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Ohio State Overview
• Elected to return to Ohio State for his senior season and to complete his degree in human development and family sciences
• A member of the 2021 Mackey Award Watch List as the nation’s top tight end
• Ohio State’s nominee for the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame’s William V. Campbell Trophy
• Played in 46 games for Ohio State between 2018-21 and started 15 times
• Played on three consecutive Big Ten Conference championship teams (2018-19-20) and on two Ohio State teams that qualified for the College Football Playoffs (2019 and 2020)
• Doubled his career totals as a senior when he caught 26 passes for 309 yards and three touchdowns and earned honorable mention all-Big Ten Conference honors
• Finished his career with 54 receptions for 615 yards and 12 touchdowns
• His 12 touchdowns rank second all-time among Ohio State tight ends, trailing only Jake Stoneburner’s 13 TDs between 2009-12
• His 54 receptions rank 11th among tight ends in Ohio State history
• Hauled in two touchdown catches in a win over Penn State (10/31) in 2020 and versus Clemson (1/2) in the 2020 College Football Playoff Semifinal
• His showing in that Sugar Bowl game included 55 yards receiving, a season high
• Played in all 14 games as a true sophomore in 2019 and made 14 catches for 142 yards and four touchdowns.
• Made a spectacular one-handed 16-yard touchdown grab on the Buckeyes’ first possession of the second half in the 2019 Big Ten Championship Game vs. Wisconsin, igniting a 34-21 come-from-behind victory
Honors & Awards
2021: NFF/College Football Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete nominee; graduated in August with his degree in human development and family sciences; NFF Hampshire Honor Society; honorable mention All-Big Ten Conference; Academic All-Big Ten
2020: OSU Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten
2019: OSU Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten
2018: OSU Scholar-Athlete
More on Jeremy
• Was considered the nation’s No. 2 tight end according to both Rivals and 247Sports
• All-USA Today first-team offense selection
• Highly ranked overall with No. 31 ranking on the ESPN 300 and No. 37 overall in 247’s composite rankings
• A four-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals
• Led Lindenhurst to the school’s first-ever Long Island Class I title as a senior
• Selected as New York’s Gatorade State Player of the Year
• Played in the U.S. Army All-American Game
• Three-time Newsday All-Long Island first team selection
• Caught 61 passes for 1,094 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior and added 61 tackles with 13 sacks and two INTs from his defensive end/linebacker position
• Career totals of 222 receptions for 3,133 yards and 37 TDs for head coach Nicholas Lombardo
• Participated in The Opening in Beaverton, Ore.
• Parents are Jamie and Bill Ruckert.
RUCKERT’S CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS
Year GP/GS Rec Yds TD Y/C LG
2018 12/0 1 13 0 13.0 13
2019 14/3 14 142 4 10.1 25
2020 8/2 13 151 5 11.6 36
2021 12/10 26 309 3 11.9 30
Tot 46/15 54 615 12 11.4 36