Kyle Ball makes sudden impact for K-State defense

MANHATTAN — It took just three seconds for freshman defensive end Kyle Ball to make an impact on Kansas State's football team. There were six minutes, 41 seconds on the clock in the first quarter last Saturday when the ball was snapped on Ball’s first career play, and there was 6:38 showing when Texas quarterback Shane Buechele was on the ground.

Ball stuck two hands in the turf at the K-State 30-yard line and waited for the snap of the ball.

“You couldn’t hear anything,” Ball recalled Tuesday. "I couldn’t even hear the snap count so I was just waiting for that ball to snap."

The ball was snapped to Buechele in the shotgun and Ball immediately shot out of his stance like a cannon. Texas right…