Jaden Ball holds the LG · Backup spot in Minnesota Golden Gophers’s offensive line room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jaden Ball is a 6'5", 300-pound left guard from Carroll, Ohio, who attended Bloom-Carroll High School where he earned two-time First Team All-Ohio honors and accumulated 325 pancake blocks. A three-star recruit, Ball spent the 2024 season at Purdue, redshirting while appearing in two games. He enrolled at Minnesota in June 2025 and played in two contests during his freshman season with the Golden Gophers, making his debut against Northwestern State in a game where the offense totaled 484 yards. Ball also saw action against New Mexico.

Purduethrough 2024

Minnesota2025 — present