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Jersey Number 17
Danny Royster
- Year:
- Fifth Year
- Position:
- Edge
- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- High School:
- Lawrence North
- Previous:
- Indianapolis
2025 at Indianapolis:
2024 at Ball State:
2023 at Ball State:
2022 at Ball State:
High School:
- First Team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference defensive lineman
- Started all 13 games at defensive lineman
- GLVC Defensive Player of the Week once
- Had 36 tackles (26 solo) to go with 13.0 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, one pass breakup and one safety
- Career highs of six tackles and 5.0 TFL to go with 2.0 sacks, a forced fumble, a PBU and forced safety vs. McKendree (Sept. 20)
- Recorded a career-high 3.0 sacks on three solo tackles with a forced fumble vs. Ashland (Sept. 13)
- Had a full sack at Findlay (Sept. 6) and vs. Lincoln (Oct. 18)
- Had at least a full TFL in six games
- Made three or more tackles in eight games
2024 at Ball State:
- Played in four games
- Had two tackles (one solo) to go with 1.0 tackle for loss
- Recorded both stops and TFL at Miami [FL] (Sept. 14)
2023 at Ball State:
- Played in nine games
- Had two tackles (one solo) to go with 1.0 tackle for loss and 1.0 sack
- Had first career sack in collegiate debut at Georgia (Sept. 9)
- Also had a stop vs. Georgia Southern (Sept. 23)
2022 at Ball State:
- Did not see any game action
High School:
- Two-year letterwinner at Lawrence North as an outside linebacker and defensive end
- Two-time All-Conference selection
- Was ranked as second-best linebacker in the state by 247Sports
- Tallied 163 tackles and 15.0 tackles for loss in career
- Had 87 tackles, 8.0 sacks and a defensive touchdown as a senior
- Multi-sport athlete who also played basketball and ran track
- Was an All-Region hurdler
Saturday, September 12
Saturday, September 12
Tuesday, September 08
Tuesday, September 08
