Ball attended Saint Martin de Porres High School in Detroit, Michigan.
[1] As a senior, he helped his team win the 2001 state championship in football, by making 15 interceptions 6 in the postseason).
Also a standout track & field athlete, he received All-State honors after winning back-to-back 110-meter hurdles state titles as a junior and senior.
As a redshirt freshman, he appeared in 7 games with 5 starts, making 44 tackles, 4 passes defensed and one forced fumble.
His best season came as a senior, when he received honorable-mention All-Big Ten honors, after recording 62 tackles (3 for loss), one interception, and 13 passes defensed (fifth in school history).
He finished his college career with 199 tackles (8 for loss), 2 interceptions, 23 passes defensed (tied for eighth in school history), and one forced fumble.
[3] He was waived on September 2 and spent the first 14 games of the season on the practice squad, before being promoted to the active roster on December 11.
In 2010, with the changes that the NFL was experiencing in the passing game, head coach Wade Phillips thought he could develop into an effective free safety and switched him from his previous cornerback position.
In 2014, he started the first seven games, before sustaining a biceps injury against the Cleveland Browns and being placed on the injured reserve list on October 28.
He struggled with a foot injury in training camp, but still was able to begin the regular season as a starter, losing his job to Tracy Porter in the fourth game, who went on to start the rest of the year.
After losing the first immunity challenge, Levu went to Tribal Council, where Ball caused trouble with fellow players JP Hilsabeck and Ashley Nolan, whom he saw as a power couple.