KALEN BALLAGE
Prospect Info
COLLEGE: Arizona State
HOMETOWN: Peyton, CO
CLASS: Senior
HEIGHT: 6' 2"
WEIGHT: 228 lbs
ARMS: 32 3/4”
HANDS: 9 1/2”
Overview
Ballage looks great on the hoof and should test well at the Combine, but his lack of decisiveness and vision make it hard to envision him as a full-time RB1. Ballage can do a little of this and a little of that, but a team will need to have a clear-cut plan for how to use him. Ballage's size and athletic ability will appeal to teams as will his ability to play on third downs and return kicks.
Strengths
"Mark this down. Nobody will be talking about him until he gets to the Combine where he will lift well, run well and jump out of the stadium. Then, he'll be the hot name." -- NFC team director of college scouting
Prospect Info
COLLEGE: Arizona State
HOMETOWN: Peyton, CO
CLASS: Senior
HEIGHT: 6' 2"
WEIGHT: 228 lbs
ARMS: 32 3/4”
HANDS: 9 1/2”
Overview
Ballage looks great on the hoof and should test well at the Combine, but his lack of decisiveness and vision make it hard to envision him as a full-time RB1. Ballage can do a little of this and a little of that, but a team will need to have a clear-cut plan for how to use him. Ballage's size and athletic ability will appeal to teams as will his ability to play on third downs and return kicks.
Strengths
- Excellent body composition and frame
- Possesses an athletic build with well-proportioned upper body and lower body that squats over 500 pounds
- Versatile player who has experience as an off-set runner, a pass catcher out of the backfield and a wildcat quarterback
- Has experience returning kicks
- Plays with adequate burst between tackles
- Lowers shoulder and accelerates feet into and through contact to fall forward
- Has secondary power to find a tough yard near end zone
- Clean hands as pass catcher
- Displays ability to adjust to poorly thrown balls
- Can line up in the slot
- Able to slip first tackle attempt after the catch in open field
- Needs to protect with better technique, but his size is effective in taking on blitzers
- Doesn't have the hips or feet to cut with sharpness after flowing hard to the edge
- Runs too upright to squeeze through tight rush lanes
- Plays with early indecisiveness
- Takes too many skip steps in his approach downhill allowing defense time to fight past blocks
- Field vision is severely lacking
- Allows open run lanes to go unused
- Feet can get confused when faced with unexpected traffic
- Athletic, but not elusive
- Not nearly as hard to tackle as expected
- Play regressed somewhat from 2016
"Mark this down. Nobody will be talking about him until he gets to the Combine where he will lift well, run well and jump out of the stadium. Then, he'll be the hot name." -- NFC team director of college scouting
