO BOWLING STAT CORNER Saints last year and is expected to have a • Ball State aims to return to the bowl major role with the Saints again this season. scene this fall. The Cardinals went to the Snead finished third on the Saints in recep- Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg follow- 1 tions (69) last year and second in receiving ing the 2012 season and the GoDaddy Bowl Ball State was only flagged once for five yards yards (984). after the 2013 campaign. However, Ball in the win at Florida Atlantic on Sept. 24. The Snead earned his Ball State bachelor’s State fell short of bowl eligibility in 2014 flag came on Ball State’s third offensive snap degree this past spring. of the game – a false start penalty. and 2015.

– 3 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 3 – 2016 Ball State Cardinals Football Game #5 Chirps OFFENSE also led Ball State with a personal-high 64 receiving yards against EKU. STAT CORNER ANOTHER SCORING THREAT • Senior TE Sam Brunner caught his first RUNNING WILD ON GEORGIA STATE career touchdown pass off of a 26-yard pass • The Cardinals ran for 325 yards in the 14.3% from QB Riley Neal in the second quarter season opener on Sept. 2 at Georgia State, The opposition has converted just 14.3 percent at FAU on Sept 24. Brunner already has the most by a Ball State squad since Nov. of its fourth down attempts against Ball State five receptions in 2015, two shy of his 2015 14, 2012 in a win versus Ohio. Sophomore this season (1-of-7). season total. RB James Gilbert notched personal highs in carries (29), rushing yards (160) and long pected to be filled by sophomore QBRiley IT HAD TO END SOMETIME … rush (43) against Georgia State. Gilbert also Neal. He was one of just six true freshmen • Sophomore QB Riley Neal completed tied a personal best with two touchdowns. to pass for at least 2,000 yards in 2015. his first 16 pass attempts against EKU on Neal finished with 2,276 passing yards, 16 Sept. 17. Neal finished the game 28-of-39 LOTS OF SKILL PLAYERS RETURN touchdowns and only six interceptions in for 238 yards and two touchdowns. He • The Cardinals return 84 percent of their 11 appearances in 2015. also notched his first rushing score of the offensive production (passing, receiving The other true freshmen to reach 2,000 season, a 12-yard run in the first quarter. and rushing yards) from the 2015 squad. yards passing were Josh Rosen of UCLA The only key player not to return is WR (3,690), Tanner Mangum of BYU (3,377), NEW TO THE END ZONE Jordan Williams, who went on to sign on Brett Rypien of Boise State (3,353), Jake • Sophomore WR Devin Reece and fresh- the practice squad with the New Orleans Browning of Washington (2,955) and Chase man WR Damon Hazelton Jr. recorded Saints. Litton of Marshall (2,605). their first collegiate touchdowns in the Sept. 17 win over Eastern Kentucky. Reece MABON ADDED TO BILETNIKOFF OLD AND NEW ON THE O-LINE AWARD WATCH LIST • Junior Vinnie Palazeti is sliding over GAMES STARTED CHART • Senior WR KeVonn Mabon was one from guard to center this season. Palazeti 2016 Cons. of eight MAC players to be named to the started six games on the line in 2015. Veter- Name Career Season Starts initial Biletnikoff Award watch list. The ans Drake Miller on the left side and Steven Zack Ryan 34 4 4 award is presented annually to the college Bell on the right will fill the tackle positions. Steven Bell 33 4 4 football season’s outstanding receiver. Miller and Bell have combined for 49 starts Martez Hester 26 4 16 Mabon enters the Northern Illinois game entering this season. Miller was the only KeVonn Mabon 26 4 21 with 2,150 career receiving yards, which player to start all 12 games on the line in Drake Miller 24 4 24 ranks eighth on the school’s all-time list. He 2015. Sophomore Alex Joss and junior Pat Tyree Holder 23 2 0 finished second on the team in both recep- Maloney, both new starters on the line, are Aaron Taylor 21 4 7 Sam Brunner 18 3 0 tions (70) and receiving yards (745) last fall. slated to line up at the guard positions. Sean Wiggins 17 4 10 Mabon piled up a team season-high 150 Dedrick Cromartie 16 0 0 yards receiving in the 2015 win over UMass FULL STABLE OF RUNNING BACKS Kevin Willis 16 3 2 and then posted another 100-yard receiv- • Ball State’s top three running backs Darian Green 15 3 2 ing game two weeks later at Ohio (139). The from 2015 are all back on the roster this Joshua Posley 14 4 4 third-year starter totaled 312 all-purpose year. Junior RB Darian Green led the team Riley Neal 13 4 13 yards at Ohio on Nov. 17, which was the with 730 rushing yards. Sophomore James Darius Conaway 12 0 0 10th highest total by any player at the FBS Gilbert and senior Teddy Williamson will John Whitman III 12 3 3 Vinnie Palazeti 10 4 6 level in 2015. likely see action in the backfield as well. Jack Milas 9 0 0 Freshman Malik Dunner had an impres- Corey Lacanaria 9 0 0 WILLIAMSON NOMINATED FOR ALL- sive preseason camp and could force his Chris Shillings 7 0 0 STATE AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM way into the mix. Jordan Hogue 7 3 1 • Senior RB Teddy Williamson was one David Moore 5 0 0 of 165 players nationally to be nominated DEFENSE Marc Walton 5 4 4 for the Allstate Coaches Corey Hall 4 3 2 Association (AFCA) Good Works Team. The SACK HAPPY Alex Joss 4 4 4 • Ball State tallied eight sacks in the win Pat Maloney 4 4 4 final team will be announced in September. Anthony Winbush 4 4 4 Williamson played in all 12 games last over Eastern Kentucky on Sept. 17. The Lamont McPhatter 3 0 0 year and finished fourth on the team in eight sacks were the most in a single game Damon Hazelton Jr. 2 2 2 both carries (40) and rushing yards (136). He for Ball State in at least 10 years. Josh Miller 2 2 2 has volunteered his time at the Boys & Girls Kevin Thurmon 2 2 0 Club of Muncie with the Punt, Pass and STUFFING THE RUN Aaron Hepp 2 0 0 Kick Football Camp. Williamson, who is • Ball State held Eastern Kentucky to three Kyle Schrank 1 1 1 finishing up his undergraduate coursework yards rushing on 27 attempts on Sept. 17. Devin Reece 1 1 0 The three rushing yards by EKU were the James Gilbert 1 1 0 in finance, has also served as a mentor at Danny Pinter 1 1 0 the downtown Muncie Children’s Museum. fewest allowed by Ball State since Nov. 24, Armani McNulty 1 1 0 2007 when the Cardinals held Northern Devin Reece 1 1 0 NEAL MAKES STRIDES AS FRESHMAN Illinois to minus-one yard on 28 carries. Cywettnie Brown 1 0 0 • This year’s position is ex-

– 4 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 4 – 2016 Ball State Cardinals Football Game #5 Chirps DEFENSE State. Linebackers coach Johnny Curtis worked in the Louisiana high school ranks 2016 INDIVIDUAL HONORS WALTON TALLIES FIRST CAREER INT for the past 20 years. Finally, defensive Sam Brunner, Sr., TE, #17 • Sophomore CB Marc Walton picked up backs coach Chevis Jackson was a graduate • Nominee for the NFF Scholar-Athlete his first collegiate interception on the first assistant at his alma mater, LSU, in 2015. Awards play of the second quarter against Eastern Kentucky. Ball State went on to score a field SPECIAL TEAMS KeVonn Mabon, Sr., WR, #16 goal thanks to the turnover. • Biletnikoff Award Watch List MEMORABLE FIRST TOUCHDOWN STOUT EFFORT IN OPENER AT GSU • Freshman RB Malik Dunner scored his Joshua Posley, Sr., DE, #57 • Ball State’s defense forced seven straight first collegiate touchdown on a blocked • Hendricks Award Watch List Georgia State punts starting early in the punt at Indiana on Sept. 10. Junior S second quarter and stretching to midway Dedrick Cromartie blocked the fourth Teddy Williamson, Sr., RB, #6 through the fourth quarter in the opener quarter punt and Dunner scooped it up and • Allstate AFCA Good Works Team on Sept. 2. The Cardinals’ defense allowed rumbled into the end zone from three yards Nominee just 272 yards of offense in the opener, out. the fewest allowed by a Ball State defense against an FBS opponent since Nov. 12, SOLID NUCLEUS BACK IN 2016 2010 against Buffalo (144). • All of the key specialists from 2015 are back on the squad this year – sophomore POSLEY ADDED TO HENDRICKS AWARD K Morgan Hagee, senior P Kyle Schmidt, WATCH LIST senior LS Nick Traub, kick returners • Senior DL Joshua Posley was one of 28 KeVonn Mabon and Darian Green, and players from around the country selected punt returner Corey Lacanaria. to the initial Ted Hendricks Award Watch List. The Hendricks Award, named in MR. CONSISTENT honor of college football’s first three-time • Sophomore K Morgan Hagee has made first-team All-American, is bestowed upon 75 percent (6-of-8) of his field goal attempts the nation’s top defensive end. A midsea- this season which ranks second in the son watch list will be announced in late league. His career long field goal is 45 yards. November. The 2016 winner will be an- nounced on Dec. 7. SCHMIDT IN FOURTH YEAR AS PUNTER Posley led the team with 9.0 tackles for • Senior P Kyle Schmidt is holding down loss, six quarterback hurries and two forced the punting duties for a fourth consecu- fumbles as a junior. tive year. He currently ranks third on Ball State’s career punting list with an average A SWITCH CAN DO YOU GOOD of 41.0 yards per punt. • Senior Corey Hall could be a breakout performer in the defensive backfield. After Career Punting Average (attempts) missing the majority of last season with an 1. 44.8 Chris Miller (231), 2005-08 injury, Hall has made the move from corner 2. 44.2 Brad Maynard (242), 1993-96 back to safety. He made plenty of standout 3. 41.0 Kyle Schmidt (173), 2013-pres. plays from the safety position during pre- 41.0 Scott Kovanda (229), 2008-12 season camp. 5. 40.3 Jack Morse (130), 1969-70 Hall finished with four tackles and his first interception as a Cardinal against ‘SPECIAL’ SPECIAL TEAMS Georgia State on Sept. 2. • Ball State ranked among the top three teams in the league in several special MAN IN THE MIDDLE teams categories last year including kickoff • Senior LB Zack Ryan is the team’s active returns (first), punt return average (third), leader in career starts (34) and tackles (281). punting (third), kickoff coverage (third) and He has led the Cardinals in tackles in two of field goal percentage (third). the three games this season. The Cardinals’ kickoff return average of 25.5 yards ranked 12th nationally. Senior ENTIRELY NEW STAFF ON DEFENSE KeVonn Mabon and junior Darian Green • All four coaches on the defensive side each produced a return greater than 80 of the ball are new to Ball State this year. yards in 2015. Mabon was one of four MAC Defensive coordinator Tim Daoust was the players to return a kickoff for a touchdown assistant head coach at Syracuse the previ- last fall. ous three years. Defensive line coach Keith McKenzie, a former Cardinal and NFL player, spent the past eight years at Wayne

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Around the MAC 2016-17 MAC Bowl Lineup 2016 STANDINGS Raycom Media Camellia Bowl East Division Saturday, December 17th Team MAC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA H A N Streak 5:30 p.m. ET (ESPN) Akron 0-0 .000 0 0 2-2 .500 160 161 1-1 1-1 0-0 Lost 1 (vs. Sun Belt) Ohio 0-0 .000 0 0 2-2 .500 147 126 1-1 1-1 0-0 Won 1 http://espnevents.com/camellia-bowl/ Buffalo 0-0 .000 0 0 1-2 .333 53 80 1-1 0-1 0-0 Won 1 Miami Beach Bowl Kent State 0-0 .000 0 0 1-3 .250 76 127 1-1 0-2 0-0 Lost 1 Monday, December 19th Bowling Green 0-0 .000 0 0 1-3 .250 61 221 1-1 0-2 0-0 Lost 2 Miami 0-0 .000 0 0 0-4 .000 82 124 0-2 0-2 0-0 Lost 4 2:30 p.m. ET (ESPN) (vs. American Athletic Conference) West Division http://miamibeachbowl.com Team MAC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA H A N Streak Western Michigan 0-0 .000 0 0 4-0 1.000 175 83 2-0 2-0 0-0 Won 4 Marmot Boca Raton Bowl Toledo 0-0 .000 0 0 3-0 1.000 128 30 2-0 1-0 0-0 Won 3 Tuesday, December 20th Ball State 0-0 .000 0 0 3-1 .750 123 92 1-0 2-1 0-0 Won 2 7 p.m. ET (ESPN) Central Michigan 0-0 .000 0 0 3-1 .750 158 100 2-0 1-1 0-0 Lost 1 (vs. American Athletic Conference) Eastern Michigan 0-0 .000 0 0 3-1 .750 146 118 2-0 1-1 0-0 Won 2 http://espnevents.com/boca-raton-bowl/ Northern Illinois 0-0 .000 0 0 0-4 .000 102 158 0-2 0-2 0-0 Lost 4 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Thursday, December 22nd THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS 7 p.m. ET (ESPN) Friday, September 30 Friday, September 23 Toledo at BYU, 10:15 p.m. (ESPN2) at Eastern Michigan 27, Wyoming 24 (vs. Mountain West) http://www.famousidahopotatobowl.com Saturday, October 1 Saturday, September 24 Buffalo at Boston College, 1 p.m. (ACC/ESPN3) at Alabama 48, Kent State 0 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl Ohio at Miami, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN3) at Virginia 49, Central Michigan 35 Friday, December 23rd Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green, 3 p.m. at Ohio 37, Gardner-Webb 21 1 p.m. ET (ESPN) (ESPN3) Western Illinois 28, at Northern Illinois 23 (vs. C-USA/American Athletic Conf.) Akron at Kent State, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN3) at Cincinnati 27, Miami 20 http://www.bahamasbowl.com Northern Illinois at Ball State, 3:30 p.m. Appalachian State 45, at Akron 38 (ASN/ESPN3) Ball State 31, at Florida Atlantic 27 Dollar General Bowl Western Michigan at Central Michigan, 7 p.m. at Buffalo 23, Army 20 (ot) Friday, December 23rd (CBSSN) at Western Michigan 49, Georgia Southern 31 8:00 p.m. ET (ESPN) at Memphis 77, Bowling Green 3 (vs. Sun Belt)

2016 Schedule The Opponent – Northern Illinois Date Opponent Time/Score SERIES HISTORY 2016 INFORMATION 9/3 at Wyoming 34-40 L Overall: NIU leads series, 21-20-2 Record: 0-4, 0-0 MAC 9/10 at South Florida 17- 48 L at Ball State: NIU leads series, 11-7 Ranking: None 9/17 San Diego State 28-42 L at NIU: Ball State leads series, 13-10-2 Last Game: Lost vs. Western Illinois, 28-23 9/24 Western Illinois 23- 28 L Current streak: NIU has won seven Sept. 24, 2016 10/1 at Ball State* 3:30 p.m. First meeting: Tie game, 6-6, Coach: Rod Carey (Indiana ’93) 10/8 at Western Michigan* 6:30 p.m. Oct. 4, 1941 in DeKalb Record: 31-16 (4th season) 10/15 Central Michigan* TBA Last meeting: Northern Illinois won, 59-41, at NIU: 31-16 (4th season) 10/22 Buffalo* 3:30 p.m. Oct. 10 2015 in DeKalb vs. BSU: 3-0 11/1 Bowling Green* 8 p.m. 11/9 Toledo* 8 p.m. LAST 10 MEETINGS VS. NIU 2016 TEAM LEADERS 11/16 at Eastern Michigan* 7 p.m. 9/30/06 Northern Illinois, 40-28 at BSU Passing: Ryan Graham 11/25 at Kent State* TBA 11/24/07 Ball State, 27-21 at NIU 40-of-71, 387 yds., 5 TD, 3 INT Note: All times Eastern; asterisk (*) denotes MAC game 11/5/08 Ball State, 45-14 at BSU Rushing: Jordan Huff 11/12/09 Northern Illinois, 26-20 at NIU 43 car., 272 yards, 1 TD, 6.3 ypc 11/20/10 Northern Illinois, 59-21 at BSU Rec.: Kenny Golladay 11/15/11 Northern Illinois, 41-38 at NIU 24 rec., 372 yards, 4 TD, 15.5 ypr 10/6/12 Northern Illinois, 35-23 at BSU Tackles: Bobby Jones 11/13/13 Northern Illinois, 48-27 at NIU 36 tackles 11/5/14 Northern Illinois, 35-21 at BSU Sacks Bobby Jones, Jamaal Payton 10/10/15 Northern Illinois, 59-41 at NIU 1.0 sacks INT: Mycial Allen 1 interception

– 6 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 6 – 2016 Ball State Cardinals Football Three Players to Watch on Offense RUNNING BACK WIDE RECEIVER QUARTERBACK #25 DARIAN GREEN #16 KeVONN MABON #15 RILEY NEAL Ht: 5-8 Wt: 176 Year: Jr./Jr. Ht: 6-2 Wt: 219 Year: 5th/Sr. Ht: 6-6 Wt: 217 Year: So./So. Hometown: Hometown: Hometown: Lafayette, Ind. St. Louis, Mo. Yorktown, Ind. Previous School: Previous School: Previous School: Jefferson HS DeSmet Jesuit HS Yorktown HS Awards and Honors: Awards and Honors: Awards and Honors: MAC West Division Special Teams Player of the 2016 Team Captain 2015 Ball State John Hodge Award Week (Nov. 2, 2015) 2016 Biletnikoff Award Watch List (most valuable freshman) 2014, 2015 All-MAC Third Team Notes: 2016 (Jr.): Needs 19 rushing yards to reach 2015 Ball State Bill Reynolds Special Teams Notes: 2016 (So.): Opened the EKU game by com- 1,000 for his career … accounted for 93 yards last Award pleting his first 16 pass attempts … threw for two week at FAU (66 yards rushing and 27 receiving) 2012 Ball State John Hodge Award scores and ran for another in the win over EKU … averaged 8.2 yards per carry last week. (most valuable freshman) … accounted for all four Ball State touchdowns at FAU (2 rushing, 2 passing) … his personal-best 2015 (So.): One of five players to start all 12 games Notes: 2016 (R-Sr.): Became 10th Cardinal to reach rush of 46 yards in the fourth quarter at GSU led … led the team with 730 rushing yards … tied a 2,000 career receiving yards in game at Indiana to a Ball State touchdown. school single-game record with four touchdowns on Sept. 10 … led the Cardinals in receptions and in the season opener against VMI … his 267 all- receiving yards the first two games … ranks sixth 2015 (Fr.): Played in 11 games and started the purpose yards against VMI were the second most in the MAC in receptions per game (5.8). final nine games at quarterback … first collegiate by a MAC player in 2015 … ran for a personal- start came at No. 17 Northwestern on Sept. 26 high 164 yards in the win at Eastern Michigan on 2015 (R-Jr.): Started all 12 games at wide receiver … threw for 2,276 yards, the sixth most by a Sept. 19 … rattled off a career-best 47-yard rush and also utilized as a kick returner … finished true freshman at the FBS level in 2015 … began on Ball State’s first play against Texas A&M on second on the team in both receptions (70) and his career with 143 consecutive passes without Sept. 12 … ranked second in the league in kickoff receiving yards (745) … piled up a team season- an interception … tallied a 41-yard broken play return average at 25.7 yards … returned the sec- high 150 yards receiving in the win over UMass touchdown run at Eastern Michigan … led the ond half kickoff 85 yards against UMass on Oct. on Oct. 31 … posted another 100-yard receiving team in both rushing (74 yards) and passing (178) 31 to set up a Cardinals touchdown. game two weeks later at Ohio (139) … totaled 312 at Northwestern on Sept. 26 … set season highs in all-purpose yards at Ohio on Nov. 17, which was completions (31), attempts (53), passing yards (393) 2014 (Fr.): Played in 12 games to earn first letter the 10th highest total by any player at the FBS and touchdowns (4) at NIU on Oct. 10. . . . tallied season highs in carries (7) and rushing level in 2015 … returned a fourth quarter kickoff yards (35) in his collegiate debut against Colgate 89 yards for a touchdown against Central Michi- HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters for coach … finished with a season-best 56 receiving yards gan on Oct. 24, marking Ball State’s first kickoff Mike Wilhelm at Yorktown High … helped team versus Eastern Michigan. returned for a score since 2010. to an 11-2 record as a senior and a 27-9 mark in career … helped the Tigers to their first 11-win PERSONAL: Son of Calvin and Gloria Green 2014 (R-So.): Played in all 12 games with 10 starts season in school history as a senior … helped … born April 17, 1995, in Indianapolis … three … led the team in receptions with 59 … second on Yorktown to a sectional title as a senior … set brothers and one sister … brother, Cantrell, ran the team in receiving yards (717). Yorktown career records for passing yards (7,285), track at Vincennes University … full name is completions (564), pass attempts (930), completion Darian Isaiah Green. 2013 (R-Fr): Received a medical redshirt from the percentage (60.6) and passing touchdowns (78). NCAA due to a season ending injury. Green’s Single Game Highs: PERSONAL: Son of Jesse and Shawn Neal … Rush attempts: 25, at Eastern Mich., 9/19/15 2012 (Fr.): Played in 12 games, including the Beef father played football at Ball State … uncle, Jay Rush yards: 164, at Eastern Mich., 9/19/15 ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg … touchdown Neal, played football at Ball State … one brother Long rush: 47, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 catch in back of the end zone at Army was fea- and one sister … born Oct. 2, 1996, in Muncie, TDs: 4, VMI, 9/3/15 tured as one of ESPN’s Top 10 Plays of the Day. Indiana … full name is Riley Joseph Neal. Receptions: 6, VMI, 9/3/15 Rec. yards: 74, VMI, 9/3/15 PERSONAL: Son of William Mabon and Marilyn Neal’s Single Game Highs: Long reception: 35, VMI, 9/3/15 Brown … uncle, Keith Brown, played football for Pass attempts: 53, at Northern Ill., 10/10/15 Minnesota and in the Green’s Career Statistics Pass completions: 31, at NIU, 10/10/15 for the New York Giants … born Oct. 2, 1993, in Pass yards: 393, at NIU, 10/10/15 • Rushing Gary, Indiana … earned his Ball State bachelor’s Year G Att Yds TD Lg Yd/C Pass TDs: 4, at Northern Illinois, 10/10/15 degree in criminal justice in May 2016 … full Long pass: 53, 2x (Last vs. UMass, 10/31/15) 2014 12 12 48 0 9 4.0 name is KeVonn Karmell Mabon. 2015 12 145 730 5 47 5.0 Rush attempts: 16, at Northwestern, 9/26/15 2016 4 36 203 1 21 5.6 Mabon’s Single Game Highs: Rush yards: 86, at EMU, 9/19/15 Total 28 193 981 6 47 5.1 Receptions: 11, Colgate, 8/30/14 Long rush: 46, at Georgia State, 9/2/16 Receiving yards: 150, UMass, 10/30/15 Rush TDs: 2, at Florida Atlantic, 9/24/16 • Receiving Receiving TDs: 1, 9 times Neal’s Career Statistics Year G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C Touchdowns: 1, 11 times 2014 12 8 112 0 29 14.0 • Passing Long reception: 62, Bowling Green, 11/28/14 2015 12 14 84 1 35 6.0 Year G C- A Int Yds TD Lg Pct. 2016 4 8 80 0 27 10.0 Mabon’s Career Statistics 2015 11 228- 391 6 2276 16 53 58.3 Total 28 30 276 1 35 9.2 • Receiving 2016 4 81- 135 4 851 5 43 60.0 Total 15 309- 526 10 3127 21 53 58.7 • Kick Returns Year G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C Year G No Yds TD Lg Yd/R 2012 12 23 335 2 44 14.6 • Rushing 2014 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 2013 4 7 93 0 34 13.3 Year G Att Yds TD Lg Yd/C 2015 12 25 643 0 85 25.7 2014 12 59 717 5 62 12.2 2015 11 88 399 2 41 4.5 2016 4 3 72 0 26 24.0 2015 12 70 745 2 53 10.6 2016 4 34 165 3 46 4.9 Total 28 28 715 0 85 25.5 2016 4 23 260 0 31 11.3 Total 15 122 564 5 46 4.6 Total 44 182 2150 9 62 11.8 – 7 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 7 – 2016 Ball State Cardinals Football Three Players to Watch on Defense DEFENSIVE LINEMAN LINEBACKER LINEBACKER #57 JOSHUA POSLEY #2 ZACK RYAN #3 SEAN WIGGINS Ht: 6-1 Wt: 252 Year: 5th/Sr. Ht: 5-11 Wt: 220 Year: 5th/Sr. Ht: 6-3 Wt: 228 Year: Sr./Sr. Hometown: Hometown: Hometown: Indianapolis, Ind. Westlake, Ohio Mint Hill, N.C. Previous School: Previous School: Previous School: Univ. of Cincinnati St. Ignatius HS Butler HS Awards and Honors: Notes: 2016 (R-Sr.): Team’s active leader in career Awards and Honors: 2015 All-MAC First Team tackles (281) and starts (34) … leads team with 31 2016 Team Captain 2016 Hendricks Award Watch List stops this season … came up with two big plays 2015 All-MAC First Team down the stretch last week at FAU – a fourth 2015 Ball State Award Notes: 2016 (R-Sr.): Has come on strong the last down stop with 5:33 remaining and an intercep- (most improved) two weeks with 6.0 tackles for loss … came up tion on FAU’s final possession. with a key sack on Florida Atlantic’s final drive Notes: 2016 (R-Sr.): Tied a career high with 13 on Sept. 24 to help seal the win. 2015 (R-Jr.): Played in all 12 games with five starts tackles in last week’s win at FAU … ranks second at linebacker … ranked fourth on the team with on the team with 27 tackles. 2015 (R-Jr.): Played in all 12 games with 10 starts 67 tackles … tallied a season-best 10 stops at No. at defensive end … led the team with 9.0 tackles 16 Texas A&M on Sept. 12 … recovered a fumble 2015 (Jr.): Played in all 12 games with 11 starts at for loss … also led the squad with six quarterback early in the game at No. 17 Northwestern on linebacker … led the team with 48 solo tack- hurries and two forced fumbles … his 2.5 sacks Sept. 26 which led to a Ball State field goal. les and ranked second with 95 total tackles ranked second on the team … notched 2.5 tackles … reached double-digit tackles in four games, for loss, including a first quarter sack at No. 16 2014 (R-So.): Started all 12 games to earn second including three straight games against UMass, Texas A&M … forced a third quarter fumble letter … career-high 15 tackles versus Eastern Western Michigan and Ohio … recorded his first against Georgia State on Oct. 17 which led to a Michigan … finished the season with double-digit collegiate sack as well as his first two collegiate Ball State field goal … tallied five tackles and a tackle totals in the final four games -- Northern interceptions on Sept. 19 at Eastern Michigan … sack on Oct. 24 versus Central Michigan. Illinois (13), Massachusetts (14), Eastern Michigan his sack ended a first quarter Eastern Michigan (15) and Bowling Green (10) … also had 10 tackles drive while both of his interceptions came late in 2014 (Jr.): Sat out the season as a redshirt after at Iowa … career-high 2.5 tackles for loss versus the fourth quarter. transferring from the University of Cincinnati. Eastern Michigan … one sack versus EMU … career-best two forced fumbles versus Eastern 2014 (So.): Played in all 12 games and started two PREVIOUS COLLEGE: Played the 2012 and 2013 games (versus Northern Illinois and at Mas- seasons at the University of Cincinnati. Michigan … first career interception versus Ak- ron and returned it 27 yards. sachusetts) to earn second letter … career-high HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach John Hart 13 tackles versus Northern Illinois … posted 10 at Warren Central High … two-time all-state 2013 (R-Fr.): Made first career start in the season tackles at UMass … first career tackle for loss in and all-conference selection … helped Warren opener versus Illinois State … started 12 games the season finale at Bowling Green … forced first Central to a 45-5 mark in his career, including the to earn first letter and scholarship … third on career fumble versus Northern Illinois. 2010 state championship. the team with seven tackles versus Illinois State … first career tackle for loss and first career pass 2013 (Fr.): Saw first collegiate action in the PERSONAL: Son of Clyde and Adrienne Posley … break-up versus Illinois State … led team with season opener versus Illinois State … played in two sisters and one brother … born Oct. 15, 1993, season-high 11 tackles versus Army … tied season 11 games to earn first letter … first career tackle in Indianapolis … full name is Joshua Derron high with 11 tackles at Northern Illinois … seven came against Illinois State … four tackles in three Posley. tackles at Virginia. contests … five tackles at North Texas and versus Central Michigan … season-high eight tackles Posley’s Single Game Highs: PERSONAL: Son of Tim and Sue Ryan … three versus Miami. Tackles: 8, Twice (Last at NW, 9/26/15) brothers … father played football at Wake Forest … TFL: 3.5 at Florida Atlantic, 9/24/16 brother, Connor, was a senior captain on the 2013 PERSONAL: Son of Eddie and Marianne Wiggins Sacks: 1.5 at Florida Atlantic, 9/24/16 Ball State football team and played four seasons … born Feb. 2, 1995, in Charlotte, North Carolina FF: 1, Twice (Last vs. GSU, 10/17/15) for the Cardinals … brother, Jake, played collegiate … two brothers and one sister … attended the PBU: 1, Central Michigan, 10/24/15 football at Michigan and now competes for the same high school as former Ball State standout Green Bay Packers … born Jan. 20, 1994, in Fair- Jahwan Edwards and current teammate David Posley’s Career Statistics view, Ohio … full name is Zachary Francis Ryan. Moore … full name is Sean Michael Wiggins. • Defensive Stats Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks Ryan’s Single Game Highs: Wiggins’ Single Game Highs: 2012 (UC) 6 2 1 3 0.5-4 0 0 0 0.5-4 Tackles: 15, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 Tackles: 13, Twice (Last at FAU, 9/24/16) 2013 (UC) 2 0 1 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 TFL: 2.5, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 TFL: 1.0, 5 times (Last at FAU, 9/24/16) 2015 12 26 32 58 9.0-30 2 0 0 2.5-18 INT: 1, Twice (Last at FAU, 9/24/16) INT: 2, at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15 2016 4 5 8 13 6.0-24 0 0 0 2.0-10 Long INT return: 27, Akron 10/25/14 Sacks: 1.0, Twice (Last vs. GSU, 10/17/15) Total 24 33 42 75 15.5-58 2 0 0 5.0-32 Sacks: 1.5, at Eastern Mich., 9/21/13 FF: 1, Twice (Last vs. CMU, 10/24/15) FF: 2, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 FR: 2, at Central Michigan, 10/18/14 FR: 1, at Northwestern, 9/26/15 PBU: 2, Central Michigan, 10/24/15 PBU: 1, 4 times (Last vs. BGSU, 11/24/15) Wiggins’ Career Statistics Ryan’s Career Statistics • Defensive Stats Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks STAT CORNER • Defensive Stats Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks 2013 12 15 23 38 2.5-7 0 0 0 0.0-0 2013 12 38 47 85 8.0-24 2 1 0 2.5-13 2014 12 22 26 48 1.0-3 1 2 0 0.0-0 2014 12 35 56 91 6.0-18 2 1 1 1.0-9 2015 12 48 47 95 4.5-19 1 2 2 2.0-15 129 2015 12 33 34 67 3.0-4 1 1 0 0.0-0 2016 4 14 13 27 2.0-2 1 0 0 0.0-0 Total 39 99 109 208 10.0-31 3 4 2 2.0-15 Last week’s game at Florida Atlantic was de- 2016 4 19 12 31 4.0-12 0 0 1 1.0-2 layed three times for a total of 129 minutes. Total 41 129 152 281 21.0-58 5 3 2 4.5-24

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Ball State University welcomed back one conference title in 2000 with a 14-4 record of its own as Mike Neu was named the head and was named the AF2 Coach of the Year. coach for the Cardinal football program in In 2001 and 2002, Neu worked with January. Neu played collegiate football at the AFL’s . He served as Ball State where he was named 1993 Mid- the offensive coordinator in 2001 and was American Conference Offensive Player of promoted to head coach in 2002. During his the Year. stint as head coach, Neu led the team to the “We are delighted that Mike has agreed quarterfinals of the AFL playoffs, including to become our head football coach,” Ball the team’s first-ever playoff win. Neu’s Head Coaching Record State Director of Athletics Mark Sandy said. Neu then spent four years as head coach Year School/Team W-L-T “His football expertise, leadership traits and of the AFL’s New Orleans VooDoo. There, 2000 Augusta Stallions (AF2) 14-4 passion for Ball State are qualities that our he compiled a 33-31 record and earned 2002 Carolina Cobras (AFL) 7-9 student-athletes and fans will embrace.” 2004 AFL Coach of the Year honors. During 2004 New Orleans VooDoo (AFL) 11-6 Neu has 15 years of coaching experience his first season at the helm, Neu led the 2005 New Orleans VooDoo 9-7 with stops in the National Football League team to a franchise-best 11-5 record, a divi- 2007 New Orleans VooDoo 5-11 (NFL), Division I FBS football and the arena sion title and a playoff berth. 2008 New Orleans VooDoo 8-8 leagues. Most recently, Neu served the From 2008-12, Neu worked on the New 2016 Ball State 3-1 previous two seasons as the quarterbacks Orleans Saints’ player personnel staff. He Totals 7th year 57-46 (.553) coach for the NFL’s New Orleans Saints. In then spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons with 1st year 3-1 (.750) at Ball St. 2014 under Neu’s guidance, quarterback Tulane as the quarterbacks coach. In 2013, 1st year 0-0 (.000) vs. MAC Drew Brees was selected to his franchise- Neu helped guide Tulane to a 7-6 overall record eighth Pro Bowl as a Saint. Brees led record and its first postseason appearance the league in completions (456), tied for first in 11 years – the 2013 R+L Carriers New Neu’s Coaching Experience in passing yardage (4,952), ranked second Orleans Bowl. • New Orleans Saints (NFL) . . . 2014-15 in completion percentage (69.2) and tied Neu received his bachelor’s degree in Quarterbacks Coach for fifth in touchdown passes (33). In 2015, sport administration from Ball State in 1994 • Tulane ...... 2012-13 Brees once again led the NFL in passing and served as a graduate assistant coach for Quarterbacks Coach yardage (4,870) while ranking second in the Cardinals during the 1994 season. He • New Orleans VooDoo (AFL) . .2004-08 completion percentage (68.3) and comple- was inducted into the Ball State Athletics Head Coach tions (428). Hall of Fame in 2004. • Carolina Cobras (AFL) ...... 2002 Neu, a native of Indianapolis, Indiana, Neu and his wife, Charmin, have a Head Coach started 38-of-41 games at quarterback in daughter, Graycen (15), and two sons, Car- • Carolina Cobras (AFL) ...... 2001 his four seasons at Ball State (1990-93). He son (14) and Chase (6). Offensive Coordinator was honored with the MAC’s Vern Smith • Augusta Stallions (AF2) ...... 2000 Award as the league’s most valuable player Head Coach and the MAC Offensive Player of the Year • (AFL) ...... 1998-99 award as a senior. That year, Neu and the Offensive Coordinator/QBs Coach Cardinals went 8-3-1 overall and 7-0-1 in • Ball State ...... 1994 league action to capture the MAC cham- Graduate Assistant pionship. In one of his greatest games as a collegiate quarterback, Neu threw for a Ball State record 469 yards and completed 28- Ball State Coaching Staff of-40 passes against Toledo in 1993 to help Mike Neu (F) ...... Head Coach the Cardinals rally from a 30-3 deficit and Tim Daoust (PB) . . . . Def. Coordinator record the largest comeback in Ball State Joey Lynch (PB) . . . . .Off. Coord./QBs history, a 31-30 Homecoming victory. Alex Bailey (PB) . . . . .Wide Receivers Neu played professionally in the Cana- Johnny Curtis (F) ...... Linebackers dian Football League and Arena Football Kyle DeVan (F) ...... Offensive Line League (AFL) from 1995-97 before begin- Patrick Dougherty (F) ...... STs/TEs ning his coaching career in 1998 with the Chevis Jackson (F) . . . Defensive Backs AFL’s Nashville Kats. In 2000, Neu was Kevin Lynch (F) . . . . . Running Backs named head coach for the first time as he Keith McKenzie (F) . . . .Defensive Line took over the Arena Football 2’s (AF2) Au- Graduate Assistants: Offense – Doug Ehinger, Dean gusta Stallions. He led that organization to a Petzing; Defense – Shawn Chaffee, Cory Connolly

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Coaching Experience: Coaching Experience: Coaching Experience: • Ball State, defensive coordinator, 2016-pres. • Ball State, off. coord./QB coach, 2014-pres. • Ball State, wide receivers coach, 2015-pres. • Syracuse, asst. head coach/STs/DL coach, • Ball State, assistant coach, 2009-13 • Wayne State, assistant coach, 2014 2013-15 • Ashland, offensive coordinator, 2008 • Valparasio, assistant coach, 2012-13 • Syracuse, DL coach, 2012-13 • St. Joseph’s (Ind.), offensive coordinator, 2007 • Dayton, assistant coach, 2010-11 • Syracuse, DE coach, 2011-12 • Defiance, assistant coach, 2007-09 Notes: • Central Michigan, DL coach, 2010-11 On the Ball State coaching staff for the Beef ‘O’ Notes: • Western Michigan, DBs coach, 2007-09 Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl after the 2012 season Worked with two of the most prolific wide • Western Michigan, DL coach, 2006 and the GoDaddy Bowl after the 2013 campaign . receivers in Ball State history in 2015 – Jordan • Cincinnati, defensive graduate assistant, 2005 . . molded an offense that allowed for Jahwan Ed- Williams and KeVonn Mabon . . . both players • Illinois State, CBs coach, 2004 wards to set the Ball State career rushing record earned All-MAC honors in 2015 . . . Williams • Northern Illinois, grad. asst. coach, 2002-03 in 2014 . . . tight ends coach from 2011-13 and left BSU ranked fourth in career receptions and served as recruiting coordinator from 2009-13. receiving yards . . . played wide receiver for Youngstown State from 2001-03. LINEBACKERS COACH OFFENSIVE LINE COACH TEs/STs COACH JOHNNY CURTIS KYLE DeVA N PATRICK DOUGHERTY 1st season at Ball State 1st season at Ball State 3rd season at Ball State 20th season as a football coach 4th season as a football coach 9th season as a football coach Alma Mater: Tulane ’96 Alma Mater: Oregon State ’07 Alma Mater: Ohio Dominican ’08 @johnnycurtis99 @coachdevan @Coach_Dougherty

Coaching Experience: Coaching Experience: Coaching Experience: • Ball State, linebackers coach, 2016-pres. • Ball State, offensive line coach, 2016-pres. • Ball State, assistant coach, 2014-pres. • John Curtis Christian (HS), assistant coach, • New Orleans Saints (NFL), assistant offensive • Northwestern, quality control coach, 2013 1996-2015 line coach, 2015 • Ball State, graduate assistant coach, 2012 • USC, graduate assistant coach, 2014 • Lindsey Wilson, assistant coach, 2010-11 Notes: • Oregon State, graduate assistant coach, 2013 • Definance, graduate assistant coach, 2008-09 Defensive coordinator at John Curtis Christian where he specialized in linebackers and special Notes: Notes: teams . . . helped lead John Curtis to 13 state Played in the NFL for five seasons . . . started 26 Joined the Ball State football staff after the 2013 championships and one national title (2012) . of the 40 games he appeared in between 2009-12 regular season and prior to the GoDaddy Bowl . . also served as John Curtis Christian’s head with the , . . . played linebacker at Ohio Dominican from baseball coach from 2006-15 . . . played collegiate and the . . . made four postsea- 2004-2008 . . . four-year letterman and two-year football at Tulane under coach Buddy Teevens son starts with Indianapolis, including Super starter at linebacker for Ohio Dominican . . . (1994-95) and Mississippi State under Jackie Sher- Bowl XLIV at right guard . . . four-year (2004-07) three-time academic all-conference selection. rill (1991-93) . . . team captain at Tulane as a senior. letterman at center at Oregon State. DEFENSIVE BACKS COACH RUNNING BACKS COACH DEFENSIVE LINE COACH CHEVIS JACKSON KEVIN LYNCH KEITH McKENZIE 1st season at Ball State 1st season at Ball State 1st season at Ball State 4th season as a football coach 8th season as a football coach 9th season as a football coach Alma Mater: LSU ’12 Alma Mater: Franklin Coll. ’09 Alma Mater: Ball State ’96 @Co_Jackson21 @coachklynch @CoachMcKenzie95

Coaching Experience: Coaching Experience: Coaching Experience: • Ball State, defensive backs coach, 2016-pres. • Ball State, running backs coach, 2016-pres. • Ball State, defensive line coach, 2016-pres. • LSU, graduate assistant coach, 2015 • Univ. of Indianapolis, assistant coach, 2010-15 • Wayne State, assistant coach, 2008-2015 • South Alabama, graduate assistant coach, • Indiana, offensive quality control coach, 2009 Notes: 2013-14 Notes: Played football at Ball State from 1991 to 1995 . . . Notes: He was an integral part of one of the most holds the program record for career sacks (25) . . . He played collegiate football at LSU and was a successful eras in UIndy history, helping the team captain and All-MAC defensive end as a se- member of the 2007 BCS championship team . . . Greyhounds to 39 wins, four conference cham- nior . . . went on to play in the NFL for eight years the Atlanta Falcons selected Jackson in the third pionships and three NCAA Division II playoff with Green Bay, Cleveland, Chicago and Buffalo round of the 2008 NFL Draft . . . he played in the appearances . . . a former all-conference receiver . . . was a part of Green Bay’s Super Bowl XXXI NFL for four seasons with five different teams – himself, he was a three-year starter at nearby championship team . . . recorded 29.5 sacks in 95 Atlanta, Jacksonville, New England, Denver and Franklin College . . . he helped the Grizzlies to NFL games . . . served as the linebackers coach at Carolina. back-to-back league titles in 2007 and 2008. Wayne State from 2009-15.

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Ball State Depth Chart (as of Sept. 26, 2016) – Offense – – Defense – Pos. No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr., Hometown) Pos. No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr., Hometown) QB 15 Riley Neal (6-6, 220, So./So., Yorktown, Ind.) DE 98 Anthony Winbush (6-1, 225, Sr./Jr., Indianapolis, Ind.) 14 Jack Milas (6-1, 206, Sr./Jr., Arlington Heights, Ill.) 49 Kyle Seger (6-1, 247, 5th/Sr., Huntingburg, Ind.) or 9 Reggie McGee (6-1, 230, Sr./Jr., Baltimore, Md.) RB 25 Darian Green (5-8, 185, Jr./Jr. ,Lafayette, Ind.) or 34 James Gilbert (5-8, 194, So./So., Indianapolis, Ind.) DT 62 Kevin Thurmon (6-1, 281, So./So., South Holland, Ill.) 6 Teddy Williamson (5-9, 191, Sr./Sr., O’Fallon, Mo.) 52 Fred Schroeder (6-2, 275, Jr./So., Yuma, Ariz.) WR 16 KeVonn Mabon (6-2, 215, 5th/Sr., St. Louis, Mo.) NT 55 John Whitman III (6-1, 299, Sr./Sr., Columbus, Ohio) 19 Devin Reece (6-2, 208, Jr./So., Westfield, Ind.) 93 Kevin Willis (6-2, 303, Jr./Jr., Indianapolis, Ind.) WR 5 Corey Lacanaria (5-8, 166, Jr./Jr., Famington Hills, Mich.) DE 57 Joshua Posley (6-1, 254, 5th/Sr., Indianapolis, Ind.) 89 Damon Hazelton Jr. (6-2, 209, Fr./Fr., Baltimore, Md.) 95 Brian Whitaker (6-3, 243, Jr./Jr., Conyers, Ga.) or 80 Aaron Hepp (6-1, 190, 5th/Sr., Indianapolis, Ind.) WLB 3 Sean Wiggins (6-3, 232, Sr./Sr., Mint Hill, N.C.) WR 1 Jordan Hogue (6-0, 183, Jr./Jr., Fort Wayne, Ind.) 32 Jeremiah Jackson (5-11, 219, Jr./So., Brooksville, Fla.) 80 Aaron Hepp (6-1, 190, 5th/Sr., Indianapolis, Ind.) MLB 2 Zack Ryan (5-11, 220, 5th/Sr., Westlake, Ohio) TE 17 Sam Brunner (6-2, 244, 5th/Sr., Washington, Mich.) 27 Stu Stanley (6-1, 233, Sr./Sr., Indianapolis, Ind.) or 84 Danny Pinter (6-4, 254, So./Fr., South Bend, Ind.) 81 Kyle Schrank (6-3, 231, So./Fr., Fishers, Ind.) SLB 7 Aaron Taylor (5-11, 208, 5th/Sr., Lawrenceville, Ga.) 50 Damon Singleton (6-2, 237, Jr./So., Wyandotte, Mich.) LT 78 Drake Miller (6-5, 307, 5th/Sr., Sturgis, Mich.) 58 Kadin Booker (6-6, 286, Jr./So., Burlington City, N.J.) CB 11 Josh Miller (5-11, 180, Jr./So., Indianapolis, Ind.) 13 David Moore (5-9, 167, Sr./Jr., Matthews, N.C.) LG 70 Alex Joss (6-4, 292, Jr./So., Novi, Mich.) 71 Zac Ricketts (6-4, 295, So./Fr., Bremen, Ind.) FS 8 Corey Hall (5-10, 185, Sr./Sr., Stockbridge, Ga.) 28 Armani McNulty (5-11, 181, So./So., Bolingbrook, Ill.) C 75 Vinnie Palazeti (6-4, 300, Sr./Jr., Owosso, Mich.) 63 Grant Williamson (6-3, 274, So./Fr., Rolling Prairie, Ind.) SS 21 Martez Hester (6-3, 201, 5th/Sr., Kennesaw, Ga.) or 29 Mitch Larsen (5-9, 185, Fr./Fr., Fairfield, Ohio) RG 73 Pat Maloney (6-2, 292, Sr./Jr., Niles, Ill.) 10 Lamar Anderson (5-9, 182, Fr./Fr., St. Louis, Mo.) 71 Zac Ricketts (6-4, 295, So./Fr., Bremen, Ind.) CB 23 Marc Walton (5-10, 185, So./So., Mentor, Ohio) RT 66 Steven Bell (6-5, 294, 5th/Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio) 20 Deion Hallmon (5-11, 163, Jr./So., Weston, Fla.) 58 Kadin Booker (6-6, 286, Jr./So., Burlington City, N.J.)

– Specialists – Pos. No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr., Hometown) Pos. No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr., Hometown) PK 22 Morgan Hagee (5-11, 160, So./So., Plainfield, Ind.) KO 38 Steve Drida (6-0, 205, Sr./Jr., Waukesha, Wis.) or 38 Steve Drida (6-0, 205, Sr./Jr., Waukesha, Wis.) 97 Ryan Rimmler (5-10, 185, Fr./Fr., East Jordan, Mich.) P 12 Kyle Schmidt (6-2, 218, 5th/Sr., Chesterton, Ind.) KOR 16 KeVonn Mabon (6-2, 215, 5th/Sr., St. Louis, Mo.) 22 Morgan Hagee (5-11, 160, So./So., Plainfield, Ind.) 25 Darian Green (5-8, 185, Jr./Jr., Lafayette, Ind.) LS 47 Nick Traub (5-11, 207, 5th/Sr., Indianapolis, Ind.) PR 80 Aaron Hepp (6-1, 190, 5th/Sr., Indianapolis, Ind.) 56 Greg Gilliland (6-4, 225, So./Fr., Coldwater, Ohio) 5 Corey Lacanaria (5-8, 166, Jr./Jr., Famington Hills, Mich.) HO 14 Jack Milas (6-1, 206, Sr./Jr., Arlington Heights, Ill.) 12 Kyle Schmidt (6-2, 218, 5th/Sr., Chesterton, Ind.)

Pronunciation Guide Kadin Booker . . . . . KAY-din Andrew Poenitsch . . .PAIN-ish Cywettnie Brown . . . SWEAT-nee Joshua Posley . . . . . POSE-lee Sam Brunner . . . . . BREW-ner Kyle Seger ...... SAY-ger Dedrick Cromartie . . .DEE-drick crow-MAHR-tee Malik Dunner . . . . . mah-LEEK Coaches Morgan Hagee . . . . .HAY-gee Tim Daoust ...... DOWST (soft o) AJ Jaffal ...... jah-FALL Mike Neu ...... NEW Corey Lacanaria . . . .LACK-an-R-ee-ah KeVonn Mabon . . . .KEE-von MAY-bon Jack Milas ...... MY-lus Vinnie Palazeti . . . . PAL-ah-ZETT-ee

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2016 Alphabetical Roster Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Prev. School) 10 Lamar Anderson S 5-9 182 Fr./Fr. St. Louis, Mo. (Christian Brothers College HS) 1 Jordan Hogue WR 54 Chris Beech OL 6-1 284 Fr./Fr. Miamisburg, Ohio (Archbishop Alter HS) 2 Zack Blair QB 66 Steven Bell OL 6-5 294 5th/Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio (Indian Hill HS) 2 Zack Ryan LB 68 T.J. Beltavski OL 6-0 291 Fr./Fr. Strongsville, Ohio (Cleveland Benedictine HS) 3 Sean Wiggins LB 2 Zack Blair QB 5-11 188 So./Fr. Tipp City, Ohio (Tippecanoe HS) 4 Darius Conaway CB 58 Kadin Booker OL 6-6 286 Jr./So. Burlington City, N.J. (Monroe College) 4 Malik Dunner RB 69 Josh Bridgford OL 6-3 270 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central HS) 5 Corey Lacanaria WR 85 Cywettnie Brown WR 6-0 166 5th/Sr. Chicago, Ill. (Wartburg College) 6 Teddy Williamson RB 17 Sam Brunner TE 6-2 244 5th/Sr. Washington, Mich. (Romeo HS) 7 Aaron Taylor LB 94 Frank Burton III DT 6-1 257 Fr./Fr. Bear, Del. (William Penn HS) 8 Corey Hall S 4 Darius Conaway CB 6-1 189 Sr./Sr. Kennesaw, Ga. (North Cobb HS) 9 Reggie McGee DE 43 Dedrick Cromartie S 5-10 175 Jr./Jr. St. Louis, Mo. (DeSmet HS) 10 Lamar Anderson S 42 Chris Crumb DT 6-0 266 Fr./Fr. Lewis Center, Ohio (Olentangy HS) 11 Josh Miller CB 82 Keidren Davis TE 6-4 240 Fr./Fr. Grand Rapids, Mich. (Union HS) 11 David Morrison QB 38 Steve Drida K 6-0 205 Sr./Jr. Waukesha, Wis. (Waukesha West HS) 12 Drew Plitt QB 4 Malik Dunner RB 5-11 192 Fr./Fr. Carpentersville, Ill. (Dundee Crown HS) 12 Kyle Schmidt P 34 James Gilbert RB 5-8 194 So./So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Arsenal Tech HS) 13 David Moore CB 37 Spencer Gilbert LB 5-11 198 Jr./So. Greenfield, Ind. (Eastern Hancock HS) 14 Jack Milas QB 87 Nik Giles WR 5-11 183 So./Fr. Matteson, Ill. (Mount Carmel HS) 15 Riley Neal QB 56 Greg Gilliland LS 6-4 225 So./Fr. Coldwater, Ohio (Coldwater HS) 15 Terin Solomon LB 88 Nolan Givan TE 6-3 236 Fr./Fr. Berkley, Mich. (Berkley HS) 16 KeVonn Mabon WR 25 Darian Green RB 5-8 185 Jr./Jr. Lafayette, Ind. (Jefferson HS) 17 Sam Brunner TE 22 Morgan Hagee K 5-11 160 So./So. Plainfield, Ind. (Plainfield HS) 18 Ty Kirtz WR 8 Corey Hall S 5-10 185 Sr./Sr. Stockbridge, Ga. (Eastern Arizona JC) 18 Alec Neu S 20 Deion Hallmon CB 5-11 163 Jr./So. Weston, Fla. (Iowa Western CC) 19 Devin Reece WR 90 Sean Hammonds Jr. DE 6-1 249 So./Fr. Louisville, Ky. (Ballard HS) 20 Deion Hallmon CB 89 Damon Hazelton Jr. WR 6-2 209 Fr./Fr. Baltimore, Md. (Franklin HS) 20 David Keeling RB 80 Aaron Hepp WR 6-1 190 5th/Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Bishop Chatard HS) 21 Martez Hester S 21 Martez Hester S 6-3 201 5th/Sr. Kennesaw, Ga. (North Cobb HS) 22 Morgan Hagee K 1 Jordan Hogue WR 6-0 183 Jr./Jr. Fort Wayne, Ind. (New Haven HS) 23 Marc Walton CB 33 Tyree Holder CB 6-0 168 5th./Sr. Tampa, Fla. (Tampa Catholic HS) 24 Ralph Smith III WR 91 Akeem Hutchinson DE 6-3 240 So./Fr. Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. (Stranahan HS) 25 Darian Green RB 32 Jeremiah Jackson LB 5-11 219 Jr./So. Brooksville, Fla. (Hernando HS) 26 Brandon Martin RB 46 AJ Jaffal LB 6-0 216 So./Fr. Dearborn, Mich. (Fordson HS) 27 Stu Stanley LB 35 James Jennette III DE 6-3 225 Fr./Fr. Florissant, Mo. (Hazelwood West HS) 28 Armani McNulty S 70 Alex Joss OL 6-4 292 Jr./So. Novi, Mich. (Walled Lake Western HS) 29 Mitch Larsen S 20 David Keeling RB 5-8 185 Fr./Fr. Fairfield, Ohio (Fairfield HS) 31 Romero Wade S 53 Malik King OL 6-3 312 Jr./So. Muskegon, Mich. (Muskegon HS) 32 Jeremiah Jackson LB 18 Ty Kirtz WR 6-1 187 Fr./Fr. Brownsburg, Ind. (Brownsburg HS) 33 Tyree Holder CB 99 Kenny Knight Jr. DT 6-0 253 So./Fr. East St. Louis, Ill. (East St. Louis HS) 34 James Gilbert RB 44 Dylan Koch TE 6-4 214 Fr./Fr. Plainfield, Ill. (Plainfield East HS) 35 James Jennette III DE 74 Chase Krauter OL 6-0 275 Fr./Fr. Carmel, Ind. (Carmel HS) 36 Jacob White LB 5 Corey Lacanaria WR 5-8 166 Jr./Jr. Farmington Hills, Mich. (Brother Rice HS) 37 Spencer Gilbert LB 29 Mitch Larsen S 5-9 185 Fr./Fr. Fairfield, Ohio (Fairfield Senior HS) 38 Steve Drida K 79 Jarrid Lloyd OL 6-5 271 Sr./Jr. Naperville, Ill. (Benet Academy) 39 Joe Spegal RB 16 KeVonn Mabon WR 6-2 215 5th/Sr. St. Louis, Mo. (DeSmet Jesuit HS) 41 Payton Stonefield LB 73 Pat Maloney OL 6-2 292 Sr./Jr. Niles, Ill. (Maine South HS) 42 Chris Crumb DT 44 Jake Maple CB 6-0 185 Fr./Fr. Plainfield, Ind. (Plainfield HS) 43 Dedrick Cromartie S 26 Brandon Martin RB 6-0 237 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence North HS) 44 Dylan Koch TE 67 Dominick Mathis OL 6-2 308 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central HS) 44 Jake Maple CB 9 Reggie McGee DE 6-1 230 Sr./Jr. Baltimore, Md. (Hartnell College) 45 Lamont McPhatter S 28 Armani McNulty S 5-11 181 So./So. Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook HS) 46 AJ Jaffal LB

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2016 Alphabetical Roster (cont.) Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Prev. School) 45 Lamont McPhatter S 5-10 179 Jr./So. New Castle, Pa. (New Castle HS) 47 Nick Traub LS 14 Jack Milas QB 6-1 206 Sr./Jr. Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows HS) 48 Jaylin Thomas LB 78 Drake Miller OL 6-5 307 5th./Sr. Sturgis, Mich. (Sturgis HS) 49 Kyle Seger DE 11 Josh Miller CB 5-11 180 Jr./So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Marian Univ. (Ind.)) 50 Damon Singleton LB 86 Riley Miller WR 6-1 187 So./Fr. Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown HS) 51 Cody Rudy LB 13 David Moore CB 5-9 167 Sr./Jr. Matthews, N.C. (Butler HS) 52 Fred Schroeder DT 11 David Morrison QB 6-1 195 Jr./So. Fort Wayne, Ind. (Concordia HS) 53 Malik King OL 15 Riley Neal QB 6-6 220 So./So. Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown HS) 54 Chris Beech OL 18 Alec Neu S 5-11 175 Fr./Fr. McCordsville, Ind. (Catherdral HS) 55 John Whitman III DT 75 Vinnie Palazeti OL 6-4 300 Sr./Jr. Owosso, Mich. (Powers Catholic HS) 56 Greg Gilliland LS 84 Danny Pinter TE 6-4 254 So./Fr. South Bend, Ind. (John Adams HS) 57 Joshua Posley DE 83 Wyatt Plate WR 5-9 169 Fr./Fr. Jackson, Mich. (Lumen Christi HS) 58 Kadin Booker OL 12 Drew Plitt QB 6-2 217 Fr./Fr. Loveland, Ohio (Loveland HS) 59 Kraig Schoenherr LB 64 Andrew Poenitsch OL 6-3 266 So./Fr. Waukesha, Wis. (Sussex Hamilton HS) 62 Kevin Thurmon DT 57 Joshua Posley DE 6-1 254 5th./Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Univ. of Cincinnati) 63 Grant Williamson OL 19 Devin Reece WR 6-2 208 Jr./So. Westfield, Ind. (Westfield HS) 64 Andrew Poenitsch OL 71 Zac Ricketts OL 6-4 295 So./Fr. Bremen, Ind. (Bremen HS) 66 Steven Bell OL 97 Ryan Rimmler K 5-10 185 Fr./Fr. East Jordan, Mich. (Kaiserslautern HS) 67 Dominick Mathis OL 51 Cody Rudy LB 5-11 235 Fr./Fr. Middletown, Ind. (Shenandoah HS) 68 T.J. Beltavski OL 2 Zack Ryan LB 5-11 220 5th/Sr. Westlake, Ohio (St. Ignatius HS) 69 Josh Bridgford OL 12 Kyle Schmidt P 6-2 218 5th/Sr. Chesterton, Ind. (Chesterton HS) 70 Alex Joss OL 59 Kraig Schoenherr LB 6-0 215 Fr./Fr. Coldwater, Ohio (Coldwater HS) 71 Zac Ricketts OL 81 Kyle Schrank TE 6-3 231 So./Fr. Fishers, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern HS) 72 Anthony Todd OL 52 Fred Schroeder DT 6-2 275 Jr./So. Yuma, Ariz. (IMG Academy) 73 Pat Maloney OL 49 Kyle Seger DE 6-1 247 5th/Sr. Huntingburg, Ind. (Southridge HS) 74 Chase Krauter OL 50 Damon Singleton LB 6-2 237 Jr./So. Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt HS) 75 Vinnie Palazeti OL 77 Kaleb Slaven OL 6-3 272 Fr./Fr. Muncie, Ind. (Delta HS) 77 Kaleb Slaven OL 24 Ralph Smith III WR 5-9 174 Sr./Jr. Avon, Ohio (Avon HS) 78 Drake Miller OL 15 Terin Solomon LB 6-0 205 Jr./Jr. Murrieta, Calif. (Riverside City College) 79 Jarrid Lloyd OL 39 Joe Spegal RB 5-9 189 So./Fr. Eaton, Ind. (Anderson Univ. (Ind.)) 80 Aaron Hepp WR 27 Stu Stanley LB 6-1 233 Sr./Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral HS) 81 Kyle Schrank TE 41 Payton Stonefield LB 6-1 210 Sr./Jr. Sunman, Ind. (East Central HS) 82 Keidren Davis TE 92 John Swisher DT 6-2 282 Jr./Jr. Des Moines, Iowa (Iowa Western CC) 83 Wyatt Plate WR 7 Aaron Taylor LB 5-11 208 5th/Sr. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Central Gwinnett HS) 84 Danny Pinter TE 48 Jaylin Thomas LB 6-1 212 Fr./Fr. Lima, Ohio (Lima Senior HS) 85 Cywettnie Brown WR 62 Kevin Thurmon DT 6-1 281 So./So. South Holland, Ill. (Mount Carmel HS) 86 Riley Miller WR 72 Anthony Todd OL 6-3 293 Fr./Fr. Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown HS) 87 Nik Giles WR 47 Nick Traub LS 5-11 207 5th/Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Bishop Chatard HS) 88 Nolan Givan TE 31 Romero Wade S 6-0 207 So./Fr. Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Lyman HS) 89 Damon Hazelton Jr. WR 23 Marc Walton CB 5-10 185 So./So. Mentor, Ohio (Mentor HS) 90 Sean Hammonds Jr. DE 95 Brian Whitaker DE 6-3 243 Jr./Jr. Conyers, Ga. (Eastern Arizona Coll.) 91 Akeem Hutchinson DE 36 Jacob White LB 6-0 229 So./Fr. Clarendon Hills, Ill. (Hinsdale Central HS) 92 John Swisher DT 55 John Whitman III DT 6-1 299 Sr./Sr. Columbus, Ohio (Lackawanna CC) 93 Kevin Willis DT 3 Sean Wiggins LB 6-3 232 Sr./Sr. Mint Hill, N.C. (Butler HS) 94 Frank Burton III DT 63 Grant Williamson OL 6-3 274 So./Fr. Rolling Prairie, Ind. (New Prairie HS) 95 Brian Whitaker DE 6 Teddy Williamson RB 5-9 191 Sr./Sr. O’Fallon, Mo. (Fort Zumwalt West HS) 97 Ryan Rimmler K 93 Kevin Willis DT 6-2 303 Jr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence Central HS) 98 Anthony Winbush DE 98 Anthony Winbush DE 6-1 225 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central HS) 99 Kenny Knight Jr. DT

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– 14 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 14 – 2016 Ball State Cardinals Football Offensive Player Career Highs SAM BRUNNER / TE / #17 JORDAN HOGUE / WR / #1 DANNY PINTER / TE / #84 6-2, 244, 5th./Sr., Washington, Mich. 6-0, 183, Jr./Jr., Fort Wayne, Ind. 6-4, 254, So./Fr., South Bend, Ind. Receptions: 2, 4 times (Last at FAU, 9/24/16) Receptions: 6, Twice (Last at FAU, 9/24/16) Receptions: 1, at Georgia State, 9/2/16 Receiving yards: 29, at FAU, 9/24/16 Receiving yards: 59, Indiana State, 9/13/14 Receiving yards: 4, at Georgia State, 9/2/16 Long reception: 26, at FAU, 9/24/16 Long reception: 33, EMU, 11/22/14 Long reception: 4, at Georgia State, 9/2/16 TDs: 1, at Florida Atlantic, 9/24/16 TD: 1, 4x (Last at Indiana, 9/10/16) KR: 1, Twice (Last time at Akron, 10/26/13) DEVIN REECE / WR / #19 Long kick return: 11, Illinois State, 8/29/13 COREY LACANARIA / WR / #5 6-2, 208, Jr./So., Westfield, Ind. 5-8, 166, Jr./Jr., Farmington Hills, Mich. Receptions: 6, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/17/16 MALIK DUNNER / RB / #4 Receptions: 10, Central Michigan, 10/24/15 Receiving yards: 64, vs. EKU, 9/17/16 5-11, 192, Fr./Fr., Carpentersville, Ill. Rec. yards: 72, Central Michigan, 10/24/15 Long reception: 42, vs. EKU, 9/17/16 Rush attempts: 9, vs. EKU, 9/17/16 Long reception: 33, at Indiana, 9/10/16 TD: 1 vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/17/16 Rush yards: 39, at Indiana, 9/10/16 TDs: 1, 4 times (Last at FAU, 9/24/16) Long rush: 23, at Indiana, 9/10/16 TEDDY WILLIAMSON / RB / #6 TDs: 1, at Indiana, 9/10/16 KeVONN MABON / WR / #16 5-9, 191, Sr./Sr., O’Fallon, Mo. Receptions: 1, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/17/16 6-2, 215, 5th/Sr., St. Louis, Mo. Rush attempts: 19, Miami (Ohio), 11/29/13 Receiving yards: 7, vs. EKU, 9/17/16 Receptions: 11, Colgate, 8/30/14 Rush yards: 80, Miami (Ohio), 11/29/13 Receiving yards: 150, UMass, 10/30/15 Long rush: 18, Army, 9/7/13 JAMES GILBERT / RB / #34 Receiving TDs: 1, 9 times TDs: 1, Twice (Last at Georgia State, 9/2/16) 5-8, 194, So./So., Indianapolis, Ind. Touchdowns: 1, 11 times Receptions: 2, Army, 9/7/13 Rush attempts: 29, at Georgia State, 9/2/16 Long reception: 62, Bowling Green, 11/28/14 Rec. yards: 4, Army, 9/7/13 Rush yards: 160, at Georgia State, 9/2/16 Long rush: 43, at Georgia State, 9/2/16 JACK MILAS / QB / #14 TDs: 2, 3 times (Last at GSU, 9/2/16) 6-1, 206, Sr./Jr., Arlington Heights, Ill. Receptions: 2, UMass, 10/31/15 Pass attempts: 52, VMI, 9/3/15 Rec. yards: 19, Toledo, 10/3/15 Pass completions: 34, VMI, 9/3/15 Long reception: 19, Toledo, 10/3/15 Pass yards: 338, VMI, 9/3/15 Pass TDs: 4, Western Michigan, 10/11/14 DARIAN GREEN / RB / #25 Long pass: 44, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 5-8, 185, Jr./Jr., Lafayette, Ind. Rush attempts: 7, Akron, 10/25/14 Rush attempts: 25, at Eastern Mich., 9/19/15 Rush yards: 57, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 Rush yards: 164, at Eastern Mich., 9/19/15 Long rush: 54, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 Long rush: 47, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 Rush TDs: 1, Twice (Last vs. EMU, 11/22/14) TDs: 4, VMI, 9/3/15 Receptions: 6, VMI, 9/3/15 RILEY NEAL / QB / #15 Rec. yards: 74, VMI, 9/3/15 6-6, 220, So./So., Yorktown, Ind. Long reception: 35, VMI, 9/3/15 Pass attempts: 53, at Northern Ill., 10/10/15 Pass completions: 31, at NIU, 10/10/15 MORGAN HAGEE / K / #22 Pass yards: 393, at NIU, 10/10/15 5-11, 160, So./So., Plainfield, Ind. Pass TDs: 4, at Northern Illinois, 10/10/15 Field goals made: 3, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 Long pass: 53, 2x (Last vs. UMass, 10/31/15) FG attempted: 4, at Northwestern, 9/26/15 Rush attempts: 16, at Northwestern, 9/26/15 Long field goal: 45, at Ohio, 11/17/15 Rush yards: 86, at EMU, 9/19/15 Long rush: 46, at Georgia State, 9/2/16 DAMON HAZELTON JR / WR / #89 Rush TDs: 2, at Florida Atlantic, 9/24/16 6-2, 209, Fr./Fr., Baltimore, Md. Receptions: 6, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/17/16 Receiving yards: 52, vs. EKU, 9/17/16 Long reception: 19, at FAU, 9/24/16 TDs: 1, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/17/16

AARON HEPP / WR / #80 6-1, 190, 5th/Sr., Indianapolis, Ind. Receptions: 5, Indiana State, 9/13/14 Receiving yards: 38, Indiana State, 9/13/14 Long reception: 20, at WMU, 10/19/13 TDs: 1, Colgate, 8/30/14 PR: 3, 3x (Last at Indiana, 9/10/16) PR Yards: 27, at Georgia State, 9/2/16 Long PR: 16, at Florida Atlantic, 9/24/16

– 15 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 15 – 2016 Ball State Cardinals Football Defensive Player Career Highs DEDRICK CROMARTIE / S / #43 JOSHUA POSLEY / DE / #57 MARC WALTON / CB / #23 5-10, 175, Jr./Jr., St. Louis, Mo. 6-1, 254, 5th/Sr., Indianapolis, Ind. 5-10, 185, So./So., Mentor, Ohio Tackles: 11, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 Tackles: 8, Twice (Last at NW, 9/26/15) Tackles: 6 at Georgia State, 9/2/16 Tackles for loss: 1.0, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 TFL: 3.5 at Florida Atlantic, 9/24/16 Tackles for loss: 1, at Indiana, 9/10/16 INT: 1, 3 times (Last vs. CMU, 10/24/15) Sacks: 1.5 at Florida Atlantic, 9/24/16 INT: 1, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/17/16 Long INT return: 14, at UMass, 11/12/14 FF: 1, Twice (Last vs. GSU, 10/17/15) FR: 1, at Florida Atlantic, 9/24/16 Pass breakups: 1, 7 times PBU: 1, Central Michigan, 10/24/15 PBU: 1, at Florida Atlantic, 9/24/16

COREY HALL / S / #8 ZACK RYAN / LB / #2 BRIAN WHITAKER / DE / #95 5-10, 185, Sr./Sr., Stockbridge, Ga. 5-11, 220, 5th/Sr., Westlake, Ohio 6-3, 243, Jr./Jr., Conyers, Ga. Tackles: 7, Twice (Last at FAU, 9/24/16) Tackles: 15, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 Tackles: 5, at Indiana, 9/10/16 TFL: 1.0, Twice (Last at FAU, 9/24/16) TFL: 2.5, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 Tackles for loss: 1 at Indiana, 9/10/16 INT: 1, at Georgia State, 9/2/16 INT: 1, Twice (Last at FAU, 9/24/16) Sacks: 0.5 vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/17/16 FF: 1, VMI, 9/3/15 Long INT return: 27, Akron 10/25/14 PBU: 1, Eastern Kentucky, 9/17/16 Sacks: 1.5, at Eastern Mich., 9/21/13 JOHN WHITMAN III / DT / #55 FF: 2, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 6-1, 299, Sr./Sr., Columbus, Ohio MARTEZ HESTER / S / #21 FR: 1, at Northwestern, 9/26/15 Tackles: 6, Toledo, 10/3/15 6-3, 201, 5th./Sr., Kennesaw, Ga. PBU: 1, 4 times (Last vs. BGSU, 11/24/15) TFL: 1.0, 3 times (Last at EKU, 9/17/16) Tackles: 15, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14 Sacks: 0.5 vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/17/16 Tackles for loss: 1.0 at Indiana, 9/10/16 KYLE SCHMIDT / P / #12 PBU: 1, at Northwestern 9/26/15 Sacks: 1, at Indiana, 9/10/16 6-2, 218, Sr./Jr., Chesterton, Ind. INT: 1, 3 times (Last vs. EKU, 9/17/16) Punt attempts: 8, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14 SEAN WIGGINS / LB / #3 Long INT return: 10, vs. EKU, 9/17/16 Punt yards: 320, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14 6-3, 232, Sr./Sr., Mint Hill, N.C. FF: 1, 3 times (Last at FAU, 9/24/16) Longest punt: 70, EMU, 11/22/14 Tackles: 13, Twice (Last at FAU, 9/24/16) FR: 1, Twice (Last at WMU, 11/5/15) TFL: 1.0, 5 times (Last at FAU, 9/24/16) PBU: 1, 8 times KYLE SEGER / DE / #49 INT: 2, at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15 6-1, 247, 5th/Sr., Huntingburg, Ind. Sacks: 1.0, Twice (Last vs. GSU, 10/17/15) TYREE HOLDER / CB / #33 Tackles: n/a FF: 1, Twice (Last vs. CMU, 10/24/15) 6-0, 168, 5th/Sr., Tampa, Fla. FR: 2, at Central Michigan, 10/18/14 Tackles: 6, Twice (Last vs. CMU, 10/24/15) DAMON SINGLETON / LB / #50 PBU: 2, Central Michigan, 10/24/15 INT: 1, 5 times (Last vs. Toledo, 10/3/15) 6-2, 237, Jr./So., Wyandotte, Mich. PBU: 2, Twice (Last at UMass, 11/12/14) Tackles: 4, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 KEVIN WILLIS / DT / #93 FF: 1, at Northwestern, 9/26/15 TFL: 0.5, Twice (Last vs. EKU, 9/17/16) 6-2, 303, Jr./Jr., Indianapolis, Ind. Sacks: 0.5, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/17/16 Tackles: 8, Toledo, 10/3/15 JEREMIAH JACKSON / LB / #32 TFL: 1.0, 3 times (Last vs. CMU, 10/24/15) 5-11, 219, Jr./So., Brooksville, Fla. STU STANLEY / LB / #27 Sacks: 1.0, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 Tackles: 3, VMI, 9/3/15 6-1, 233, Sr./Sr., Indianapolis, Ind. FR: 1, at Northwestern, 9/26/15 TFL: 1.0, Twice (Last at FAU, 9/24/16) Tackles: 3, at Georgia State, 9/2/16 Sacks, 1, Twice (Last at FAU, 9/24/16) ANTHONY WINBUSH / DE / #98 AARON TAYLOR / LB / #7 6-1, 225, Sr./Jr., Indianapolis, Ind. ARMANI McNULTY / S / #28 5-11, 208, 5th/Sr., Lawrenceville, Ga. Tackles: 5, at Florida Atlantic, 9/24/16 5-11, 181, So./So., Bolingbrook, Ill. Tackles: 13, l.t. at Indiana, 9/10/16 TFL: 2.5 vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/17/16 Tackles: 3, at Indiana, 9/10/16 TFL: 1.5 vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/17/16 Sacks: 2.0, Twice (Last vs. EKU, 9/17/16) Sacks: 1.5 vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/17/16 FF: 1, 3 times (Last at GSU, 9/2/16) JOSH MILLER / CB / #11 FF: 1, Illinois State, 8/29/13 FR: 1, at Georgia State, 9/2/16 5-11, 180, Jr./So., Indianapolis, Ind. FR: 1, Twice (Last vs. Eastern Mich., 11/22/14) Tackles: 8, at Florida Atlantic, 9/24/16 PBU: 1, 3 times (Last at FAU, 9/24/16) TFL: 1.0 at Florida Atlantic, 9/24/16 PBU: 2 vs. Eastern Kentucky 9/17/16 KEVIN THURMON / DT / #62 6-1, 281, So./So., South Holland, Ill. DAVID MOORE / CB / #13 Tackles: 4, at Indiana, 9/10/16 5-9, 167, Sr./Jr., Matthews, N.C. Tackles for loss: 2.0, at Georgia State, 9/2/16 Tackles: 8, Toledo, 10/3/15 Sacks: 1, at Georgia State, 9/2/16 TFL: 1.0, Twice (Last vs. GSU, 10/17/15) FF: 1, Twice (Last vs. GSU, 10/17/15) FR: 1, at Northern Illinois, 10/10/15 PBU: 1, 3 times (Last at Ohio, 11/17/15)

– 16 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 16 – 2016 Ball State Cardinals Football Offensive Player Game-By-Game Statistics RUSHING (att.-yards-TDs) Player GSU IU EKU FAU NIU CMU UB AKR WMU EMU TOL MIA Malik Dunner 0-0-0 7-39-0 9-27-0 0-0-0 James Gilbert 29-160-2 12-54-0 21-67-1 12-49-0 Darian Green 13-93-1 11-33-0 4-11-0 8-66-0 Riley Neal 4-48-0 6-(-1)-0 10-44-1 14-74-2 Teddy Williamson 4-28-1 1-7-0 9-42-1 2-6-0 RECEIVING (rec.-yards-TDs) Player GSU IU EKU FAU NIU CMU UB AKR WMU EMU TOL MIA Cywettnie Brown 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 Sam Brunner 0-0-0 2-21-0 1-1-0 2-29-1 Malik Dunner 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-7-0 0-0-0 James Gilbert 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Darian Green 0-0-0 2-25-0 4-28-0 2-27-0 Damon Hazelton Jr. DNP 0-0-0 6-52-1 2-29-0 Jordan Hogue 1-9-0 3-53-1 6-35-0 6-49-0 Corey Lacanaria 4-41-0 3-48-0 DNP 5-62-1 KeVonn Mabon 8-69-0 5-84-0 4-51-0 6-56-0 Danny Pinter 1-4-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Devin Reece 1-7-0 0-0-0 6-64-1 0-0-0 KICK RETURNS (ret.-yards-TDs) Player GSU IU EKU FAU NIU CMU UB AKR WMU EMU TOL MIA Darian Green 2-48-0 0-0-0 1-24-0 0-0-0 KeVonn Mabon 0-0-0 2-34-0 1-15-0 1-18-0 PUNT RETURNS (ret.-yards-TDs) Player GSU IU EKU FAU NIU CMU UB AKR WMU EMU TOL MIA Aaron Hepp 2-27-0 3-1-0 1-11-0 1-16-0 Corey Lacanaria 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 1-7-0 PASSING FIELD GOALS • #14 Jack Milas Player FGM-A Pct 18-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 Lg Blk Opponent Com Att Int Pct Yds TD Lg Sk-Yds Morgan Hagee 6-8 75.0 1-2 3-3 2-3 0-0 44 0 at Georgia State 0 0 0 00.0 0 0 0 0-0 at Indiana 0 0 0 00.0 0 0 0 0-0 EKU 0 0 0 00.0 0 0 0 0-0 at FAU 0 0 0 00.0 0 0 0 0-0 Northern Illinois at Central Michigan at Buffalo Akron Western Michigan Eastern Michigan at Toledo at Miami Totals 0 0 0 00.0 0 0 0 0-0 • #15 Riley Neal Opponent Com Att Int Pct Yds TD Lg Sk-Yds at Georgia State 15 29 2 51.7 130 0 21 1-6 at Indiana 15 30 1 50.0 231 1 43 2-13 EKU 28 39 0 71.8 238 2 42 1-5 at FAU 23 37 1 62.2 252 2 29 1-8 Northern Illinois at Central Michigan at Buffalo Akron Western Michigan Eastern Michigan at Toledo at Miami Totals 81 135 4 60.0 851 5 43 5-32

– 17 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 17 – 2016 Ball State Cardinals Football Defensive Player Game-By-Game Statistics TACKLES Hall #8 Hallmon #20 Hester #21 Holder #33 Jackson #32 McGee #9 McNulty #28 Miller #11 Opponent U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other at Georgia State 4-0-4 (1 INT) DNP 5-1-6 2-1-3 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-1-2 5-0-5 at Indiana 1-0-1 DNP 5-2-7 (1 sack) 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-1-1 3-0-3 3-1-4 EKU 1-1-2 (1 PBU) DNP 0-5-5 (1 INT) 0-0-0 (1 PBU) 1-1-2 (1 sack) 0-0-0 (1 PBU) 0-1-1 1-2-3 (2 PBU) at FAU 1-6-7 (1 TFL) DNP 3-2-5 (1 FF) DNP 2-0-2 (1 sack) 0-1-1 1-0-1 7-1-8 (1 TFL) Northern Illinois at Central Mich. at Buffalo Akron Western Mich. Eastern Mich. at Toledo at Miami

Posley #57 Ryan #2 Schroeder #52 Seger #49 Singleton #50 Solomon #15 Stanley #27 Taylor #7 Opponent U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other at Georgia State 1-0-1 7-2-9 (1 sack) 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 1-2-3 1-0-1 at Indiana 0-1-1 5-3-8 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-3 (0.5 TFL) 0-0-0 2-0-2 9-4-13 EKU 2-2-4 (2.5 TFL) 4-5-9 (1.5 TFL) 0-0-0 DNP 0-2-2 (0.5 sack) 0-0-0 0-2-2 2-4-6 (1.5 sacks) at FAU 2-5-7 (1.5 sacks) 3-2-5 (1 INT) DNP DNP 0-1-1 DNP DNP 3-3-6 (1 PBU) Northern Illinois at Central Mich. at Buffalo Akron Western Mich. Eastern Mich. at Toledo at Miami

Thurmon #62 Wade #31 Walton #23 Whitaker #95 Whitman #55 Wiggins #3 Willis #93 Winbush #98 Opponent U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other at Georgia State 2-0-2 (1 sack) 0-0-0 4-2-6 (0.5 TFL) 0-1-1 (0.5 TFL) 1-0-1 3-2-5 (1 PBU) 1-0-1 1-0-1 (1 FR) at Indiana 3-1-4 DNP 1-1-2 (1 TFL) 3-2-5 (1 TFL) 2-1-3 (1 sack) 5-3-8 0-1-1 2-0-2 (2 sacks) EKU DNP DNP 2-2-4 (1 INT) 1-1-2 (0.5 sack) 0-3-3 (0.5 sack) 1-0-1 (1 TFL) 0-2-2 (0.5 sack) 2-2-4 (2 sacks) at FAU 1-2-3 (0.5 sacks) 0-0-0 2-2-4 (1 FR) 0-0-0 0-1-1 5-8-13 (1 TFL) 0-0-0 2-3-5 (1.5 TFL) Northern Illinois at Central Mich. at Buffalo Akron Western Mich. Eastern Mich. at Toledo at Miami

TURNOVER CHART – Turnovers Gained – – Points Off TO Gained – – Turnovers Lost – – Points Off TO Lost – Opponent Fum Int Total TD FG Points Fum Int Total TD FG Points +/- at Georgia State 1 1 2 1 0 7 0 2 2 1 0 7 0 at Indiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 6 -3 EKU 0 2 2 1 1 10 1 0 1 1 0 7 +1 at FAU 1 1 2 1 0 7 0 1 1 1 0 7 +1 Northern Illinois at Central Michigan at Buffalo Akron Western Michigan Eastern Michigan at Toledo at Miami Totals 2 4 6 3 1 24 3 4 7 3 2 27 -1

– 18 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 18 – 2016 Ball State Cardinals Football 2016 Starting Lineups OFFENSE Opponent LT LG C RG RT TE WR WR Flex RB QB at Georgia State Bell Maloney Palazeti Joss Miller Brunner Mabon Reece Hogue (WR) Green Neal at Indiana Bell Maloney Palazeti Joss Miller Brunner Mabon Hogue Pinter (TE) Gilbert Neal Eastern Kentucky Bell Maloney Palazeti Joss Miller Brunner Mabon Reece Hazelton (WR) Green Neal at Florida Atlantic Bell Maloney Palazeti Joss Miller Schrank Mabon Hogue Hazelton (WR) Green Neal Northern Illinois at Central Michigan at Buffalo Akron Western Michigan Eastern Michigan at Toledo at Miami

DEFENSE Opponent DE DT NT DE WLB MLB SLB CB FS SS CB at Georgia State Winbush Thurmon Whitman Posley Wiggins Ryan Taylor Holder Hall Hester Walton at Indiana Winbush Thurmon Whitman Posley Wiggins Ryan Taylor Holder McNulty Hester Walton Eastern Kentucky Winbush Willis Whitman Posley Wiggins Ryan Taylor Miller Hall Hester Walton at Florida Atlantic Winbush Willis Whitman Posley Wiggins Ryan Taylor Miller Hall Hester Walton Northern Illinois at Central Michigan at Buffalo Akron Western Michigan Eastern Michigan at Toledo at Miami

2016 Miscellaneous Stats IN THE RED ZONE – BALL STATE BALL STATE BIG PLAYS (30+ yards) Opponent No. TD FG Failed Pct. Yards Play Oppt. Qtr TD at Georgia State 6 4 0 2 66.7 46 Neal rush GSU 4 0 at Indiana 3 1 1 1 66.7 43 Neal pass to Hogue IU 3 0 Eastern Kentucky 7 5 2 0 100.0 43 Gilbert rush GSU 4 0 at Florida Atlantic 3 2 0 1 66.7 42 Neal pass to Reece EKU 4 0 Northern Illinois 33 Neal pass to Lacanaria IU 1 0 at Central Michigan 31 Neal pass to Mabon EKU 1 0 at Buffalo Akron Western Michigan Eastern Michigan at Toledo at Miami Totals 19 12 3 4 78.9 IN THE RED ZONE – OPPONENT Opponent No. TD FG Failed Pct. at Georgia State 2 2 0 0 100.0 at Indiana 2 1 1 0 100.0 Eastern Kentucky 1 1 0 0 100.0 at Florida Atlantic 3 2 1 0 100.0 Northern Illinois at Central Michigan at Buffalo Akron Western Michigan Eastern Michigan at Toledo at Miami Totals 8 6 2 0 100.0

– 19 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 19 – 2016 Ball State Cardinals Football Game One at Georgia State Cardinals Run Away From Georgia State in Neu Debut Game Day Statistics ATLANTA, Ga. -- One of the questions Ball Ball State ...... 31 State first-year head coach Mike Neu had at Georgia State ...... 21 to answer most frequently this preseason Sept. 2, 2016 – Georgia Dome (12,233) concerned how much improvement his team could make on the defensive side of the Scoring football. Ball State 7 7 3 14 – 31 After all, it was a unit that ranked next- at Georgia State 7 7 0 7 – 21 to-last in the Mid-American Conference last Scoring Summary season, allowing nearly 520 yards and 36 GSU 7, BALL 0 – Jerome Smith 48-yard interception points per game. return, Roger ten Lohuis PAT (13:48, 1st) In Friday’s season opener at Georgia State, GSU 7, BALL 7 – James Gilbert 1-yard run, Ball State’s defense could not have performed Morgan Hagee PAT (3:26, 1st) GSU 14, BALL 7 – Penny Hart 14-yard pass from much better. The Cardinals held the Panthers Conner Manning, ten Lohuis PAT (14:52, 2nd) to 272 yards as Neu won his debut with his GSU 14, BALL 14 – James Gilbert 1-yard run, alma mater, 31-21 at the Georgia Dome. Hagee PAT (0:10, 2nd) Georgia State punted on seven straight pos- BALL 17, GSU 14 – Hagee 44-yard field goal (8:25, 3rd) BALL 24, GSU 14 – Teddy Williamson 15-yard run, sessions at one point and managed only one Hagee PAT (8:43, 4th) offensive touchdown until scoring late on its BALL 31, GSU 14 – Darian Green 8-yard run, final drive. Hagee PAT (4:46, 4th) “We played a good football team in Georgia BALL 31, GSU 21 – Aaron Winchester 13-yard run, State,” Neu said. “I have a lot of respect for the James Gilbert ten Lohuis kick (2:24, 4th) job coach (Trent) Miles has done and a lot of Team Statistics BALL GSU respect for (assistant coaches) Rick Minter and First Downs 22 19 Jesse Minter. There are some great coaches on The Cardinals finally found some offense Rushing Yardage 325 77 that staff, and they went to a bowl game last on the final possession of the first half, but it Passing Yardage 130 195 year. wasn’t easy. They seemingly used sheer de- Passes 15-29-2 25-40-1 “We knew it was going to be a challenge, termination to send the game to halftime tied Total Offensive Yards 455 272 but our guys were up for it. We prepared hard and swing the momentum. Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1 for the last seven months, and it was great to Ball State took possession at the Georgia Penalties-Yards 5-39 6-52 see our hard work pay off.” State 44-yard line with 6:18 left before the Punting (No.-Net) 4-42.2 7-30.1 Ball State racked up 325 rushing yards, half. The Cardinals used nearly all of that Time of Possession 35:56 24:04 wearing down the Georgia State defense as time, converting two third downs and two 3rd Dn. Conv. 7-18 7-15 4th Dn. Conv. 2-3 0-1 the game progressed. The Cardinals scored all fourth downs along the way. The second Red Zone Scores 4-6 2-2 fourth-down play was James Gilbert’s second four of their touchdowns on the ground with Sacks By-Yards Lost 2-9 1-6 two for James Gilbert and one each for Teddy touchdown run of the game. Williamson and Darian Green. After halftime, Ball State looked like a new Individual Statistics Gilbert finished with a career-high 160 team offensively. A Morgan Hagee field goal RUSHING: BALL: Gilbert 29-160-2; Green yards on 29 carries, while Green added 93 gave the Cardinals the lead on their first pos- 13-93-1; Neal 4-48-0; Williamson 4-28-1. GSU: yards. The Cardinals, who started gashing the session, and a four-play, 82-yard drive in the Winchester 8-59-1; Smith 8-14-0; Dorn 3-8-0; Panther defense for big gains in the fourth fourth quarter put BSU in control. Kirk 1-4-0; Neal 2-3-0; Neal 2-3-0; Scaife 1-(-2)- quarter, managed 267 of their 327 second-half That drive featured three rushes of at least 0; Manning 2-(-9)-0. yards on the ground. 15 yards, including a 46-yarder on Riley Neal’s PASSING: BALL: Neal 15-29-130, 0 TD, 2 INT. “I think our offensive linemen stepped up,” quarterback keeper. Williamson scored from GSU: Manning 21-32-163, 1 TD, 1 INT; Win- Neu said. “They were so excited about the 15 yards out on the next play to push the lead chester 4-8-32, 0 TD, 0 INT. challenge. They wanted to take the challenge to 10. on, for us to be able to run the ball like that, Green added a touchdown, and the Cardi- RECEIVING: BALL: Mabon 8-69-0; Lacanaria 4-41-0; Hogue 1-9-0; Reece 1-7-0; Pinter 1-4-0. knowing everybody in the building knew nals were on the doorstep once again in the GSU: Hart 7-76-1; Davis 6-33-0; Boyd 5-29- final minute before taking a knee. we were running the football. For us to have 0; Smith 3-17-0; Rucker 2-22-0; Neal 1-16-0; success like that and to finish the game, our Neal started slowly through the air but fin- Werts 1-2-0. offensive linemen deserve a ton of credit.” ished the game 15 for 29 for 130 yards. Senior It was a slow start offensively for Ball State, receiver KeVonn Mabon was his top target, TACKLES: BALL: Ryan 7-2-9; Hester 5-1-6; falling behind 14-7 while going three-and-out catching eight passes for 69 yards. A pair of Walton 4-2-6; Miller 5-0-5; Wiggins 3-2-5. GSU: four times and throwing two interceptions. Mabon’s catches set up both of Green’s 1-yard Williams 6-4-10; McGee 6-3-9; Ringer 3-5-8; Both of those picks came at the hands of Geor- touchdown runs. Cheridor 5-2-7; Sullivan 4-1-5. gia State corner Jerome Smith, who returned Ball State won its seventh straight season the first interception for the game’s opening opener while playing its first true road opener touchdown. since 2005. Ball State’s defense created a pair of turn- overs of its own to keep the Cardinals close until the offense could get going. Atlanta-area native Corey Hall -- who returned after miss- ing all but last year’s season opener to injury -- picked off a pass, and defensive end Anthony Winbush forced a fumble.

– 20 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 20 – 2016 Ball State Cardinals Football Game Two at Indiana Slow Start Costs Football in 30-20 Loss at Indiana Game Day Statistics BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Ball State scored Ball State ...... 20 the final 20 points of Saturday’s football game at Indiana ...... 30 against Indiana but could not overcome the Sept. 10, 2016 – Memorial Stadium (41,374) large hole it found itself in midway through the third quarter. Scoring Indiana (2-0) jumped out to a 30-0 lead on Ball State 0 0 3 17 – 20 the way to a 30-20 victory on its home turf at Indiana 10 10 10 0 – 30 at Memorial Stadium, snapping a three-game Scoring Summary Ball State winning streak in the series. IND 3, BALL 0 – Griffin Oakes 29-yard field goal Ball State (1-1) rallied in the second half (11:13, 1st) with a pair of Morgan Hagee field goals and a IND 10, BALL 0 – Nick Westbrook 43-yard pass from blocked punt for a touchdown. Quarterback Richard Lagow, Oakes PAT (8:23, 1st) IND 17, BALL 0 – Luke Timian 10-yard pass from Riley Neal then hit Jordan Hogue for a touch- Lagow, Oakes PAT (3:42, 2nd) down to pull the Cardinals within 10 points IND 20, BALL 0 – Oakes 49-yard field goal (0:00, 2nd) with 3:06 to play, but Ball State’s onside kick IND 27, BALL 0 – Westbrook 79-yard pass from Lagow attempt went out of bounds. (14:17, 3rd) IND 30, BALL 0 – Oakes 41-yard field goal (10:29, 3rd) “There are no moral victories, but I am IND 30, BALL 3 – Morgan Hagee 22-yard field goal proud of the way our guys competed and (3:37, 3rd) fought in the second half,” Ball State coach IND 30, BALL 6 – Hagee 38-yard field goal (13:46, 4th) Mike Neu said. “We need to learn from this, IND 30, BALL 13 – Malik Dunner 3-yard blocked punt make corrections off the tape tomorrow and Sean Wiggins return, Hagee PAT (12:53, 4th) IND 30, BALL 20 – Jordan Hogue 5-yard pass from get back to work.” Riley Neal, Hagee PAT (3:06, 4th) The Ball State defense forced six punts, turned Indiana over on downs twice and held seven attempts. Gilbert led the ground attack Team Statistics BALL IND the Hoosiers to 2-for-13 on third downs. But with 54 yards, while Neal threw for 231 yards First Downs 18 19 IU was able to get yardage in chunks. The on 15-of-30 passing. KeVonn Mabon caught Rushing Yardage 140 187 Hoosiers scored on four straight possessions five passes for 84 yards. Passing Yardage 231 266 spanning the second and third quarters to After two straight games on the road to Passes 15-30-1 17-27-0 Total Offensive Yards 371 453 open up their 30-point lead. open the season, Ball State will return to Mun- Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-0 cie to host Eastern Kentucky next Saturday Indiana quarterback Richard Lagow threw Penalties-Yards 4-25 8-69 for 266 yards and three touchdowns. He hit with a 3 p.m. kickoff at Scheumann Stadium. Punting (No.-Net) 5-35.4 6-29.3 Nick Westbrook for two of those scores with a The Cardinals had won the previous three Time of Possession 28:41 31:19 43-yarder for IU’s first touchdown of the day meetings with Indiana, dating back to 2008. 3rd Dn. Conv. 6-16 2-13 and a 79-yarder on its first possession of the The teams will meet again three times in the 4th Dn. Conv. 1-2 0-2 third quarter. near future – 2018 and 2020 in Bloomington Red Zone Scores 2-3 2-2 A missed opportunity for Ball State early and 2019 in Indianapolis. Sacks By-Yards Lost 4-21 2-13 in the game loomed large as Indiana built its lead. Trailing 10-0, the Cardinals marched 72 Individual Statistics RUSHING: BALL: Gilbert 12-54-0; Dunner 7-39- yards down the field and were poised to cut 0; Green 11-33-0; Mabon 1-8-0; Neal 6-(-1)-0. into the lead. But James Gilbert was stripped IND: Redding 26-110-0; Majette 6-57-0; Wil- at the 3-yard line and the Hoosiers recovered. liams 7-32-0; Gest 1-8-0; Lagow 5-(-20)-0. It was the second of three first-half turnovers for the Cardinals. PASSING: BALL: Neal 15-30-231, 1 TD, 1 INT. “Give credit to Indiana; they beat us,” Neu IND: Lagow 17-27-266, 3 TD, 0 INT. said. “It’s not the recipe you need in order to RECEIVING: BALL: Mabon 5-84-0; Hogue 3-53- have success. You can’t have three turnovers. 1; Lacanaria 3-48-0; Green 2-25-0; Brunner You can’t get off to a slow start.” 2-21-0. IND: Paige 6-76-0; Westbrook 3-133-2; That was the last time Ball State found Timian 3-25-1; Friend 1-13-0; Jones 1-9-0; Red- itself in the red zone until late in the third ding 1-8-0; Gest 1-2-0; Brookins 1-0-0. quarter when Neal hit Hogue on a 43-yard pass to set up Hagee’s first field goal of the TACKLES: BALL: Taylor 9-4-13; Ryan 5-3-8; day, a 22-yarder. The drive was the start of Wiggins 5-3-8; Hester 5-2-7; Whitaker 3-2-5. IND: Ball 8-0-8; Oliver 6-2-8; Dutra 4-2-6; Wil- Ball State finding some rhythm offensively. lis, Jr. 4-1-5; Scales 4-1-5. The Cardinals racked up 232 of their 371 total yards over their final five possessions. Hagee hit a 38-yarder on the next drive, and then the Cardinals’ special teams gave them their first touchdown of the game. Ded- rick Cromartie came free to block an Indiana punt, and Malik Dunner scooped it up for the score. Dunner gave the Cardinals a bit of a boost offensively in the second half, seeing his first collegiate carries and running for 39 yards on

– 21 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 21 – 2016 Ball State Cardinals Football Game Three vs. Eastern Kentucky Disruptive Defense Shuts Down EKU in 41-14 Win Game Day Statistics MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State front seven Eastern Kentucky . . . . . 14 spent so much time in the Eastern Kentucky at Ball State ...... 41 backfield Saturday, they almost started receiv- Sept. 17, 2016 – Scheumann Stadium (10,902) ing their mail there. The Cardinals completely negated EKU’s Scoring rushing attack and hounded Colonel quarter- Eastern Kentucky 0 0 0 14 – 14 back Maty Mauk all day en route to a 41-14 at Ball State 14 13 7 7 – 41 victory at Scheumann Stadium. It was a shut Scoring Summary out for more than 56 minutes before Ball State IND 3, BALL 0 – Griffin Oakes 29-yard field goal surrendered a pair of late scores. (11:13, 1st) “The defense was fantastic,” Cardinals head BALL 7, EKU 0 – Devin Reece 3-yard pass from coach Mike Neu said. “You talk about getting Riley Neal, Morgan Hagee PAT (8:12, 1st) BALL 14, EKU 0 – Neal 12-yard run, Hagee PAT ( to the quarterback; I’m just proud of our guys. 0:38, 1st) We talked about starting fast, playing a com- BALL 17, EKU 0 – Hagee 32-yard field goal (13:04, 2nd) plete game and finishing. It was a great effort. BALL 24, EKU 0 – Damon Hazelton Jr. 5- yard pass Our defense has been very consistent through from Neal, Hagee PAT (10:55, 2nd) BALL 27, EKU 0 – Hagee 41-yard field goal (0:07, 2nd) three games.” BALL 34, EKU 0 – James Gilbert 1-yard run, Ball State (2-1) held Eastern Kentucky (1-2) Hagee PAT (5:17, 3rd) to only three rushing yards on 27 attempts. BALL 41, EKU 0 – Teddy Williamson 1-yard run, The Cardinals racked up 14 tackles for loss, Hagee PAT (5:49, 4th) with 12 different players contributing, and Kevin Willis BALL 41, EKU 7 – Devin Borders 28-yard pass from Maty Mauk, Lucas Williams PAT (3:29, 4th) eight sacks, led by Anthony Winbush with BALL 41, EKU 14 – Daryl McCleskey 1-yard run, two. After its first drive of the game, EKU Williams PAT (1:26, 4th) didn’t cross midfield again until the 12:30 throughout preseason. mark of the fourth quarter. “There’s nothing better than seeing those Team Statistics EKU BALL Even when the Cardinals’ rushers didn’t guys all with six catches,” Neu said. “I chal- First Downs 13 28 Rushing Yardage 3 193 get to Mauk, their presence made an impact. lenged those guys a little bit that I wanted Passing Yardage 286 238 to see them take the next step. They stepped Pressure led to first-half interceptions by Passes 20-36-2 28-39-0 Marc Walton and Martez Hester. Both came up to the challenge today. I think you can see Total Offensive Yards 289 431 deep in EKU territory and led to scores for the some of the ability Damon Hazelton has. His Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Cardinals. role will continue to grow.” Penalties-Yards 13-128 4-35 Ball State started slowly in its first two Ball State got its ground game going in the Punting (No.-Net) 8-38.2 4-46.0 games this season, but Saturday was a differ- second half as it started to wear down the Time of Possession 21:01 38:59 ent story. The Cardinals scored on their first Eastern Kentucky defense. With a firm hold 3rd Dn. Conv. 5-16 10-19 four possessions and never looked back. on the lead, the Cardinals ran the ball on 35 4th Dn. Conv. 0-1 1-2 It was an efficient performance from of their 49 plays after halftime. They piled up Red Zone Scores 1-1 7-7 quarterback Riley Neal, who hit his first 16 134 yards on those rushes and scored on a pair Sacks By-Yards Lost 1-5 8-42 of 1-yard runs from James Gilbert and Teddy passes in a row. He finished the game 28 for 39 Individual Statistics for 238 yards with two passing touchdowns Williamson. RUSHING: EKU: Thomas 6-12-0; Smith 1-12-0; and a rushing score in his best performance Gilbert led the ground attack with 72 yards, Enyenihi 5-10-0; McCleskey 1-1-1; Coney 1-(- of the young season. The Cardinals controlled while Neal added 49 and Williamson had 42. 4)-0; Sanders 1-(-6)-0; Mauk 11-(-20)-0. BALL: the clock, with nearly 18 more minutes of Mauk finished the game 19 for 32 through Gilbert 21-67-1; Neal 10-44-1; Williamson 9-42- possession time than EKU, and moved the ball the air for 285 yards for Eastern Kentucky. He 1; Dunner 9-27-0; Green 4-11-0; Mabon 1-2-0. methodically. hit Devin Borders on a 28-yard score to break “We just encouraged Riley that he didn’t up the shutout with 3:29 to play. PASSING: EKU: Mauk 19-32-285, 1 TD, 0 INT; have to win the game by himself,” Neu said. After two road games to start the season, Coney 1-4-1, 0 TD, 2 INT. BALL: Neal 28-39-238, 2 TD, 0 INT. “Our defense is playing great football. We Neu finally got to coach him first home game have a running game going. He just needs at his alma mater. Morning rains threatened RECEIVING: EKU: Markush 5-104-0; Borders to go out and run the offense, make the to put a damper on the Family Weekend 4-73-1; Smith 4-8-0; Crimmins 3-53-0; Creamer throws that present themselves and limit his festivities, but the skies cleared and the sun 2-34-0; Sanders 1-8-0; Thomas 1-6-0. BALL: mistakes, which he did. I’m very proud of his came out, along with the fans, to see his first Reece 6-64-1; Hazelton 6-52-1; Hogue 6-35-0; effort today.” home victory. Mabon 4-51-0; Green 4-28-0; Dunner 1-7-0; Neal hit Devin Reece for a 3-yard touch- “It was a great crowd; I was really fired up,” Brunner 1-1-0. down on the opening drive, scampered 12 Neu said. “I’m very appreciative of our fans. TACKLES: EKU: Canady 2-9-11; Northington yards for a score on the second and connected We feed off of them.” 5-4-9; Patrick 1-8-9; Tucker 3-5-8; Glass 2-6-8. with Damon Hazelton Jr. from 5 yards out on BALL: Ryan 4-5-9; Taylor 2-4-6; Hester 0-5-5; the fourth. A field goal from Morgan Hagee Moore 4-0-4; Posley 2-2-4. was sandwiched in between as the Cardinals led 24-0 less than 20 minutes into the game. Reece, Hazleton and Jordan Hogue finished with six catches apiece, as Neal connected with seven different receivers on the day. Ha- zelton, a true freshman from Baltimore, made his first collegiate start after drawing praise

– 22 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 22 – 2016 Ball State Cardinals Football Game Four at Florida Atlantic Cardinals Rally Late to Defeat FAU, 31-27 Game Day Statistics BOCA RATON, Fla. – Sophomore quarter- Ball State ...... 31 back Riley Neal scored the game-winning at Florida Atlantic . . . . . 27 touchdown with 1:47 remaining to lift the Sept. 24, 2016 – FAU Stadium (13,846) Ball State football team to a 31-27 victory at Florida Atlantic Saturday evening. Scoring Not only did Ball State (3-1) play the entire Ball State 0 17 7 7 – 31 game from behind as FAU (1-3) jumped out to at Florida Atlantic 14 10 0 3 – 27 a 14-0 first quarter lead, but the Cardinals had Scoring Summary to deal with lightning delays that totaled more FAU 7, BALL 0 – Jason Driskel 5-yard run, Greg Joseph than two hours. PAT (7:26, 1st) The game, which was originally scheduled FAU 14, BALL 0 – Kalib Woods 31-yard pass from to begin at 6 p.m., didn’t start until almost 7 Driskel, Joseph PAT (0:44, 1st) FAU 14, BALL 7 – Sam Brunner 26-yard pass from p.m. due to lightning. A few minutes after Riley Neal, Moran Hagee PAT (14:49, 2nd) halftime, the game was halted again for 30 FAU 14, BALL 14 – Neal 1-yard run, Hagee PAT minutes because of lightning in the vicin- (10:29, 2nd) ity. Right before Ball State began its game- FAU 21, BALL 14 – Kerrith Whyte 3-yard run, Joseph PAT (9:29, 2nd) winning drive in the fourth quarter, one final FAU 21, BALL 17 – Hagee 39-yard field goal (5:48, 2nd) 30-minute delay halted the game. FAU 24, BALL 17 – Joseph 18-yard field goal (1:23, 3rd) “We had some crazy things happen, and FAU 24, BALL 24 – Corey Lacanaria 29-yard pass from this may have been our longest game ever, Neal (1:46, 3rd) but I am just proud of the guys for sticking Riley Neal FAU 27, BALL 24 – Joseph 41-yard field goal (9:18, 4th) BALL 31, FAU 27 – Neal 2-yard run, Hagee PAT together,” Ball State head coach Mike Neu said. (1:47, 4th) “We figured out what it takes to win on the road. That’s all that mattered. We just wanted State’s first possession of the contest, bounced Team Statistics BALL FAU to get to 3-1. We just wanted to win by one back to account for all four Cardinals touch- First Downs 28 20 more point than what they had at the end of downs. He finished 23-of-37 for 252 yards and Rushing Yardage 226 121 the night.” two scores through the air. On the ground, Passing Yardage 262 324 Ball State’s defense allowed 24 first half Neal tallied team-highs in carries (14) and Passes 24-39-1 25-37-1 Total Offensive Yards 488 445 points to Florida Atlantic as the Cardinals rushing yards (74) to go along with two more Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 touchdowns. trailed at intermission, 24-17. However, the Penalties-Yards 1-5 2-20 Cardinals regrouped and only gave up three “It is kind of just taking what they give us,” Punting (No.-Net) 5-34.6 5-30.4 points in the second half. Neal said. “You want those running backs to Time of Possession 30:44 29:16 Perhaps the biggest play of the game came have the ball, but if they are going to take it 3rd Dn. Conv. 5-13 5-16 with 5:33 left in the fourth quarter and FAU in away and give us four or five yards on a play 4th Dn. Conv. 0-1 1-3 possession of the ball at the Ball State 30-yard then we will take it.” Red Zone Scores 2-3 3-3 line. The Owls held a three-point lead, 27-24, Meanwhile, senior linebacker Sean Wiggins Sacks By-Yards Lost 3-14 1-8 and faced a 4th-and-1 situation. Florida Atlan- tied his personal high with 13 stops. Ten dif- tic decided to go for the first down, but senior ferent players on defense were involved in a Individual Statistics RUSHING: BALL: Neal 14-74-2; Green 8-66-0; Zack Ryan stuffed the run attempt for no gain. tackle for loss. Gilbert 12-49-0; Mabon 3-36-0; Williamson Next up for Ball State is the Mid-American Following that play, the final lightning 2-6-0. FAU: Howell 18-64-0; Driskel 9-26-1; delay occurred forcing the teams back into Conference opener against Northern Illinois Whyte 5-18-1; Singletary 4-10-0. the locker rooms. The delay didn’t slow down on Saturday, Oct. 1 at Scheumann Stadium. the offense as moved 70 yards in 10 plays for Game time is set for 3:30 p.m. PASSING: BALL: Neal 23-37-252, 2 TD, 1 INT. the go-ahead score. Sophomore running back FAU: Driskel 25-37-324, 1 TD, 1 INT. Darian Green kick started the drive with a RECEIVING: BALL: Mabon 6-56-0; Hogue 6-49- 22-yard catch and run. 0; Lacanaria 5-62-1; Hazelton 2-29-0; Brun- Senior wide receiver KeVonn Mabon came ner 2-29-1; Green 2-27-0; Neal 1-10-0. FAU: up with two huge catches on the drive, one Solomon 6-30-0; Woods 4-108-1; Terry 3-70-0; on a third down to move the chains, and the Harrison 2-33-0; Howell 2-23-0; Singletary 2-5- second was a highlight-reel catch along the 0; Bussey 2-2-0; Raine 1-18-0; Bryant 1-16-0; far sidelines to advance the ball to FAU’s Cameron 1-15-0; Whtye 1-4-0. two-yard line. Neal capped the drive with a TACKLES: BALL: Wiggins 5-8-13; Miller 7-1-8; two-yard scoring run up the middle to give Posley 2-5-7; Hall 1-6-7; Taylor 3-3-6. FAU: Ball State its only lead of the game. Young 7-3-10; Ozdemir 5-5-10; Al-Shaair 3-7- The Cardinals defense made sure the lead 10; Ogbonda 3-6-9; Soroh 4-1-5. would hold up as Florida Atlantic went loss of yards, incompletion, sack and interception on its ensuing drive. Senior defensive lineman Joshua Posley came up with the sack to put FAU in a 4th-and-15 scenario. Ryan then got his hands on an interception on fourth down to seal the victory in the first-ever meeting between the two teams. Neal, who threw an interception on Ball

– 23 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2016 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @BSUCoachNeu – 23 – 2016 Ball State Cardinals Football The Last Time It Happened … Scored over 50 points: Had a PAT blocked: BSU: 11-29-13 -- Ball State 55, Miami University 14 BSU: 9-26-15 -- at Northwestern OPP: 11-5-15 -- Western Michigan 54, Ball State 7 OPP: 11-5-15 -- Western Michigan (Julian Jackson) Scored over 50 points in a game twice in the same season: Returned an interception for a TD: BSU: 2013 -- Ball State 51, Illinois State 28 (8/29) and BSU: 9-11-10 -- Charlie Todd (36 yards) vs. Liberty Ball State 51, Eastern Michigan 20 (9/21) OPP: 9-2-16 -- Jerome Smith, Georgia State (48 yards) Scored over 50 points in a game three times in the same season: Returned a punt for a TD: BSU: 2013 -- Ball State 51, Illinois State 28 (8/29); BSU: 11-24-09 -- Charlie Todd vs. Western Michigan (87 yards) Ball State 51, Eastern Michigan 20 (9/21); OPP: 11-20-10 -- Northern Illinois Ball State 55, Miami University 14 (11/29) Returned a kickoff for a TD: Scored at least 27 points in a quarter: BSU: 10-24-15 -- KeVonn Mabon vs. Central Michigan (89 yards) BSU: 9-21-13 -- Ball State (27) at Eastern Michigan OPP: 9-29-12 -- Dri Archer, Kent State (99 yards) OPP: 9-12-15 – Texas A&M (28) vs. Ball State Returned a fumble for a TD: Held scoreless in a game: BSU: 11-22-14 -- Ben Ingle vs. Eastern Michigan (5 yards) BSU: 10-8-11 -- Temple 42, Ball State 0 OPP: 10-19-13 -- Ronald Zamort, Western Michigan (26 yards) OPP: 10-4-08 -- Ball State 31, Toledo 0 Game with back-to-back kicks returned for touchdowns: Held under 100 yards rushing in a game: 10-22-05 -- Ball State at Ohio (BSU’s Dante Love/OU’s Scott Mayle) BSU: 11-5-15 -- Ball State (74) at Western Michigan Returned a punt for a TD and a kickoff for a TD in the same season: OPP: 9-17-16 -- Eastern Kentucky (3) BSU: 2005, Dante Love, 94 yard KOR vs. Ohio, 10-22-05, Held under 100 yards passing in a game: and B.J. Hill, 54 yard PR vs. Akron, 11-5-05 BSU: 11-5-15 -- Ball State (78) at Western Michigan Recorded a safety: OPP: 10-4-14 -- Army (48) BSU: 10-24-09 -- Team at Eastern Michigan Held under 200 yards total offense: OPP: 10-27-12 -- Army BSU: 11-5-15 -- at Western Michigan (152) Defensive Extra Point: OPP: 11-12-10 -- Buffalo (144) OPP: 10-8-05 -- Western Michigan A player rushed for 200 yards or more in a game: BSU: 8-30-12 -- Jahwan Edwards vs. Eastern Michigan (200) OPP: 11-6-12 -- David Fluellen, Toledo (200) The last time Ball State played a top-25 team: Two players rushed for over 100 yards in a game: 9-26-15 -- Northwestern 24, Ball State 19 BSU: 8-30-14 -- Jahwan Edwards (109) and Horactio Banks (134) vs. Colgate Northwestern entered the game ranked #17 (AP)/#19 (Coaches) OPP: 11-24-15 -- Bowling Green (Fred Coppet (108), Matthew Domer (105)) The last time Ball State defeated a top-25 team: Two players rushed for over 200 yards in a game: 11-6-12 -- Ball State 34, Toledo 27 at Toledo BSU: 10-24-09 -- MiQuale Lewis (301) and Cory Sykes (203) at Eastern Mich. Toledo entered the game ranked #23 by The Associated Press and #25 by ESPN/USA Today A QB rushed for over 100 yards in a game: BSU: 10-28-00 -- Talmadge Hill vs. Central Michigan (101) The last time Ball State hosted a top-25 team: OPP: 11-13-13 -- Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois (123) 11-22-03 -- vs. Bowling Green (BG 41-14) Bowling Green entered the game ranked #22 by AP An individual passed for over 400 yards: and #25 by ESPN/USA Today BSU: 11-29-13 -- vs. Miami University (445) OPP: 10-17-15 -- Nick Arbuckle, Georgia State (412) The last time Ball State played a top-25 team on the road: 9-26-15 -- Northwestern 24, Ball State 19 An individual passed for over 300 yards: Northwestern entered the game ranked #17 (AP)/#19 (Coaches) BSU: 10-10-15 -- Riley Neal at Northern Illinois (393) OPP: 9-24/16 -- Jason Driskel, Florida Atlantic (324) The highest ranked teams Ball State has ever played: 10-1-11 -- at Oklahoma (OU 62-6) An individual scored four or more TDs in a game: Oklahoma entered the game ranked #1 by ESPN/USA Today and #2 by AP BSU: 9-3-15 -- Darian Green vs. VMI (4) OPP: 10-8-05 -- Greg Jennings, Western Michigan (4) 11-4-06 -- at Michigan (UM 34-26) Entered Game ranked #2 by AP and #2 by USA Today Had a field goal blocked: BSU: 1-5-14 -- vs. Arkansas State The last time Ball State was ranked: OPP: 11-5-11 -- at Eastern Michigan (Joshua Howard) 12-7-08 -- Ranked 22nd in BCS Standings, #22 (USA Today), #23 (AP) Had a punt blocked: Highest Ball State has ever been ranked: BSU: 10-22-11 -- vs. Central Michigan 11-3-08 -- Ranked 12th in BCS Standings and by AP, and 13th by USA Today OPP: 9-10-16 -- at Indiana (Dedrick Cromartie) Most consecutive weeks Ball State has ever been ranked: 10-5-08 to 12-7-08 -- Ball State ranked nine straight weeks

Largest Comebacks in School History 27 pts. BSU 31, Toledo 30 Oct. 9, 1993 at BSU -- BSU was behind 30-3 In Ball State’s 1993 Homecoming game vs. Toledo, the Cardinals fell behind 16-3 at the half, and Toledo scored two third-quarter touchdowns to take a 30-3 lead with 4:10 remaining in the third stanza. Ball State’s rally began with 2:24 left in the third quarter on a 22-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Mike Neu to re- ceiver Brian Oliver. A Tony Nibbs’ two-point conversion run made the score 30-11 and that was all the scoring in the third stanza. BSU started its fourth-quarter scor- ing with a Neu to Oliver 98-yard TD pass with 11:02 left in the game. The Matt Swart extra point kick was good and closed the gap to 30-18. With 2:40 left in the contest, Neu completed a 15-yard scoring strike to receiver Kyle Robinson. Followed by Swart’s extra point kick, the Cardinals were down 30-24. Ball State’s final score came on a Neu to Erin McCray 6-yard pass as time expired in the game. Swart’s extra point kick with no time left on the clock gave the Cardinals a 31-30 win. 22 pts. BSU 26, Eastern Michigan 25 Nov. 12, 2005 at EMU -- BSU was behind 22-0 20 pts. BSU 24, Central Michigan 23 Oct. 24, 1992 at BSU -- BSU was behind 20-0 17 pts. BSU 28, Eastern Michigan 17 Sept. 19, 2015 at EMU -- BSU was behind 17-0 17 pts. BSU 31, Central Michigan 27 Oct. 22, 2011 at BSU -- BSU was behind 17-0 17 pts. BSU 37, Central Michigan 34 Oct. 18, 1997 at BSU -- BSU was behind 34-17 17 pts. BSU 30, Ohio 27 (OT) Oct. 12, 1996 at BSU -- BSU was behind 17-0 16 pts. BSU 30, DePauw 24 Oct. 17, 1959 at Ball State 15 pts. BSU 35, Akron 21 Oct. 25, 2014 at Ball State 15 pts. BSU 26, Indiana State 24 Oct. 28, 1967 at Indiana State 15 pts. BSU 42, St. Joseph’s 19 Nov. 6, 1965 at Ball State

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2016 Ball State Football Ball State Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 25, 2016) All games

Team Statistics BALL OPP SCORING 123 92 Points Per Game 30.8 23.0 Points Off Turnovers 24 27 FIRST DOWNS 96 71 R u s h in g 46 27 P a s s in g 43 41 P e n a lt y 7 3 RUSHING YARDAGE 884 388 Yards gained rushing 940 518 Yards lost rushing 56 130 Rushing Attempts 185 133 Average Per Rush 4.8 2.9 Average Per Game 221.0 97.0 TDs Rushing 9 4 PASSING YARDAGE 861 1071 C o m p - A t t - I n t 82-137-4 87-140-4 Average Per Pass 6.3 7.7 Average Per Catch 10.5 12.3 Average Per Game 215.2 267.8 TDs Passing 5 6 TOTAL OFFENSE 1745 1459 Total Plays 322 273 Average Per Play 5.4 5.3 Average Per Game 436.2 364.8 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 7-139 20-419 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 9-86 7-39 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-42 4-55 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 19.9 21.0 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 9.6 5.6 INT RETURN AVERAGE 10.5 13.8 FUMBLES-LOST 5-3 6-2 PENALTIES-Yards 14-104 29-269 Average Per Game 26.0 67.2 PUNTS-Yards 18-762 26-971 Average Per Punt 42.3 37.3 Net punt average 39.1 32.5 KICKOFFS-Yards 25-1411 18-1160 Average Per Kick 56.4 64.4 Net kick average 37.7 41.4 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 3 : 3 5 2 6 : 2 5 3RD-DOWN Conversions 28/66 19/60 3rd-Down Pct 42% 32% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/8 1/7 4th-Down Pct 50% 14% SACKS BY-Yards 17-86 5-32 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 15 11 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 6-8 5-5 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (15-19) 79% (8-8) 100% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (12-19) 63% (6-8) 75% PAT-ATTEMPTS (15-15) 100% (11-11) 100% ATTENDANCE 10902 67453 Games/Avg Per Game 1/10902 3/22484 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Ball State 21 37 20 45 0 123 Opponents 31 27 10 24 0 92

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2016 Ball State Football Ball State Team Game-by-Game (as of Sep 25, 2016) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 02 at Georgia State 52 325 4 46 15 130 0 21 15-29-2 130 0 21 2 48 0 26 2 27 0 15 455 Sep 10 at Indiana 38 140 0 23 15 231 1 43 15-30-1 231 1 43 2 34 0 20 4 25 1 3 371 Sep 17 EASTERN KENTUCKY 54 193 3 12 28 238 2 42 28-39-0 238 2 42 2 39 0 24 1 11 0 11 431 Sep 24 at Florida Atlantic 41 226 2 22 24 262 2 29 24-39-1 262 2 29 1 18 0 18 2 23 0 16 488 Ball State 185 884 9 46 82 861 5 43 82-137-4 861 5 43 7 139 0 26 9 86 1 16 1745 Opponents 133 388 4 48 87 1071 6 79 87-140-4 1071 6 79 20 419 0 38 7 39 0 17 1459

Games: 4 • Avg/rush: 4.8 • Avg/catch: 10.5 • Pass effic: 118.85 • KR avg: 19.9 • PR avg: 9.6 • All purpose avg/game: 503.0 • Total offense avg/gm: 436.2

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 02 at Georgia State 44 14 58 6.0-17 2.0-9 1 1-0 1-11 0 1 0 4-4 0 0 0 7 31 Sep 10 at Indiana 53 24 77 7.0-30 4.0-21 1 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 2-2 0 0 0 0 20 Sep 17 EASTERN KENTUCKY 23 48 71 14.0-60 8.0-42 0 0-0 2-29 3 6 0 5-5 0 0 0 10 41 Sep 24 at Florida Atlantic 38 42 80 11.0-29 3.0-14 1 1-0 1-2 1 2 0 4-4 0 0 0 7 31 Ball State 158 128 286 38.0-136 17.0-86 3 2-0 4-42 4 11 1 15-15 0 0 0 24 123 Opponents 176 160 336 16.0-49 5.0-32 5 3-0 4-55 4 16 0 11-11 0 0 0 27 92

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 02 at Georgia State 4 189 47.2 54 0 1 1 1 1 1-2 44 0 6 343 57.2 0 0 Sep 10 at Indiana 5 195 39.0 46 0 0 0 0 1 2-2 38 0 5 253 50.6 0 1 Sep 17 EASTERN KENTUCKY 4 189 47.2 201663 Ball0 State0 Football0 1 2 2-2 41 0 8 457 57.1 2 0 Sep 24 at Florida Atlantic 5 Ball189 State37.8 Opponent59 Game-by-Game0 0 0 (as1 of Sep1 25, 2016)1-2 39 0 6 358 59.7 0 2 Ball State 18 762 42.3 63 All0 games1 1 3 5 6-8 44 0 25 1411 56.4 2 3 Opponents 26 971 37.3 55 1 2 5 4 10 5-5 49 0 18 1160 64.4 11 0

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 02 at Georgia State 25 77 1 21 25 195 1 24 25-40-1 195 1 24 6 142 0 38 1 0 0 0 272 Sep 10 at Indiana 45 187 0 48 17 266 3 79 17-27-0 266 3 79 4 87 0 24 3 18 0 14 453 Sep 17 EASTERN KENTUCKY 27 3 1 12 20 286 1 46 20-36-2 286 1 46 6 93 0 20 1 5 0 5 289 Sep 24 at Florida Atlantic 36 121 2 21 25 324 1 47 25-37-1 324 1 47 4 97 0 33 2 16 0 17 445 Opponents 133 388 4 48 87 1071 6 79 87-140-4 1071 6 79 20 419 0 38 7 39 0 17 1459 Ball State 185 884 9 46 82 861 5 43 82-137-4 861 5 43 7 139 0 26 9 86 1 16 1745

Games: 4 • Avg/rush: 2.9 • Avg/catch: 12.3 • Pass effic: 134.83 • KR avg: 21.0 • PR avg: 5.6 • All purpose avg/game: 493.0 • Total offense avg/gm: 364.8

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 02 at Georgia State 47 30 77 2.0-7 1.0-6 0 0-0 2-50 0 5 0 3-3 0 0 0 7 21 Sep 10 at Indiana 49 14 63 7.0-22 2.0-13 3 2-0 1-0 0 5 0 3-3 0 0 0 6 30 Sep 17 EASTERN KENTUCKY 39 80 119 5.0-11 1.0-5 2 1-0 0-0 1 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 7 14 Sep 24 at Florida Atlantic 41 36 77 2.0-9 1.0-8 0 0-0 1-5 3 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 7 27 Opponents 176 160 336 16.0-49 5.0-32 5 3-0 4-55 4 16 0 11-11 0 0 0 27 92 Ball State 158 128 286 38.0-136 17.0-86 3 2-0 4-42 4 11 1 15-15 0 0 0 24 123

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 02 at Georgia State 7 258 36.9 55 0 1 1 2 1 0-0 0 0 3 190 63.3 1 0 Sep 10 at Indiana 6 201 33.5 44 1 0 0 0 4 3-3 49 0 6 390 65.0 4 0 Sep 17 EASTERN KENTUCKY 8 317 39.6 54 0 0 3 1 4 0-0 0 0 3 190 63.3 1 0 Sep 24 at Florida Atlantic 5 195 39.0 50 0 1 1 1 1 2-2 41 0 6 390 65.0 5 0 Opponents 26 971 37.3 55 1 2 5 4 10 5-5 49 0 18 1160 64.4 11 0 Ball State 18 762 42.3 63 0 1 1 3 5 6-8 44 0 25 1411 56.4 2 3

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2016 Ball State Football Ball State Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Sep 25, 2016) All games

SEASON CAREER

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g GILBERT, James 4 74 336 6 330 4.5 3 43 82.5 16 226 957 19 938 4.2 11 43 58.6 GREEN, Darian 4 36 207 4 203 5.6 1 21 50.8 28 193 1002 21 981 5.1 6 47 35.0 NEAL, Riley 4 34 200 35 165 4.9 3 46 41.2 15 122 676 112 564 4.6 5 46 37.6 WILLIAMSON, T. 4 16 83 0 83 5.2 2 15 20.8 39 148 537 38 499 3.4 3 18 12.8 DUNNER, Malik 4 16 67 1 66 4.1 0 23 16.5 4 16 67 1 66 4.1 0 23 16.5 MABON, KeVonn 4 5 47 1 46 9.2 0 22 11.5 44 12 101 5 96 8.0 1 25 2.2 TEAM 2 4 0 9 -9 -2.2 0 0 -4.5 Total 4 185 940 56 884 4.8 9 46 221.0 Opponents 4 133 518 130 388 2.9 4 48 97.0

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g NEAL, Riley 4 119.25 81-135-4 60.0 851 5 43 212.8 15 118.05 309-526-10 58.7 3127 21 53 208.5 LACANARIA, C. 3 184.00 1-1-0 100.0 10 0 10 3.3 24 171.40 2-2-0 100.0 17 0 10 0.7 TEAM 2 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 4 118.85 82-137-4 59.9 861 5 43 215.2 Opponents 4 134.83 87-140-4 62.1 1071 6 79 267.8

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g MABON, KeVonn 4 23 260 11.3 0 31 65.0 44 182 2150 11.8 9 62 48.9 HOGUE, Jordan 4 16 146 9.1 1 43 36.5 25 36 334 9.3 4 43 13.4 LACANARIA, C. 3 12 151 12.6 1 33 50.3 24 79 707 8.9 4 33 29.5 HAZELTON JR.,D. 3 8 81 10.1 1 19 27.0 3 8 81 10.1 1 19 27.0 GREEN, Darian 4 8 80 10.0 0 27 20.0 28 30 276 9.2 1 35 9.9 REECE, Devin 4 7 71 10.1 1 42 17.8 8 7 71 10.1 1 42 8.9 BRUNNER, Sam 4 5 51 10.2 1 26 12.8 39 15 172 11.5 1 26 4.4 NEAL, Riley 4 1 10 10.0 0 10 2.5 15 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.7 DUNNER, Malik 4 1 7 7.0 0 7 1.8 4 1 7 7.0 0 7 1.8 PINTER, Danny 4 1 4 4.0 0 4 1.0 4 1 4 4.0 0 4 1.0 Total 4 82 861 10.5 5 43 215.2 Opponents 4 87 1071 12.3 6 79 267.8

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/g NEAL, Riley 4 169 165 851 1016 254.0 15 648 564 3127 3691 246.1 GILBERT, James 4 74 330 0 330 82.5 16 226 938 0 938 58.6 GREEN, Darian 4 36 203 0 203 50.8 28 193 981 0 981 35.0 WILLIAMSON, T. 4 16 83 0 83 20.8 39 148 499 0 499 12.8 DUNNER, Malik 4 16 66 0 66 16.5 4 16 66 0 66 16.5 MABON, KeVonn 4 5 46 0 46 11.5 44 12 96 0 96 2.2 LACANARIA, C. 3 1 0 10 10 3.3 24 3 12 17 29 1.2 TEAM 2 5 -9 0 -9 -4.5 Total 4 322 884 861 1745 436.2 Opponents 4 273 388 1071 1459 364.8

PAT PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts HAGEE, Morgan - 6-8 15-15 - - - - - 33 - 22-29 46-47 - - - - - 112 NEAL, Riley 3 ------18 5 - - - - 0-1 - - 30 GILBERT, James 3 ------18 11 ------66 WILLIAMSON, T. 2 ------12 3 ------18 REECE, Devin 1 ------6 1 ------6 HAZELTON JR.,D. 1 ------6 1 ------6 LACANARIA, C. 1 ------6 4 ------24 HOGUE, Jordan 1 ------6 4 ------24 GREEN, Darian 1 ------6 7 ------42 DUNNER, Malik 1 ------6 1 ------6 BRUNNER, Sam 1 ------6 1 ------6 Total 15 6-8 15-15 - - - - - 123 Opponents 11 5-5 11-11 - - - - - 92

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2016 Ball State Football Ball State Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Sep 25, 2016) All games

SEASON CAREER

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg HEPP, Aaron 7 55 7.9 0 16 17 103 6.1 0 16 CROMARTIE, D. 1 21 21.0 0 0 1 21 21.0 0 0 LACANARIA, C. 1 7 7.0 0 7 12 122 10.2 0 24 DUNNER, Malik 0 3 0.0 1 3 0 3 0.0 1 3 Total 9 86 9.6 1 16 Opponents 7 39 5.6 0 17

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg MABON, KeVonn 4 67 16.8 0 20 36 906 25.2 1 89 GREEN, Darian 3 72 24.0 0 26 28 715 25.5 0 85 Total 7 139 19.9 0 26 Opponents 20 419 21.0 0 38

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg HALL, Corey 1 11 11.0 0 11 1 11 11.0 0 11 RYAN, Zack 1 2 2.0 0 2 2 29 14.5 0 27 HESTER, Martez 1 10 10.0 0 10 3 20 6.7 0 10 WALTON, Marc 1 19 19.0 0 19 1 19 19.0 0 19 Total 4 42 10.5 0 19 Opponents 4 55 13.8 1 48

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g MABON, KeVonn 4 46 260 0 67 0 373 93.2 44 96 2150 0 906 0 3152 71.6 GREEN, Darian 4 203 80 0 72 0 355 88.8 28 981 276 0 715 0 1972 70.4 GILBERT, James 4 330 0 0 0 0 330 82.5 16 938 35 0 0 0 973 60.8 NEAL, Riley 4 165 10 0 0 0 175 43.8 15 564 10 0 0 0 574 38.3 LACANARIA, C. 3 0 151 7 0 0 158 52.7 24 12 707 122 0 0 841 35.0 HOGUE, Jordan 4 0 146 0 0 0 146 36.5 25 0 334 0 0 0 334 13.4 WILLIAMSON, T. 4 83 0 0 0 0 83 20.8 39 499 7 24 0 0 530 13.6 HAZELTON JR., 3 0 81 0 0 0 81 27.0 3 0 81 0 0 0 81 27.0 DUNNER, Malik 4 66 7 3 0 0 76 19.0 4 66 7 3 0 0 76 19.0 REECE, Devin 4 0 71 0 0 0 71 17.8 8 0 71 0 0 0 71 8.9 HEPP, Aaron 4 0 0 55 0 0 55 13.8 38 0 86 103 0 0 189 5.0 BRUNNER, Sam 4 0 51 0 0 0 51 12.8 39 0 172 0 11 0 183 4.7 CROMARTIE, D. 2 0 0 21 0 0 21 10.5 24 0 0 21 0 20 41 1.7 WALTON, Marc 4 0 0 0 0 19 19 4.8 15 0 0 0 0 19 19 1.3 HALL, Corey 4 0 0 0 0 11 11 2.8 5 0 0 0 0 11 11 2.2 HESTER, Martez 4 0 0 0 0 10 10 2.5 31 0 0 0 0 20 20 0.6 PINTER, Danny 4 0 4 0 0 0 4 1.0 4 0 4 0 0 0 4 1.0 RYAN, Zack 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.5 41 0 0 0 0 29 29 0.7 TEAM 2 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -4.5 Total 4 884 861 86 139 42 2012 503.0 Opponents 4 388 1071 39 419 55 1972 493.0

Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkd HAGEE, Morgan 8 6 44 0 29 22 45 0 Total 8 6 44 0 Opponents 5 5 49 0

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blk SCHMIDT, Kyle 18 762 42.3 63 0 173 7095 41.0 70 0 Total 18 762 42.3 63 0 Opponents 26 971 37.3 55 1

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2016 Ball State Football Ball State Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Sep 25, 2016) All games

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Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb ob DRIDA, Steve 14 800 57.1 0 1 19 1095 57.6 0 1 RIMMLER, Ryan 10 597 59.7 2 1 10 597 59.7 2 1 HAGEE, Morgan 1 14 14.0 0 1 14 719 51.4 0 2 Total 25 1411 56.4 2 3 Opponents 18 1160 64.4 11 0

## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk 2 RYAN, Zack 4 1 9 1 2 3 1 4.0 1 . 0 1 . . . . 41 1 2 9 1 5 2 2 8 1 21.0 4 . 5 2 4 3 5 . 3 WIGGINS, Sean 4 1 4 1 3 2 7 2.0 . . 1 . 1 . 39 9 9 1 0 9 2 0 8 10.0 2 . 0 2 7 4 3 . 7 TAYLOR, Aaron 4 1 5 1 1 2 6 2.0 1 . 5 . 1 . . . 40 7 6 7 3 1 4 9 8.5 3 . 5 . 3 2 1 . 21 HESTER, Martez 4 1 3 1 0 2 3 1.0 1 . 0 1 . . 1 . 31 9 4 9 1 1 8 5 1.0 1 . 0 3 8 2 3 . 11 MILLER, Josh 4 1 6 4 2 0 1.0 . . 2 . . . 4 1 6 4 2 0 1.0 . . 2 . . . 23 WALTON, Marc 4 9 7 1 6 1.5 . 1 2 1 . . 15 1 9 1 3 3 2 1.5 . 1 2 1 . . 8 HALL, Corey 4 7 7 1 4 2.0 . 1 1 . . . 5 1 3 8 2 1 2.0 . 1 1 . 1 . 57 POSLEY, Joshua 4 5 8 1 3 6.0 2 . 0 . . . . . 24 3 3 4 2 7 5 15.5 5 . 0 . 1 . 2 . 98 WINBUSH, A. 4 7 5 1 2 6.0 4 . 0 . . 1 1 . 25 2 0 1 6 3 6 11.5 9 . 0 . . 2 3 . 62 THURMON, Kevin 3 6 3 9 2.5 1 . 5 . . . . . 13 1 2 8 2 0 2.5 1 . 5 . . . . . 55 WHITMAN III, J. 4 3 5 8 2.5 1 . 5 . . . . . 16 1 6 2 3 3 9 5.0 1 . 5 . 1 . . . 95 WHITAKER, Brian 4 4 4 8 2.0 0 . 5 . . . . . 4 4 4 8 2.0 0 . 5 . . . . . 50 SINGLETON, D. 4 3 5 8 1.0 0 . 5 . . . . . 13 1 1 9 2 0 2.0 0 . 5 . . . . . 28 McNULTY, Armani 4 5 2 7 0.0 ...... 8 6 2 8 0.0 ...... 27 STANLEY, Stu 3 3 4 7 0.0 ...... 30 6 1 0 1 6 0.0 ...... 32 JACKSON, J. 4 4 2 6 2.0 2 . 0 . . . . . 4 4 2 6 2.0 2 . 0 . . . . . 13 MOORE, David 2 5 . 5 0.0 ...... 26 5 0 2 3 7 3 2.0 . . 3 1 2 . 36 WHITE, Jacob 4 4 1 5 0.0 ...... 4 4 1 5 0.0 ...... 92 SWISHER, John 3 . 5 5 1.0 0 . 5 . . . . . 3 . 5 5 1.0 0 . 5 . . . . . 29 LARSEN, Mitch 2 3 1 4 0.0 ...... 2 3 1 4 0.0 ...... 93 WILLIS, Kevin 4 1 3 4 0.5 0 . 5 . . . . . 22 1 2 1 9 3 1 4.0 1 . 5 . . 1 . . 37 GILBERT, S. 4 3 1 4 0.0 ...... 4 3 1 4 0.0 ...... 6 WILLIAMSON, T. 4 2 2 4 0.0 ...... 39 2 4 6 0.0 . . . . . 2 9 McGEE, Reggie 4 1 2 3 0.0 . . 1 . . . 4 1 2 3 0.0 . . 1 . . . 42 CRUMB, Chris 3 . 3 3 1.0 0 . 5 . . . . . 3 . 3 3 1.0 0 . 5 . . . . . 33 HOLDER, Tyree 3 2 1 3 0.0 . . 1 . . . 36 6 1 1 3 7 4 2.0 . 5 1 2 . 1 . 10 ANDERSON, Lamar 3 . 2 2 0.0 ...... 3 . 2 2 0.0 ...... 43 CROMARTIE, D. 2 . 2 2 0.0 . . 1 . . 1 24 6 0 4 8 1 0 8 2.5 . 3 6 . . 1 38 DRIDA, Steve 4 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 6 1 1 2 0.0 ...... TM TEAM 2 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 99 KNIGHT JR., K. 1 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 1 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 19 REECE, Devin 4 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 8 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 47 TRAUB, Nick 4 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 28 4 3 7 0.0 . . . . 1 . 5 LACANARIA, C. 3 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 24 5 5 1 0 0.0 ...... 90 HAMMONDS JR., S 3 . . . 0.0 . . 1 . . . 3 . . . 0.0 . . 1 . . . Total 4 1 5 8 1 2 8 2 8 6 38 17 4 1 1 2 3 1 Opponents 4 1 7 6 1 6 0 3 3 6 16 5 4 1 6 3 5 .

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