Joey Stemler is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Ball State.
Stemler ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Ball State. On tape: 7 tackles against Western Michigan, Week 7, 2025.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ball State | 44 | 26 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Ball State | 56 | 30 | 6.0 | 1.5 | -- | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | Ball State | 18 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Ball State | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 127 | 65 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-31@ Purdue | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-42@ Auburn | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-29vs New Hampshire | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 25-31@ UConn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-14vs Ohio | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-42@ Western Michigan | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 42-28vs Akron | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 9-24vs Eastern Michigan | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 9-38@ Toledo | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-45@ Miami (OH) | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 26 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
44tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups44 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Uremovich
Pass share
38.2%
277 pass / 449 run
Plays / game
60.5
12 games
Team sack rate
15.5%
336 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #480 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #42 of 55 Mid-American LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 2,406 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Mid-American as a senior.
A stat line in 37 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Neu → Mike Uremovich. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
