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Football games are won and lost in the trenches, and Ball State football anticipates strength in that department this season.
Ball State will kick off its season on Saturday, Aug. 30, with an in-state road game at Purdue. Ball State is coming off a 3-9 season and haven’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 two weeks away, we’re breaking down the Cardinals’ roster position by position. Here’s our breakdown of the Ball State football defensive line.
Defensive line could be Ball State football’s biggest strength
Ball State’s defensive line is a talented unit that has looked dominant at times throughout fall camp. It has been strong against the run and consistently gets after the quarterbacks to force sacks, scrambles or incompletions. The Cardinals’ struggled in run defense (175.3 rushing yards per game allowed, 100th in FBS) and only got 13 of its 20 sacks out of the unit last season, but this year should be a different story.
“I said it coming out of spring, and I still feel that way — the defensive line is the most improved unit we have since we’ve gotten here,” Uremovich said.
Defensive coordinator Jeff Knowles highlighted the depth of the unit as its biggest strength and indicated that the Cardinals would rotate a lot of players along the defensive front this season.
“The first thing that comes to mind is just the depth,” Knowles said. “We’re going to play a lot of guys there, so you want them fresh, and that helps with the energy output that we expect from that position too. They’re going to be rested, but we want them to play their…
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