Ball State Cardinals

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	12	279	4,615	898	5.1	1,873	417	4.5	2,742	481	5.7	13	102	256	95	135	26	72	671
Team Rank		100th	84th	49th	103rd	70th	98th	56th	81st	21st	122nd	12th	110th	76th	85th	59th	36th	48th	66th
Opponent	12	323	4,781	972	5.0	2,188	531	4.1	2,593	416	6.2	25	143	280	126	129	25	79	695
Opponent Rank		59th	62nd	109th	28th	92nd	122nd	69th	32nd	78th	15th	83rd	100th	99th	109th	73rd	80th	55th	54th
Net		-44	-166	-74	+0.1	-315	-114	+0.4	+149	+65	-0.5	-12	-41	-24	-31	+6	+1	-7	-24
Net Rank		95th	82nd	94th	71st	91st	121st	59th	58th	20th	92nd	25th	85th	95th	106th	56th	60th	48th	62nd

Player Stats

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	John Paddock J. Paddock	12	286	480	59.6	40.0	2,719	5.7	226.6	18	14	113.7	3.8	2.9	43	13	102
	Kiael Kelly K. Kelly	1	1	1	100.0	1.0	23	23.0	23.0	0	0	293.2	0.0	0.0	23	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Carson Steele C. Steele	12	289	24.1	1,556	5.4	129.7	14	48	318	1,722
Vaughn Pemberton V. Pemberton	12	35	2.9	133	3.8	11.1	0	16	42	162
John Paddock J. Paddock	12	27	2.3	-79	-2.9	-6.6	0	15	27	-79
Rico Barfield R. Barfield	3	15	5.0	60	4.0	20.0	0	17
Will Jones W. Jones	12	15	1.3	41	2.7	3.4	0	22	24	110
Jayshon Jackson J. Jackson	12	13	1.1	105	8.1	8.8	0	26	86	928
Kiael Kelly K. Kelly	1	8	8.0	83	10.4	83.0	0	40
Donny Marcus D. Marcus	3	3	1.0	1	0.3	0.3	0	3
Nick Presley N. Presley	10	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.5	0	5	7	40
Ryan Lezon R. Lezon	12	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	3	6	36
Dean Tate D. Tate	7	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	4	19

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jayshon Jackson J. Jackson	12	73	131	6.1	823	11.3	68.6	3	43	86	928
Yo'Heinz Tyler Y. Tyler	11	49	77	4.5	441	9.0	40.1	1	23	49	441
Brady Hunt B. Hunt	12	46	62	3.8	498	10.8	41.5	5	30	46	498
Tanner Koziol T. Koziol	12	35	64	2.9	373	10.7	31.1	7	30	35	373
Carson Steele C. Steele	12	29	38	2.4	166	5.7	13.8	1	29	318	1,722
Amir Abdur-Rahman A. Abdur-Rahman	12	23	38	1.9	229	10.0	19.1	1	39	23	229
Will Jones W. Jones	12	9	11	0.8	69	7.7	5.8	0	33	24	110
Vaughn Pemberton V. Pemberton	12	7	11	0.6	29	4.1	2.4	0	8	42	162
Nick Presley N. Presley	10	6	12	0.6	35	5.8	3.5	0	15	7	40
Ryan Lezon R. Lezon	12	5	7	0.4	33	6.6	2.8	0	15	6	36
Dean Tate D. Tate	7	3	7	0.4	19	6.3	2.7	0	8	4	19
Casey Coll C. Coll	11	2	2	0.2	27	13.5	2.5	0	23	2	27

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Jaquan Amos J. Amos	12	48	16	64	5	0.5	1	1	31	31	0	31
Clayton Coll C. Coll	12	36	25	61	0	2.0	0	0	0		0	0
Cole Pearce C. Pearce	12	36	20	56	9	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jordan Riley J. Riley	12	43	9	52	2	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Malcom Lee M. Lee	12	36	11	47	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Sidney Houston Jr. S. Houston Jr.	12	21	18	39	4	4.0	0	0	0		0	0
Amechi Uzodinma II A. Uzodinma II	12	25	5	30	1	0.0	3	3	1	0.3	0	1
Tavion Woodard T. Woodard	12	15	6	21	3	4.0	0	0	0		0	0
Ben Egenolf B. Egenolf	12	12	9	21	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Tyler Potts T. Potts	12	12	5	17	0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jack Sape J. Sape	10	11	5	16	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Kyle King K. King	12	9	7	16	3	2.5	0	0	0		0	0
Loren Strickland L. Strickland	12	8	8	16	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Joshua Tarango J. Tarango	7	5	9	14	0	0.5	0	0	0		0	0
Keionte Newson K. Newson	12	6	5	11	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
John Harris J. Harris	11	7	3	10	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Nic Jones N. Jones	11	7	2	9	0	0.0	2	2	12	6	0	12
Jack Blanco J. Blanco	5	3	6	9	0	0.0	0
Kyron Mims K. Mims	12	3	6	9	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Brandon Berger B. Berger	11	5	2	7	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Trenton Hatfield T. Hatfield	11	4	2	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Joey Stemler J. Stemler	12	3	2	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Brayden Evans B. Evans	12	3	1	4	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Justen Ramsey J. Ramsey	6	2	1	3	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Nathan Reichert N. Reichert	9	2	1	3	0	0.5	0	0	0		0	0
Julian McBride J. McBride	5	1	2	3	0	0.0	0
Latrelle Smith-Leaks L. Smith-Leaks	8	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Yo'Heinz Tyler Y. Tyler	11	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jack Beebe J. Beebe	7	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jordan Coleman J. Coleman	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Brady Hunt B. Hunt	12	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Will Jones W. Jones	12	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Tanner Koziol T. Koziol	12	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
John Paddock J. Paddock	12	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Nate Pedraza N. Pedraza	5	1	0	1	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Dylan Seiler D. Seiler	12	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Carson Steele C. Steele	12	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Ryan Lezon R. Lezon	12	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	RET	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Carson Steele C. Steele	12	14	1	0	15	0	0	0	54
Ben VonGunten B. VonGunten	12	0	0	0	0	17	28	0	23
Brady Hunt B. Hunt	12	0	5	0	5	0	0	1	12
Tanner Koziol T. Koziol	12	0	7	0	7	0	0	0	12
Sidney Houston Jr. S. Houston Jr.	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	KR LNG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR LNG
Amechi Uzodinma II A. Uzodinma II	12	16	374	23.4	0	0	0	0		0
Jayshon Jackson J. Jackson	12	0	0		0	0	11	56	5.1	14
Derin McCulley D. McCulley	5	3	57	19.0	0	0	0	0		0
Nic Jones N. Jones	11	2	27	13.5	0	0	0	0		0
Ryan Lezon R. Lezon	12	1	15	15.0	0	0	0	0		0
Dean Tate D. Tate	7	0	0		0	0	1	1	1.0	1
Blair Schonhorst B. Schonhorst	2						1	0	0.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Ben VonGunten B. VonGunten	12	17	21	81.0	0-0	9-9	5-7	3-5	0-0	28	29	96.6	79

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Lucas Borrow L. Borrow	12	66	2,735	41.4	65	0
	Chase Wyatt C. Wyatt	12	1	16	16.0	16	0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200