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Christian Ballard (born January 3, 1989) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Iowa. ==High school career== At Lawrence Free State High School Ballard competed in football, basketball as well as track. In football, Ballard was a 2006 Preseason Prep Star All-American, he earned first team All-State and All-Conference awards as a senior after being honorable mention all-conference as a junior and sophomore. Prior to his senior season was listed amongst the Rivals.com Top 100 and ranked the #4 Tight End prospect in the nation by Sports Illustrated. For his high school career Ballard caught 50 passes for 558 yards and six touchdowns, including 23 receptions for 287 yards and five touchdowns as a senior. He teamed with fellow All-State/All-Conference players Ryan Murphy, Mikel Ruder, Brian Murphy, and Kyle Weinmaster to lead their team to an 11-1 record and an undefeated conference mark as seniors, the teams lone loss was to the Shawnee Mission West Vikings during the state championship playoffs. Ballard also earned two letters in basketball and four letters in track and field where he earned some notoriety for, despite being 6'4" and 270 pounds he was a member of the school record holding 4x100 realay team that qualified for the state championship meet. Over the course of his track career Ballad had personal bests of 6.80 in the 55m dash (indoor), 22.97 in the 200 meter dash, and ran 2nd leg on a 4x100 team that ran a state best 41.89. Ballard received scholarship offers from schools such as University of Oklahoma, Florida State University, University of Georgia, UCLA, the University of Kansas and Kansas State University. As a junior he made a verbal commitment to then University of Kansas football Coach Mark Mangino, but continued to receive interest from other schools. After receiving notice via the internet that Ballard took a recruiting trip to the University of Georgia it is rumored that Coach Mangino rescinded the Jayhawks scholarship offer. Soon after Ballard switched his verbal commitment to the University of Iowa. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christian Ballard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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