Sterling Smith
Ball State Cardinals
55
Depth

Sterling Smith

Ball State CardinalsRebuilding
FSDefenseDepth
Projected Starter

Is Sterling Smith starting?

Sterling Smith is the projected starter at FS for Ball State Cardinals.

Redshirt junior · #1 · 6'0", 201 lbs

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Depth at FS · Ball State Cardinals

  1. 1155Sterling SmithStarter
  2. 21349Kamron Chamble
  3. 3843Avery Stuart

Ball State Starting Lineup

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The Story

The Story

A 2-star recruit out of Cathedral, ranked #2,811 nationally coming out of high school.

Recruit2★ · #2,811 Natl
Indianapolis, IN
Jersey
#1
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
201 lbs

At 6'0", 201 lbs, Sterling Smith plays for a Ball State team rated 62 overall in the Mid-American.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★☆☆☆2-star
Composite
0.7800
National Rank
#2811
High School
Cathedral
Hometown
Indianapolis, IN

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated defense; no production or recruiting data — rated at heuristic floor → 55.

Team defense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
Estimated / projected
Depth-chart adjustment
-7 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10LNUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 45-14

Oct 3LTOLTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 39-24

Sep 26LKENTTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 26-13

Sep 19LLIBTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 51-15

Sep 12WSTBKTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-17

Sep 5LOSUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 56-3

Sterling Smith's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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