Justyn Ross

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Justyn Ross
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Ross at Clemson
No. 8 – Kansas City Chiefs
Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1999-12-15) December 15, 1999 (age 24)
Phenix City, Alabama, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school: Central
(Phenix City, Alabama)
College: Clemson (2018–2021)
Undrafted: 2022
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2023
Receptions:6
Receiving yards:53
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Justyn Ross (born December 15, 1999) is an American football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson.

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Early years

Ross attended Central High School in Phenix City, Alabama. [1] [2] As a senior, he had 37 receptions for 730 yards and 13 touchdowns. Ross was a four-star recruit ranked as the number 45 national recruit and the number 7 wide receiver in the nation receiving offers from several Division I colleges such as Alabama, Clemson, Auburn, and Duke. [3] He committed to Clemson University to play college football. [4] [5]

College career

As a freshman at Clemson in 2018, Ross had 46 receptions for 1,000 yards and nine touchdowns. [6] In the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship against Alabama he had six receptions for 153 yards and a touchdown. [7] [8] As a sophomore in 2019, Ross finished with 865 receiving yards on 66 receptions with eight touchdowns. [9] Ross missed the entire 2020 season due to a congenital fusion condition of his neck and spine that required surgery. He was granted a medical redshirt after his surgery. [10] As a redshirt junior in 2021, Ross finished with a team high of 524 receiving yards on 47 receptions and three touchdowns in ten games. [11] Ross finished his career at Clemson ranking 5th all-time in career receiving touchdowns with 20. On January 6, 2022, Ross announced that he would forgo his senior year, and enter the NFL Draft. [12]

Statistics

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTD
2018 Clemson 461,00021.79
2019 Clemson 6686513.18
2020 Clemson Did not play
2021 Clemson 4752411.13
Career 1592,38915.020

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 3+5⁄8 in
(1.92 m)		205 lb
(93 kg)		32+1⁄8 in
(0.82 m)		9+5⁄8 in
(0.24 m)		4.64 s1.76 s2.72 s31.5 in
(0.80 m)		9 ft 8 in
(2.95 m)		11 reps
Sources: [13] [14]

Ross was not selected during the 2022 NFL Draft. [15] He signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent on May 7, 2022. [16] On July 25, 2022, Ross was placed on injured reserve due to an offseason foot surgery that caused him to miss the entire season. [17] Ross earned his first Super Bowl championship when the Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII. [18] Ross was placed in the Commissioner's Exempt List on October 27, 2023, due to his arrest earlier in the week. [19] Ross was later suspended from Week 8 until Week 14. [20] Ross won a second Super Bowl title when the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII. [21]

On October 23, 2023, Ross was arrested in Shawnee, Kansas for domestic battery and criminal property damage of less than $1,000. [22] He pleaded not guilty to both charges and was released on a $2,500 bond the next day. [22]

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References

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