Cole Earlewine holds the SS · Depth spot in Ball State Cardinals’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Cole Earlewine is a safety for Ball State, standing 5'11" and weighing 207 pounds. The Fishers, Indiana native lettered three times at Hamilton Southeastern, recording 152 career tackles and five interceptions. As a senior, he tallied 65 tackles with a sack and forced fumble. Earlewine joined the Cardinals in 2023 and redshirted that season. He appeared in seven games in 2024, registering seven tackles on defense and special teams. In 2025, he saw action in 10 of 12 games across multiple special teams units. A returning member of the roster, Earlewine earned Academic All-MAC honors in 2025.