Bryce Cosby

Senior safety for Ball State. 2021: 2 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 108 tackles.

S · Ball State · Sr. · #5

5′10″ · 181 lb · Louisville, KY

CFB Index 73 · #76 of 509 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamBall State 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 2717 nationally · Signed with Ball State

Statement game17 tackles · 0.5 TFLvs Western Michigan (FBS) · W 42-41

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Ball State. 2021: 2 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 108 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Ball State in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ball State, 391 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201712 games

Signed with Ball State2-star out of Dupont Manual

20207 games

All-MACfirst

202112 games

All-MACfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2717 national

CFB

College

Ball State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM

All-MAC 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Mike Neu

Ball State

Played his entire career under Mike Neu.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Mike Neu — 24-33 over that span.

2017Ball State2-10HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning

2018Ball State4-8HC: Mike Neu · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Ball State5-7HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020Ball State7-1HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ball State6-7HC: Mike Neu · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

73Quality starter #76 of 509?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (99th percentile). Strength: tackles (99th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#17 / 2743 · 99th pct

Tackles#37 / 2743 · 99th pct

108

Tackles for loss#98 / 2743 · 96th pct

11.5

Sacks#223 / 2743 · 91st pct

4.0

Interceptions#126 / 824 · 73rd pct

Passes defended#735 / 2743 · 67th pct

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.0	0.8	0.2	0.2
Road6g	9.7	0.9	0.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.6	1.0	0.6	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	9.4	0.7	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

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 · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

73 · #76 of 509 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #76 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Ball State	108	66	11.5	4.0	2	2	--
2020	Ball State	62	35	4.5	1.0	4	2	--
2019	Ball State	78	49	2.0	0.0	5	2	--
2018	Ball State	83	42	1.5	0.0	3	2	--
2017	Ball State	60	36	3.0	0.0	1	2	--
Career		391	228	22.5	5.0	15	10	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 31–21

vs Western Illinois

3 TOT · 3 SOLO

With D. Plitt — 188 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 31.7 · 18 rush yds (5 car) · N. Snyder — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 46 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week