Joe Belden

Height:
6-2
Weight:
250
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Avon, Ind.
High School:
Avon

Belden graduated with a sport communication-broadcast degree in May 2019.

2016 (Freshman): Suffered a season-ending injury and did not see any game action in 2016.

2015: Redshirted the 2015 season.

Prep/Personal: Defensive lineman for head coach Mark Bless at Avon High School ... Indiana Football Coaches Association Top 50 and all-state selection as a senior ... Indiana Associated Press Class 6A All-State ... member of the 2014 Indianapolis Star Super Team ... collected 62 tackles, 11 for loss, five sacks, six quarterback hurries and three pass breakups ... made 45 stops, 28 solo, with four sacks, 12 tackles for loss and one interception as a junior ... three-time all-county and two-time all-conference selection ... rated the No. 16 prospect in Indiana by Rivals and the No. 63 weak-side defensive end nationally by 247Sports ... four-year football and one-year baseball letterwinner ... parents are Bobbie and Hubert Belden ... born on May 18, 1997.