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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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12/15/20 - Brandon Martin, rSr/2023, Ball State, 5-11, 232 (DS#999 ILB) + More +

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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ILB Brandon Martin, Ball State
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12/14/20 - Jaylin Thomas, rSr/2022, Ball State, 6-1, 231 (DS#51 ILB) + More +

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

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ILB Jaylin Thomas, Ball State
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12/14/20 - Justin Hall, rSr/2022, Ball State, 5-08, 189 (DS#101 WR) + More +

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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WR Justin Hall, Ball State
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12/14/20 - Caleb Huntley, Sr/2021, Ball State, 5-10, 210 (DS#35 RB) + More +

Ball State will be without top running back Caleb Huntley for Friday's Mid-American Conference championship game after he announced Sunday was opting out of the rest of this season. The 5-foot-10, 229-pound back from Atlanta says he will instead focus on preparing for April's NFL draft. Huntley rushed for 437 yards and six touchdowns in the Cardinals first three games and extended his streak of consecutive 100-yard games to seven. But he missed Ball State's final three games with an undisclosed injury. Huntley finishes his career with 2,902 yards, seventh on Ball State's career list, and his 21 TD runs are 10th in school history. - AP College Football

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RB Caleb Huntley, Ball State
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12/12/20 - Drew Plitt, rSr/2022, Ball State, 6-2, 206 (DS#27 QB) + More +

Ball State reached the Mid-American Conference championship game with a 30-27 victory over Western Michigan that ended with a wild series of laterals, the Cardinals prematurely rushing the field and a potential winning touchdown that was wiped out by penalty. Ball State (5-1) will attempt to slow down Jaret Patterson and No. 24 Buffalo for the MAC championship on Friday in its first title game appearances since 2008. Jack Knight kicked a 22-yard field goal with 29 seconds left, to cap a 17-point, fourth-quarter run that gave Ball State the lead. Then Western Michigan (4-2) tried to pull off a miracle from deep in its own territory. The Broncos pitched the ball around at the clock struck 0:00 and for a moment it looked as if Ball State jumped on a fumble.

The Cardinals rushed the field to celebrate, but it wasn't over yet. The play continued through dozens of players milling around and Western Michigan's Skyy Moore broke away for a touchdown. Flags had flown and the play was called back because one of the at least seven laterals were ruled to be forward. Drew Plitt threw for two touchdowns in the fourth quarter for Ball State. He connected with Yo'Heinz Tyler from 13-yards out and Justin Hall scored from 55 yards on the first play of the Cardinals' next possession. - Ball State/AP College Football

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QB Drew Plitt, Ball State
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12/07/20 - Drew Plitt, rSr/2022, Ball State, 6-2, 206 (DS#27 QB) + More +

DEC 7 MAC WEST DIVISION CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Drew Plitt, Ball State, Quarterback, R-Senior, Loveland, Ohio (Loveland),...Plitt threw for a season-high 366 yards and accounted for five total touchdowns in a 45-20 victory at Central Michigan kept Ball State in control of its own destiny for a MAC West Division championship. Plitt threw for a season-best four touchdowns - two to Jalen McGaughy and one each to Yo'Heinz Tyler and Dylan Koch - while also rushing for a score for the second straight week. With 29 yards on the ground, Plitt accounted for 395 total yards in the win. He moved into a tie for fifth with his head coach Mike Neu on BSU's career touchdown passes list with 43. - MAC Football

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QB Drew Plitt, Ball State
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12/05/20 - Drew Plitt, rSr/2022, Ball State, 6-2, 206 (DS#27 QB) + More +

Drew Plitt threw for 366 yards and accounted for five touchdowns and Ball State overwhelmed Central Michigan 45-20 on Saturday. The win moved the Cardinals (4-1, 4-1 Mid-American Conference) into a first-place tie in the MAC's West Division with Western Michigan and ended the Chippewas' (3-2, 3-2) hopes of defending last year's division title. Plitt threw a 20-yard score to Yo'Heinz Tyler near the end of the first quarter to give Ball State a 10-0 lead. Central Michigan countered when Ty Brock threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Kalil Pimpleton seven seconds into the second quarter.

After each team punted twice, Ball State took control of the game when Plitt ran it in from 12 yards out. The Cardinals' defense forced a three-and-out, and their offense followed with a 54-yard scoring drive that ended when Plitt found Dylan Koch from five yards out with 13 seconds before halftime for a 24-7 lead. Ball State amassed 519 yards of offense and went 12 for 20 on third-down conversions. Brock threw for 188 yards and a pair of scores but was intercepted twice. - Ball State/AP College Football

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QB Drew Plitt, Ball State
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11/30/20 - Christian Albright, rSr/2022, Ball State, 6-2, 226 (DS#52 OLB) + More +

NOV 30 MAC WEST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Christian Albright, Ball State, OLB, Senior, Kennesaw, Ga. (North Cobb),...Albright registered 3.0 tackles for loss, including 2.0 sacks, to go along with a forced fumble and the game-clinching fumble recovery Saturday at Toledo. He had seven total tackles in the Cardinals' 27-24 victory. Albright keyed a BSU defense that shut out Toledo through the first 29:28 and limited the Rockets to 42 rushing yards, 179 below their average. He had a quarter of the Cardinals' 12 tackles for loss, their most in a league game since 2006, including a strip-sack. Albright recovered a fumble forced by teammate Anthony Ekpe on Toledo's final snap of the game to stave off a comeback by the Rockets for BSU's first win at the Glass Bowl since 2012. - MAC Football

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OLB Christian Albright, Ball State
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11/30/20 - Drew Plitt, rSr/2022, Ball State, 6-2, 206 (DS#27 QB) + More +

NOV 30 MAC WEST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Drew Plitt, Ball State, QB, R-Senior, Loveland, Ohio (Loveland),...Plitt threw for 304 yards and accounted for three total touchdowns in Ball State's 27-24 win Saturday at Toledo. He had a hand in all three TDs for the Cardinals. Plitt opened the scoring with a touchdown run on the first possession of the game and later found Yo'Heinz Tyler for two scores as BSU built a 24-3 lead in the third quarter en route to its first win at the Glass Bowl since 2012. - MAC Football

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QB Drew Plitt, Ball State
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11/26/20 - Drew Plitt, rSr/2022, Ball State, 6-2, 206 (DS#27 QB) + More +

Senior quarterback Drew Plitt is currently third in the conference averaging 251.7 passing yards per game and second in the conference behind Kent State's Dustin Crum with 755 yards total. However, when it comes to efficiency, he's completed 58 of 88 throws with three interceptions (tied for the league's worst), giving him an efficiency rating of 146.2, placing him at seventh in the conference. - Toledo Blade

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QB Drew Plitt, Ball State
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11/18/20 - Drew Plitt, rSr/2022, Ball State, 6-2, 206 (DS#27 QB) + More +

Drew Plitt threw a pair of touchdown passes, Caleb Huntley ran for 103 yards and Ball State beat Northern Illinois 31-25 on Wednesday night. It was a program record seventh consecutive 100-yard game for Huntley, who carried the ball 25 times including a 3-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter. Plitt threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Antwan Davis in the first half, and his 7-yarder to Yo'Heinz Tyler stretched the Cardinals' lead to 28-14 early in the fourth quarter. Plitt was 17 of 25 for 214 yards passing. Amechi Uzodinma II had a 71-yard interception return for a touchdown just before halftime for the Cardinals (2-1, 2-1 Mid-American Conference). Erin Collins' 3-yard touchdown run pulled Northern Illinois (0-3, 0-3) to 28-22 with about seven minutes to play. Plitt then lead Ball State on a 11-play drive, capped by Jack Knight's 33-yard field goal with 2:20 remaining. Ross Bowers was 27-of-40 passing for a season-high 300 yards to lead the Huskies, hitting Tyrice Richie 11 times for 108 yards and a touchdown. Collins finished with 46 yards rushing on eight carries and two touchdowns. - AP College Football

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QB Drew Plitt, Ball State
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11/16/20 - Caleb Huntley, Sr/2021, Ball State, 5-10, 210 (DS#35 RB) + More +

NOV 16 MAC WEST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Caleb Huntley, Ball State, RB, Senior, Atlanta, Ga. (Locust Grove),...Huntley ran for a career-high 204 yards and matched his career-best with three touchdowns in Ball State's 38-31 victory over Eastern Michigan. He scored the game-winning touchdown on a 1-yard plunge with 6 seconds left. Huntley carried the ball 34 times, one shy of his career high. He surpassed the 100-yard mark for the sixth straight game, tying a Ball State record, and became the first BSU player to top 200 yards since 2016. Through two games, Huntley leads the MAC in both rushing average (167) and touchdowns (5). - MAC Football

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RB Caleb Huntley, Ball State
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11/16/20 - Brandon Martin, rSr/2023, Ball State, 5-11, 232 (DS#999 ILB) + More +

NOV 16 MAC WEST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brandon Martin, Ball State, ILB, R-Jr., Indianapolis, Ind., Lawrence North,...Martin registered a career-high 15 tackles, including eight solo stops, in Ball State's 38-31 victory over Eastern Michigan. It was the second game back from Martin who sustained a season-ending injury in last year's season opener. Through two games, he leads the MAC in solo tackles (14) and ranks second in total tackles (26). - MAC Football

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ILB Brandon Martin, Ball State
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11/11/20 - Caleb Huntley, Sr/2021, Ball State, 5-10, 210 (DS#35 RB) + More +

Caleb Huntley had a career-high 204 yards rushing and three touchdowns, including a 1-yard score with 6 seconds to play, and Ball State rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat Eastern Michigan 38-31 on Wednesday night. Quarterback Preston Hutchinson's third touchdown run for the Eagles tied it a 31-all with 4:12 to play but Ball State (1-1, 1-1 Mid-American Conference) answered with an 11-play, 79-yard drive capped when Huntley scored on an off-tackle run.

Drew Plitt finished 22-of-31 passing for 232 yards and one touchdown with one interception for the Cardinals. Justin Hall had seven receptions for 55 yards, extending the longest active streak in FBS with a catch in his 38th consecutive game. The senior lead all active FBS players with 219 career receptions. Hutchinson completed 17 of 29 passes for 250 yards and a score and added 17 carries for 103 yards Eastern Michigan (0-2, 0-2 Mid-American Conference). The junior went into the game with career totals of minus-23 yards rushing and three rushing TDs. - AP College Football

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RB Caleb Huntley, Ball State
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