[2] In football, Ham played as a running back under head coaches Frank Huie and Chris Vold, and was a three-year letterwinner and two-year starter for the Hunters, logging 1,873 total yards and 24 touchdowns between his junior and senior seasons.
[citation needed] Ham attended Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota from 2011 to 2015, where he was a four-year letterwinner in both football and track & field.
[4] In track and field, Ham was a two-time All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) honoree in the shot put.
[citation needed] As a redshirt freshman, in 2012, Ham appeared in nine games, making three starts at fullback.
[12] During his freshman season, in 2012, Ham placed second with a season-best in the shot put (51 feet 3 inches (15.62 m)) at the Wayne State Dual on February 18.
[citation needed] As a sophomore, in 2013, Ham finished seventh in the weighted throw (54 feet 5+1⁄2 inches (16.599 m)) at the Bison Open on February 9.
[citation needed] As a junior, in 2014, Ham set the school record in the weight throw (59 feet 0+1⁄4 inch (17.990 m)) on February 21, 2015, at the USD Twilight.
Outdoors, he notched an eighth-place finish in the hammer throw (160 feet 2 inches (48.82 m)) at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays on May 2, 2015.
[citation needed] In 2016, Ham participated in the Minnesota Vikings rookie minicamp, competing on a trial basis.
On September 3, 2016, he was released by the Vikings as part of final roster cuts and was signed to the practice squad the next day.
[19] Ham replaced the departing Zach Line, who had signed with the New Orleans Saints as a free agent during the 2017 off-season, as the Vikings' fullback.
[31] On December 5, 2024, Ham was named the Vikings' nominee for the 2024-2025 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year award.
Ham is a physical education and health major at Augustana and plans on teaching and coaching football and track and field.
As a leader and member of Augustana's Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Ham spent time as a student engagement volunteer at Embrace Church.