Alan Ball

Alan Sheffield Ball

Position: DB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 176 lbs.

Born: March 29, 1985 in Detroit, MI
College: Illinois   (school history)    (Ball college stats)
Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 7th round (237th overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 10 (6894th overall since 1950)

Other SR Links: College Football at Sports-Reference.com

• 3/18 FootballPerspective.com: How can teams best take advantage of the rookie salary cap?: [Special thanks goes out to my Footballguys.com co-writer Maurile Tremblay for his help in co-authoring this piece with me. Any...

• 1/11 Musket Fire: New England Patriots Rundown: J.J. Watt and Tim Tebow: On Musket Fire, I will be doing a new feature that might be a daily thing where I take a look at a few links of note from around...
• 1/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Texans | Alan Ball misses practiceHouston Texans DB Alan Ball (foot) did not practice Wednesday, Jan. 9....[+] Houston Texans DB Alan Ball (foot) did not practice Wednesday, Jan. 9.
• 1/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Texans | Alan Ball misses practiceHouston Texans FS Alan Ball (foot) did not participate in practice Wednesday, Jan. 9....[+] Houston Texans FS Alan Ball (foot) did not participate in practice Wednesday, Jan. 9.
• 1/2 Stripe Hype: Bengals @ Texans Injury Reort: Ellis Returns: Bengals Injury Report Name Position Injury Wed. Thu. Fri. Game Status Allen, Jason CB Hamstring LP - - - Crocker, Chris S Thigh...
• 1/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Texans | Two injured players practice : Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak said LB Brooks Reed (groin) and CB Alan Ball (foot) participated in practice Wednesday,...[+] Jan. 2, and both have have a chance to play in the team's Wild Card playoff game.
• 1/2 Stripe Hype: Texans Getting Healthy in Time for Postseason:     The Houston Texans hope to get linebacker Brooks Reed back this week after he didn’t play against the Indianapolis...

• 12/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Texans | Alan Ball outHouston Texans CB Alan Ball (foot) did not practice Friday, Dec. 28, and is out for Week 17....[+] Houston Texans CB Alan Ball (foot) did not practice Friday, Dec. 28, and is out for Week 17.
• 12/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Texans | Week 16 Inactives: The Houston Texans have declared FS Alan Ball, OT Andrew Gardner, OG Antoine Caldwell, OG Cody White, SS Quintin Demps, CB Stanford...[+] Routt, DL Terrell McClain inactive for Week 16.
• 12/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Texans | Alan Ball ruled outHouston Texans DB Alan Ball (foot) did not practice Friday, Dec. 21, and is out for Week 16....[+] Houston Texans DB Alan Ball (foot) did not practice Friday, Dec. 21, and is out for Week 16.
• 12/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Texans | Alan Ball misses practiceHouston Texans FS Alan Ball (foot) did not practice Thursday, Dec. 20....[+] Houston Texans FS Alan Ball (foot) did not practice Thursday, Dec. 20.
• 12/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Texans | Week 14 Inactives: The Houston Texans have declared FS Alan Ball, OG Antoine Caldwell, LB Brooks Reed, OG Cody White, OL Derek Newton, TE Garrett...[+] Graham, DL Terrell McClain inactive for Week 14.
• 12/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Texans | Alan Ball has chance to play: Houston Texans FS Alan Ball (foot) did not practice Saturday, Dec. 8, for a third consecutive day, but he is still listed as questionable...[+] for the Week 14 game against the New England Patriots Monday, Dec. 10. 'He's got a chance. He worked a little bit with us today. He worked a little bit on Thursday and got a little sore, we pulled him off. Worked a little bit today with trainers,' head coach Gary Kubiak said. 'Alan can play without practicing.'
• 12/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Texans | Three players sit out practice : Houston Texans OT Derek Newton (knee), LB Brooks Reed (groin) and CB Alan Ball (foot) did not participate in practice Friday,...[+] Dec. 7.
• 12/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Texans | Two sit out practice Houston Texans LB Brooks Reed (groin) and CB Alan Ball (foot) did not participate in practice Thursday, Dec. 6....[+] Houston Texans LB Brooks Reed (groin) and CB Alan Ball (foot) did not participate in practice Thursday, Dec. 6.
• 12/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Texans | Week 13 Inactives: The Houston Texans have declared FS Alan Ball, OG Antoine Caldwell, LB Bradie James, LB Brooks Reed, OL Derek Newton, WR DeVier...[+] Posey, CB Johnathan Joseph inactive for Week 13.

• 11/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Texans | Alan Ball questionableHouston Texans DB Alan Ball (foot) did not practice Friday, Nov. 30, and is questionable for Week 13....[+] Houston Texans DB Alan Ball (foot) did not practice Friday, Nov. 30, and is questionable for Week 13.

• 6/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Texans | Alan Ball will be used at CB: The Houston Texans will use CB Alan Ball at cornerback this season even though he saw time at safety last season when he was with...[+] the Dallas Cowboys.
• 6/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Texans | Reach agreement with Alan BallThe Houston Texans agreed to terms with free-agent CB Alan Ball (Cowboys) on a contract agreement Saturday, June 2....[+] The Houston Texans agreed to terms with free-agent CB Alan Ball (Cowboys) on a contract agreement Saturday, June 2.

• 3/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Vikings | Showing interest in Alan Ball: The Minnesota Vikings have had preliminary talks with free-agent CB Alan Ball (Cowboys) for no visit has been scheduled at this...[+] point.

• 4/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cowboys | Alan Ball could be moved to CBDallas Cowboys vice president Stephen Jones said there is a possibility that FS Alan Ball could be moved back to cornerback....[+] Dallas Cowboys vice president Stephen Jones said there is a possibility that FS Alan Ball could be moved back to cornerback.

• 3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cowboys | Alan Ball receives original-round tender: The Dallas Cowboys have placed an original-round tender on impending free-agent FS Alan Ball, according to Rob Phillips, of DallasCowboys.com....[+] The Cowboys would receive a seventh-round draft choice if he left for another team.

• 2/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cowboys | Alan Ball not expected to re-sign: The Dallas Cowboys are not expected to re-sign impending free-agent FS Alan Ball this offseason unless he is willing to accept...[+] a backup role, reports Adam Caplan, of FOXSports.com.

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