Defensive back, Illinois, to 2006
Alan Ball
Lettered 2003–04 (school media guide)
- Born
- Mar 29, 1985, in Detroit, Michigan
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Alan Ball played defensive back at Illinois (to 2006). The Dallas Cowboys took Ball in round 7, No. 237 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Int | PBU | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 11 | 45 | 10 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2006 | 12 | 43 | 19 | 62 | 3.5 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| On file | 88 | 29 | 117 | 7.5 | 2 | 16 | 1 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
Game by game
2006 Illinois 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | at Rutgers | L 0–33 | 1 |
2005 Illinois 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8 | at Indiana | L 13–36 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
In the NFL
9 seasons, 90 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Dallas Cowboys | 15 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 43 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 2011 | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 36 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | Houston Texans | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 15 | 46 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 7 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | Chicago Bears | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 90 | 226 | 0.5 | 6 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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