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Kendrick Ballantyne signed with the Baltimore Ravens as a rookie free agent on 5/4/07.
College Career:
An all-around impact player at Northeastern, he is skilled as both a receiving and blocking TE...Finished his 2-year career with the Huskies having totaled 57 catches for 837 yards (14.7 avg.) and 8 TDs in 17 games...Starting in 11 contests, he was a team captain his senior season and earned All-New England honors by the New England Football Writers Association...Was an Atlantic 10 All-Conference 2nd-team selection, finishing the year with team highs in catches (39) and receiving yards (655)...He also tallied 7 TD catches on the season...Pulled in a 75-yard pass against Holy Cross that accounted for NU's longest reception since 1998...Registered 5 grabs for 71 yards and 2 TDs in the upset of New Hampshire...His 2nd TD catch came on a 4th-and-5 situation in OT that set up the victory...Also logged a career-high 114 yards on 4 catches at Hofstra...Hauled in 4 passes for 93 yards and 2 TDs in the season finale versus Rhode Island...Started 6 games as a junior in 2005 before going down with an elbow injury...Finished 3rd for Northeastern with 18 catches for 182 yards...Caught his 1st-career TD and hauled in 50 yards against Youngstown State...Did not play in 2004 due to NCAA regulations after transferring from Maine...Spent the 2002 and 2003 seasons at Maine...Played in 5 games in 2003 and redshirted his true freshman season...Majored in business management at Northeastern.
Personal:
In his prep career at Gorham (ME) HS, he played both QB and SS...Ballantyne earned All-Conference honors during his senior and junior campaigns...Also lettered in basketball and baseball, leading Gorham to a state baseball title in 2000 and the Western Maine crown in 2001. | 