Toby Ball

	Class: Sophomore
	Hometown: Wylie, Texas
	High School: Wylie HS

	Height / Weight: 5-11 / 220
	Position: Linebacker
	Experience: 1L

04/25/2012

Stevens: Lobo Linebackers Are A Committee With Individual Talent

UNM will lean to a 3-4 front which means a lot of linebackers will need to step up in 2012

10/15/2011

New Mexico vs. Nevada Post Game Notes

09/03/2011

New Mexico vs. Colorado State

New Mexico hosted Colorado State in the season opener, won by the Rams 14-10.

NEW MEXICO: Earned playing time on special teams and as a reserve linebacker in 2011...a hard-nosed linebacker with great energy...started to show flashes of his potential last fall...is beginning to add applied knowledge to great football instincts.

2011 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in seven of the team's last eight games, both on defense and special teams...recorded a career high three tackles against Air Force, playing double-digit snaps on defense...made his first career tackle in the fourth quarter at TCU...also had one kickoff return for 10 yards vs. New Mexico State.

2010: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time first team District 8-5A selection who was one of the top linebacker prospects in the nation...listed as a three-star recruit by Scout.com (No. 31 MLB) and ESPN.com (No. 31 ILB)...also ranked as one of the overall top-500 players in Texas (No. 299)...racked up 372 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 4 forced fumbles in his three-year varsity career...also had 10 QB hurries, 8 pass break-ups and 4 interceptions...112 stops, 6 TFL, and 4 break-ups in 11 games last fall when he was named all-district, second team all-Collin County, and team MVP...started 37 consecutive games, including seven playoff games for head coach Bill Howard...helped the Pirates finish 13-3 and advance to the 2008 Texas 5A (Division 2) championship game as a junior when he was named to Texas5Afootball.com's All-State Junior Team and the all-Collin Country first team...district Defensive Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore...carries a 3.23 GPA and active as a mentor/tutor for area youth.

PERSONAL: Born May 20, 1991 in Sherman, Texas...full name is Toby Allen Ball...son of Mark and Lori Ball...dad is the athletic director of Lubbock Public Schools and played college football at Kilgore JC and Tarleton State...has an older sister, Shelby, and older brother, Cody...planning on majoring in Business or Physical Education at UNM.