Ted Ginn Jr. with the Arizona Cardinals, 2014
With the Arizona Cardinals, 2014. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Ohio State, 2004–⁠06

Ted Ginn Jr.

Hometown
Cleveland, OH
Born
Apr 12, 1985, in Cleveland, Ohio

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Ted Ginn Jr. played receiver at Ohio State (2004–⁠06). The Miami Dolphins took Ginn in the first round, No. 9 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
803
Receiving yards, 2005 (Ohio State, 10–⁠2)
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in punt return average, 2004
Drafted
No. 9
Overall, 2007 NFL Draft (Miami Dolphins)

Career highs

10catches, career highvs. Bowling Green, 2006167receiving yards, career highvs. Notre Dame, 20052receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Cincinnati, 2006

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2005 and 2006

All-America: AP second team 2006; Walter Camp second team 2006; AP third team 2004; Pro Football Weekly 2004; Rivals.com 2004, 2005 and 2006; Sports Illustrated 2004

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonGamesReceivingRushingPunt returnsKick returns
GGSRecYdsAvgTDAttYdsAvgTDNo.YdsAvgTDNo.YdsAvgTD
20041252535914.42131138.721538425.6424020.00
200512125180315.7412836.912525010.011853229.61
200613135978113.293175.702426611.111844024.41
Career37301351,94315282133649006381,0122

From the college statistics table in Ginn’s Wikipedia article (Ted Ginn Jr., CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

Game by game

2006 Ohio State 12 games, 59 catches, 781 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 2vs.Northern IllinoisW 35–⁠12412322
Sep 9atTexasW 24–⁠759713
Sep 16vs.CincinnatiW 37–⁠753323
Sep 23vs.Penn StateW 28–⁠621503
Sep 30atIowaW 38–⁠1776904
Oct 7vs.Bowling GreenW 35–⁠71012211
Oct 14atMichigan StateW 38–⁠735801
Oct 21vs.IndianaW 44–⁠357214
Oct 28vs.MinnesotaW 44–⁠032201
Nov 4atIllinoisW 17–⁠1052603
Nov 11atNorthwesternW 54–⁠102401–
Nov 18vs.MichiganW 42–⁠39810413
2005 Ohio State 12 games, 51 catches, 803 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 3vs.Miami (OH)W 34–⁠1457512
Sep 10vs.TexasL 22–⁠252901
Sep 17vs.San Diego StateW 27–⁠633703
Sep 24vs.IowaW 31–⁠633102
Oct 8atPenn StateL 10–⁠1734002
Oct 15vs.Michigan StateW 35–⁠2447811
Oct 22atIndianaW 41–⁠1045905
Oct 29atMinnesotaW 45–⁠3135302
Nov 5vs.IllinoisW 40–⁠2413812
Nov 12vs.NorthwesternW 48–⁠732701
Nov 19atMichiganW 25–⁠2198902
Jan 2 ✦vs.Notre DameW 34–⁠20816712

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2007Combine or pro day 2007
Height5′11¼″
Weight178 lb
Arm length33⅛″
Hand size10″
40-yard dash4.38 sW
10-yard split1.47 sW

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

14 seasons, 191 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2007Miami Dolphins16600
2008Miami Dolphins16–00
2009Miami Dolphins16300
2010San Francisco 49ers13300
2011San Francisco 49ers14100
2012San Francisco 49ers13100
2013Carolina Panthers16100
2014Arizona Cardinals16100
2015Carolina Panthers15300
2016Carolina Panthers16300
2017New Orleans Saints15100
2018New Orleans Saints5100
2019New Orleans Saints15–00
2020Chicago Bears5–00
NFL career1912400

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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