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How Ball State starting lineman handled two torn ACLs in three games to end career

Mike Neu discusses the team's mindset after a good showing against Notre Dame and what stands out about IU. Ryan O'Gara, The Star Press

He just wanted his senior season. But now he has two torn ACLs in his last three games.

MUNCIE, Ind. — Less than a week before the first game of his senior season, Alex Joss was medically cleared to join his Ball State football teammates. It had been a long road to recovery since the offensive lineman tore his ACL in the 2017 season opener at Illinois. He rehabbed in the winter and spring before experiencing swelling in his knee during the summer that set him back.