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Ohio State Football: Hot start to summer recruiting

Four-star Wide Receiver Jayden Ballard from Massillon joined the 2021 Ohio State recruiting class today. Ballard’s skill-set includes a quick-thinking ability to adjust to how the football moves in the air.

His 4.60 in the 40-yard dash leaves a little to be desired, but two more years in high school and that time could move up two-tenths of a second by the start of the 2021 season.

A 247 Sports scouting report written by Allen Trieu last fall mentioned his ability to adjust and to “get off the ground quickly” and to “get down the field…top off the defense.