Kamryn Babb | Ohio State

Highlights from 2022:

• Caught first career touchdown pass on Nov. 12, 2022, vs. IU (8yd TD reception) | HIGHLIGHT

Ohio State Overview

• Kam played five seasons with the Buckeyes and graduated with two degrees: a bachelor’s degree in communications and a master’s degree in kinesiology

• He ws a four-time OSU Scholar-Athlete and four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree

• Was voted a team captain twice by his teammates, in the fall of 2021 and also 2022

• Endured five knee surgeries throughout his career and, thus, his on-field career at Ohio State has been marked by a series of stops and starts

• Tore his ACL early in the summer before his first training camp, missing all of the 2018 season

• Missed the entirety of the 2019 season after another injury during spring practice

• He was healthy in 2020 and proved to be a key contributor on special teams, playing in seven of eight games for the Big Ten champions and CFP finalists

• Suffered another knee injury in the spring of 2021 and was lost for the rest of the year

• Returned to the field in 2022 and, in an incredibly emotional and heartwarming scene, caught his only career pass, from C.J. Stroud, against Indiana, an eight-yard touchdown reception in the only game he would play in 2022 and in his last as a collegian

• Selected as Ohio State’s third honoree for the Bill Willis Block O Jersey, which is Jersey No. 0 and is given to the player who exhibits the Willis traits of toughness, accountability and the highest of character

Honors & Awards

2022: Elected as a team captain for second consecutive year; Bill Willis Block O Award winner; Academic All-Big Ten; graduated with his master’s degree in kinesiology

2021: Elected by his peers as a team captain; spoke at President Kristina M. Johnson’s investiture, one of just three Ohio State students presented with the honor; graduated in December with his degree in communications; OSU Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten

2020: OSU Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten

2019: OSU Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten

2018: OSU Scholar-Athlete

More on Kam

• A Top 100 player nationally, the No. 73 overall player by 247Sports and the No. 84 player on the ESPN 300

• Consensus four-star prospect

• The nation’s No. 13-ranked wide receiver according to 247Sports

• A Prepstar Dream Team member (No. 56) ranked as the No. 6 wide receiver prospect

• Missed much of his senior year due to an injury but when healthy, caught 45 passes for 784 yards with nine touchdowns in just seven games for head coach Scott Pingel

• From his defensive back position, intercepted three passes and returned two for touchdowns

• Ran the third leg on CBC’s school record and state championship 400-meter relay

• Selected for the Army All-American Game in San Antonio

• Participated in Nike’s “The Opening”

• Parents are Alana Templeton, and Tyrone and Amanda Babb