Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Ball State
DeJuan Echoles Jr.
LB • 6'1" • 229 lbs • Indianapolis, IN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DeJuan Echoles Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
78
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
40
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Player Story
DeJuan Echoles Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 31, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of DeJuan Echoles Jr.'s career was his...
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- Committed To
- Ball State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
DeJuan Echoles Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State. DeJuan Echoles Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 28
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
DeJuan Echoles Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ball State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 28
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Ball State
- Top game
- Auburn
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Warren Central · Ball State
- High school pipeline
- Warren Central · 41 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · LB 504th (top 40%) · Mid-American 154th (top 27%) · National 1,568th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ball State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ball State | 10 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 56.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ball State to Western Michigan | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 77 | Jan 13, 2026 |
DeJuan Echoles Jr. played LB for Ball State. Across 4 tracked seasons, DeJuan Echoles Jr. recorded 28 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Ball State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Ball State paired 14 primary output with 25.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
25.2
Usage
9.2
Consistency
25.2
Best Game by takeover score
Auburn
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 0. Auburn: 5. New Hampshire: 3.5. UConn: 0. Akron: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Kent State: 2. Eastern Michigan: 1. Toledo: 2.5. Miami (OH): 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Auburn: 3 by 62.5. New Hampshire: 6 by 60. UConn: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 3 by 12.5. Northern Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Kent State: 3 by 32.5. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 18.3. Toledo: 2 by 33.3. Miami (OH): 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.8 · Games = 3 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 7 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
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10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Auburn
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Auburn
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Miami (OH) | L 24-45 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ ToledoSplash game | L 9-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Eastern Michigan | L 9-24 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/6 | vs Kent StateSplash game | W 17-13 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Northern Illinois | L 7-21 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Akron | W 42-28 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ UConn | L 25-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs New HampshireSplash game | W 34-29 | 6 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Auburn2+ sacks · Splash game | L 3-42 | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Purdue | L 0-31 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
DeJuan Echoles Jr. story
DeJuan Echoles Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 31, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of DeJuan Echoles Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 28 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Ball State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but DeJuan Echoles Jr.'s production has multiple signals. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ball State.
The arc is straightforward: DeJuan Echoles Jr. moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Ball State
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ball State | 14 | 25.2 | 9.2 | 14 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 29 Auburn
Week 2 · L 3-42
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#2
vs New Hampshire
Week 3 · W 34-29
3.5
Havoc Plays
76.7 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 48 Toledo
Week 13 · L 9-38 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
61.1 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 130 Kent State
Week 11 · W 17-13 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 119 Eastern Michigan
Week 12 · L 9-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
45.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Ball State
14 primary output · 25.2 efficiency · 9.2 usage
56.9
#2
2024 Regular Season · Ball State
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Ball State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
4
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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