Jake Balis

NIL on Opendores As a Freshman (2024): • Did not see game action The Balis File • Twice selected first-team all-conference • National High School Strength Coaches Association National Athlete of the Year • Played at Penn High School for coach Cory Yeoman • Graduated manga cum laude from Penn • Son of Matt and Lanette Balis • Has one brother, Richard • Father, Matt, served as the head football strength and conditioning coach at Notre Dame while Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea was defensive coordinator for the Fighting Irish • Father also worked as a strength and conditioning coach at Florida, Virginia, Mississippi State and UConn, training future NFL players including Dak Prescott, Quentin Nelson, Tim Tebow and Darius Slay • Favorite non-football activity is lifting weights