2022 Football Roster
Roster
Jaelen Gill
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 183
- Hometown:
- Westerville, Ohio
- High School:
- Westerville South
- Prev School:
- Ohio State
2021 (Redshirt Junior): Started five games and played in nine overall … caught 24 passes for 269 yards and a touchdown … two receptions against Missouri (9/25) for 28 yards … picked up two receptions for 36 yards at Clemson (10/2) ... season-high five receptions and 71 yards vs. NC State (10/16) ... four catches at Louisville (10/23) and a touchdown … caught four passes at Syracuse (10/30) ... tallied 48 yards on two receptions vs. Virginia Tech (11/5) ... posted three receptions for 57 yards at Georgia Tech (11/13) ... two receptions for 12 yards vs. Florida State (11/20).
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 11 games and made seven starts at wide receiver … fourth on the team with 29 receptions for 435 yards and one touchdown … averaged 15.0 yards per reception, third on the team … career-high six receptions for 104 yards and a touchdown at Virginia Tech (10/17) … five receptions for a career-best 105 yards vs. No. 2 Notre Dame (11/14).
2019 (Redshirt Freshman at Ohio State): Played in six games as a redshirt freshman, including a season-high 14 snaps against Indiana … scored first collegiate touchdown on a 32-yard reception at Rutgers … finished the season with six receptions for 51 yards … had at least one reception in each of Ohio State’ first three games of the season … OSU Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-BIG Ten selection.
2018 (Freshman): Redshirted as a true freshman, but did see game action against Rutgers and Tulane.
High School: Consensus Top 50 prospect … had a four-star rating and was considered one of the best all-around athletes nationally in his 2018 recruiting cycle … ranked No. 30 by both 247Sports and on the ESPN 300 and No. 41 by Rivals … one of the nation’s top all-purpose backs with a No. 2 ranking by Rivals and from 247Sports … No. 2 player in the state of Ohio … Army All-American Bowl honoree … Prepstar Dream Team member (No. 29 overall) … missed nearly his entire junior season with an injury but returned to post 138 yards rushing and four TDs in the 2017 season-opener for Westerville South and head coach Matthew Christ … rushed for 1,553 yards and 19 TDs as a sophomore … First Team All-Offense at “The Opening” … elite baseball player who also was a member of the school-record setting 4x100 meter relay team.
Personal: Son of Shelly and Rod Gill … a communications major enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences ... recipient of the P&D Family Flynn Fund Scholarship.
