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Arkansas State had a Sun Belt Conference record-tying eight touchdown passes against Georgia State. That's the national season high and most since Washington State threw for nine scores in a loss to UCLA in September 2019. Arkansas State starter Logan Bonner threw for three TDs, Layne Hatcher for four and wide receiver Roshauud Paul for one. The Red Wolves have 14 TD passes and no interceptions in their last two games. - AP College Football

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QB Layne Hatcher, Ball State
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07/31/20 - Drew Plitt, rSr/2022, Ball State, 6-2, 206 (DS#27 QB) + More +

2020 MANNING AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Drew Plitt, Sr., Ball State,...Plitt, a native of Loveland, Ohio, took over the Ball State starting quarterback role late in the 2018 season and truly blossomed in 2019. Last year, Plitt directed an offense that led the Mid-American Conference in scoring (34.8 points per game) and total offense (463.0 yards per game). His 24 touchdown passes were tops in the league while his passing yards per game (243.2) ranked second. Over the last five games of the 2019 campaign, Plitt tossed eight touchdown passes to just one interception. - Ball State Football

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QB Drew Plitt, Ball State
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07/30/20 - Jaquan Amos, rSr/2023, Ball State, 6-0, 196 (DS#25 FS) + More +

2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT All-CAA FIRST TEAM: Jaquan Amos, Villanova, Sr.,...Pre-Playoffs: Amos has continued to be a big playmaker for the Villanova defense while seeing time at both corner and safety in 2019. He has played in 10 games on the year and his season totals include 43 tackles (33 solo, 10 assisted), 2.5 tackles for loss, six pass breakups, four interceptions and one fumble recovery. - Villanova Football

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FS Jaquan Amos, Ball State
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07/27/20 - Jaquan Amos, rSr/2023, Ball State, 6-0, 196 (DS#25 FS) + More +

2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PRESEASON ALL-FCS THIRD TEAM: DB Jaquan Amos, Villanova, Sr.,...Amos has continued to be a big playmaker for the Villanova defense while seeing time at both corner and safety in 2019. He has played in 10 games on the year and his season totals include 43 tackles (33 solo, 10 assisted), 2.5 tackles for loss, six pass breakups, four interceptions and one fumble recovery. - Villanova Football

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FS Jaquan Amos, Ball State
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07/27/20 - Caleb Huntley, Sr/2021, Ball State, 5-10, 210 (DS#35 RB) + More +

2020 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: RB Caleb Huntley, Ball State,...A senior from Atlanta, Georgia, Huntley enters his senior season ninth in school history with 2,465 career rushing yards. He was named last week to the watch list for nation's top running back honor, the Doak Walker Award. Huntley ranked third in the MAC last year with 106.2 rushing yards per game, topping the 100-yard mark in seven of eight conference games. He totaled 1,275 yards on the ground and led the Cardinals' MAC-best offense with 12 touchdowns. - Ball State Football

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RB Caleb Huntley, Ball State
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07/27/20 - Brandon Martin, rSr/2023, Ball State, 5-11, 232 (DS#999 ILB) + More +

2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Brandon Martin, Ball State, senior, linebacker,...Martin, a linebacker from Indianapolis, Indiana, was a key contributor on Ball State's defense in 2018 with 66 tackles but only played in the season opener last fall due to an injury. He has two years of eligibility remaining. Off the field, Martin was recognized earlier this year by Ball State's Multicultural Center with the Mary Etta Taylor-Rose Service Award. The award is presented annually to a student of color who has shown self-initiated service in a variety of agencies and has a consistent history of service to others within the Ball State and/or Muncie communities.

Martin served on Ball State's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in 2019-20 as the group's social media and marketing executive. He came up with the #NoShameInMyGame hashtag that pushed the importance of mental health in one of SAAC's key initiatives. SAAC aimed to emphasize the importance of speaking up about one's mental health issues and finding strength in vulnerability during that campaign. - Ball State Football

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ILB Brandon Martin, Ball State
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07/23/20 - Antonio Phillips, Sr/2021, Ball State, 5-11, 193 (DS#49 CB) + More +

2020 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: DB Antonio Phillips, Ball State,...Phillips had a breakout season last fall and as a result is getting plenty of preseason accolades thrown his way this month. His name was highlighted on a third national preseason watch list today as he is one of 98 defensive standouts from 66 schools on the initial list for the 2020 Bronko Nagurski Trophy presented by LendingTree. Phillips, a senior from St. Louis, Missouri, intercepted four passes and was a first-team All-MAC choice in 2019. He was the first Cardinal cornerback to earn first team all-league honors in 11 years. - Ball State Football

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CB Antonio Phillips, Ball State
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07/23/20 - Caleb Huntley, Sr/2021, Ball State, 5-10, 210 (DS#35 RB) + More +

2020 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD WATCH LIST: Caleb Huntley (Sr.), Ball State,...Huntley was an All-MAC Second Team selection last season and was named to the 2020 preseason All-MAC First Team this week by Phil Steele's College Football Preview. The Atlanta, Georgia, native ran for 1,275 yards and 12 touchdowns last season, surpassing 100 yards rushing in seven of the Cardinals' eight MAC games. He enters his senior season ninth on the program's all-time list with 2,465 career yards rushing. - Ball State Football

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RB Caleb Huntley, Ball State
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07/23/20 - Antonio Phillips, Sr/2021, Ball State, 5-11, 193 (DS#49 CB) + More +

2020 PAYCOM JIM THORPE AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Antonio Phillips, Ball State, Sr.,...Phillips, a senior from St. Louis, Missouri, intercepted four passes and was a first-team All-MAC choice. He was named last week to the preseason watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award, given annually to the nation's most outstanding defensive player regardless of position. As a team, Ball State led the MAC last season with 24 takeaways, including 15 interceptions. The Cardinals return seven defensive starters in 2020. - Ball State Football

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CB Antonio Phillips, Ball State
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07/23/20 - Amechi Uzodinma II, rSr/2023, Ball State, 5-11, 189 (DS#78 CB) + More +

2020 PAYCOM JIM THORPE AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Amechi Uzodinma, Ball State, Jr.,...Uzodinma, a junior from Orlando, Florida, led the MAC and ranked seventh nationally last season with five interceptions on his way to second-team all-conference honors in 2019. - Ball State Football

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CB Amechi Uzodinma II, Ball State
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07/21/20 - Antonio Phillips, Sr/2021, Ball State, 5-11, 193 (DS#49 CB) + More +

2020 PRESEASON BEDNARIK AWARD WATCH LIST: CB Antonio Phillips, Ball State,...Phillips is the first Bednarik Award candidate for Ball State since at least 2004. He is one of four MAC representatives on this year's 90-player list, joining Buffalo defensive end Taylor Riggins, Central Michigan linebacker Troy Brown and Miami safety Sterling Weatherford. An All-MAC First Team selection as a junior last season, Phillips ranked second in the league with four interceptions, just one behind fellow BSU cornerback Amechi Uzodinma II. He picked off a pass in the season opener against Indiana and later tallied interceptions in consecutive conference games against Eastern Michigan, Toledo and Ohio. Phillips started the first 11 games last season before missing the finale to injury. - Ball State Football

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CB Antonio Phillips, Ball State
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05/22/20 - Layne Hatcher, rSr/2024, Ball State, 5-10, 213 (DS#61 QB) + More +

Arkansas State coach Blake Anderson has received a restructured contract extension that runs through 2023. The school made the announcement on Friday. Terms of the deal were not released. Anderson took the job before the start of the 2014 season. He has led the Red Wolves to a pair of Sun Belt Conference titles and six consecutive bowl appearances. He is one of just two active Group of Five head coaches in the nation to lead their programs to at least two conference championships and six bowl games since 2014. The Red Wolves have won 36 Sun Belt games under Anderson - the second most ever by a league coach. Last season, he led the Red Wolves to a 34-26 win over Florida International in the Camellia Bowl. - AP College Football

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QB Layne Hatcher, Ball State
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05/17/20 - Walter Fletcher, rSr/2020, Ball State, 5-08, 197 (DS#76 RB) + More +

In the lead-up to the 2020 NFL Draft, Walter Fletcher felt confident that by the end of that weekend in April he'd at least receive a shot as an undrafted free agent. Fletcher had earned Division II All-America recognition during the three years he spent at Edinboro prior to transferring to Ball State. The running back had showcased his versatility at the Division I level at BSU, running well in addition to catching the ball out of the backfield and returning kicks. He had even earned a spot in the 2020 SPIRAL Tropical Bowl in Florida. But, as each of the three days of the draft came and went, Fletcher didn't hear his name called as teammate Danny Pinter would. In the time that followed the draft, Fletcher wouldn't see an undrafted opportunity arise as teammate Ray Wilborn would. And Fletcher still hasn't.

Fletcher hasn't lost hope, though, nor has he given up on his dream. "It was definitely a tough three or four days," Fletcher said. "I just felt like, personally, I had a lot of people rooting for me. You put in so much time and effort the last two months leading up to the pro day, and then even the draft … I feel like I just fell short after everything that I've been through and worked for. I just felt like I fell short and it was hard to push through that and get over that. But, I know that hopefully one day I'll get an opportunity." Fletcher would later add: "It's just a matter of when that call will be and just staying ready." - Star Press

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RB Walter Fletcher, Ball State
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03/18/20 - Danny Pinter, rSr/2020, Ball State, 6-4, 306 (DS#10 OG) + More +

When asked by The Star Press in the week after the combine why Pinter had the potential to capitalize on the pre-draft process, both Neu and Johnson credited Pinter's status as a "football junkie." Pinter embodies the type of individual on and off the field that Neu and Johnson - who've used their respective pasts in the sport to advise Pinter at times - believe any NFL team would want. He is someone who, by his own admission, can talk to NFL coaches about the ins and outs of BSU's offense all day - which Neu would expand to Pinter's responsibilities in the protections the Cardinals ran, run schemes they called and more.

Pinter would go out of his way to mentor his fellow offensive linemen at Ball State, especially when it came to watching film, outside of the usual time they'd spend with coaches. And Pinter, according to Johnson, is "the truest (Chicago) Bears fan I think I've ever met." Johnson said he's talked to scouts about the time, during this past fall camp, prior to one of BSU's offensive line meetings, Pinter was able to name the entire Bears roster from the 2010 season. Who was active, on injured reserve, on the physically unable to perform list - everything, with proper spelling and no help. "I was a pretty big Bears fan growing up," said Pinter, whose collection of Bears jerseys impressed Neu. "But now I got to kind of disconnect from that and just be a fan of whatever team I'm (going to) have a chance to play for here." - Star Press

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OG Danny Pinter, Ball State
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02/07/20 - Danny Pinter, rSr/2020, Ball State, 6-4, 306 (DS#10 OG) + More +

2020 NFL COMBINE INVITE: Danny Pinter, OG, Ball State,...Pinter, hailing from South Bend, Indiana, is one of about 300 prospects who will participate in the weeklong event in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium (Feb. 24-March 1). Offensive linemen are tentatively scheduled to go through their on-field workouts on Friday, Feb. 28. Drills at the NFL Combine include the 40-yard dash, 225-pound bench press, vertical jump, broad jump, three-cone drill and 20-yard shuttle. NFL Network will provide broadcast coverage on Feb. 28 from 4 to 11 p.m.

Pinter anchored Ball State's offensive line at right tackle the last two years after making the transition from tight end following his sophomore campaign. He was one of four Cardinals to earn first team All-Mid-American Conference honors in 2019 and the first BSU offensive lineman to earn first team all-league accolades since 2013. He went on to showcase his skills against other NFL hopefuls at the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl in Pasadena, California, a month ago. - Ball State Football

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OG Danny Pinter, Ball State
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