EA College Football 27 · Projected Starters

Ball State

Projected 1-deep depth chart · ranked by overall rating

Ball State opens College Football 27 with a 79-OVR headliner in Willizhuan Yates (CB) and 0 projected starters rated 90+. The projected lineup averages 73.5 overall — 73.5 on offense, 73.8 on defense — out of 68 rated players on the roster.

The projected defense runs a 4-2-5 nickel (no rated LOLB on the two-deep), with Donovan Lanier (67 OVR) sliding in as the nickel back, anchored by Willizhuan Yates at 79 OVR. The thinnest projected starter is Donovan Lanier (CB, 67).

Offense

  • QBKeldric Luster71
  • RBTJ Horton76
  • WR1Jabari Smith Jr.77
  • WR2Donovan Hamilton77
  • WR3CJ Nelson72
  • TETate Hoover71
  • LTChris Hood76
  • LGZach Bandy73
  • CCole Mosier69
  • RGJacob Jeudy74
  • RTTristan Cook72

Defense (4-2-5)

  • LE/EDGEJared Badie75
  • DT1Ameir Glenn72
  • DT2Kendrick Gilbert71
  • RE/EDGEBen Marsh73
  • MLBGavin Forsha73
  • ROLBCincear Lewis77
  • CB1Willizhuan Yates79
  • CB2Chris Jackson71
  • NBDonovan Lanier67
  • FSDerek Fields75
  • SSQuentavius Scandrett79

Special Teams

  • KBrody Boehm73
  • PCole Stumbaugh70

Starters inferred as the top-rated player at each position (in official 2-deep); NB = nickel back.

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