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4 Jayden Ballard

4 Jayden Ballard

  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Position:
    WR
  • Hometown:
    Massillon, Ohio
  • High School:
    Massillon Washington
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Major:
    Human Development & Family Studies
  • Instagram:
    jbbb.9
  • Twitter:
    J_Ball21

Summary

Biography

Honors and Awards
2022: 
OSU Scholar Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten
2021: OSU Scholar Athlete

2025 Outlook: Joins the Badgers as a transfer from Ohio State … Played in 35 games across his four seasons as a Buckeye … ranked as a top-100 prospect and the No. 3 overall player in Ohio as part of the 2021 recruiting class

2024 (Redshirt Junior at Ohio State) Played in seven games, saw action at WR in six … caught two passes for 18 yards … returned a pair of kicks and one punt

2023 (Redshirt sophomore at Ohio State) Played in 12 games, saw action at WR in seven … returned nine punts for 49 yards … featured on OSU’s punt and kick coverage teams … made one tackle

2022 (Redshirt freshman at Ohio State) Played in 12 games, saw time at WR in seven games … made eight catches for 155 yards and a TD … grabbed a 72-yard TD versus Toledo, the longest catch and first TD of his career (Sept. 17) … made a 24-yard grab versus Indiana (Nov. 12) … returned one punt for 14 yards

2021 (Freshman at Ohio State) Played in four games … made first career catch versus Akron for a four-yard gain (Sept. 25) 

High School

  • Ranked as a top-100 prospect and the No. 3 overall player in Ohio as part of the 2021 recruiting class
  • Played in the Army All-American Bowl
  • Caught 25 touchdown passes over his final two years for head coach Nate Moore at Massillon Washington
  • Helped his team with 10 straight games during the 2020 season and advance to the Division II state championship game
  • Hauled in seven passes for 150 yards and three touchdowns in a regional final win over Perry
  • Finished his senior year with 36 catches for 573 yards and seven touchdowns
  • As a junior, caught 68 passes for 1,202 yards and 18 touchdowns while averaging 80.1 yards per game
  • Had career totals of 141 receptions, 2,636 yards and 37 touchdowns
  • Became Massillon’s all-time leader in career receiving yards and touchdown receptions in 2020
  • Led the Tigers to three consecutive Division II state title games
  • Parents are Christina March and Jamaal Ballard
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