Reggie Ball
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||
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| Date of birth: | October 6, 1984 | ||
| Place of birth: | Stone Mountain, Georgia | ||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||
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| High school: | Stone Mountain (GA) Stephenson | ||
| College: | Georgia Tech | ||
| Undrafted: | 2007 | ||
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Reginald Lewis Ball (born October 6, 1984) is a former American football quarterback. He was originally signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Georgia Tech.
Ball played his high school football at Stephenson High School in Stone Mountain, Georgia. As a senior, he passed for over 2000 yards with 19 touchdowns and just two interceptions. He was named to the Super Southern 100 and Top 50 in Georgia by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Also, he was rated the number 133 player in Georgia by BorderWars.com and ranked among the nation's top 15 all-purpose quarterbacks by Rivals.com.
Reggie Ball was the first true freshman to start at quarterback for Georgia Tech since Stu Rogers in 1980. Ball's first start was in the Yellow Jackets' opening game against BYU in 2003. Since then, he missed just one game and amassed 8,128 passing yards, 57 touchdown passes and 9,579 total yards of offense in his career, but also threw 55 interceptions. Ball's passing yards total is third on Georgia Tech's career list, behind Joe Hamilton and Shawn Jones, and his touchdown pass and total offense totals are second behind Hamilton. Ball accumulated 11 rushing touchdowns and also rushed for 1,451 yards in his career, good for 18th on the Yellow Jacket leaderboard and second among Tech quarterbacks in history (Hamilton). He wore jersey number 1.
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