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Ohio State Overview
• Jayden, one of fastest players on the team, is a talented receive and ready to contribute
• He is in his fourth season with the program and has two seasons of eligibility remaining
• Enters the 2024 season with nine career receptions for 159 yards and one touchdown with eight receptions for 155 yards coming during the 2022 season
• Has a long gain of 72 yards for a touchdown vs. Toledo in 2022
• Played in all 13 games in both 2022 and 2023
• Has played a total of 353 snaps the past two seasons, including 155 offensive snaps with 198 special teams snaps
• Played in three games as a true freshman in 2021 and made one reception, a four-yarder against Akron
• He is an OSU Scholar-Athlete and an Academic All-Big Ten honoree who is majoring in human development and family services
Honors & Awards
2022: OSU Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten Conference
2021: OSU Scholar-Athlete
More on Jayden
• He enrolled in classes in Jan. 2021 and went through spring drills
• A top-100 prospect who was rated as the nation’s No. 8 receiver and the No. 3 overall player in the state of Ohio
• Invited to play in the Army All-American Bowl
• Helped his team with 10 straight games during the 2020 season and advance to the Division II state championship game
• A member of the Ohio MaxPreps All-State team
• Caught 25 touchdown passes over his final two years for head coach Nate Moore at Massillon Washington
• 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
• Is the son of Christina March and Jamaal Ballard
2022-23 Football Roster
Ballard, Jayden
Jersey Number 9
Jayden Ballard
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 196
- Hometown:
- Massillon, Ohio
- Last School:
- Massillon Washington
- Year:
- Junior
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