CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced today that Ball State football player Riley Neal was selected as the league’s Male Scholar Athlete of the Week for Sept. 19-26.
Neal, a sophomore quarterback from Yorktown, Indiana, scored the game-winning touchdown with 1:47 remaining to lift Ball State to a 31-27 victory at Florida Atlantic on Sept. 24. Neal, who threw an interception on Ball State’s first possession of the contest, bounced back to account for all four Cardinals touchdowns. He finished 23-of-37 passing for 252 yards and two scores through the air. On the ground, Neal tallied team-highs in carries (14) and rushing yards (74) to go along with two more touchdowns.