Liberty · L 15-51
No tackles.
Northwestern · L 14-45
No tackles.
Bowling Green · W 32-31
No tackles.
Sacramento State · W 34-17
No tackles.
Massachusetts · L 30-31
1 tackle
The other 4 games average 2 tackles. This one was 1 below.
Badie has tackles in 5 of Ball State’s 9 games: none in the other 4.
Jared Badie
Played for three head coaches across four seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Toledo — Week 5, 2026.
9 tackles · 1 sack
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ball State | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2025 | San Diego State | 8 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| 2024 | San Diego State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 21 | 9 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 10): 1 tackle.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 5 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-56@ No. 1 Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-17vs Stony Brook | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-26@ Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-39vs Toledo | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 30-31@ Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Nov. 4 · L 30-31 at Massachusetts, play by play
1 tackle. Jared Badie hurried the quarterback once.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
How Ball State’s defense played that day
Massachusetts’s 11 drives: 6 stopped (1 takeaway) · 5 scored. While the game was within a score they held 6 of 11.
4 tackles.
Each small tick is a tackle on the play-by-play. Sacks are drawn as sacks.
0 tackles. Jared Badie hurried the quarterback once.
3 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is a tackle on the play-by-play: 2 of 3, sacks included.
1 tackle, including 1 sack.
Sacked the quarterback for a 7-yard loss on 3rd and 8. Second quarter, down 21-0.
Ratings of the games shown run from -21 to +29 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Uremovich
Pass share
48.5%
277 pass / 294 run
Plays / game
63.4
9 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
313 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
2026 is in progress.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Bret Bielema, Sean Lewis and Mike Uremovich.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Ball State
