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#85 Ace Cooper

Class  FRStatus  True freshmanHt / Wt  5'10" · 166 lbHometown  Cincinnati, OH · Middletown HS

Depth-chart placement

Current role

SLOT4

Placement

Depth

Room

Wide Receiver

Experience

FR (3)

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

WR room context

Ace Cooper holds the WR-X · Depth spot in Ball State Cardinals’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

WR-X · StarterElisha DurhamStarter

WR-Z · StarterDonovan HamiltonStarter

WR-SL · StarterJabari Smith Jr.Starter

WR-X · BackupCorey Thompson Jr.Backup

WR-Z · BackupIsaiah ThackerBackup

WR-SL · BackupCJ NelsonBackup

WR-X · DepthAce CooperDepth

Ball State2026 — present

Recruiting3-star · No. 2052 nationalOriginCincinnati, OH · Middletown HS