Ball State Cardinals Football Depth Chart
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· Mike Uremovich
· Scheumann Stadium
1–5
2026 Record
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Ball State Cardinals Depth Chart 2026
Roster Build:
5 Ret. StartersReturning Starters
·
5 Transfers
·
21 Signees
OC:
Craig Harmon
Scheme:
Multiple
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WR-X
Elisha Durham
#14
Wide Receiver
•
So
•
6'1 • 168 lbs
Season Stats
2026
REC
4
YDS
68
TD
0
AVG
17
Corey Thompson Jr.
#3
Wide Receiver
•
Jr
•
5'10 • 167 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
DY
DJ Young
#86
Wide Receiver
•
Jr
•
6'0 • 175 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
WR-SL
Jabari Smith Jr.
#5
Wide Receiver
•
Jr
•
5'9 • 163 lbs
Transferred from
Florida Atlantic
Florida Atlantic
Season Stats
2026
REC
19
YDS
196
TD
2
AVG
10.3
CJ Nelson
#7
Wide Receiver
•
Sr
•
5'11 • 180 lbs
Season Stats
2026
REC
5
YDS
24
TD
0
AVG
4.8
Derion Talbert
#80
Wide Receiver
•
Fr
•
5'8 • 162 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
LT
Chris Hood
#66
Offensive Line
•
Sr
•
6'10 • 327 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
Brady Barrowman
#71
Offensive Line
•
Fr
•
6'4 • 304 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
LG
Zach Bandy
#75
Offensive Line
•
So
•
6'5 • 293 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
C
Maxwell Wentz
#63
Offensive Line
•
Sr
•
6'4 • 295 lbs
Transferred from
Dartmouth
Dartmouth
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
Jackson Ruess
#67
Offensive Line
•
Jr
•
6'4 • 302 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
RG
Cole Mosier
#73
Offensive Line
•
Jr
•
6'4 • 302 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
Grant Haworth
#68
Offensive Line
•
So
•
6'2 • 299 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
RT
Tristan Cook
#70
Offensive Line
•
So
•
6'6 • 291 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
Luke Dalton
#61
Offensive Line
•
Sr
•
6'5 • 300 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
TE
Tate Hoover
#84
Tight End
•
Jr
•
6'2 • 254 lbs
Season Stats
2026
REC
8
YDS
37
TD
1
AVG
4.6
Sean Ward
#89
Tight End
•
Sr
•
6'5 • 255 lbs
Transferred from
Dartmouth
Dartmouth
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
Alex Scherle
#12
Tight End
•
Sr
•
6'4 • 234 lbs
Season Stats
2026
REC
3
YDS
36
TD
1
AVG
12
WR-Z
Donovan Hamilton
#1
Wide Receiver
•
So
•
6'4 • 217 lbs
Season Stats
2026
REC
22
YDS
273
TD
1
AVG
12.4
Isaiah Thacker
#11
Wide Receiver
•
Jr
•
5'11 • 196 lbs
Season Stats
2026
REC
13
YDS
112
TD
0
AVG
8.6
Jamarion McDougle
#10
Wide Receiver
•
Sr
•
6'0 • 180 lbs
Season Stats
2026
REC
18
YDS
163
TD
1
AVG
9.1
RB
TJ Horton
#4
Runningback
•
Jr
•
5'10 • 201 lbs
Season Stats
2026
CAR
43
YDS
312
TD
5
AVG
7.3
LONG
66
JB
Jalen Bonds
#2
Runningback
•
Fr
•
6'0 • 220 lbs
Season Stats
2026
CAR
24
YDS
126
TD
2
AVG
5.3
LONG
49
Johnny Thompson Jr.
#20
Runningback
•
Jr
•
5'11 • 198 lbs
Season Stats
2026
CAR
31
YDS
89
TD
0
AVG
2.9
LONG
20
QB
Keldric Luster
#6
Quarterback
•
Jr
•
5'10 • 248 lbs
Season Stats
2026
CMP/ATT
103/160
YDS
871
TD/INT
6/4
CMP%
64.4%
Tyler Mizzell
#9
Quarterback
•
Jr
•
6'1 • 176 lbs
Season Stats
2026
CMP/ATT
22/37
YDS
239
TD/INT
1/0
CMP%
59.5%
Returning Starter
Transfer
Signee
DC:
Jeff Knowles
Scheme:
3-4
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DE
AS
Austin Stief
#10
Defensive Line
•
Sr
•
6'4 • 246 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
4
SOLO
3
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
1
INT
0
Maverick Gracio
#39
Defensive Line
•
Jr
•
6'4 • 252 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
14
SOLO
3
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
1
PD
0
INT
0
Ben Marsh
#7
Defensive Line
•
Jr
•
6'2 • 247 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
10
SOLO
4
TFL
3
SACKS
0.5
QB HUR
1
PD
2
INT
0
NT
Kendrick Gilbert
#99
Defensive Line
•
Jr
•
6'4 • 271 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
6
SOLO
2
TFL
0.5
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
1
INT
0
Khristian Zachary
#74
Defensive Line
•
Sr
•
6'3 • 303 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
Keilan Smith
#95
Defensive Line
•
Jr
•
6'2 • 326 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
6
SOLO
4
TFL
1
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
DT
Ameir Glenn
#56
Defensive Line
•
So
•
6'1 • 303 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
10
SOLO
4
TFL
1.5
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
Ka'Shawn Thomas
#94
Defensive Line
•
Jr
•
6'1 • 292 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
8
SOLO
0
TFL
1
SACKS
0.5
QB HUR
1
PD
0
INT
0
Spencer Vaka
#54
Defensive Line
•
Jr
•
6'1 • 299 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
5
SOLO
1
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
RUSH
Jared Badie
#31
Linebacker
•
Sr
•
6'3 • 237 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
8
SOLO
2
TFL
1.5
SACKS
1
QB HUR
1
PD
1
INT
0
Layton Starks
#42
Linebacker
•
So
•
6'4 • 237 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
15
SOLO
7
TFL
2.5
SACKS
0.5
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
Justin Thomas
#9
Linebacker
•
Sr
•
6'0 • 242 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
11
SOLO
6
TFL
4
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
NB
Chris Jackson
#5
Defensive Back
•
Sr
•
5'11 • 164 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
10
SOLO
8
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
1
INT
0
Avery Stuart
#8
Defensive Back
•
Jr
•
6'1 • 204 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
MLB
Gavin Forsha
#27
Linebacker
•
Sr
•
6'2 • 224 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
24
SOLO
10
TFL
3
SACKS
1
QB HUR
2
PD
0
INT
0
Mikeah Webster
#25
Linebacker
•
Fr
•
6'1 • 243 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
15
SOLO
10
TFL
2.5
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
1
INT
0
WLB
Cincear Lewis
#6
Linebacker
•
Sr
•
6'2 • 227 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
26
SOLO
10
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
1
PD
0
INT
0
Kaleb Stewart
#16
Linebacker
•
So
•
6'0 • 248 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
31
SOLO
14
TFL
1.5
SACKS
1.5
QB HUR
2
PD
0
INT
0
Lucas Szymborski
#26
Linebacker
•
Fr
•
6'1 • 221 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
17
SOLO
9
TFL
1
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
1
INT
0
RCB
Dianté Griffin
#21
Defensive Back
•
Sr
•
5'9 • 187 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
Cedric Franklin II
#18
Defensive Back
•
So
•
6'0 • 193 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
10
SOLO
8
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
2
INT
1
SS
Derek Fields
Defensive Back
•
Jr
•
6'1 • 195 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
9
SOLO
7
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
Deondre Shepherd
#12
Defensive Back
•
So
•
5'11 • 192 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
9
SOLO
5
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
Cole Earlewine
#45
Defensive Back
•
Jr
•
5'11 • 207 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
1
SOLO
1
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
FS
Sterling Smith
#1
Defensive Back
•
Jr
•
6'0 • 201 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
36
SOLO
20
TFL
1
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
1
INT
0
Tobi Adewoyin
#2
Defensive Back
•
So
•
5'11 • 189 lbs
Season Stats
No stats available for this season
LCB
Willizhuan Yates
#4
Defensive Back
•
Jr
•
6'0 • 175 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
26
SOLO
17
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
1
INT
0
Jordan Suggs
#23
Defensive Back
•
So
•
6'0 • 169 lbs
Season Stats
2026
TOT
1
SOLO
1
TFL
0
SACKS
0
QB HUR
0
PD
0
INT
0
Returning Starter
Transfer
Signee