Former Buckeye visits West Elementary to promote Lt. Gov’s fitness challenge
NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER ) (Oct. 24, 2025) – Lt. Governor Jim Tressel has been sending one of the top offensive weapons from his time at Ohio State out into schools to promote his fitness challenge program.
Former Buckeyes and NFL receiver Ted Ginn Jr. was at New Philadelphia’s West Elementary Thursday to speak to the kids, lead them in exercises, and sign autographs.
The Team Tressel Fitness Challenge is meant to help students build healthy habits in physical activity, sleep, and nutrition by setting personalized goals. Ginn says his job is to inspire the kids to keep up with it – and he has been impressed.
New Philadelphia teachers also gifted him with a Quakers football T-shirt Thursday to show off ahead of tonight’s rivalry game against Dover.
Ginn was an All-American for his father at Glenville High School in Cleveland and at Ohio State, where he played from 2004 through 2006. He was the 9th overall pick by the Miami Dolphins in the 2007 NFL Draft.
