Former tight end at Mississippi State. 2024: 9 catches, 77 receiving yards.
6′6″ · 250 lb · Glenn Dale, MD
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 1794 nationally · Signed with Vanderbilt
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former tight end at Mississippi State. 2024: 9 catches, 77 receiving yards.
Justin Ball
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Justin Ball has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt: 30 rec yds, 2 receptions against Toledo — Week 3, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Mississippi State, 281 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Leach, Greg Knox, and Jeff Lebby. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 18.7 | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 12.7 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 9 | 77 | 8.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 15 | 131 | 8.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Vanderbilt | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 31 | 281 | 9.1 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 56–7
1 rec · 2 yds
Dominant 49-point win at home against Eastern Kentucky.
With B. Shapen — 247 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.4 · 44 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · K. Coleman Jr. — 5 rec · 88 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-7vs Eastern Kentucky | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-41vs Toledo | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 16 | Season-high 30 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 13-35@ Texas | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-33@ Tennessee | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-39vs Missouri | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-26@ Ole Miss | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Total | 9 | 77 | 7.8 | 0 | 16 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to A.J. Barner’s 2021 season.
Matches A.J. on
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jack Coldiron's graduate season at Miami (OH) (2024).
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Player DNA