Loren Strickland: DB · Ball State · #23.
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Loren Strickland
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two seasons in the Ball State secondary to date. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Miami (OH) — Week 13, 2023.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ball State | 31 | 23 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2022 | Ball State | 19 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 50 | 32 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-44@ Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-45@ No. 1 Georgia | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-7vs Indiana State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 3-40vs Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-42@ Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-13vs Toledo | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-17vs Central Michigan | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-24@ Bowling Green | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 20-17@ Northern Illinois | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-3vs Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 15-17vs Miami (OH) | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 31 | 23 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Week 3 · 2023
W 45-7
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 38-point win at home against Indiana State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFL31 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack · 2 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Mike Neu — 9-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Neu
Pass share
39.4%
304 pass / 468 run
Plays / game
64.3
12 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
331 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Ball State, 50 tackles — the college career is complete.
