2010 Football Roster
Daniel Ifft
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Dover, Ohio
- High School:
- Dover
** 2010 Ball State's Mark Hays Inspiration Award Co-Recipient **
2010 (Sr.): Played in 12 games . . . played in every game in his career . . . earned fourth letter . . . started seven contests . . . tied his career high with four receptions at Purdue . . . tallied his first receiving touchdown of the season vs. Eastern Michigan on a 24-yard pass from Keith Wenning . . . it marked the seventh TD catch of his career . . . the 24-yard catch was a season long.
2009 (Jr.): Played in all 12 games to earn third letter . . . played in all 39 games in his first three seasons . . . started seven games . . . career high four catches for a career best 57 receiving yards vs. Toledo . . . career long reception of 37 yards vs. Toledo . . . managed multiple catches in seven games . . . caught touchdown passes at Temple and at Northern Illinois.
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 . . . season high three receptions at Toledo . . . season high 44 receiving yards at Toledo . . . managed a season 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.
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 season high three passes for a season best 35 yards, including a season long catch of 17 yards, at Indiana . . . had at least one catch in four 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 3.274 cumulative grade-point average on Ball State’s 4.0 scale . . . managed a 3.500 grade-point average last spring . . . born April 27, 1988, in Massillon, Ohio . . . full name is Daniel Michael Ifft.
IFFT, Daniel
RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/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
12
20
269
2
37
1.7
13.4
22.4
2010
11
17
149
1
24
1.5
8.8
13.5
TOTAL
50
61
760
7
37
1.2
12.5
15.2
SCORING g td rush rcv ret pat 2pat fg total avg/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
12
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
12
1.0
2010
11
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
0.5
TOTAL
50
7
0
7
0
0
0
0
42
0.8
KICK RETURNS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g
2007
13
1
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
2008
14
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
2009
12
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
2010
11
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
TOTAL
50
1
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
2007
13
0
83
0
0
0
83
6.4
2008
14
0
259
0
0
0
259
18.5
2009
12
0
269
0
0
0
269
22.4
2010
11
0
149
0
0
0
149
13.5
TOTAL
50
0
760
0
0
0
760
15.2
TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk
2007
13
2
4
6
0.0
0
0
0
0
2008
14
3
4
7
0.0
0
0
0
0
2009
12
1
4
5
0.0
0
0
0
0
2010
11
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
TOTAL
50
6
12
18
0.0
0
0
0
0
