Deondre Shepherd
Ball State Cardinals
57
Depth

Deondre Shepherd

Ball State CardinalsRebuilding
SSDefenseDepth
Projected Starter

Is Deondre Shepherd starting?

Deondre Shepherd is the projected starter at SS for Ball State Cardinals.

Redshirt sophomore · #12 · 5'11", 195 lbs

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Depth at SS · Ball State Cardinals

  1. 11257Deondre ShepherdStarter
  2. 22849Stone Perkins
  3. 3543Chris Jackson
  4. 42443Dianté Griffin

Ball State Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the MAC

Joshua FranklinWestern Michigan · NBJaion JacksonCentral Michigan · RCBDJ WalkerOhio · FS

Up next for Ball State

Ball State plays Massachusetts away on Wed, Nov 4. The listed kickoff time is 07:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of McKinney, ranked #1,778 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 13 tackles, 0 INT, 0 PBU. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 57 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,778 NatlTeam Share1%
McKinney, TX
Jersey
#12
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
5'11"
Weight
195 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20251300

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8450
National Rank
#1778
High School
McKinney
Hometown
McKinney, TX

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated defense; 35th-percentile production (×0.75 for competition level) put them -5 vs unit starters → 57.

Team defense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 35% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.75)
Depth-chart adjustment
-5 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 24WSACTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-17

Oct 17WBGSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 32-31 OT

Oct 3LTOLTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 39-24

Sep 26LKENTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 26-13

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

Final L 51-15

Sep 12WSTBKTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-17

Deondre Shepherd's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

13 tkl · 0 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement13%
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