Jeff Ball Class: Senior Hometown: Lansdale, Pa. High School: North Penn Height / Weight: 6-0 / 225 Position: LB Major: Accounting

2008: Wrapped-up six tackles, one for a loss of yards against Monmouth (8/30)... Grabbed six solo tackles and assisted with three more against Fordham (9/7)... Recorded 11 tackles including seven solo tackles against Hofstra (9/20)... Laid out two solo tackles against Brown (10/4)... Registered eight total tackles and forced a fumble against Towson (10/11)... Registered five tackles against William and Mary (10/25)... Recorded five tackles, one for a loss of yards, against UMass (11/1)... Tallied 11 tackles, tying his season high against Maine (11/15)... Ended the season well with four solo tackles in a win over Northeastern (11/22).

2007: Appeared in 10 games ... recorded 29 tackles (15 solo) and 4.5 tackles for loss ... season-high seven tackles (four solo) against Maine (11/10) ... six tackles (five solo) at Army (9/8) ... four tackles and a QB hurry in season-opener against Fordham (9/1) ... three tackles (one solo) in Governor's Cup win at Brown (9/29) ... earned a varsity letter.

2006: Started all 11 games at linebacker ... tallied 54 tackles (34 solo), including six tackles for loss and one sack ... notched a season-high eight tackles (six solo) in Governor's Cup win against Brown (9/30) ... registered seven tackles (five solo) against Hofstra (11/4) ... recorded six tackles, one sack and one pass breakup against Merrimack (9/9) ... also had six tackles against Maine (10/28) and Northeastern (11/17) ... earned a varsity letter.

2005: Appeared in six games ... recorded five tackles (three solo) ... received a varsity letter ... 2004: Appeared in one game - Villanova (10/30) ... received a redshirt.

High School: Four-year member and two-year letterwinner on North Penn football team, helping it win the Suburban One Conference and District 1 Championship in 2003 and 2004, and a State Championship in 2004 (finished No. 8 in USA Today) ... First Team Suburban One Conference ... First Team All-Southeastern Pa. by The Philadelphia Inquirer ... Second Team All-Pennsylvania by PAFootballNews.com.

Personal: Jeffrey Scott Ball ... born February 24, 1986 ... son of Jerry and Dina Ball ... has three siblings - Greg, who is a sophomore baseball player at West Chester University; Andrew, and Carly ... lists Brian Dawkins as his favorite football player ... accounting major at URI.

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