Justin Thomas holds the RUSH · Depth spot in Ball State Cardinals’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Justin Thomas is a defensive lineman for Ball State, standing 6'0" and weighing 242 pounds. A transfer from the University of Indianapolis, where he recorded 19.5 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks over two seasons (2022–23), Thomas joined the Cardinals' rotation and appeared in all 12 games during the 2025 season, accumulating seven total tackles and one tackle for loss at Auburn on September 6. Originally from Flossmoor, Illinois, he was a two-time all-conference selection at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, where he recorded 40 tackles, 12 TFLs, and eight sacks in nine games as a senior, earning 2021 SWSC Defensive Player of the Year honors.