page_title: Ball State Cardinals football
section_title: Cardinals in professional football
hierarchical_section_title: Ball State Cardinals football / Cardinals in professional football
caption_attribution_description: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Nate Davis is interviewed by KNBR 680 AM at the San Francisco 49ers Family Day 2009 at Candlestick Park.
context_page_description: The Ball State Cardinals football team is a college football program representing Ball State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football. Mike Neu is the current head coach. Ball State plays its home games on Scheumann Stadium on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. The Cardinals compete in the Mid-American Conference as a member of the West Division.
  The Cardinals have a 421–381–32 record, which ranks below the top 50 most victories among NCAA FBS programs. Ball State was originally classified as a teacher's college, participating in the National Junior College Athletic Association from 1937 until 1956. In 1957, they were classified as a Small College school until 1972. Ball State received Division II classification in 1973, before becoming a Division I-AA program in 1975 and a Division I-A program in 1981, dropping to Division I-AA for a single season before returning to Division I-A.
context_section_description: Ball State has produced a total of 27 NFL draft selections.
  The following "Active" and "All-Star" lists account for past and present Ball State University football players that have participated in the National Football League, the Canadian Football League, and the Arena Football League.
caption: Nate Davis, currently a free agent
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