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Daniel Ifft
# 4
Wide Receiver - WR
Height: 6-3  Weight: 175
Freshman
Hometown
   Dover, Ohio
High School
   Dover
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Courtesy: Ball State Athletics
Release: 07/10/2007

 

2007 (Fr.): Played in all 13 games as a true freshman . . . made first career start vs. Central Michigan . . . also started at Indiana and vs. Rutgers in the International Bowl . . . caught his first career touchdown pass at Indiana . . . caught a career-high three passes for a career-best 35 yards, including a career-long catch of 17 yards, at Indiana . . . had at least one catch in four games.

2008 (So.): Played in all 14 games to earn second letter . . . started vs. Northeastern, vs. Navy, at Western Kentucky and vs. Tulsa in the GMAC Bowl . . . tied his career high with three receptions at Toledo . . . tallied a career high 44 receiving yards at Toledo . . . managed a career long catch of 34 yards vs. Eastern Michigan . . . caught touchdown passes vs. Northeastern, vs. Northern Illinois and at Central Michigan . . . caught at least one pass in 11 games.

High School: Earned four letters in football for his father, Coach Dan Ifft . . . helped team to an 11-2 record as a senior and a 35-10 mark in his career . . . helped the Tornadoes to the state regional finals and Ohio’s Elite Eight as a senior . . . guided his team to East Central Ohio League Championships in 2003 and 2005 . . . tallied 114 receptions for 1,822 yards with 20 touchdowns as a senior . . . registered 83 tackles as a senior . . . managed 270 receptions for 4,276 yards and 48 TDs in his career . . . started at quarterback as a sophomore and completed 173-of-294 passes (.590) for 2,333 yards and 29 touchdowns . . . set school records for pass receptions in a season (114) and career (271) plus set school marks for TD catches in a season (21) and career (45) . . . the 114 receptions as a senior set an Ohio state record . . . managed 21 TD catches as a junior, which is the second best single-season mark in the state of Ohio . . . his 4,295 career yards also ranks second all-time in the state of Ohio . . . averaged 145.9 receiving yards per game as a junior . . . two-time All-Ohio selection and two-time Best Receiver by Ohio News Network/Ohio High Magazine . . . ECOL Receiver of the Year as a junior and senior . . . three-time all-region . . . two-time all-state . . . also earned four letters in basketball for Coach Bob Von Kaenel . . . ECOL Player of the Year and District Player of the Year in basketball as a junior . . . All-Ohio Third Team as a junior . . . set the school record for most steals in a year and most three-point field goals in a career.

Personal: Son of Dan Ifft and Jill Ifft . . . one sister and one brother . . . father competed on the track and field team at Kent State . . . owns a 3.09 cumulative grade-point average on Ball State’s 4.0 scale . . . born April 27, 1988, in Massillon, Ohio . . . full name is Daniel Michael Ifft.

IFFT, Daniel

RECEIVING grecyardstdlongrec/gavg/cavg/g
2007 13 9 83 1 17 0.7 9.2 6.4
2008 14 15 259 3 34 1.1 17.3 18.5
2009 11 17 232 2 37 1.5 13.6 21.1
TOTAL 38 41 574 6 37 1.1 14.0 15.1
 
SCORING gtdrushrcvretpat2patfgtotalavg/g
2007 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0.5
2008 14 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 18 1.3
2009 11 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 1.1
TOTAL 38 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 36 0.9
 
KICK RETURNS gno.yardstdlongavg/ravg/g
2007 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2008 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2009 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
TOTAL 38 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
 
ALL PURPOSE grushrcvprkrirtotalavg/g
2007 13 0 83 0 0 0 83 6.4
2008 14 0 259 0 0 0 259 18.5
2009 11 0 232 0 0 0 232 21.1
TOTAL 38 0 574 0 0 0 574 15.1
 
TACKLES guaatotaltflpdfffrblk
2007 13 2 4 6 0.0 0 0 0 0
2008 14 3 4 7 0.0 0 0 0 0
2009 11 1 4 5 0.0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 38 6 12 18 0.0 0 0 0 0

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