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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Ball State
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  2021 ALL-MAC FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Defensive Back - Bryce Cosby, Ball State,...Cosby was one of only six defensive backs in the country to amass 100 tackles during the regular season. His 103 stops ranked seventh in the conference overall and second among defensive backs. The Louisville, Ky. native has 385 career tackles, which stands as seventh among all active players nationally and 10th in the Ball State record books. He is the only player in the country to log multiple games of at least 10 tackles, 1.0 sack and one forced fumble on the year, and he did it in back-to-back games at Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan. - Ball State Football

rSr/2022 FS Bryce Cosby, Ball State
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  2021 ALL-MAC SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Offensive Lineman - Curtis Blackwell, Ball State,...Blackwell served as a catalyst for the offensive line this season. Behind Blackwell, Ball State ran for 1,611 yards and 16 touchdowns during the regular season. The offense as a whole averaged nearly 336 yards per game and had a turnover margin of 0.83, good for ninth-best in the country. The Uniondale, Ind. native was key in securing positive yardage for the Cardinals as he guided the line to allow only 3.8 tackles-for-loss per game, which was the 13th-best mark in the nation. Blackwell and Co. surrendered just 1.8 sacks per contest, which was among the lowest in the MAC. - Ball State Football

rSr/2022 OG Curtis Blackwell, Ball State
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  2021 ALL-MAC FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Kickoff Return Specialist - Justin Hall, Ball State,...Hall, who is a finalist for the Paul Hornung Award, has seven All-MAC honors to his name - five as a receiver and two as a kick returner. He broke the program record for career all-purpose yards (5,359) and career receiving yards (3,385) and tied the NCAA record with for the most consecutive games catching a pass with 54. The Douglasville, Ga. native was one of seven players in the country to score a touchdown via rush, reception and kickoff return during the regular season. - Ball State Football

rSr/2022 WR Justin Hall, Ball State
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  Head coach Jake Spavital has always kept a competitive quarterback room since taking over the Bobcats. In 2019, he brought in Gresch Jensen and Brady McBride to compete with Tyler Vitt and Jaylen Gipson for the starting job - though, McBride was deemed ineligible to play due to transfer rules at the time. In 2021, Spavital brought in North Carolina State transfer Ty Evans to compete with Vitt and McBride. With Vitt declining to use his extra "COVID year" of eligibility, Spavital went searching for another signal-caller who could turn up the heat in the position group.

Layne Hatcher announced on Dec. 1 he would enter the transfer portal for a second time. The Little Rock, Ark., native spent his first college season at Alabama in 2018, redshirting on a team that reached the national championship and featured a trio of future NFL starting quarterbacks in Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa and Mac Jones. He returned to his home state the next season, transferring to Arkansas State. Now, three years later, he's on the move again. Mitchell Gladstone of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported on Sunday that Hatcher is heading to Texas State. - San Marcos Record

rSr/2024 QB Layne Hatcher, Ball State
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  Drew Plitt threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score - in the first quarter - and Ball State became bowl eligible with a 20-3 victory over Buffalo on Tuesday night. It's just the third time in program history that the Cardinals (6-6, 4-4 Mid-American Conference) have qualified for a bowl game in back-to-back seasons. Ball State and Buffalo met for the MAC championship last season - a game the Cardinals won 38-28. Ball State set the tone early when Malcolm Lee picked off Matt Myers on the Bulls' first series, giving the Cardinals the ball on Buffalo's 42-yard line. Eleven plays later Plitt scored on a 1-yard run for a 7-0 lead.

Buffalo's next possession also ended in disaster when Hassan Littles blocked a punt by Jackson Baltar and Brandon Berger recovered, giving Ball State a first-and-goal at the 6. Plitt connected with Jayshon Jackson for a 7-yard score on third down and the Cardinals never looked back. Plitt completed 19 of 31 passes for 176 yards. Jackson finished with nine catches for 103 yards. Myers was 18-of-39 passing for 188 yards with four interceptions for Buffalo (4-8, 2-6). He led the Bulls with 78 yards on 16 rushes. Buffalo outgained the Cardinals 336 yards to 230, but couldn't overcome four turnovers. - AP College Football

rSr/2022 QB Drew Plitt, Ball State
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  Layne Hatcher threw for 444 yards and two touchdowns, Blake Grupe kicked the go-ahead field goal with 77 seconds remaining and Arkansas State snapped an eight-game losing streak by defeating Louisiana-Monroe 27-24 on Saturday night. The Red Wolves (2-8, 1-5 Sun Belt) scored the game's final 10 points as Hatcher hit Te'Vailance Hunt for a 20-yard score midway through the fourth quarter and Grupe delivered a 42-yard field goal for the lead with 1:17 left. On its final drive, UL Monroe reached the Arkansas State 44 before Rhett Rodriguez was intercepted.

Arkansas State pressured Rodriguez throughout the game as he completed just 12 of 29 passes for 160 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. He was sacked six times and the Red Wolves had 14 tackles for loss. Defensive end Joe Ozougwu had eight tackles with 3 1/2 tackles for loss for Arkansas State. UL Monroe linebacker Zack Woodard had 15 tackles, seven solo and Malik Jackson ran for 166 yards and two touchdowns for the Warhawks (4-6, 2-5). - Arkansas State/AP College Football

rSr/2024 QB Layne Hatcher, Ball State
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  Drew Plitt threw for three touchdowns, Justin Hall had a receiving and rushing touchdown, and Ball State held off Akron 31-25 on Tuesday night. Ball State led 28-10 before Akron rallied with two touchdowns in the opening five minutes of the fourth quarter. After the Cardinals were held to a short field goal for a six-point lead, Akron went down the field but Zach Gibson fumbled it near the goal line and Bryce Cosby recovered it with 1:32 remaining. Plitt was 18 of 31 for 185 yards for Ball State (5-4, 3-2 Mid-American Conference). Hall made eight catches for 73 yards, and carried it four times for 30 yards.

Hall, a fifth-year wide receiver averaging 137.0 all-purpose yards per game, broke free along the right side for a 25-yard touchdown run to open the scoring in the first quarter. Hall added a 13-yard touchdown when he caught a short pass and broke two tackles near the goal line. It was Hall's fourth rushing touchdown of the season and fifth receiving TD - to go along with a kickoff return for a score. Jonzell Norrils rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown for Akron (2-7, 1-1). Michael Mathison caught eight passes for 154 yards, including a 57-yard score. - Ball State/AP College Football

rSr/2022 QB Drew Plitt, Ball State
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  OCT 18 MAC FOOTBALL WEST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Bryce Cosby, Ball State, S, 5th, Louisville, Ky. (duPont Manual),...Fifth-year S Bryce Cosby registered a game-high 11 tackles and had 1.0 sack. It was his ninth career double-digit tackles performance and his third of the season. Cosby is the only player in the country to log multiple games of at least 10 tackles, 1.0 sack and one forced fumble on the year, and he's done it in back-to-back games. - MAC Football

rSr/2022 FS Bryce Cosby, Ball State
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  Drew Plitt passed for 207 yards and a touchdown, Justin Hall rushed for two scores and Ball State eked out a 38-31 win against Eastern Michigan on Saturday. The Cardinals (4-3, 2-1 Mid-American Conference), jumped ahead 14-0 after a quarter with Hall capping the game-opening drive with a 1-yard TD and Will Jones scoring from the 1-yard line on the next possession. Eastern Michigan (4-3, 1-2) scored twice in the second quarter to trail 17-14 at the break, but Plitt found Yo'Heinz Tyler with an 11-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter and Hall and Carson Steele added rushing TDs in the fourth. Steele gained 138 yards on 18 carries. EMU's Ben Bryant was 35-for-48 passing for 331 yards with a TD but was intercepted twice. Darius Boone scored two rushing touchdowns for the Eagles. Hall, with 10 catches for 58 yards for Ball State, notched his 301st career reception to lead all active FBS receivers. He has caught a pass in an FBS-leading 50 straight games. - Ball State/AP College Football

rSr/2022 QB Drew Plitt, Ball State
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  OCT 11 MAC WEST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Drew Plitt, Ball State, QB, R-5th, Loveland, Ohio (Loveland HS),...Fifth-year QB Drew Plitt threw for a season-high 310 yards, completing 15 of his 25 passes, including a season-high four touchdowns. Saturday's game marked Plitt's six 300-yard passing game during MAC play in his career. His 310 yards are the fourth-most he's thrown in a MAC game as Ball State's signal caller. Plitt entered the game with four passing touchdowns on the year and doubled his season output at Western Michigan. In four career games vs. the Broncos, Plitt is 72-of-106 for 965 yards, in addition to 10 touchdowns and only two interceptions, both of which game in 2018 in his second career start under center. - MAC Football

rSr/2022 QB Drew Plitt, Ball State
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  OCT 11 MAC WEST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Bryce Cosby, Ball State, S, 5th, Louisville, Ky. (duPont Manual HS),...Fifth-year S Bryce Cosby registered a game-high 10 tackles (all solo), 1.0 sack, one forced fumble and one pass breakup. In five career games against Western Michigan, Cosby has recorded 53 tackles (35 solo), 5.0 TFL and four PBU. Cosby led the Cardinals defense that induced four Western Michigan turnovers. The Broncos had just two turnovers on the season heading into the game. It was Cosby's eighth double-digit tackle output of his career and the second of 2021. - MAC Football

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  Drew Plitt passed for 310 yards and four touchdowns - including a 75-yarder to Jalen McGaughy on the first play from scrimmage - and Ball State pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Western Michigan 45-20 in Mid-American Conference action on Saturday. After Plitt staked Ball State (3-3, 1-1) to the lead 11 seconds into the game, the Broncos (4-2, 1-1) responded with short touchdown runs by La'Darius Jefferson and Kaleb Eleby to grab a 14-7 lead by quarter's end. Plitt knotted the score early in the second period on a 21-yard TD toss to Yo'Heinz Tyler. Both teams added field goals and it was 17-all at halftime.

Nick Mihalic kicked a 21-yard field goal with 6:44 left in the third quarter to put Western Michigan up 20-17, but it was all Cardinals after that. Plitt connected with Justin Hall for a 33-yard TD late in the third and added a 24-yarder to Tyler 60 seconds into the fourth to put Ball State up 31-20. Hall added a 5-yard TD run and Brett Anderson II capped the scoring when he returned a fumble 18 yards to the end zone. Plitt competed 15 of 25 passes for Ball State. Tyler had five catches for 98 yards. Eleby was 20-of-34 passing for 258 yards with two interceptions for the Broncos. - Ball State/AP College Football

rSr/2022 QB Drew Plitt, Ball State
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  OCT 4 MAC WEST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Justin Hall, Ball State, WR, Redshirt 5th Year, Douglasville, Ga. (Alexander),...Fifth-year WR Justin Hall returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown on a 99-yard scamper. It was his first career return of a touchdown and first time a Cardinal and taken it to the house since Malik Dunner at Western Michigan (Nov. 5, 2019, 100 yards). It was the fifth-longest play in program history, trailing only four 100-yard kickoff returns. With the touchdown, Army trailed for the first time all season and Ball State maintained that lead for the duration of the game. - MAC Football

rSr/2022 WR Justin Hall, Ball State
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  Justin Hall returned the opening kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown, Drew Plitt threw two TD passes and Ball State beat Army 28-16 on Saturday to snap a three-game losing streak. Plitt was 17-of-28 passing for 233 yards with no interceptions and Hall finished with seven receptions for 78 yards. After Hall's kickoff return, Army was stopped on short on a fourth-and-2 and on the next play Plitt hit Jayshon Jackson down the right sideline for a 44-yard touchdown and Carson Steele added a 2-yard TD run to give Ball State (2-3) a 21-0 lead with 4:48 left in the first quarter. Tyhier Tyler scored on a 4-yard run early in the second quarter and added a 2-yard touchdown run just before halftime to trim the deficit to 21-14 but Army (4-1) would get no closer. Plitt connected with Yo'Heinz Tyler on an 18-yard pass that gave Ball State a two-touchdown lead midway through the third quarter. Tyler had 24 carries for 63 yards as the Black Knights finished with 36 yards rushing on 26 attempts. - Ball State/AP College Football

rSr/2022 QB Drew Plitt, Ball State
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  SEPT 20 MAC WEST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nathan Snyder, Ball State, P, 5th Year Senior, Marysville, Ohio (Marysville HS),...Did not allow a single yard of returns. Has not allowed a yard of return yet this season, Pinned Wyoming inside the 20-yard line three times. - MAC Football

rSr/2022 P Nathan Snyder, Ball State
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