5 Ohio State Buckeyes Who Will Impact Super Bowl 50

Ted Ginn Jr.

Ted Ginn Jr. is in his ninth NFL season, and the speed is still there. Look no further than the 22-yard reverse touchdown scamper in the NFC Championship game that he needed 60 yards of scrambling room before crossing the goal line.

“You shouldn’t be that fast, that old,” Jim Tressel told The MMQB. “He’s a blur. He’s had a heck of a year.”

Tressel’s right. Usually speed is the first thing to go, but Ginn is outrunning father time.

Super Bowl 50 marks the second trip to the big game for Ginn, who was on the losing side with San Francisco when the 49ers lost to the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII.

Ginn was the No. 9 overall pick in the 2007 draft, and while didn’t turn into a perennial All-Pro, the product of Cleveland Glenville High School has had a great career.

Like a fine wine, Ginn’s gotten better with age. The current campaign by far is the most productive Ginn’s ever had as an NFL receiver. His 739 receiving yards during the regular season is the most of amount of yards he’s gained since his second year in Miami, when he tallied 790. His 10 regular-season touchdown receptions with the Panthers in 2015 mark the only time Ginn totaled double-digit scoring catches in his career.

For a stellar as Ginn’s receiving yardage is, the former Buckeye has always been regarded as dangerous punt returner–and for the sixth straight season, Ginn’s averaged more than 10 yards (10.3) per return.

But the part of his game that has to worry the Broncos the most, is his “X-Factor” ability, because you never know when he might do this:

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