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  2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Inside Linebacker - Brandon Martin, Ball State,...Co-Defensive Player of the Year Brandon Martin, who returned this year after sustaining a season-ending injury in the 2019 opener, ranks fourth nationally with 12.0 tackles per game. The redshirt junior from Indianapolis had 6.5 tackles for loss, including 5.0 in the past three games. Martin is the first Ball State player to win the defensive player of the year honor since Brad Maynard won it as a punter in 1996 and the first traditional defensive player to win the award for BSU since linebacker Greg Garnica did it three straight years from 1987-89. - Ball State Football

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  2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Outside Linebacker - Anthony Ekpe, Ball State,...Ekpe leads the MAC with 5.0 sacks and two forced fumbles. His second strip-sack of the season secured the Cardinals' win at Toledo. The Pflugerville, Texas, product leads the Cardinals with 7.0 tackles for loss. A grad transfer in his first season at BSU, Ekpe was previously an honorable mention All-Conference USA selection at Rice. - Ball State Football

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  2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Wide Receiver - Justin Hall, Ball State,...The senior from Douglasville, Georgia, ranks second in the league with 44 catches and 620 receiving yards. The nation's active leader and the Ball State career record holder with 252 career receptions, Hall has three touchdowns receiving and one rushing this season. - Ball State Football

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  2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Outside Linebacker - Christian Albright, Ball State,...Albright, who earned All-MAC honors for the second time, owns 6.0 tackles for loss this season, including 3.0 sacks. The senior from Kennesaw, Georgia, has started all 30 games over the past three seasons. He is the Cardinals' active leader in tackles for loss (28.5), sacks (14.0) and forced fumbles (8). His forced fumbles total ranks fifth among all active FBS players. - Ball State Football

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  2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Offensive Lineman - Curtis Blackwell, Ball State,...Blackwell earned All-MAC honors for the second straight year despite a position change on the offensive line. The senior from Uniondale, Indiana, shifted from right guard to right tackle and helped pave the way for the Cardinals' balanced offense. He has started all six games this year and 36 total in his BSU career. - Ball State Football

rSr/2022 OG Curtis BlackwellBall State
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  2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Quarterback - Drew Plitt, Ball State,...Plitt ranks second in the MAC with 1,674 passing yards and 13 touchdowns. The redshirt senior from Loveland Ohio, also has a pair of scores on the ground. Plitt has been at his best over the second half of the season, accounting for 11 total touchdowns over the past three games. He surpassed 6,000 career passing yards last week and moved into a tie for third in BSU history with 46 career touchdown passes. - Ball State Football

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  2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Kickoff Return Specialist - Justin Hall, Ball State,...Hall has five All-MAC honors to his name, four as a receiver and one as a kick returner. He ranks fourth in the country with 178.8 all-purpose yards per game. - Ball State Football

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  2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Inside Linebacker - Jaylin Thomas, Ball State,...Thomas, who ranks fourth in the MAC with 66 tackles, earned all-league honors for the second straight year. The senior from Lima, Ohio, has 5.0 tackles for loss. His 16 tackles in the West Division-clinching win over Western Michigan were the second-most by a MAC player this season. Thomas is the league's active leader with 277 career tackles. - Ball State Football

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  2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Running Back - Caleb Huntley, Ball State,...Huntley, an All-MAC selection for the second straight year, ran for 437 yards and six touchdowns in the first three games of the season before sustaining an injury that kept him out the rest of the way. The senior from Atlanta, Georgia, finished his career seventh on Ball State's all-time rushing list with 2,902 yards and 10th in school history for rushing touchdowns with 21. - Ball State Football

Sr/2021 RB Caleb HuntleyBall State
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  2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Wide Receiver - Yo'Heinz Tyler, Ball State,...Tyler ranks third in the MAC with six receiving touchdowns and fifth with 32 total receptions. The junior from New Orleans, Louisiana, has caught at least one touchdown pass in each of the past five games. Tyler, who owns 413 receiving yards, had his third career two-touchdown game in the win at Toledo. - Ball State Football

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  2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Punter - Nathan Snyder, Ball State,...Snyder leads the MAC with eight punts of 50 yards or longer in only 19 attempts this season. The senior from Marysville, Ohio, ranks third in the league with a 42.9-yard punting average. Snyder booted three 50-plus yard punts, including a season-best 61-yarder, in the MAC West Division-clinching win over Western Michigan. - Ball State Football

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  2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Defensive Back - Antonio Phillips, Ball State,...Phillips earned All-MAC honors for the second year in a row. The senior from St. Louis, Missouri, ranks fourth in the league this season with five pass breakups. A preseason candidate for the Chuck Bednarik, Jim Thorpe and Bronko Nagurski awards, Phillips owns six career interceptions and 17 career pass breakups. - Ball State Football

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  2020 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Brandon Martin, LB, Ball State,...Martin, who returned this year after sustaining a season-ending injury in the 2019 opener, ranks fourth nationally with 12.0 tackles per game. The redshirt junior from Indianapolis had 6.5 tackles for loss, including 5.0 in the past three games. Martin is the first Ball State player to win the defensive player of the year honor since Brad Maynard won it as a punter in 1996 and the first traditional defensive player to win the award for BSU since linebacker Greg Garnica did it three straight years from 1987-89. - Mid-American Conference Football

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  DEC 14 MAC WEST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jaylin Thomas, Ball State, Inside Linebacker, R-Senior, Lima, Ohio (Lima Senior),...Thomas led Ball State with a career-high 16 tackles Saturday, as the Cardinals secured their first MAC West Division championship since 2008 with a 30-27 victory over Western Michigan. His 16 tackles were the second-most by a MAC player in a game this year. Thomas spearheaded a defensive effort that held the nation's sixth-highest scoring team without a point over the final 24 minutes, as BSU erased a 14-point deficit to win. The Broncos' 27 points were 17 below their average. The MAC's active leader in tackles, Thomas raised his total to 277 for his career. - MAC Football

rSr/2022 ILB Jaylin ThomasBall State
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  DEC 14 MAC WEST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Justin Hall, Ball State, Wide Receiver, Senior, Douglasville, Ga. (Alexander),...Hall caught 10 passes for a career-high 175 yards and two touchdowns Saturday in Ball State's MAC West Division-clinching victory over Western Michigan. He also became the Cardinals' all-time receptions leader in the 30-27 victory, surpassing KeVonn Mabon's mark of 244 and finishing the day at 252. Hall caught touchdown passes of 32 and 55 yards on key drives to tie the game in the second and fourth quarters. It was the second two-touchdown game this season for college football's active leader in career receptions. Hall extended his FBS-leading active streak to 42 straight games with a catch while helping Ball State to its first MAC Championship Game berth since 2008. - MAC Football

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