David Ball (wide receiver)
| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | June 6, 1984 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Berlin, Vermont | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 201 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | New Hampshire | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2007 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 1 |
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| Receiving yards: | 20 |
| Receiving TDs: | 0 |
| Tackles: | 1 |
David Ball (born June 6, 1984) is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football for the New Hampshire Wildcats, and held the I-AA record for touchdown receptions until 2016 (broken by Cooper Kupp).
Ball was also a member of the New York Jets, Montreal Alouettes, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and Philadelphia Eagles.
Ball attended Spaulding High School in Barre, VT and played football there. Ball attended Worcester Academy for a year and was a post-graduate student and a letterman in football, basketball, and track. He was named the school's Athlete of the Year. Also won the NEPSAC Class A title in basketball for Worcester Academy. Played with Colt Brennan at Worcester. He set the record for the NEPSAC Class B Тrack and Field Championship in the High Jump, with a jump of 6 feet 9 inches.
Ball broke the Division I-AA record for touchdown receptions, previously set by Jerry Rice at Mississippi Valley State University, on October 14, 2006 versus the University of Richmond, and went on to score seven more touchdowns for a new record of 58 touchdowns. He also approached two other I-AA receiving records set by Rice, and has been nicknamed "White Rice." (Several of Ball's records have since been broken by Cooper Kupp at Eastern Washington):
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