Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-56@ Ohio State | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 41-17vs Stony Brook | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
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Anthony Pinnace III
Senior defensive back on Ball State's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 180 lb · Ypsilanti, MI
Transferred Michigan State → Ball State for 2026
The story
4 defensive back on Ball State's 2026 roster.
- Transferred from UTSA to Michigan State in 2025.
Anthony Pinnace III
Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Jonathan Smith and Mike Uremovich. The receipt: 4 tackles, 2 TFL against Ohio State — Week 1, 2026.
6 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
—
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Ball State
2025Michigan State
2026Ball State
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Michigan State4-8HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced
2026Ball State1-1HC: Mike Uremovich · Pass-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (87th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (85th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 3.0 TKL/g, 1.0 TFL/g, 0.5 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Uremovich
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ball State | 6 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 41–17
vs Stony Brook
Game log
The secondary · Ball State
- #4Willizhuan Yates32 tackles · 2025
- Derek Fields Jr.31 tackles · 2025
- #2Tobi Adewoyin14 tackles · 2025
- #12Deondre Shepherd13 tackles · 2025
- #14Anthony Pinnace III1 tackle · 2025
19 more on the roster · Ball State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology