Ball State football season is right around the corner.
The Cardinals will kick off their season on Saturday, Aug. 30, with an in-state road game at Purdue. Ball State is coming off a 3-9 season and hasn’t qualified for a bowl game since 2021, but new head coach Mike Uremovich will look to lead a quick turnaround.
With the season less than three weeks away, we’re breaking down the Cardinals’ roster position by position. Without further ado, here’s our breakdown of Ball State football at the most critical position — quarterback.
Kiael Kelly returns as QB1 for Ball State
Kiael Kelly will be the Cardinals’ starting signal caller in 2025. The redshirt senior started the last six games of the 2023 season and led the Cardinals to a 3-3 record before briefly entering the transfer portal. He returned to Ball State as a defensive back, but wound up moving back to offense. In 2024, Kelly only took 79 snaps at a variety of positions — quarterback, running back, slot and outside receiver — with limited production.
Kelly reentered the portal before the final game of the 2024 season but was recruited back to Ball State by Uremovich, whose run-heavy offense saw great success with dual-threat quarterbacks at Butler. At the Mid-American Conference media day on July 24, Uremovich officially named Kelly the starting quarterback.
“It’s been crazy, you know, it’s all I ever asked for,” Kelly said. “It’s the first time that I knew I was starting, so this offseason has more so been keeping that, expressing more, using my voice and getting the team what we need to do throughout the workouts. Just leading by example.”
With Kelly as the starter in 2023, Ball State had…
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