2024 Football Roster
Pickett, Cam
Jersey Number 7
Cam Pickett
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 194
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- Prev School:
- Brooks College Prep
- High School:
- Brooks College Prep
Bio
2024 (R-So.): Earned third team All-MAC honors after his breakout season following two years of injuries … his four TDs, 49 catches and 528 yards asserted himself as the second-leading receiving target for Ball State … scored rushing and receiving TDs in the same game twice against Western Michigan (Oct. 5) and Buffalo (Nov. 12) … caught a career-high eight catches against James Madison (Sept. 28) … posted Ball State’s best all-purpose mark of the season, totaling 276 against Ohio (Nov. 29) … Academic All-America nominee.
2023 (R-Fr.): Saw no action.
2022 (Fr.): Redshirt season, did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter and letterwinner at Brooks College Prep as a wide receiver and defensive back … played for head coach James Daniel … tabbed as a three-star prospect, the ninth-best wide receiver recruit in the state and the seventh-best player overall from Chicago by 247Sports … guided varsity team to 20 wins during prep career … was a two-time captain during junior and season seasons … named First Team All-Conference and First Team All-Chicago Public League three times … selected as team MVP three times … racked up over 4,000 career all-purpose yards … had 24 touchdowns during senior season, including four on special teams and three pick-6s … multi-year letterwinner in basketball and track.
PERSONAL: Son of James and Lori Pickett … has three older brothers … relative, Sam Young, played cornerback at Illinois State and in the NFL for the Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos and Green Bay Packers … relative, Alan Porter Jr., played cornerback at Valparaiso … plans to major in business.
2023 (R-Fr.): Saw no action.
2022 (Fr.): Redshirt season, did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter and letterwinner at Brooks College Prep as a wide receiver and defensive back … played for head coach James Daniel … tabbed as a three-star prospect, the ninth-best wide receiver recruit in the state and the seventh-best player overall from Chicago by 247Sports … guided varsity team to 20 wins during prep career … was a two-time captain during junior and season seasons … named First Team All-Conference and First Team All-Chicago Public League three times … selected as team MVP three times … racked up over 4,000 career all-purpose yards … had 24 touchdowns during senior season, including four on special teams and three pick-6s … multi-year letterwinner in basketball and track.
PERSONAL: Son of James and Lori Pickett … has three older brothers … relative, Sam Young, played cornerback at Illinois State and in the NFL for the Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos and Green Bay Packers … relative, Alan Porter Jr., played cornerback at Valparaiso … plans to major in business.
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