Christian Albright

Senior linebacker for Ball State. 2021: 64 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Ball State · Sr. · #9

6′2″ · 240 lb · Kennesaw, GA

CFB Index 39 · #380 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceBall State 2021 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Ball State. 2021: 64 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

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

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

SDE recruit

No. 2862 nationally · Signed with Ball State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Ball State, 259 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201712 games

Signed with Ball State2-star out of North Cobb

20207 games

All-MACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2862 national

CFB

College

Ball State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM

All-MAC 2nd team (2020)

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

39Below cohort / limited sample #380 of 578?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (94th percentile). Strength: tackles (87th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#138 / 2743 · 94th pct

Tackles#339 / 2743 · 87th pct

Solo tackles#437 / 2743 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#514 / 2743 · 80th pct

5.5

Passes defended#481 / 2743 · 78th pct

Sacks#529 / 2743 · 78th pct

2.0

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	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

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

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #380 of 578 LBs

Two-star recruit. Now #380 at the position.

Career stats

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	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 31–21

vs Western Illinois

7 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

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

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology