Christian Albright: LB · Ball State · #9.
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Christian Albright
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Rated a two-star prospect, with five seasons of snaps at Ball State since. The first career honor came in 2020: All-MAC. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Toledo — Week 4, 2021.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ball State | 64 | 34 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Ball State | 31 | 13 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Ball State | 71 | 42 | 10.5 | 3.5 | 4 | -- |
| 2018 | Ball State | 67 | 34 | 8.0 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | Ball State | 26 | 9 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 259 | 132 | 34.0 | 15.0 | 11 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-21vs Western Illinois | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-44@ No. 11 Penn State | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 12-45@ Wyoming | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 12-22vs Toledo | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 28-16vs Army | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-20@ Western Michigan | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-31@ Eastern Michigan | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-24vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-25@ Akron | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 29-30@ Northern Illinois | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-37vs Central Michigan | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-3vs Buffalo | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 59 | 33 | 5.5 | 2.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
64tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%6 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
5%3 pass breakups64 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
5 seasons under Mike Neu — 24-33 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 4.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Neu
Pass share
50.3%
439 pass / 434 run
Plays / game
72.8
12 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
449 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #380 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Ball State, 259 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Neu.
