Defensive line, Iowa, 2007–10
Christian Ballard
Lettered 2007–10 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 46
- Height
- 6′5″
- Weight
- 297 lb
- Hometown
- Lawrence, KS
- Born
- Jan 3, 1989, in Newport News, Virginia
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Christian Ballard played defensive line at Iowa (2007–10). The Minnesota Vikings took Ballard in round 4, No. 106 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007N | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2.5 | – | – | – |
| 2008N | 13 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2009 | 13 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 9 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010N | 13 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – |
| On file | 60 | 93 | 153 | 21.5 | 12 | – | – | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2011 | Combine or pro day 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′3¾″ | |
| Weight | 283 lb | |
| Arm length | 33″ | |
| Hand size | 10⅛″ | |
| Wingspan | 79¾″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.76 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.67 s | |
| Vertical jump | 31½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′3″ | |
| Bench press | 16 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.54 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.51 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 19 games with a stat; latest team: Minnesota Vikings.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Minnesota Vikings | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Minnesota Vikings | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| NFL career | 19 | 28 | 1 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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