Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 SUMMER BREAKDOWN FLASH FACTS STARTERS RETURNING (18) STARTERS LOST (11) School Information Minimum six starts Offense (4) Name Kent State University OL 55 Reno Reda 6-6 294 Sr Location Kent, Ohio 44242 Offense (9) OL 71 Wayne Scott 6-3 300 Sr Founded 1910 QB 4 Nick Holley 5-10 198 5-Sr. WR 25 Ernest Calhoun 5-5 158 5-Sr Enrollment 42,000 (all campuses) RB 11 Justin Rankin 5-9 206 So. Alumni Worldwide 235,000 TE 13 Brice Fackler 6-3 244 Sr. Nickname Golden Flashes WR 24 Raekwon James 5-9 187 Jr. Mascot “Flash” the Golden Eagle OL 70 Stefano Millin 6-5 280 Jr. Defense (6) Colors Navy Blue and Gold OL 52 Nathan Puthoff 6-4 296 Sr. DT 50 Chris Fairchild 6-2 316 Sr. Affiliation NCAA Division I OL 59 Connor Shinsky 6-5 295 Jr. DE 51 Terence Waugh 6-1 262 Sr. President Dr. Beverly Warren TE 82 Ryan Malone 6-1 242 Sr. S 18 Nate Holley 5-11 200 Sr. Alma Mater UNC-Greensboro DB 12 Najee Murray 5-9 180 Sr. Director of Athletics Joel Nielsen Returning 2015 Starters LB 37 Nick Cuthbert 6-1 226 Sr. Alma Mater Minnesota State Mankato ’85 WR 3 Kris White 6-1 210 Sr. Deputy AD Casey Cegles S 27 Kevin Bourne 5-10 195 Jr. Football SID Aaron Chimenti WR 80 Johnny Woods 6-3 205 So. Conference Mid-American (East Division) Specialists (1) Home venue Dix Stadium (1969) Defense (7) LS 95 Kain Anzovino 6-0 230 5-Sr. Surface/Capacity FieldTurf/25,319 DT 90 Jon Cunningham 6-0 295 Sr. DE 58 Theo Eboigbe 6-1 252 Jr. Coaching Staff LB 5 James Alexander 5-11 245 Sr. Head Coach Paul Haynes CB 23 Jerrell Foster 6-0 182 Sr. Alma Mater Kent State ‘93 CB 19 Jamal Parker 5-8 170 So. Record at Kent State (Years) 12-35 (Fifth Season) Overall record Same S 1 Juantez McRae 5-10 196 Jr. Assistant Coaches Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Don Treadwell Returning 2015 Starters Defensive Coordinator/ Linebackers Ben Needham CB 21 Demetrius Monday 5-10 197 Sr. Offensive Line Rob Zeitman Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator Mark Spencer Specialists (2) Safeties Jeff Burrow K 87 Shane Hynes 5-10 166 Jr. Wide Receivers Doc Gamble P 96 Derek Adams 6-0 177 So. Tight Ends/Special Teams TBA Cornerbacks Joe Tresey Defensive Line Colin Ferrell Director of Football Operations Dayne Brown Strength & Conditioning Coach Ross Bowsher Graduate Assistant Jaren Maybin Graduate Assistant Bryan Bing RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS Graduate Assistant Dominic Clegg Team Information Rushing Att. Yards Avg. TD First year of football 1920 Nick Holley 195 920 4.7 10 All-time record 338-544-28/93 years Justin Rankin 108 511 4.7 3 Bowl record 0-3 Will Matthews 31 141 4.5 0 Last bowl 2012 GoDaddy.com Result L, 17-13 vs. Arkansas State Receiving Rec. Yards Avg. TD 2016 overall record 3-9 Justin Rankin 28 335 12.0 1 2016 MAC record/finish 2-6, 5th East Raekwon James 25 225 9.0 0 Starters returning/lost 18/11 Offense 9/4 Nick Holley 13 135 10.4 2 Defense 7/6 Kavious Price 12 86 7.2 0 Specialists 2/1 Letterwinners returning/lost 53/20 Passing Comp. Att. Yards TD INT Pct. Offense 24/9 Nick Holley 72 146 868 4 3 49.3 Defense 25/10 Mylik Mitchell 39 69 363 5 1 56.5 Specialists 4/1 Basic Offense Multiple Basic Defense 4-2 Defense Solo Asst. Total TFL-Yds. Sacks-Yds. INT FR-FF Juantez McRae 33 26 59 1.0-13 0.0 1 0-2 Jerrell Foster 30 9 39 0 0 3 0-1 Jim Jones 20 17 37 2.0-10 1.0-8 0 0-1 Jon Cunningham 14 20 34 4.5 1.0 0 0-1 James Alexander 19 14 33 5.0-20 1.0-10 0 1-1 Jamal Parker 21 7 28 1.0-9 1.0-9 3 0-0
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No. Name Cl./Elig. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous School 49 Kalil Morris** Sr./Jr. DT 6-2 327 Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Hartley 1 Juantez McRae** Jr./Jr. S 5-10 195 Reistertown, Md./Franklin 52 Nathan Puthoff*** Sr./Sr. OL 6-4 313 Columbus, Ohio/St. Charles 2 George Bollas** Sr./Jr. QB 6-3 219 Aurora, Ohio/Aurora 52 Anthony McKay Sr./Jr. DL 6-1 289 Salinas, Calif./Everett Alvarez/Monterey 2 Erik Simpson** Sr./Jr. S 5-11 193 Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville 53 Alex Hoag* Jr./So. DE 6-3 250 Venice, Fla./Venice 3 Devante Lee 5th/Sr. DL 6-6 294 Chicago, Ill./Simeon/Southern Illinois 55 Jordan Robinson Jr./Jr. DE 6-2 257 Jefferson City, Mo./Fort Scott CC 3 Kris White** 5th/Sr. WR 6-1 216 Clermont, Fla./South Lake 56 Jontey Byrd*** 5th/Sr. DT 5-10 289 Daytona Beach, Fla./Mainland 4 Nick Holley*** 5th/Sr. QB 5-10 200 Toledo, Ohio/Whitmer 57 Shane Hynes** Sr./Jr. K 5-10 166 Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston 5 James Alexander*** Sr./Sr. LB 5-11 231 Miami, Fla./Miami Jackson 58 Theo Eboigbe** Jr./Jr. DE 6-1 261 Lithonia, Ga./Arabia Mountain 5 Trey Harrell* So./So. WR 6-0 185 Metaire, La./Metairie Park Country Day 59 Connor Shinsky** Sr./Jr. OL 6-5 302 Butler, Pa./Knoch 5 Jake McVay Sr./Jr. S/CB 5-11 197 Aurora, Ohio/Aurora 60 Dan Perry So./Fr. OL 6-2 270 Lapeer, Ohio/Lapeer East 6 Keon Singleton So./Fr. RB 6-0 221 Washington D.C./Archbishop Carroll 61 Joey Palumbo* So./So. LS 6-0 210 Hudson, Ohio/Hudson 6 Carlos Pickett* Jr./So. S 5-11 187 Brunswick, Ga/Brunswick 62 Davonte James Sr./Jr. OL 6-3 255 Springfield, Ohio/West Virginia 7 Jamal Parker* So./So. CB 5-8 183 Pennsauken, N.J./Camden Catholic 64 Bryce Gibbs Jr./So. OL 6-3 304 Wellington, Ohio/Wellington 7 Pyrce Taylor Fr./Fr. QB 6-2 210 Akron, Ohio/Buchtel 67 Stefano Millin** Sr./Jr. OL 6-5 305 Massillon, Ohio/Perry 8 Elvis Hines Fr./Fr. DB 5-10 172 Camden, NJ/IMG Academy 68 Mike Marinelli* Jr./So. OL 6-3 281 Allison Park, Pa./Hampton 10 Quan Robinson Jr**. Sr./Jr. S 6-1 174 Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville 69 Sam Allan Fr./Fr. OL 6-2 279 Portage, Mich./Portage Central 11 Justin Rankin* So./So. RB 5-9 206 Oberlin, Ohio/Elyria Catholic 70 Guy Barnby So./Fr. OL 6-5 288 Medina, Ohio/Medina-Buckeye/Findlay 12 Darrick Edwards Jr./So. RB 5-6 180 Frederick, Md./Linganore 71 Eddie Brecht Fr./Fr. OL 6-7 300 Lapeer, Mich./Lapeer East 12 Raymond James Fr./Fr. CB 5-11 176 Dayton, Ohio/Wayne 74 Nate Warnock So./So. OL 6-4 294 Laport, Ind./Laporte/St. Joseph’s College 13 Will Phillis III Fr./Fr. QB 6-4 230 Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Bradley 75 Adam Gregoire* So./So. OL 6-6 325 Canton, Ohio/Massillon Perry 14 Dustin Crum Fr./Fr. QB 6-3 205 Grafton, Ohio/Midview 76 Chase Van Hoef* Jr./So. OL 6-3 290 Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven 14 John Henry Bronczek Jr./So. S 5-7 189 Massillon, Ohio/Massillon Washington 78 Zach Corrigall So./Fr. OL 6-3 280 Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary 15 KJ Sherald Fr./Fr. CB 5-9 177 Waldorf, Md./Bishop McNamara 80 Johnny Woods** Jr./Jr. WR 6-3 200 Smiths Station, Ala./Smiths Station 17 Mylik Mitchell* Jr./So. QB 6-3 206 Cleveland, Ohio/John Hay 81 Devin Monroe Sr./Sr. WR 5-10 184 Lebanon, Ohio/Lebanon 17 Nick Faulkner* Jr./So. DE 6-1 243 Canton, Ohio/McKinley 82 Ryan Malone*** 5th/Sr. TE 6-1 240 New Orleans, La./St. Paul’s 18 Dan Hillenbrand 5th/Sr. TE 6-6 250 Westlake, Ohio/Lutheran West/Shawnee State 83 Brant Williams So./Fr. WR 6-1 160 Daytona Beach, Fla./Mainland 18 Xavier Williams Fr./Fr. RB 5-9 183 Forestville, Md./Bishop McNamara 10 Kavious Price* So./So. WR 5-6 169 Bradenton, Fla./Manatee 19 AJ Musolino Fr./Fr. S 6-3 205 Struthers, Ohio/Struthers 85 Luke Grandjean** Sr./Jr. WR 6-3 180 North Canton, Ohio/Hoover 19 Donte Ross Jr./Jr. WR 6-1 170 Palmdale, Calif./Highland/Antelope Valley 86 Zaquon Tyson** Sr./Jr. WR 5-9 165 Miami, Fla./Norland 20 Marcus Elliott*** Sr./Sr. S 6-1 201 Toledo, Ohio/Whitmer 87 Mike Carrigan* So./So. WR 5-9 175 Tallahassee, Fla./Godby 21 Demetrius Monday*** 5th/Sr. CB 5-10 205 Douglasville, Ga./Pebblebrook 88 Conor Brumfield* Jr./So. TE 6-4 240 Acworth, Ga./Allatoona 21 Will Matthews* Jr./So. RB 5-7 205 Destrehan, La./Destrehan 89 Charles Gamble III So./Fr. WR 6-1 175 Cincinnati, Ohio/Shroder Paideia Academy 22 Miles Hibbler*** Sr./Sr. RB 5-11 206 Troy, Ohio/Troy 90 Jon Cunningham*** Sr./Sr. DT 6-0 295 Bedford, Ohio/Bedford 22 Jim Jones** Jr./Jr. LB 6-1 232 Tallahassee, Fla./Godby 90 Colt McFadden Fr./Fr. K 6-0 196 Poland, Ohio/Poland Seminary 23 Jerrell Foster** Sr./Sr. CB 6-0 186 Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods 91 Neiman Novitski Fr./Fr. DE 6-2 215 Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland 24 Raekwon James** Sr./Jr. WR 5-9 187 New Orleans, La./John Curtis 92 Theo Majette* So./So. DE 5-11 251 West Bloomfield, Mich/West Bloomfield 25 Jonathan Moore Fr./Fr. WR 5-8 176 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas 93 Matt Bell So./Fr. DL 5-11 250 Lawrenceville, Ga./Peachtree Ridge 26 Myles Washington** Jr./Jr. RB 5-9 222 New Orleans, La./John Curtis 94 Grant Urenovitch So./Fr. P 6-1 157 Whitehouse, Ohio/Anthony Wayne 27 Isaac Vance Fr./Fr/ RB 5-9 171 Las Cruces, N.M./Mayfield 94 Dennis Wariboko Jr./So. DE 6-4 250 Nigeria/Mercyhurst Prep/Seton Hill 28 Manny Lawrence-Burke *So./So. S 6-0 194 Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville 96 Derek Adams* So./So. P 6-0 192 Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central 29 Matt Bahr** Sr./Jr. LB 6-1 223 Kenton, Ohio/Kenton 97 Zayin West Fr./Fr. DE 6-1 258 Midlothian, Va./Manchester 30 Darryl Marshall** Jr./Jr. CB 5-10 171 Hyattsville, Md./DeMatha Catholic 98 Dominic Hill* Jr./So. DL 6-0 295 Fort Worth, Texas/Boswell 31 Akeam Peters* So./So. S 5-10 199 Tucker, Ga./Tucker * Denotes letters earned 32 Dalton Hicks* So./So. LB 5-11 229 Delphos, Ohio/Delphos Jefferson 33 Matt Sommers*** Sr./Sr. DE 6-2 265 Kent, Ohio/Roosevelt 34 Kesean Gamble Fr./Fr. LB 6-1 249 Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Hills Christian ROSTER BREAKDOWN 35 Sam Thomas Fr./Fr. LB 6-0 234 Baltimore, Md./St. Frances Academy By Class 36 Amari Jenson Fr./Fr. LB 6-0 244 Ypsilanti, Mich./Ypsilanti Community Seniors (17 — 7 are 5th year) 37 Cepeda Phillips Fr./Fr. LB 6-0 222 Detroit, Mich./Martin Luther King 38 Jae’Vante Ray Jr./So. DB 5-10 169 Akron, Ohio/Ellet/Eastern Michigan 39 Miles Daniel So./Fr. DB 5-9 166 Oak Park, Mich./Oak Park 41 Rodley Jolicoeur Fr./Fr. S 5-8 181 Delray Beach, Fla./Village Academy 42 Danny Johnson Jr./So. LB 5-11 200 Cincinnati, Ohio/Mt. Healthy 43 Elijah Elliott Jr./Jr. DB 5-9 193 Toledo, Ohio/Whitmer/Defiance 44 Aren Harris Jr./So. RB 5-10 193 Holland, Ohio/Springfield/Mansfield 45 Marques Moore*** Sr./Sr. LB 6-2 249 Springfield, Ohio/Springfield 46 Chalfonte Butler* Jr./So. TE 6-6 253 Cincinnati, Ohio/Shroder Paideia Academy 47 Nathan Monnin Fr./Fr. TE 6-5 267 Piqua, Ohio/Piqua 48 Bernard Russ Fr./Fr. LB 6-1 196 Macedonia, Ohio/Nordonia www.kentstatesports.com 3 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Cl./Elig. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous School 21 Demetrius Monday** Sr./Jr. CB 5-10 205 Douglasville, Ga./Pebblebrook 96 Derek Adams* So./So. P 6-0 192 Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central 47 Nathan Monnin Fr./Fr. TE 6-5 267 Piqua, Ohio/Piqua 5 James Alexander*** Sr./Sr. LB 5-11 231 Miami, Fla./Miami Jackson 81 Devin Monroe Sr./Sr. WR 5-10 184 Lebanon, Ohio/Lebanon 69 Sam Allan Fr./Fr. OL 6-2 279 Portage, Mich./Portage Central 25 Jonathan Moore Fr./Fr. WR 5-8 176 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas 29 Matt Bahr** Sr./Jr. LB 6-1 223 Kenton, Ohio/Kenton 45 Marques Moore*** Sr./Sr. LB 6-2 249 Springfield, Ohio/Springfield 70 Guy Barnby So./Fr. OL 6-5 288 Medina, Ohio/Medina-Buckeye/Findlay 49 Kalil Morris** Sr./Jr. DT 6-2 327 Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Hartley 93 Matt Bell So./Fr. DL 5-11 250 Lawrenceville, Ga./Peachtree Ridge 19 AJ Musolino Fr./Fr. S 6-3 205 Struthers, Ohio/Struthers 2 George Bollas** Sr./Jr. QB 6-3 219 Aurora, Ohio/Aurora 91 Neiman Novitski Fr./Fr. DE 6-2 215 Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland 71 Eddie Brecht Fr./Fr. OL 6-7 300 Lapeer, Mich./Lapeer East 61 Joey Palumbo* So./So. LS 6-0 210 Hudson, Ohio/Hudson 14 John Henry Bronczek Jr./So. S 5-7 189 Massillon, Ohio/Massillon Washington 7 Jamal Parker* So./So. CB 5-8 183 Pennsauken, N.J./Camden Catholic 88 Conor Brumfield* Jr./So. TE 6-4 240 Acworth, Ga./Allatoona 60 Dan Perry So./Fr. OL 6-2 270 Lapeer, Ohio/Lapeer East 46 Chalfonte Butler* Jr./So. TE 6-6 253 Cincinnati, Ohio/Shroder Paideia Academy 31 Akeam Peters* So./So. S 5-10 199 Tucker, Ga./Tucker 56 Jontey Byrd*** 5th/Sr. DT 5-10 289 Daytona Beach, Fla./Mainland 37 Cepeda Phillips Fr./Fr. LB 6-0 222 Detroit, Mich./Martin Luther King 87 Mike Carrigan* So./So. WR 5-9 175 Tallahassee, Fla./Godby 13 Will Phillis III Fr./Fr. QB 6-4 230 Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Bradley 78 Zach Corrigall So./Fr. OL 6-3 280 Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary 6 Carlos Pickett* Jr./So. S 5-11 187 Brunswick, Ga/Brunswick 14 Dustin Crum Fr./Fr. QB 6-3 205 Grafton, Ohio/Midview 10 Kavious Price* So./So. WR 5-6 169 Bradenton, Fla./Manatee 90 Jon Cunningham*** Sr./Sr. DT 6-0 295 Bedford, Ohio/Bedford 52 Nathan Puthoff*** Sr./Sr. OL 6-4 313 Columbus, Ohio/St. Charles 39 Miles Daniel So./Fr. DB 5-9 166 Oak Park, Mich./Oak Park 11 Justin Rankin* So./So. RB 5-9 206 Oberlin, Ohio/Elyria Catholic 58 Theo Eboigbe** Jr./Jr. DE 6-1 261 Lithonia, Ga./Arabia Mountain 38 Jae’Vante Ray Jr./So. DB 5-10 169 Akron, Ohio/Ellet/Eastern Michigan 12 Darrick Edwards Jr./So. RB 5-6 180 Frederick, Md./Linganore 55 Jordan Robinson Jr./Jr. DE 6-2 257 Jefferson City, Mo./Fort Scott CC 20 Marcus Elliott*** Sr./Sr. S 6-1 201 Toledo, Ohio/Whitmer 10 Quan Robinson Jr**. Sr./Jr. S 6-1 174 Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville 43 Elijah Elliott Jr./Jr. DB 5-9 193 Toledo, Ohio/Whitmer/Defiance 19 Donte Ross Jr./Jr. WR 6-1 170 Palmdale, Calif./Highland/Antelope Valley 17 Nick Faulkner* Jr./So. DE 6-1 243 Canton, Ohio/McKinley 48 Bernard Russ Fr./Fr. LB 6-1 196 Macedonia, Ohio/Nordonia 23 Jerrell Foster** Sr./Sr. CB 6-0 186 Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods 15 KJ Sherald Fr./Fr. CB 5-9 177 Waldorf, Md./Bishop McNamara 89 Charles Gamble III So./Fr. WR 6-1 175 Cincinnati, Ohio/Shroder Paideia Academy 59 Connor Shinsky** Sr./Jr. OL 6-5 302 Butler, Pa./Knoch 34 Kesean Gamble Fr./Fr. LB 6-1 249 Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Hills Christian 2 Erik Simpson** Sr./Jr. S 5-11 193 Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville 64 Bryce Gibbs Jr./So. OL 6-3 304 Wellington, Ohio/Wellington 6 Keon Singleton So./Fr. RB 6-0 221 Washington D.C./Archbishop Carroll 85 Luke Grandjean** Sr./Jr. WR 6-3 180 North Canton, Ohio/Hoover 33 Matt Sommers*** Sr./Sr. DE 6-2 265 Kent, Ohio/Roosevelt 75 Adam Gregoire* So./So. OL 6-6 325 Canton, Ohio/Massillon Perry 35 Sam Thomas Fr./Fr. LB 6-0 234 Baltimore, Md./St. Frances Academy 5 Trey Harrell* So./So. WR 6-0 185 Metaire, La./Metairie Park Country Day 7 Pyrce Taylor Fr./Fr. QB 6-2 210 Akron, Ohio/Buchtel 44 Aren Harris Jr./So. RB 5-10 193 Holland, Ohio/Springfield/Mansfield 86 Zaquon Tyson** Sr./Jr. WR 5-9 165 Miami, Fla./Norland 22 Miles Hibbler*** Sr./Sr. RB 5-11 206 Troy, Ohio/Troy 94 Grant Urenovitch So./Fr. P 6-1 157 Whitehouse, Ohio/Anthony Wayne 32 Dalton Hicks* So./So. LB 5-11 229 Delphos, Ohio/Delphos Jefferson 76 Chase Van Hoef* Jr./So. OL 6-3 290 Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven 98 Dominic Hill* Jr./So. DL 6-0 295 Fort Worth, Texas/Boswell 27 Isaac Vance Fr./Fr/ RB 5-9 171 Las Cruces, N.M./Mayfield 18 Dan Hillenbrand 5th/Sr. TE 6-6 250 Westlake, Ohio/Lutheran West/Shawnee State 94 Dennis Wariboko Jr./So. DE 6-4 250 Nigeria/Mercyhurst Prep/Seton Hill 8 Elvis Hines Fr./Fr. DB 5-10 172 Camden, NJ/IMG Academy 74 Nate Warnock So./So. OL 6-4 294 Laporte, Ind./St. Joseph’s College 53 Alex Hoag* Jr./So. DE 6-3 250 Venice, Fla./Venice 26 Myles Washington** Jr./Jr. RB 5-9 222 New Orleans, La./John Curtis 4 Nick Holley*** 5th/Sr. QB 5-10 200 Toledo, Ohio/Whitmer 97 Zayin West Fr./Fr. DE 6-1 258 Midlothian, Va./Manchester 57 Shane Hynes** Sr./Jr. K 5-10 166 Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston 3 Kris White** 5th/Sr. WR 6-1 225 Clermont, Fla./South Lake 62 Davonte James Sr./Jr. OL 6-3 255 Springfield, Ohio/West Virginia 83 Brant Williams So./Fr. WR 6-1 160 Daytona Beach, Fla./Mainland 24 Raekwon James** Sr./Jr. WR 5-9 187 New Orleans, La./John Curtis 18 Xavier Williams Fr./Fr. RB 5-9 183 Forestville, Md./Bishop McNamara 12 Raymond James Fr./Fr. CB 5-11 176 Dayton, Ohio/Wayne 80 Johnny Woods** Jr./Jr. WR 6-3 200 Smiths Station, Ala./Smiths Station 36 Amari Jenson Fr./Fr. LB 6-0 244 Ypsilanti, Mich./Ypsilanti Community 42 Danny Johnson Jr./So. LB 5-11 200 Cincinnati, Ohio/Mt. Healthy 41 Rodley Jolicoeur Fr./Fr. S 5-8 181 Delray Beach, Fla./Village Academy 22 Jim Jones** Jr./Jr. LB 6-1 232 Tallahassee, Fla./Godby 28 Manny Lawrence-Burke *So./So. S 6-0 194 Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville Pronunciations 3 Devante Lee 5th/Sr. DL 6-6 294 Chicago, Ill./Simeon/Southern Illinois 17 Mylik Mitchell MY-leak 92 Theo Majette* So./So. DE 5-11 251 West Bloomfield, Mich/West Bloomfield 23 Jerrell Foster juh-RELL 82 Ryan Malone*** 5th/Sr. TE 6-1 240 New Orleans, La./St. Paul’s 24 Raekwon James RAY-kwan 68 Mike Marinelli* Jr./So. OL 6-3 281 Allison Park, Pa./Hampton 45 Marques Moore MAR-cus 30 Darryl Marshall** Jr./Jr. CB 5-10 171 Hyattsville, Md./DeMatha Catholic 21 Will Matthews* Jr./So. RB 5-7 205 Destrehan, La./Destrehan 46 Chalfonte Butler Shal-FAWN-tay 90 Colt McFadden Fr.Fr. K 6-0 196 Poland, Ohio/Poland Seminary 54 Stefano Millin STEFF-a-no 52 Anthony McKay Sr./Jr. DL 6-1 289 Salinas, Calif./Everett Alvarez/Monterey 58 Theo Eboigbe e-BOYG-bay 1 Juantez McRae** Jr./Jr. S 5-10 195 Reistertown, Md./Franklin 62 Nathan Puthoff POOT-off 5 Jake McVay 5th/Sr. S/CB 5-11 197 Aurora, Ohio/Aurora 76 Chase Van Hoef HOFF 67 Stefano Millin** Sr./Jr. OL 6-5 305 Massillon, Ohio/Perry 86 Zaquon Tyson za-KWON 17 Mylik Mitchell* Jr./So. QB 6-3 206 Cleveland, Ohio/John Hay 4 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 OFFSEASON PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN
OFFENSE DEFENSE STATISTICAL COMPARISON Returning Lettermen (24) Returning Lettermen (25) 2016 VS. 2015 QB (3) George Bollas, Nick Holley, Mylik Mitchell DL (10) Jontey Byrd, Jon Cunningham, Theo Eb- Category 2016 2015 oigbe, Nick Faulkner, Dominic Hill, Alex Scoring Offense 20.6 13.8 RB (4) Miles Hibbler, Will Matthews, Justin Hoag, Theo Majette, Marques Moore, Matt Scoring Defense 28.7 26.1 Rankin, Myles Washington, Sommers, Kalil Morris Total Offense 309.2 270.8 Total Defense 386.5 350.1 TE (3) Connor Brumfield, Chalfonte Butler, Ryan LB (4) James Alexander, Matt Bahr, Dalton Hicks, Passing Offense 141.7 138.08 Malone Jim Jones, Passing Defense 196.8 206.17 Pass Efficiency 106.2 94.43 WR (8) Mike Carrigan, Trey Harrell, Raekwon S (6) Marcus Elliott, Juantez, McRae, Akeam Pass Efficiency Defense 116.18 123.09 James, Kavious Price, Kris White, Zaquon Peters, Carlos Pickett, Quan Robinson, Erik Rushing Offense 167.5 132.8 Tyson, Johnny Woods, Luke Grandjean Simpson Rushing Defense 189.8 143.9 First Downs For 178 169 OL (6) Adam Gregoire, Mike Marinelli, Nathan CB (5) Jerrell Foster, Manny Lawrence-Burke, First Downs Against 260 235 Puthoff, Stefano Milin, Connor Shinsky, Demetrius Monday, Darryl Marshall, Jamal Third Down Conv. 33% 25.41% Chase Van Hoef Parker, Third Down Conv. Against 40% 34.02% Sacks By-Yards 21-127 32.0-217 Lettermen Lost (9) Sacks Allowed-Yards 33-267 13.0-87 QB/WR (1)Colin Reardon Lettermen Lost (10) Turnovers (INT-Fum) 13 (8-5) 21(10-11) RB (0) - DL (3) Chris Fairchild, Anthony Johnson, Terence TOs Forced (INT-Fum) 24 (12-12) 18(12-6) TE (1) Brice Fackler, Waugh, Turnover Margin +11 -3 WR (2) Ernest Calhoun, Charles Chandler, Time of Possession 28:58 28:06 OL (5) Brock Macaulay, Alex Nielsen, Reno Reda, LB (4) Nick Cuthbert, Darius Redmond, Elcee Penalties-Yards 63-539 93-872 Wayne Scott, Jake Witucki Refuge, Ryan Seibert 2015 LEADERS 2016 LEADERS Returning Starters (9) ‘16 Starts/Career DB (3) Kevin Bourne, Nate Holley, Najee Murray Rushing Yards WR Kris White 1/19 Trayion Durham 444 Nick Holley 920 QB/WR Nick Holley 10/22 Returning Starters (7) ‘16 Starts/Career George Bollas 403 Justin Rankin 511 WR Johnny Woods 5/13 DL Jon Cunningham 8/23 Raekwon James 332 Will Matthews 138 OL Stefano Millin 12/18 DL Theo Eboigbe 12/13 Passing Yards OL Nathan Puthoff 6/21 LB James Alexander 9/9 Colin Reardon 901 Nick Holley 868 OL Conor Shinsky 12/12 S Juantez McRae 10/12 George Bollas 756 Mylik Mitchell 363 TE Ryan Malone 7/7 CB Demetrius Monday 3/24 Receiving Yards RB Raekwon James 9/19 CB Jerrell Foster 10/11 Antwan Dixon 355 Justin Rankin 335 RB Justin Rankin 11/11 CB Jamal Parker 7/7 Raekwon James 287 Ernest Calhoun 311 Starters Lost (6) ‘16 Starts/Career Kris White 229 Raekwon James 225 Starters Lost (4) ‘16 Starts/Career DL Chris Fairchild 11/24 Receptions OL Reno Reda 12/39 DE Terence Waugh 12/24 Raekwon James 28 Justin Rankin 28 OL Wayne Scott 12/40 LB Nick Cuthbert 12/17 Antwan Dixon 26 Raekwon James 25 TE Brice Fackler 10/21 S Nate Holley 9/34 Kris White 22 Ernest Calhoun 20 WR Ernest Calhoun 9/21 S Kevin Bourne 6/6 Tackles CB Najee Murray 10/25 Nate Holley 141 Nate Holley 111 Athletic Communications Matt Dellinger 89 Nick Cuthbert 98 Football Contact SPECIALISTS Elcee Refugee 70 Kevin Bourne 67 Aaron Chimenti, Asst. Dir. of Athletic Comm. Returning Lettermen (4) Sacks E-mail [email protected] P (1) Derek Adams Terence Waugh 9.0 Terence Waugh 8.0 Phone (330) 672-8468 K (1) Shane Hynes Nate Terhune 6.5 Fairchild/Johnson 2.0 Interceptions Cell (330) 807-5789 LS (2) Joey Palumbo, Grant Williams Demetrius Monday 6 Jerrell Foster 3 Eugene Canal Director of Athletic Comm. Lettermen Lost (1) 6 Tied 1 Jamal Parker 3 Phone (330)-672-8467 LS (1) Kain Anzovino Address 106 M.A.C. Center, P.O. Box 5190; Kent, OH 44242 Press Box Phone (330)-672-2036 Website KentStateSports.com Twitter @KentStAthletics, @KentStFootball
www.kentstatesports.com 5 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 KENT STATE OFFSEASON DEPTH CHART OFFENSE DEFENSE Pos. No. Name Class Ht. Wt. Hometown Pos. No. Name Class Ht. Wt. Hometown WR Z 3 Kris White 5-Sr. 6-1 225 Clermont, Fla. End 58 Theo Eboigbe Jr. 6-1 261 Lithonia, Ga. 87 Mike Carrigan So. 5-9 175 Tallahassee, Fla. 33 Matt Sommers Sr. 6-2 265 Kent, Ohio
SLOT 24 Raekwon James Jr. 5-9 187 New Orleans, La. Tackle 92 Theo Majette So. 5-11 251 W. Bloomfield, Mich. 86 Zaquon Tyson Jr. 5-9 165 Miami, Fla. 56 Jontey Byrd 5-Sr. 5-10 289 Daytona Beach, Fla. 84 Kavious Price So. 5-6 169 Bradenton, Fla. Nose 90 Jon Cunningham Sr. 6-0 295 Bedford, Ohio LT 67 Stefano Millin Jr. 6-5 305 Massillon, Ohio 98 Dominic Hill So. 6-0 2955 Fort Worth, Texas 64 Bryce Gibbs So. 6-3 304 Wellington, Ohio Leo 41 Nick Faulkner So. 6-1 243 Canton, Ohio LG 75 Adam Gregoire So. 6-6 325 Canton, Ohio 45 Marques Moore Sr. 6-2 249 Springfield, Ohio 78 Zach Corrigall R-Fr. 6-3 280 Akron, Ohio OLB 22 Jim Jones Jr. 6-1 232 Tallahassee, Fla. C 52 Nathan Puthoff Sr. 6-4 313 Columbus, Ohio 29 Matt Bahr Jr. 6-1 223 Kenton, Ohio 76 Chase Van Hoef So. 6-3 290 Charleston, W. Va. MLB 5 James Alexander Sr. 5-11 231 Miami, Fla. RG 59 Connor Shinsky Jr. 6-5 302 Butler, Pa. 32 Dalton Hicks So. 5-11 229 Delphos, Ohio 62 Davonte James Jr. 6-3 255 Springfield, Ohio Apache 31 Akeam Peters So. 5-10 199 Tucker, Ga. RT 68 Mike Marinelli So. 6-3 281 Allison Park, Pa. 38 Jae’Vante Ray So. 5-10 169 Akron, Ohio 74 Nate Warnock So. 6-4 294 Laporte, Ind. LS 10 Quan Robinson Jr. 6-1 174 Cleveland, Ohio QB 4 Nick Holley 5-Sr. 5-10 200 Toledo, Ohio 28 M. Lawrence-Burke So. 6-0 194 Steubenville, Ohio or 17 Mylik Mitchell So. 6-3 206 Cleveland, Ohio 2 George Bollas Jr. 6-3 219 Aurora, Ohio RS 1 Juantez McRae Jr. 5-10 195 Reistertown, Md. 2 Erik Simpson Jr. 5-11 193 Cleveland, Ohio TB 11 Justin Rankin So. 5-9 180 Oberlin, Ohio 20 Marcus Elliott Sr. 6-1 201 Toledo, Ohio 21 Will Matthews So. 5-7 210 Destrehan, La. 26 Myles Washington Jr. 5-9 210 New Orleans, La. CB 21 Demetrius Monday Jr. 5-10 197 Douglasville, Ga. 19 Jamal Parker So. 5-8 170 Pennsauken, N.J. TE 82 Ryan Malone 5-Sr. 6-1 240 New Orleans, La. 88 Conor Brumfield So. 6-3 240 Acworth, Ga. CB 23 Jerrell Foster Jr. 6-0 182 Cincinnati, Ohio 46 Chalfonte Butler So. 6-6 253 Cincinnati, Ohio 30 Darryl Marshall So. 5-10 160 Hyattsville, Md.
WR-X 80 Johnny Woods So. 6-3 205 Smith Stations, Ala. SPECIALISTS 15 Trey Harrell Fr. 6-0 189 Metaire, La. Pos. No. Name Class Ht. Wt. Hometown PK 57 Shane Hynes Jr. 5-10 166 Clarkston, Mich.
LS 61 Joey Palumbo So. 6-0 210 Hudson, Ohio
COACHING STAFF P 96 Derek Adams So. 6-0 192 Manheim, Pa. Head Coach...... Paul Haynes H 2 George Bollas Jr. 6-3 219 Aurora, Ohio Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks...... Don Treadwell Defensive Coordinator/ Linebackers...... Ben Needham KR 24 Raekwon James Jr. 5-9 187 New Orleans, La. Offensive Line...... Rob Zeitman 86 Zaquon Tyson Jr. 5-9 165 Miami, Fla. Safeties...... Jeff Burrow Defensive Line...... Colin Ferrell PR 86 Zaquon Tyson Jr. 5-9 165 Miami, Fla. Cornerbacks...... Joe Tresey Wide Receivers...... Doc Gamble Tight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator...... TBA Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator...... Mark Spencer Director of Football Operations...... Dayne Brown Strength & Conditioning Coach...... Ross Bowsher Graduate Assistant (Defense)...... Coty Burton Graduate Assistant (Defense)...... Greg Svarczkopf Graduate Assistant (Offense)...... Dennis Cooper Graduate Assistant (Offense)...... Jaren Maybin
6 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 Recorded 351 career tackles and 15 sacks…Scored two defensive touchdowns… Recovered seven fumbles and forced three…Broke school record for tackles in a sea- son with 145... Two-time All-Dade County First Team selection…Team captain… Helped Jackson to a Regional title as a junior…Was also a captain on Jackson’s track Derek & field team where he earned all-county honors and qualified for the state meet. JAMES ALEXANDER’S CAREER STATISTICS DEFENSE Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. ADAMS 96 2014 6/0 4 4 1.0/7 So./So. • P • 6-0 • 192 • Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central 2015 11/0 7 8 15 3.5/9 1.0/5 2016 11/9 19 14 33 5.0/20 1.0/10 1/1 - 2017 SOPHOMORE SEASON Total 28/9 30 22 52 9.5/36 2/15 1/1 -
Named to Athlon’s Preseason Special Teams All-MAC Team 2016 FRESHMAN SEASON
Set career-high for longest punt three different times at Alabama with boots of Matt 51, 56 and 67 yards. Three punts at Alabama were downed inside the 10...Named MAC East Special Teams Player of the Week after placing four punts inside the 20 at Bowling Green, while averaging 42.3 yards per punt...Placed 5-of-7 punts inside BAHR 29 the 20 yard line against Ohio...Totaled 3,063 punting yards with eight boots of Sr./Jr. • LB • 6-1 • 223 • Kenton, Ohio/Kenton over 50 yards...Placed 29 punts inside the 20 and had only one touchback...Made collegiate debut at Penn State, averaging 41.0 yards on six punts... Placed fourth in 2017 JUNIOR SEASON javelin at 2017 MAC Championships Earned Leo Strang Award in spring for upperclassmen with the highest GPA... PRIOR TO KENT STATE Named to Wurffel Trophy Watch List All-USA Today Pennsylvania First Team...Class AAA first team all-state...Named 2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON to Golden 33 Team...Helped Manheim Central to league championship...Named 2015 Top Kicker by PA Football News...Section 2 all-star as both a kicker and Named MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete...Named to Academic All-MAC Team... punter...Averaged 42.0 yards on 40 punts...Made 12-of-16 field goal attempts... Played in eight games Team captain...District qualifier in javelin 2015 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON DEREK ADAMS’ CAREER STATISTICS Year G Punts Yards Avg. Long TB i20 50+ Named MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete...Named to Academic All-MAC Team... 2016 12 76 3063 40.3 67 1 29 8 Appeared in all 12 games mainly on special teams and recorded 10 total kicks... Made collegiate debut at Illinois...Made 10 tackles. 2014 Redshirted James PRIOR TO KENT STATE Two-time All-Western Buckeye League First Team selection...WBL Defensive Back of the Year as a senior...Helped Kenton to three WBL championships and two ALEXANDER 5 regional titles...Also lettered in basketball. MATT BAHR’S CAREER STATISTICS Sr./Sr. • LB • 5-11 • 231 • Miami, Fla./Miami Jackson DEFENSE Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. 2016 JUNIOR SEASON 2015 12/0 5 5 10
Named to Academic All-MAC Team...Made 33 tackles and 19 solo stops...Posted 5.0 tackles for loss with one sack and a forced fumble...Scored first career touchdown on a 15-yard fumble recovery and posted a career-high six tackles at Buffalo...Played in 11 games, starting nine at middle linebacker 2015 SOPHOMORE SEASON Matt Named to Academic All-MAC Team...Appeared in 11 games...Recorded 15 total tackles along with one sack and one pass break-up 2014 FRESHMAN SEASON BELL 93 So./Fr. • DL • 5-11 • 250 • Lawrenceville, Ga./Peachtree Recorded four solo tackles and one tackle for loss...Made first career appearance against Army...Appeared in six games. 2016 SEASON PRIOR TO KENT STATE Redshirted www.kentstatesports.com 7 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017
PRIOR TO KENT STATE All-region first team selection...Played in Gwinnet Senior All-Star Game...Helped Peachtree Ridge to three playoff appearances...Made 56 tackles as a senior with 11.0 TFL, 5.5 sacks and three forced fumbles...Captain of boith football and wrestling John Henry teams at Peachtree Ridge BRONCZEK 14 Jr./So. • S • 5-7 • 189• Massillon, Ohio/ Massillon Washington
George 2017 SOPHOMORE SEASON Earned Read Award in spring for exemplifying hard work and dedication beyond BOLLAS 2 the call of duty Sr./Jr. • QB • 6-3 • 219 • Aurora, Ohio/Aurora 2016 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON Made collegiate debut against Northern Illinois 2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON 2015 Named MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete...Named to Academic All-MAC Team... Redshirted Threw for a career-high 203 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a touchdown against Northern Illinois PRIOR TO KENT STATE Made 96 tackles as a senior...Had four pass breakups...Earned second team all- 2015 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON district honors and second team All-Stark County honors…Earned Massillon’s Named MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete...Named to Academic All-MAC Team... Special Teams Player of the Year award…Helped Massillon to three consecutive Appeared in all 12 games, starting six...Made first career start as QB at UMass, playoff appearances…Team captain…Also a captain and three-year letterwinner completed 20-of-25 passes; highest completion percentage for a Kent State QB on Massillon’s baseball team. since 2010...Made collegiate debut at Illinois...Scored first career points, running a two point conversion against Delaware State...Scored first career rushing touchdown against Delaware State...Career highs of 79 yards rushing and 135 yards passing at UMass...Made career-long 40-yard pass against Bowling Green. 2014 Conor Redshirted PRIOR TO KENT STATE BRUMFIELD 88 Chagrin Valley Conference Offensive MVP as a senior and all-state selection…Team Jr./So. • TE • 6-3 • 240• Acworth, Ga./Allatoona captain…Led Aurora to state semifinal appearance and 12-2 record as a junior… Greenmen also won state playoff game in 2013, finishing 10-2…Earned all-con- 2016 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON ference and all-district first team honors as a senior...high school teammates with Anthony Melchiori and Jake McVay... Rushed for 1,323 yards and 17 touchdowns Played in three games as a senior, throwing for 1,355 yards and 13 touchdowns…Ran for 1,072 yards and 2015 16 touchdowns in junior season and threw for 1,483 yards and 14 touchdowns.... Redshirted Two-time all-academic team selection for Chagrin Valley Conference…Wrestled for two seasons at Aurora, qualifying for the state tournament as a sophomore. PRIOR TO KENT STATE Recorded 127 pancake blocks as a senior...Region 5A Offensive Lineman of the Year…Earned Georgia Sports Writers Association All-State Second Team honors… GEROGE BOLLAS’ CAREER STATISTICS All-region first team honors in junior and senior seasons…All-Cobb County First PASSING Team…Team captain. Year G/GS COM ATT INT PCT Yds. TD AVG/G. 2015 12/6 94 167 6 56.29 756 2 63.0 2016 8/1 27 58 2 46.6 402 2 50.2 Total 20/7 121 225 8 53.8 1158 4 57.9 RUSHING Year G/GS Att. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. Avg./G 2015 12/5 89 275 1 25 3.1 22.92 2016 8/1 23 109 1 85 4.7 13.6 Total 20/6 112 384 2 85 3.4 19.2
8 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 JONTEY BYRD’S CAREER STATISTICS DEFENSE Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. 2016 11/0 2 3 5 0.5/2 - - - 2015 10/5 6 10 16 3.0/7 0.5/2 Chalfonte 2014 10/2 14 13 27 2.0/10 1.0/ 0/0 1/14 BUTLER 46 Totals 31/7 22 26 48 5.5/19 1.5/2 0/0 1/14 Jr./So. • TE • 6-6 • 253• Cincinnati, Ohio/Shroder Paideia
2016 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON Mike Played in all 12 games 2015 CARRIGAN 87 Redshirted So./So. • WR • 5-9 • 175 • Tallahassee, Fla./Godby PRIOR TO KENT STATE 2017 SEASON Two-time first team all-conference selction...Helped Shroder to a 9-2 record and Earned Nottingham Award in spring, for most improved player on offense first program playoff appearance...Made 18 catches for 305 yards...Played offense and defense, totaling 33 tackles and four sacks...Also a standout basketball player 2016 FRESHMAN SEASON earning all-conference first team honors in back-to-back seasons...Totaled 400 career Made six catches for 66 yards...Played in all 12 games, starting one...Caught two points and 471 rebounds in two years, helping Shroder to a regional runner-up finish passes for 42 yards in win at Central Michigan...Made first career catch against Monmouth
PRIOR TO KENT STATE Played both offense and defense at Godby...Team captain in both football and Jontey track & field...Made 37 catches for 629 yards and totaled nine touchdowns...City champion in 100m dash...Member of state runner-up 4x100 team...High school teammates with Jim Jones BYRD 56 RECEIVING 5th/Sr. • DT • 5-10 • 289 • Daytona Beach, Fla./Mainland Year G/GS Rec. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. 2016 12/1 6 66 0 29 5.5 2016 JUNIOR SEASON
Played in 11 games, making five tackles 2015 SOPHOMORE SEASON Played in 10 games, making five starts...Made 16 tackles, including 3.0 tackles for loss Zach 2014 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON Made first career start at Miami...Recorded first career sack against South Alabama... CORRIGALL 78 Made 27 tackles, including 14 solo stops and 2.0 tackles for loss...Recorded first So./Fr. • OL • 6-3 • 280 • Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary career interception at Virginia...Played in 10 games, starting two...Made first career appearance in opener against Ohio. 2016 SEASON 2013 SEASON Redshirted Redshirted PRIOR TO KENT STATE PRIOR TO KENT STATE All-Ohio Second Team...Named Esmark All-American...Northeast Ohio All- First team All-State in 6A and a first team All-Area selection. Team won confer- Inland First Team...Member of two state championship teams anf four regional ence championship and regional championship. Named to Sentinel’s 2013 Central finalist teams at St. Vincent-St. Mary...Team captain and Iron Man award winner Florida Super 60. Recorded 95 tackles and 13 sacks as a senior. Totaled 27 tackles as a senior...Beacon Journal All-Star...Also earned two varsity letters in basketball for loss as a nose tackle. He also rushed for 100 yards and six touchdowns in his senior year and used often in short yardage situations. High school teammates with Wayne Scott. Also played basketball, baseball and track & field.
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Jon Theo CUNNINGHAM 90 EBOIGBE 58 Sr./Sr. • DT • 6-0 • 295 • Bedford, Ohio/Bedford Jr./Jr. • DE • 6-1 • 261• Lithonia, Ga./ Arabia Mountain 2016 JUNIOR SEASON 2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON Named to All-MAC Third Team...Recorded 34 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss... Named to Academic All-MAC Team...Started all 12 games at defensive end... Forced a fumble in win at Buffalo...Played in all 12 games, starting eight Made 22 tackles with 5.0 tackles for loss...Forced a fumble and made three tackles 2015 SOPHOMORE SEASON against Akron...Earned Gerald and Victoria Read Award in spring for hard work and dedication beyond the call of duty Named on of Bruce Feldman’s Top 25 ‘Freaks’ in College Football for weight room accomplishments and intensity on the sidelines 2015 FRESHMAN SEASON 2014 FRESHMAN SEASON Played in 10 games, recording 12 tackles and 2.5 sacks...Recorded first career sack against Buffalo...Made collegiate debut at Illinois. Recorded 35 tackles, including 16 solo stops...Made first career start & appearance in opener against Ohio...Tallied 3.5 tackle for loss, 1.0 sack and one forced fumble... PRIOR TO KENT STATE Had a career-highs of six tackles against Virginia, Bowling Green and Akron... Amassed 90 tackles, nine sacks and six forced fumbles as a senior…Recorded 82 Appeared in all 11 games, starting eight tackles as a junior, including 13 tackles for loss and six sacks... Member of VTO Elite
PRIOR TO KENT STATE THEO EBOIGBE’S CAREER STATISTICS Made 77 tackles, including 55 solo stops…Scored two touchdowns...Earned all- DEFENSE conference honors in junior and senior seasons… Team captain…Also wrestles at Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. Bedford…Was a state qualifier as a junior…Freestyle/Greco Roman state champion 2016 12/12 13 9 22 5.0/9 - 1/0 0 2015 9/1 6 6 12 2.5/17 2.5/17 1/0 Total 21/13 19 15 34 7.5/26 2.5/17 2/0 0 JON CUNNINGHAM’S CAREER STATISTICS DEFENSE Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. 2016 12/8 14 20 34 4.5/13 1.0/6 1/0 - 2015 11/7 10 18 28 6.5/19 2.5/13 2014 11/8 16 19 35 3.5/12 1.0/8 1/0 Darrick Total 34/23 40 57 97 14.5/44 4.5/27 2/0 EDWARDS 42 Jr./So. • RB • 5-6 • 180 • Frederick, Md./Linganore Miles 2016 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON DANIEL 39 Sat out with an injury So./Fr. • DB • 5-9 • 160 • Oak Park, Mich./Oak Park 2015 SEASON Redshirted PRIOR TO KENT STATE 2016 SEASON Named all-league second team as a senior...earned three varsity letters in football Redshirted and one in track & field
PRIOR TO KENT STATE Named to All-Oakland Activities Association Team...Helped Oak Park to confer- ence and district titles...Team captain in both football and track & field...Earned all-state honors in four different track & field events...Multiple academic honors including Freshman Male Student of the Year
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Marcus Jerrell ELLIOTT 20 FOSTER 23 Sr./Sr. • CB • 6-0 • 186 • Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods Sr./Sr. • S • 6-1 • 201 • Toledo, Ohio/Whitmer
2016 SENIOR SEASON 2017 SENIOR SEASON Named to Athlon’s Preseason All-MAC Team Named to Academic All-MAC Team...Played in 10 games, making four tackles 2015 SOPHOMORE SEASON 2016 JUNIOR SEASON Named to All-MAC Second Team...Played in all 12 games, starting 10...Finished Named to Academic All-MAC Team...Appeared in all 12 games...Made first career 25th in FBS in passes defended....Made 39 tackles with 30 solo stops...Had a pair interception in the fourth quarter against Marshall. of interceptions against Akron...Intercepted a pass against Ohio Returned to the 2014 FRESHMAN SEASON team in spring of 2016 Appeared in seven games, mainly on special teams...Recorded two solo tackles... made debut at Northern Illinois. 2014 FRESHMAN SEASON Made first career start against Akron...Played in 10 games, started one PRIOR TO KENT STATE Made 259 career tackles and 10 interceptions…Holds school record for intercep- PRIOR TO KENT STATE tions in a season with eight…Scored three touchdowns, including 86-yard kick Earned all-district honors...All-City selection..Intercepted three passes and recorded return…Totaled 13 career tackles for loss and eight forced fumbles... All-Ohio eight pass breakups as a senior...Team captain JERRELL FOSTER’S CAREER STATISTICS First Team selection as a senior and second team choice as a junior…Team cap- tain…Two-tine selection on all-district, all-conference and All-Blade teams…Team DEFENSE Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. MVP…Helped Whitmer in four playoff appearances, three regional championships, 2016 12/10 30 9 39 - - 1-0 3-33 two state semifinal s and one state final appearance... Was a four-year letterwinner 2014 10/0 6 1 7 - - - - in track & field…Also lettered in basketball. Total 22/10 36 10 46 0.5/1 1-0 3/33 MARCUS ELLIOT’S CAREER STATISTICS DEFENSE Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. 2016 10/0 2 2 4 - - - - 2015 12/- 3 3 6 0.5/1 1/0 2014 7/0 2 - 2 - - - - Charles Total 29/- 7 5 8 0.5/1 1/0 GAMBLE 89 So./Fr. • WR • 6-1 • 175 • Cincinnati, Ohio/Shroder Paideia
Nick 2016 SEASON Redshirted
FAULKNER 41 PRIOR TO KENT STATE Jr./So. • DE • 6-1 • 243 • Canton, Ohio/McKinley Earned first team all-league honors in junior and senior seasons • Named to All Southwest Ohio District Team in junior and senior seasons 2016 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON • Made 31 catches for 514 yards and five touchdowns as a senior Played in all 12 games...Made seven tackles, including four solo stops • Also played safety, making six career interceptions • Helped Shroder Paideia to league championship and 9-2 record as a junior PRIOR TO KENT STATE • Three-sport athlete, earning varsity letters in football, basketball and track & field Made 98 tackles in only seven games as a senior, including 13 tackles for loss…Had 15 tackles for loss as junior with six sacks and 82 total tackles... Two-time selection for Blue-Grey All-American Bowl…Earned All-Stark County honors in junior and senior seasons…Helped McKinley to back-to-back conference titles…Was a three- year letterwinner and captain on McKinley’s baseball team…Also played basketball.
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Bryce Adam GIBBS 64 GREGORIE 75 Jr./So. • OL • 6-3 • 304• Wellington, Ohio/Wellington So./So. • OL • 6-6 • 325 • Canton, Ohio/Massillon Perry 2016 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON 2016 FRESHMAN SEASON Did not see action Played in nine games 2015 PRIOR TO KENT STATE Redshirted All-Ohio Second Team...First team selections to all-district, All-Federal League, PRIOR TO KENT STATE All-Stark County and Northeast Ohio Inland teams...Team Captain..Member of Made 47 tackles and two sacks as a senior... Named to All-Lorain County First Massillon Perry’s state runner-up team...Played both offense and defense...Named Team in junior and senior seasons…Earned spots on all-conference and all-district team’s offensive player of the week five times...Played in North-South Game...High teams in junior and senior seasons…Played on both the offensive and defensive school teammates with Stefano Millin for two seasons...Also wrestled, helping Perry lines…Team captain…Also a team captain on Wellington’s basketball team and to a state championship competed in track & field.
Trey Luke HARRELL 15 GRANDJEAN 85 So./So. • WR • 6-0 • 185 • Metaire, La./Metaire Park Country Jr./So. • WR • 6-3 • 180 • North Canton, Ohio/Hoover 2016 FRESHMAN SEASON 2016 SEASON Played in 11 games...Caught five passes for 46 yards...Made first career catch during collegiate debut at Penn State Played in six games 2015 SEASON PRIOR TO KENT STATE Earned all-state honorable mention...Helped Metaire Park Country Day to playoff Named to Academic All-MAC Team...Appeared in 10 games...Made collegiate appearance...Made 51 receptions for 965 yards and 12 touchdowns...Played both debut at Illinois. offense and defense, making four interceptions...Also competed in basketball and 2014 SEASON track & field. Redshirted PRIOR TO KENT STATE Two-time all-state second team selection…Team captain…Named to All-Stark County (Repository) First Team in junior and senior seasons…Northeast Inland All-District First Team…Beacon Journal All-Star Team…All-Federal League First Team…Helped Hoover to a playoff appearance in 2012…Made six interceptions Miles as a junior…Caught 34 passes for 623 yards and six touchdowns in 2012…Threw for 1,402 yards and eight touchdowns in 2013, while rushing for 970 yards and 14 HIBBLER 22 touchdowns...Played two seasons of basketball and lacrosse at Hoover…Scored Sr./Sr. • RB • 5-11• 206 • Troy, Ohio/Troy 35 goals career goals in lacrosse…Uncle Charlie Grandjean played at Kent State and is member of Varsity “K” Hall of Fame. 2016 JUNIOR SEASON
Played in eight games 2015 SOPHOMORE SEASON Played in 11 games...Had 12 carries for 23 yards. 2014 FRESHMAN SEASON 12 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 Ran for 37 yards on 12 carries...Made first career appearance versus Ohio...Played DOMINIC HILL’S CAREER STATISTICS in seven games. DEFENSE Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. PRIOR TO KENT STATE 2016 12/0 10 9 19 1.0/2 - - 0 Ran for 1,644 yards and 21 touchdowns on 235 carries as a senior…Ranks sev- enth among Troy’s all-time rushing leaders... Two-time All-Greater Western Ohio Conference First Team selection…Earned all-state honorable mention…Two-time All-Southwest Ohio District First Team selection… Team captain…Helped Troy to state playoffs as a sophomore…Earned three varsity letters in football and four in track & field…Was a two-time state qualifier in the 4x100. Dan MILES HIBBLER’S CAREER STATISTICS RUSHING/RECEIVING Year G/GS Att. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. Rec. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. HILLENBRAND 18 2016 8/0 - Sr./Sr. • TE • 6-6 • 250• Westlake, Ohio/Lutheran West 2015 11/- 12 23 0 6 1.9 1 5 0 5 5.0 2014 7/- 12 37 0 17 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 Total 26/- 24 60 0 17 2.5 1 5 0 5 5.0 2015 & 2016 SEASONS Did not see action PRIOR TO KENT STATE Played basketball for two seasons at Shawnee State University...Pac-12 Academic All-Conference in basketball...First team All-Conference and Team MVP in bas- ketball as a senior Dalton HICKS 32 So./So. • LB • 5-11 • 229 • Delphos, Ohio/Delphos Jefferson
2016 SEASON Alex Played in six games HOAG 53 PRIOR TO KENT STATE Jr./So. • DE • 6-3 • 250• Venice, Fla./Venice Two-time all-state selection, including first team honors as a junior...Back-to-back all-region, all-conference and All-419 first team selections...Earned second team 2016 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON all-conference and all-region honors as a sophomore and honorable mention as a Played in three games, making two tackles freshman...Holds school record for tackles in a season (127)...Two-year captain and four-year starter in both football basketball...Helped team to three conference titles 2015 SEASON
Redshirted PRIOR TO KENT STATE Made 103 tackles during senior year with six sacks and two forced fumbles... Earned Dominic all-district first team honors…Named Venice’s defensive line MVP as a senior… Helped Venice to conference title as a senior…Team captain…Becomes third Kent State player from Venice High School in recent years, joining Josh Boyle and Dri HILL 98 Archer…Also played offensive line…Has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do…Also a Jr./So. • DL • 6-0 • 295• Fort Worth, Texas/Boswell member of track & field and weightlifting teams at Venice.
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Played in all 12 games...Made 19 tackles with 10 solo stops and a tackle for loss PRIOR TO KENT STATE Nick Made 58 tackles as a senior, including six sacks…Made 43 tackles as a junior... Named to all-state second team…Earned all-district honors in three seasons... Named Freshman of the Year at Boswell…Team captain…Finished seventh in HOLLEY 4 state powerlifting competition…Also threw shot put. 5th/Sr. • RB • 5-10 • 198 • Toledo, Ohio/Whitmer 2016 JUNIOR SEASON
www.kentstatesports.com 13 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 Led Flashes with 12 touchdowns (10 rushing) and 920 rushing yards...Completed 72 passes for 868 yards and four touchdowns...Became first Kent State player since 1973 to earn back-to-back MAC Offensive Player of the Week honors after rushing for 224 yards and tying a program record of four rushing touchdowns at Buffalo...Named MAC East Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 285 Shane yards and two touchdowns and rushing for 117 yards and a touchdown against Akron in first career start at quarterback...Earned third MAC East Offensive Player of the Week honor after rushing for 141 yards and a touchdown against No. 14 HYNES 57 Western Michigan...Earned MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete honors...Named Sr./Jr. • K • 5-10 • 166 • Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston to Academic All-MAC Team...Caught seven passes, including two touchdowns in win over Monmouth...Had a 26-yard punt return against NC A&T, the team’s 2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON longest since 2014 Made 15 field goals, including six from 40 or more yards...Named MAC East 2015 SEASON Special Teams Player of the Week after kicking game-winning field goal as time expired against Central Michigan...Went 3-for-3 on field goal attempts against NC Caught two touchdown passes and ran for 68 yards against Delaware State...Granted A&T, including a 40 and 42-yarder in overtime...Finished 28-of-28 on extra point medical hardship (redshirt) by NCAA...Rushed for 133 yards in three games... attempts...Had five kickoffs for touchbacks...Served as secretary on Kent State’s Caught seven passes for 46 yards and two touchdowns. Student-Athlete Advisory Committee 2015 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON 2014 SOPHOMORE SEASON Named to Academic All-MAC Team...Made all 13 of his extra point attempts... Earned MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete award...Named to Academic All-MAC Went 7-for-11 on field goal attempts...Made collegiate debut and first career field Team... Led the team with 516 rushing yards...Made 27 catches for 199 yards and goal (43 yards) at Illinois. one touchdown...Scored his third and fourth touchdowns of the season, while matching a career-high 95 rushing yards versus Akron...Named to CoSIDA Capital 2014 SEASON One Academic All-District 5 Team...Had a career-long 50 yard touchdown run Redshirted versus Toledo...Career-high 95 rushing yards versus Toledo...Averaged 5.7 yards PRIOR TO KENT STATE on six carries at Ohio State and caught six passes for 37 yards...Made first career start at running back and scored first career touchdown versus South Alabama... Kicked a school record 53-yard field goal as a junior…Made eight field goals as Co-recipient of the Matt Ramser Award given for courage, dedication attitude and a senior…Totaled 63 kickoffs for touchbacks as a senior…Had the longest punt commitment...Made first career appearance at running back versus Ohio...Made in school history (81 yards)... Two-time all-state selection…Helped Clarkston to switch from receiver to running back in Spring...Played in all 11 games. state championship as a senior…All-Metro Detroit First Team selection…Two all- county honors… Clarkston went 42-3-1 in last four years… Also played baseball. 2013 FRESHMAN SEASON FIELD GOALS/EXTRA POINT Made 10 tackles on kickoffs...Played in all 12 games...Made his first career fumble Year G FGM FGA Pct. Lg. Blkd. XPM XPA Pct. recovery during the second quarter at LSU. 2015 3 7 11 60.0 43 1 13 13 100 2016 12 15 22 68.2 43 2 28 28 100 PRIOR TO KENT STATE Total 15 22 33 66.7 43 3 41 41 100 Toledo Blade Player of the year…Helped Whitmer advance to 2012 Division I state title game… Twin brother of Nate Holley... Ran for 1,800 yards and threw for 21 touchdowns as a senior…Ran for 92 yards and threw for 196 yards in state title game. NICK HOLLEY’S CAREER STATISTICS Davonte RUSHING/RECEIVING Year G/GS Att. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. Rec. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. 2016 11/10 195 920 10 68 83.6 13 135 2 28 12.3 2015 3/3 34 133 0 16 3.9 7 46 2 18 6.6 JAMES 62 2014 11/9 125 516 3 50 4.1 27 199 1 21 7.4 Sr./Jr. • OL • 6-3 • 255 • Springfield, Ohio/West Virginia 2013 12/0 Totals 37/22 354 1569 13 68 42.4 47 380 5 28 8.1 PASSING 2015 & 2016 SEASONS Year G/GS COM ATT INT PCT Yds. TD AVG/G. 2016 11/10 72 146 4 49.3 868 4 78.9 Did not see action 2014 SEASON Sat out due to NCAA tranfer rules after early enrollment at West Virginia. PRIOR TO KENT STATE Made 105 tackles with two fumble recoveries and one interception during junior year at Springield... Rated the No. 9 overall prospect in Ohio by ESPN... Named to All Greater Western Ohio Conference Second Team.
14 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 Played in 11 games, starting two...Made 37 tackles with 20 solo stops and 2.0 tackles for loss...Forced a fumble, recorded a sack and had four quarterback hurries...Made a career-high nine tackles against No. 14 Western Michigan...Topped career-high with 11 tackles against Northern Illinois Earned Jack Lambart Award as most Raekwon improved on defense during spring 2015 JAMES 24 Played in 10 games and made 16 tackles...Made collegiate debut at Illinois Jr./So. • RB • 5-9 • 187 • New Orleans, La/John Curtis PRIOR TO KENT STATE Totaled 145 tackles, eight sacks, two interceptions and one touchdown... All-state 2015 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON first team selection…Two-time all-conference first team member…Tabbed three- Led the team with 28 catches for 287 yards...Rushed for 261 yards...Led the team star recruit by Rivals and Scout.com…Earned four different team awards…Team with 408 kick return yards...Had a career-high of 77 yards recieving on three captain…High school teammates with P.J. Simmons…Also a team captain on catches against Marshall...Made collegiate debut and first start at Illinois...Career Godby’s basketball and baseball teams. high of 195 all-purpose yards at Toledo...Career highs of 85 yards rushing and JIM JONES’ CAREER STATISTICS eight catches at UMass. DEFENSE Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. 2014 SEASON 2015 10/0 9 7 16 1.0/1 0 0/0 0 Redshirted 2016 11/2 20 17 37 2.0/10 1 1/0 0 Total 21/2 29 24 53 3.0/11 1/1 1/0 0 PRIOR TO KENT STATE Averaged eight yards per carry during four-year career at John Curtis... Ran for 977 yards with five touchdowns as a senior. RAEKWON JAMES’ CAREER STATISTICS RUSHING/RECEIVING Year G/GS Att. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. Rec. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. Mandela 2015 12/8 76 261 0 50 3.4 28 287 0 46 10.25 2016 12/9 8 59 0 31 7.4 25 225 0 47 9.0 Total 24/17 84 320 0 50 3.8 53 512 0 47 9.7 LAWRENCE-BURKE 28 So./So. • S • 6-0 • 194 • Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville
2016 FRESHMAN SEASON Played in all 12 games, mainly on special teams...Made seven tackles Danny PRIOR TO KENT STATE JOHNSON 42 Earned All-Ohio Special Mention...Named to All-East District First Team...Captain on Steubenville’s state runner-up team...Made 93 tackles as a senior, including 17 So./So • LB • 5-11 • 200• Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Healthy in state title game...Intercepted seven passes...Played both ways for Steubenville, seeing action at quarterback...Also a captain on Steubenville’s basketball team 2016 FRESHMAN SEASON
Did nor see action PRIOR TO KENT STATE Helped Mt. Healthy High School finish 12-1 his senior year and 11-2 his junior year Lettered in football, wrestling, baseball, and track & field Theo MAJETTE 92 So./So. • DE • 5-11 • 251 • West Bloomfield, Mich/W. Bloomfield
Jim 2016 FRESHMAN SEASON Played in 11 games...Made three tackles and a half tackle for loss
JONES 22 PRIOR TO KENT STATE Jr./Jr. • LB • 6-1 • 232• Tallahassee, Fla./Godby All-Michigan First Team...Detroit Free Press All-State Dream Team...Totaled 16 sacks and 30 tackles for loss...Helped West Bloomfield to league and conference 2016 championships...Team captain...Two-time all-conference selection...Also competed in track & field www.kentstatesports.com 15 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017
Ryan Darryl MALONE 82 MARSHALL 30 5th/Sr. • TE • 6-1 • 240 • New Orleans, La./St. Paul’s Jr./Jr. • CB • 5-10 • 171• Hyattsville, Md./DeMatha Catholic
2016 JUNIOR SEASON 2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON
Played in all 12 games, starting seven...Caught four passes for 33 yards...Made first Played in all 12 games, making five starts...Made 19 tackles, including 13 solo stops two career catches against Ohio...Made first career start against Akron 2015 FRESHMAN SEASON 2015 SOPHMORE SEASON Played in six games...Made collegiate debut at Illinois Appeared in nine games. PRIOR TO KENT STATE 2014 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON Earned All-Washington Area Catholic Conference honorable mention…Helped Made first career appearance in opener against Ohio...Played in eight games. DeMatha to a pair of conference titles…Also competed in track & field, helping 2013 SEASON DeMatha to three conference titles. Redshirted PRIOR TO KENT STATE Second team all-state selection by both coaches and writers…Earned first team all-district honors in junior and senior seasons…Team captain…Helped St. Paul’s to a conference title…Father, Terry, played football at Holy Cross and has coached in the NFL. Will RYAN MALONE’S CAREER STATISTICS MATTHEWS 21 RECEIVING Year G/GS Rec. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. Jr./So. • RB • 5-7 • 205 • Destrehan, La./Destrehan 2016 12/7 4 33 0 16 8.2 2017 SOPHOMORE SEASON
Earned Ramser Award in spring for exemplifying qualities of courage, dedication, attitude and commitment 2016 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON Mike Named to Academic All-MAC Team...Played in nine games, making five starts... Rushed for 138 yards and had 63 yards receiving...Had a career-long 48-yard catch MARINELLI 68 at Miami...Rushed for 62 yards on five carries at Buffalo...Played in first game at Jr./So. • OL• 6-3 • 281 • Allison Park, Pa./Hampton Penn State 2015 2016 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON Redshirted Named to Academic All-MAC Team...Played in eight games, starting four...Made PRIOR TO KENT STATE first career start at Central Michigan...Made collegiate debut against Monmouth Ran for 1,924 yards and 29 touchdowns as a senior, 1,473 yards and 27 touchdowns 2015 SEASON as a junior and 946 yards and 15 touchdowns as a sophomore.. Earned all-state honors as a senior and all-state honorable mention as a junior…3…Earned Redshirted All-District First Team honors in junior and senior seasons…Team captain… PRIOR TO KENT STATE Destrehan finished as state runner-up in his senior year and district champions Named to All-Greater Allegheny Football Conference First Team…Helped Hamp- his junior year…Also a captain on track & field team, winning district titles in the ton to conference title…Plans to major in business administration. shot put and 4x100 relay. WILL MATTHEWS’ CAREER STATISTICS RUSHING/RECEIVING Year G/GS Att. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. Rec. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. 2016 9/2 31 138 0 51 4.5 3 91 0 48 30.3
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Juantez Stefano McRAE 16 MILLIN 67 Jr./Jr. • DB • 5-10 • 195• Baltimore, Md./ Franklin Sr./Jr. • OL • 6-5 • 305 • Massillon, Ohio/Perry 2016 2017 JUNIOR SEASON Played in 11 games, starting 10 at strong safety...Ranked fifth on the team with 59 Named to Athlon Preseason All-MAC Team tackles...Intercepted a pass and forced a fumble against NC A&T...Forced a fumble against Western Michigan that was returned for a touchdown 2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON
2015 Was presented with the 54 jersey to carry on the legacy of Jason Bits- Made collegiate debut at Illinois...Made first career start and interception against ko...Started all 12 games, seeing action at both center and right tackle Miami 2015 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON PRIOR TO KENT STATE Received the Don Nottingham award in the spring for most improved Recorded 95 tackles, eight interceptions and two touchdowns as a senior... Earned on offense...Made collegiate debut at Illinios in starting lineup all-conference honors…Helped Franklin to state championship…Was a captain on Franklin’s rugby team…Also competed in track & field. 2014 JUANTEZ MCRAE’S CAREER STATISTICS Redshirted DEFENSE Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. PRIOR TO KENT STATE 2015 12/2 10 5 15 - - - 1/0 Recorded 18 career sacks and 25 tackles for loss... All-Federal League honors as a 2016 11/10 33 26 59 1.0/13 - 2/0 1/0 Total 23/12 43 31 74 1.0/13 - 2/0 2/0 senior …Team captain...Also a standout wrestler at Perry…Was a two-time state tournament qualifier…Two-time place winner at both Iron Man and Beast of the East tournaments.
Jake McVAY 5 Mylik 5th/Sr. • S • 5-11 • 197 • Aurora, Ohio/Aurora MITCHELL 17 2016 Jr./So. • QB • 6-3 • 206• Cleveland, Ohio/ John Hay Missed season with injury 2016 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
2015 Completed 39 passes for 363 yards and five touchdowns...Rushed for 89 yards... Made collegiate debut against Miami...Played in two games. Made collegiate debut at Penn State, completing six passes for 65 yards...Made first 2014 collegiate start against NC A&T, completing 17 passes for 182 yards and his three touchdown passes matched the most by a Kent State quarterback since 2004... Did not appear in a game. Endured season-ending injury during Game 4 at Alabama 2013 SEASON 2015 Redshirted PRIOR TO KENT STATE Redshirted Earned all-conference honors…named to the all-district second team…Played of- PRIOR TO KENT STATE fense and defense…Helped Aurora to conference and regional championships… Threw for 2,614 yards and 23 touchdowns as a senior, running for 673 yards and Earned Aurora’s Defensive Back of the Year…Was high school teammates with seven touchdowns…Totaled 1,732 passing yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior... Anthony Melchiori…Was an all-conference shortstop on Aurora’s baseball team... Named Senate League MVP as senior and was a two-time Senate League All-Star… Made 75 tackles and four interceptions…Recovered a fumble and scored a defen- Helped John Hay to a conference title in 2012 and regional playoff appearances in sive touchdown…Ran for 850 yards and 16 touchdowns on 99 carries…Had 268 2012 and 2013…All-district special mention…Team captain…Also a team captain receiving yards and four touchdown catches…Averaged 27.1 yards on kick returns. on John Hay’s basketball team.
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MYLIK MITCHELL’S CAREER STATISTICS PASSING Year G/GS COM ATT INT PCT Yds. TD AVG/G. 2016 4/3 39 69 1 56.55 363 4 90.8 Devin MONROE 81 Demetrius Sr./Sr. • WR • 5-10 • 184• Lebanon, Ohio/ Lebanon
MONDAY 21 2015 & 2016 SEASONS 5th/Sr. • CB • 5-10 • 205 • Douglasville, Ga./Pebblebrook Did not see action PRIOR TO KENT STATE 2017 SENIOR SEASON Earned four varsity letters in track & field at Lebanon
Named to Athlon’s Preseason All-MAC Team 2016 JUNIOR SEASON
Played in nine games, making three starts...Made 18 tackles with 15 solo stops... Named to Jim Thorpe Preseason Watch List. Marques 2015 SOPHOMORE SEASON Earned All-MAC First Team honors...Six interceptions ranked fifth in the nation... MOORE 45 Named National Defensive Player of the Week by College Sports Madness and Sr./Sr. • DE • 6-2 • 249 • Springfield, Ohio/Springfield MAC East Defensive Player of the Week after three turnovers at Minnesota, in- cluding an 80-yard return on a fumble recovery for a touchdown...Scored second touchdown of the season on 69-yard interception return against Buffalo...Started 2017 SENIOR YEAR all 12 games and made 35 tackles...Intercepted three passes in first three games a Earned Lambert Award in spring, for most improved player on defense Big Ten opponents. 2016 JUNIOR YEAR 2014 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON Played in all 12 games...Made seven tackles Led Kent State with seven pass break-ups...Made key interception against Akron deep in Kent State territory and returned it 47 yards... Led all Kent State corner- 2015 SOPHOMORE YEAR backs with 40 tackles...Recorded 25 solo tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss...Made first Played in all 12 games, starting three...Recorded 23 tackles with one sack...Recovered career start against South Alabama...Made first appearance versus Ohio...Played in a fumble against Delaware State. all 11 games, started in nine. 2014 FRESHMAN SEASON 2013 SEASON Recorded 31 tackles, including 3.0 tackles for loss...Made first career appearance Redshirted in opener against Ohio... Had one sack and three pass breakups...Made first career PRIOR TO KENT STATE start vs. Virginia and had his first career fumble recovery...Played in 10 games, First team all-region … Plans to study Criminal Justice…Earned Player of the starting four. Week honors for offense, defense and special teams…Recorded 62 tackles, 12 PRIOR TO KENT STATE pass break-ups, two forced fumbles and a blocked field goal … Also returned two Blocked three punts…Made two interceptions…Recorded 34 tackles and recovered punts for scores and rushed for two touchdowns...Also competed in baseball and a fumble... Named to All-Greater Western Ohio Conference First Team…Received track & field at Pebblebrook. invites for National Underclassmen (NUC) All-American Game, NUC Ultimate DEMETRIUS MONDAY’S CAREER STATISTICS 100 and Texas vs. the World Game…Also competed in basketball and track & field DEFENSE at Springfield…Two uncles and a cousin all played in the NFL. Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. MARQUES MOORE’S CAREER STATISTICS 2016 9/3 15 3 18 - - - - 2015 12/12 23 12 35 1.0/1 - 1/1 6/108 DEFENSE 2014 11/9 25 15 40 1.5/3 0.5/4 1/47 Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. Total 32/24 63 30 93 2.5/4 0.5/4 1/1 7/155 2016 12/0 3 4 7 0.5/1 0 - - 2015 12/3 11 12 23 1.0/8 1.0/8 /1 - 2014 10/4 10 21 31 3.0/15 1.0/10 1/1 Total 34/7 24 37 61 4.5/24 2.0/18 1/2
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Kalil Akeam MORRIS 49 PETERS 31 Sr./Jr. • DT • 6-2 • 327 • Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Hartley So./So. • S • 5-10 • 199 • Tucker, Ga./Tucker
2016 2016 FRESHMAN SEASON Played in all 12 games, starting three...Made 15 tackles and one tackle for loss Played in all 12 games, making one start...Recorded four solo tackles and one 2015 tackle for loss Played in nine games, making one start...Recorded eight tackles and recovered a PRIOR TO KENT STATE fumble...Made collegiate debut at Illinois. Named to all-region team...Helped Tucker to three regional championships and a 2014 state runner-up finish...Team captain...Recorded 59 tackles and six interceptions...A Redshirted four-sport athlete in high school, competing in basketball, baseball and track & field PRIOR TO KENT STATE Made 161 career tackles with 15 sacks, five forced fumbles and two fumbles recov- ered... All-Ohio First Team in junior and senior seasons…Three-time all-district and All-Central Catholic League First Team selection…Team captain...All-Metro First Team…North-South All-Star Game selection…Helped Hartley to state cham- Carlos pionship game appearance as a senior and state semifinal appearance as a junior… Back-to-back undefeated regular seasons…Also played basketball at Bishop Hartley. KALIL MORRIS’ CAREER STATISTICS PICKETT 6 DEFENSE Jr./So. • S • 5-10 • 187• Brunswick, Ga./Brunswick Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. 2015 9/1 5 3 8 - - /1 - 2016 12/3 6 9 15 1.0 - - - 2016 SEASON Total 21/4 11 12 23 1.0 - - - Played in six games...Made career debut in game seven at Miami 2015 SEASON
Redshirted PRIOR TO KENT STATE Jamal Graduated a semester early from Brunswick High School. Played in the AT&T PARKER 19 Georgia Junior Bowl. Earned all-region honorable mention. So./So. • CB • 5-8 • 183 • Pennsauken, N.J./Camden Catholic
2016 FRESHMAN SEASON Intercepted three passes in final two games...Recorded first career blocked field goal Kavious in win at Central Michigan...Played in 12 games, starting seven...Made 28 tackles, including 21 solo stops...Made first career start against Akron, making four tackles... Made collegiate debut at Penn State PRICE 84 So./So. • WR • 5-6 • 169 • Bradenton, Fla./Manatee PRIOR TO KENT STATE Named to All-New Jersey Third Team...Earned All-South Jersey First Team hon- ors...Three-time all-conference first team selection...Helped Camden Catholic to 2016 FRESHMAN SEASON conference championship...Captain of both football and basketball teams...Made Played in 10 games, starting two...Caught 12 passes for 86 yards...Rushed for 128 seven career interceptions and had 65 tackles as a senior...Also played offense, yards on 20 carries...Returned eight kickoffs for 163 yards...Made collegiate debut totaling 33 career touchdowns and 2,500 all-purpose yards at Penn State, including first career catch and a carry for 28 yards...Returned a JAMAL PARKER’S CAREER STATISTICS Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. kickoff 51 yards against NC A&T...Caught three passes for 36 yards at Buffalo 2016 12/7 21 7 28 1.0/9 1.0/9 - 3-57
www.kentstatesports.com 19 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 PRIOR TO KENT STATE in fourth quarter against No. 14 Western Michigan...Rushed for 82 yards on 13 All-Florida First Team...Co-MVP of All-District 16 Team...Helped Manatee to carries in collegiate debut at Penn State...Scored first career touchdown against NC regional championship...Caught 40 passes for 842 yards and 12 touchdowns... A&T in overtime...Had a 47-yard carry at Alabama on Flashes’ first offensive play... Three-sport athlete, earning Team MVPs for football, basketball and track & field... Earned Don Nottingham Award as most improved offensive player in the spring State finalist in both the 100m and 200m dashes PRIOR TO KENT STATE KAVIOUS PRICE’S CAREER STATISTICS Three-time All-Ohio first team selection...MVP of Lorain County Senior All-Star RECEIVING Game...Rushed for 15 touchdowns as a senior and 13 touchdowns as a junior... Year G/GS Rec. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. Earned all-state honors in track and field (200m dash) 2016 10/2 12 86 0 18 7.2 KICK RETURNS JUSTIN RANKIN’S CAREER STATISTICS Year Ret Yds. Avg. TD Lg. RUSHING/RECEIVING 2016 9 194 21.6 0 66 Year G/GS Att. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. Rec. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. 2016 11/11 108 511 3 47 4.7 28 335 1 54 12.0 KICK RETURNS Year Ret Yds. Avg. TD Lg. 2016 6 140 23.3 0 31
Nathan PUTHOFF 52 Sr./Sr. • OL • 6-4 • 313 • Columbus, Ohio/St. Charles Jae’Vante 2017 SENIOR SEASON RAY 38 Named to Rimington Trophy Watch List Sr./Jr. • DB • 5-10 • 169 • Akron, Ohio/Ellet 2016 JUNIOR SEASON 2016 SEASON Played and started in six games, seeing action at both guard and center Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules 2015 SOPHOMORE SEASON PRIOR TO KENT STATE Played in 12 games, making 10 starts...Recipient of the Lane Family Football Scholarship Spent two seasons at Eastern Michigan...Earned second team All-City honors in 2014 FRESHMAN SEASON three straight seasons at Ellet...Team captain as a senior and four-year letterwinner... Earned All-City Academic Award...Made 14 interceptions over three years along Played in seven games, starting five at right guard...Made first career appearance with a total of 147 tackles and four forced fumbles in opener against Ohio...Made first career start at Virginia. PRIOR TO KENT STATE All-Ohio First Team selection…Offensive Team MVP…Was also a first team selection on all-conference, all-district and All-Metro teams…Helped St. Charles to a playoff appearance…Father and uncle both played football at Ohio…Will be seventh member of family to compete as a student-athlete in the Mid-American Quan Conference…Also competed in baseball and track & field. ROBINSON 10 Sr./Jr. • S • 6-1 • 174 • Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville
Justin 2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON
Played in 10 games RANKIN 11 2015 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON So./So. • RB • 5-9• 206 • Oberlin, Ohio/Elyria Catholic Recieved the Jack Lambert Award as the defensive player who made the biggest improvement during spring practice...Made collegiate debut at Illinois. 2016 FRESHMAN SEASON Rushed for 511 yards and two touchdowns...Led team with 28 catches for 335 yards... 2014 SEASON Returned six kickoffs for 140 yards...Caught 10 passes for 181 yards and a touch- Redshirted down against Akron, the most receiving yards by a Kent State player since 2009. PRIOR TO KENT STATE He finished the game with 298 all-purpose yards...Had 20-yard rushing touchdown Threw for 1,945 yards and 25 touchdowns as a senior…Ran for 500 yards and
20 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 14 touchdowns... Senate League All-Star…Team captain…Three-year starter at Made 54 tackles with six pass breakups and one interception in senior season… quarterback…Led Glenville to state title game in senior year and three Senate Receivers he covered did not catch a pass during his junior season. All-Senate League titles. League First Team selection…Team captain…Two-year starter at cornerback… QUAN ROBINSON’S CAREER STATISTICS Helped Glenville to state title game in senior year and three Senate League titles… DEFENSE Ranked second in his class academically…OHSAA Academic All-Ohio. Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. ERIK SIMPSON’S CAREER STATISTICS 2015 10/2 5 3 8 1/0 2016 10/0 - 1 1 - - - - DEFENSE Total 20/2 5 4 9 - - 1/0 - Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. 2015 10/4 9 4 13 1.0/1 2016 10/0 ------Total 20/4 9 4 13 1.0 - - -
Connor SHINSKY 59 Keon Sr./Jr. • OL • 6-5 • 302 • Butler, Pa./Knoch SINGLETON 6 So./Fr. • RB • 6-0 • 221 • Washington, D.C./Carroll 2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON 2016 SEASON Started all 12 games...Made first career start at Penn State at right tackle Redshirted 2015 SEASON Made collegiate debut at Illinois...Played in three games PRIOR TO KENT STATE Earned first team all-conference honors as a senior...Helped Archbishop Carroll to 2014 SEASON Washington D.C. city championship...Earned second team all-conference honors Redshirted as a junior...Rushed for 1,047 yards and 11 touchdowns during senior yea PRIOR TO KENT STATE Totaled 45 tackles and six sacks as a junior... All-Greater Allegheny Conference First Team selection on offense in junior and senior seasons…Also an all-conference second team selection on defense …Team captain…Helped Knoch to a pair of playoff appearances, including a WPIAL runner-up finish in 2011…Knoch fin- Matthew ished 12-1, winning a Section 3 championship…Named to Butler Eagle Sweet 16 and Pittsburgh Post Gazette North Finest 22…Also played basketball at Knoch. SOMMERS 33 Sr./Sr. • DE • 6-2 • 265 • Kent, Ohio/Roosevelt
2016 JUNIOR SEASON
Named Erik 2015 SOPHOMORE SEASON Named to Academic All-MAC team...Appeared in all 12 games...Recorded 12 total SIMPSON 2 tackled including 1.5 tackles for loss. Sr./Jr. • S • 5-11 • 193 • Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville 2014 FRESHMAN SEASON Made 17 tackles...Forced a fumble at Ohio State... Made first career appearance in 2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON opener against Ohio... Played in all 11 games. Played in 10 games PRIOR TO KENT STATE 2015 REDSHIRT FRESHAMN SEASON Totaled 421 career tackles, 30 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, six forced fumbles and Played in 10 games, starting four...Recorded 13 tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss... an interception…Holds Roosevelt records for tackles in a season and tackles in a Made collegiate debut at Illinois. career... Two-time Portage Trail Conference Defensive Player of the Year…Earned All-Ohio Second Team honors as a senior and special mention as a junior…Team 2014 SEASON captain…Three-time all-conference first team selection…Helped Roosevelt to Redshirted three conference championships... Also played lacrosse at Roosevelt, earning all- PRIOR TO KENT STATE district honors in two seasons.
www.kentstatesports.com 21 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 mention...Earned all-district second team honors as a junior...Also earned All-NLL MATTHEW SOMMERS’ CAREER STATISTICS First Team honors as a kicker in senior season...Averaged 40.45 yards on punts as a DEFENSE senior...Went 5-for-5 on field goal attempts and had 12 touchbacks in senior season Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL/Yds. QBS/Yds. FF/FR INT/Yds. 2016 12/0 5 3 8 2.5/8 - - - 2015 12/- 8 4 12 1.5/2 2014 11/- 8 9 17 0.5/1 1/0 Total 35/- 21 16 37 4.5/11 1/0 Chase VAN HOEF 76 Zaquon Jr./So. • OL • 6-3 • 290• Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven TYSON 86 2016 Sr./Jr. • WR • 5-9 • 165 • Miami, Fla./Norland Named to Academic All-MAC Team...Played in 11 games 2015 2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON Redshirted Played in nine games...Made two catches for 26 yards...Returned 12 punts for 67 PRIOR TO KENT STATE yards...Returned six kickoffs for 97 yards Made 30 tackles as a senior... Earned all-state honorable mention…Two-time 2015 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON all-conference selection…Two-time all-region selection…Played offensive and Made collegiate debut at Illinois...Recorded first career catch against Bowling defensive line…Father, Matthew, played football at Michigan… Was also a two- Green...Made debut as punt retuner at UMass. year captain in wrestling, placing sixth at state tournament…Two-year letterwinner 2014 SEASON in track & field. Redshirted PRIOR TO KENT STATE Helped Norland win a state title in 2011 …Team captain...Earned MVP of both Georgia vs. Florida and Private vs. Public All-Star Games… Made 30 catches for Myles 550 yards and four touchdowns as a senior. ZAQUON TYSON’S CAREER STATISTICS RUSHING/RECEIVING WASHINGTON 26 Year G/GS Att. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. Rec. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. 2015 10/- 2 17 0 12 8.50 Jr./Jr. • RB • 5-9 • 222• New Orleans, La./ John Curtis 2016 9/0 - - - - - 2 26 0 15 13.0 Total 19/0 - - - - - 4 43 0 15 10.75 2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON PUNT/KICK RETURNS Year G/GS PR. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. KR. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. Rushed for 51 yards on 22 carries...Caught seven passes for 63 yards...Scored first 2015 10/- 8 34 0 12 4.25 3 45 0 17 15.0 career touchdown in win over Monmouth...Played 11 game 2016 9/0 12 67 0 16 5.6 6 97 0 22 16.2 Total 19/0 20 101 0 16 5.0 9 142 0 22 15.7 2015 FRESHMAN SEASON Rushed for 102 yards on 32 carries...Caught three passes for 24 yards...Had career- high of 56 yards rushing on 12 carries against Marshall...Made collegiate debut at Illinois Grant PRIOR TO KENT STATE All state in junior and senior seasons... Team captain...also played quarterback at John CurtisRushed for 14 touchdowns as a junior, averaging 6.5 yards per carry… URENOVITCH 94 Threw for a combined 1,267 yards and 12 touchdown passes in junior and senior So./Fr. • P • 6-1 • 157 • Whitehouse, Ohio/Wayne seasons...Hit .407 as a junior on baseball team with four home runs, 31 RBI and 15 stolen bases... Earned all-state honors in junior and senior seasons… Played 2016 SEASON quarterback at John Curtis …Team captain…High school teammates with Kent State running back Raekwon James…Was a member of three state championship Redshirted teams at John Curtis... Also served as captain on baseball team. PRIOR TO KENT STATE Named All-Northern Lakes League First Team punter in both junior and senior seasons...Named to all-district first team in senior year and earned all-state honorable
22 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 MYLES WASHINGTON’S CAREER STATISTICS Redshirted RUSHING/RECEIVING Year G/GS Att. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. Rec. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. PRIOR TO KENT STATE 2015 6/1 32 102 0 24 3.2 3 24 0 14 8.0 Earned All-Area Second Team honors...Made 38 catches as a senior for 700 yards 2016 11/0 22 51 1 8 2.3 7 63 0 29 9.0 and 12 touchdowns Total 17/1 54 153 1 32 2.8 10 87 0 29 8.7 PUNT/KICK RETURNS Year G/GS PR. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. KR. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. 2015 6/1 2 36 0 19 18.0 2016 11/0 2 16 0 9 8.0 Grant WILLIAMS 90 Jr./So. • LS • 5-11 • 195• Sheffield, Ohio/St. Edward Kris 2016 WHITE 3 Played in four games 5th/Sr. • WR • 6-1 • 225 • Clermont, Fla./South Lake 2015 2016 JUNIOR SEASON Redshirted
Endured season-ending injury in opener at Penn State PRIOR TO KENT STATE 2015 SOPHOMORE SEASON Part of two Division I state championship teams (2011, 2014) Made 22 catches for 229 yards 2014 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON Had 25 catches for 270 yards...Recorded-high five catches in win over Army...Made first career start against South Alabama...Made first career appearance in opener Johnny against Ohio...Had career-high 67 yards against Northern Illinois...Played in all 11 games, starting nine. 2013 WOODS 80 Redshirted...Joined Kent State in January of 2013 after graduating high school early Jr./Jr. • WR • 6-2 • 200• Smith Station, Ala./ Smiths Station and participated in spring ball. 2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON PRIOR TO KENT STATE Team captain at South Lake. ..played quarterback, running back, wide receiver and Made six catches for 48 yards...Played in all 12 games, making five starts...Caught linebacker…First player to join the Golden Flashes after graduating high school a a touchdown pass in overtime against NC A&T semester early... Threw for 1,334 yards, 14 touchdowns and only four 2015 FRESHMAN SEASON interceptions as a sophomore. Caught 21 passes for 166 yards and one touchdown...Made collegiate debut at KRIS WHITE’S CAREER STATISTICS Illinois...Played in 11 games, making eight starts. RUSHING/RECEIVING Year G/GS Att. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. Rec. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. PRIOR TO KENT STATE 2016 1/1 - - - - - 1 12 - - 12.0 2015 11/9 - - - - - 22 229 - 58 10.4 Caught 53 passes for 924 receiving yards and six touchdowns as a senior in 2013. 2014 11/9 - - - - 25 270 - 30 10.8 Named to 2013 All-Bi-City First Team Offense. Also played defense, recording Total 23/19 - - - - - 48 511 - 58 10.6 54 tackles, three interceptions and two sacks.
JOHNNY WOODS’ CAREER STATISTICS RECEIVING Year G/GS Rec. Yds. TD Lg. Avg. 2016 12/5 6 48 1 15 8.0 Brant 2015 11/8 21 166 1 15 7.9 WILLIAMS 83 Total 23/13 27 214 2 15 7.9 So./Fr. • WR • 6-1 • 160 • Daytona Beach, Fla/Mainland
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Sam Kesean ALLAN 69 GAMBLE 34 Fr./Fr. • OL • 6-2 • 279 • Portage, Mich./Portage Central Fr./Fr. • LB • 6-1 • 249 • Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Hills Christian PRIOR TO KENT STATE PRIOR TO KENT STATE All-state Division II First Team selection…Named to 2016 Kalamazoo Gazette Was an AP Division V All-State First Team selection…Miami Valley Conference Football Dream Team Offense…Two-time all-conference first team selection… Offensive Player of the Year…Earned all-conference second team honors on All-area first team honors as a senior and second team honors as a junior…Helped defense…Cincinnati Enquirer Offensive Player of the Year…Helped Cincinnati Portage Central to a pair of SMAC West titles and a record of 34-5 in his four Hills Christian Academy to conference title…Team captain in both football and seasons... Helped Portage Central rush for over 2,900 yards basketball...Rushed for 1,768 yards and 31 touchdowns...Caught 20 passes for 462 yards and four touchdowns
Eddie Elvis BRECHT 71 HINES 8 Fr./Fr. • OL • 6-7 • 300 • Lapeer, Mich./Lapeer East Fr./Fr. • DB • 5-10 • 172 • Camden, N.J./IMG Academy PRIOR TO KENT STATE PRIOR TO KENT STATE Selected to play in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl…2016 Associated Press Helped IMG Academy Ascenders football team go 20-0 in two seasons...IMG Division I-II All-State Honorable Mention…Named to the D-Zone 2016 All- finished as the No. 1 team in the MaxPreps south region football computer rank- Michigan Football First Team…Helped Lapeer to a pair of conference titles in ings and No. 4 team in the nation...Finished with 34 solo tackles, 51 total tackles, sophomore and junior seasons…Team captain…Also competes for Lapeer’s golf four interceptions, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, 16 pass breakups and and wrestling teams two defensive touchdowns in two seasons at IMG
Raymond Dustin JAMES 12 CRUM 14 Fr./Fr. • DB • 5-11 • 176 • Dayton, Ohio/Wayne Fr./Fr. • QB • 6-3 • 205 • Grafton, Ohio/Midview PRIOR TO KENT STATE PRIOR TO KENT STATE Played cornerback, wide receiver, running back and returned kicks and punts at Two-time Mr. Ohio finalist…2016 Associated Press Division II All-Ohio First Wayne…Earned all-conference second team honors…Helped Wayne to conference Team…Three-time All-Ohio selection…Two-time district Offensive player of title…Began high school career at Xenia…Also played basketball the Year…Three-time All-District First Team selection…Cleveland.com’s 2016 Football All-Stars on Offense First Team…Team captain…Helped Midview to a pair of conference titles and a regional runner-up finish…Earned academic all- state honors... Holds Lorain County and Midview High School records for career passing yards (8,585) and touchdown passes (103)…Rushed for 3,447 yards and 38 touchdowns in his career… As a senior, threw for 2,615 yards and rushed for Amari 1,557 yards, accounting for 46 total touchdowns (32 passing, 14 rushing)…Holds Lorain County record for touchdown passes in a season (39)…Eight touchdown passes in a game are tied for the second in Ohio history JENSON 36 Fr./Fr. • LB • 6-0 • 244 • Ypsilanti, Mich./Ypsilanti Community
24 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 NEWCOMERS PRIOR TO KENT STATE Three-time all-conference first team selection…Two-time all-league selection… Three-year team captain…Named to AP Dream Team…Helped Ypsilanti to conference title in 2014…Also lettered in track & field…Earned all-conference honors in shot put in back-to-back seasons...Totaled 157 tackles, 25 sacks and Anthony three forced fumbles MCKAY 52 Sr./Jr. • DL • 6-1 • 289 • Salinas, Calif./Monterey PRIOR TO KENT STATE Rodley Took four seasons off from football before enrolling at Monterey Peninsula Col- lege…Will have two years of eligibility...Two-year team captain…All-conference JOLICOEUR 17 first team selection…Named Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2015 Fr./Fr. • S • 5-8 • 181 • Delray Beach, Fla./Village Academy PRIOR TO KENT STATE Named to All-Palm Beach County 5A-1A Second Team Defense…Selected to play in the Florida vs. Georgia All-Star game…Named to all-conference second Nathan team…Named to ESPN 106.3’s Top 63…Helped Village Academy to district runner-up finish… Totaled 117 tackles, 12 sacks, 17 pass breakups, 13 TFL, nine forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries...Also had eight rushing touchdowns MONNIN 47 on offense...Team captain in both football and track & field…Was a member of Fr./Fr. • TE • 6-5 • 267 • Piqua, Ohio/Piqua 4x100 regional runner-up relay team…Earned academic achievement honors from PRIOR TO KENT STATE Delray Beach Sports Exhibitors and Omega Psi Psi Fraternity Associated Press 2016 Division III All-Ohio First Team…2016 first team All- GWOC North honors for both offense and defense…Three-time all-conference selection, including first team honors in junior and senior seasons…Two-time all-conference selection and team captain on Piqua basketball team
Devante LEE 3 5th/Sr. • DL • 6-6 • 294 • Chicago, Ill./Southern Illinois Jonathan PRIOR TO KENT STATE Took four seasons off from football before enrolling at Monterey Peninsula Col- MOORE 25 lege…Will have two years of eligibility...Two-year team captain…All-conference Fr./Fr. • WR • 5-8 • 176 • Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas first team selection…Named Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2015 PRIOR TO KENT STATE Helped St. Thomas Aquinas to three state championships…Team captain...Gained 600 yards of total offense with three touchdowns
Colt MCFADDEN 90 AJ Fr./Fr. • K • 6-0 • 196 • Poland, Ohio/Poland Seminary PRIOR TO KENT STATE MUSOLINO 19 Named to All-Ohio First Team...Two-time all-conference first team selection... Fr./Fr. • S • 6-3 • 205 • Struthers, Ohio/Struthers Kicked the fifth longest field goal (55 yards) in the stae of Ohio’s history...Made 11 PRIOR TO KENT STATE of 14 field goal attempts and went 32-for-32 on extra points as a senior...Recorded AP Northeast Ohio Inland District Defensive Player of the Year for Division IV… 82 career touchbacks on kickoffs...Named to WKBN Big 22...Team captain Named 2016 AP All-State First Team…MaxPreps/JJ Huddle Ohio High School All-Ohio First Team Defense…Two-time conference Player of the year…Third team all-state as a junior and honorable mention as a sophomore…Youngstown www.kentstatesports.com 25 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 NEWCOMERS Vindicator Defensive Player of the Year…Three-time all-conference and all-region selection…Named WKBN Big 22 Class of 2016…Team captain…Helped Struthers to conference title in 2016…Also played basketball at Struthers... Holds school record for career total yards (5,200) and total touchdowns (66), five interceptions, 164 tackles...Made 77 tackles, with 5.5 TFL, two interceptions, five forced fumbles, Donte three fumble recoveries as a senior...Rushed for 1,260 yards and 21 TDs...Threw for 550 yards and four TDs ROSS 19 Jr./Jr. • WR • 6-1 • 170 • Palmdale, Calif./Antelope Valley PRIOR TO KENT STATE Earned all-state honors…All-state first team selection…Team’s offensive player Cepeda of the year…Totaled 1,082 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns...Team captain PHILLIPS 37 Fr./Fr. • LB • 6-0 • 222 • Detroit, Mich./Martin Luther King PRIOR TO KENT STATE KJ 2016 Division I-II Associated Press All-State First Team… Helped Detroit Mar- tin Luther King to back-to-back state championships…Team captain…Team Defensive MVP…All-city first team…Dale Harvel Leadership Award…Earned SHERALD 15 all-academic football team award... Combined for over 100 tackles in junior and Fr./Fr. • CB • 5-9 • 177 • Waldorf, Md./Bishop McNamara senior seasons…Led Detroit Martin Luther King in 2016 state championship game PRIOR TO KENT STATE with 10 tackles and one sack Made 55 tackles as a senior with four interceptions, a fumble recovery and 10 passes defended...Washington Catholic Athletic Conference 2016 Honorable Mention…High School teammates with Xavier Williams…Also played basketball at Bishop McNamara Will PHILLIS III 13 Sam Fr./Fr. • QB • 6-4 • 230 • Hilliard/Hilliard Bradley PRIOR TO KENT STATE THOMAS 35 Ohio Division I Offensive Player of the Year…All-Ohio First Team…All Central Fr./Fr. • LB • 6-0 • 234 • Baltimore, Md./St. Frances Academy District and Ohio Capital Conference Player of the Year… Threw for 2,508 yards, PRIOR TO KENT STATE 27 touchdowns and only four interceptions as a senior…Totaled 6,117 career pass- ing yards with 59 touchdowns...Helped Bradley to conference championship… Earned all-conference second team honors as a running back in 2015 Team captain…Earned Ernie Godfrey and OCC Scholar Athlete honors…Also played basketball at Bradley
Isaac Jordan VANCE 27 Fr./Fr. • RB • 5-9 • 171 • Las Cruces, N.M./Mayfield ROBINSON 55 PRIOR TO KENT STATE Jr./Jr. • DE • 6-2 • 257 • Jefferson City, Mo./Fort Scott CC Two-time all-state first team selection as both a running back and defensive back… PRIOR TO KENT STATE Named District 3-6 Player of the Year…Three-time all-district first team selection Tallied four sacks and forced two fumbles at Fort Scott at running back…Helped Mayfield to back-to-back state runner-up finishes…Two- year team captain…Rushed for 2,000 yards and 32 touchdowns as a junior...Holds seven school records and two state records...Also played basketball and baseball
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Nate WARNOCK 74 So./So. • OL • 6-4 • 294 • LaPorte, Ind./St. Joseph’s PRIOR TO KENT STATE Played six games for St. Joseph’s College in 2016...IFCA Class 6A First Team choice...Competed in the 6A All-Star Game...All-Duneland Athletic Conference First Team selection
Zayin WEST 97 Fr./Fr. • DE • 6-1 • 258 • Midlothian, Va./Manchester PRIOR TO KENT STATE Played six games for St. Joseph’s College in 2016...IFCA Class 6A First Team choice...Competed in the 6A All-Star Game...All-Duneland Athletic Conference First Team selection
Xavier WILLIAMS 18 Fr./Fr. • RB • 5-9 • 183 • Forestville, Md./Bishop McNamara PRIOR TO KENT STATE Two-time All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference selection…Totaled 1,335 yards rushing, and 12 rushing touchdowns... Made 52 catches for 603 yards and six touchdowns...High school teammates with K.J. Sherald…Also a captain on McNamara’s track & field team, earning all-conference honors in the 55 meters and the 4x100
www.kentstatesports.com 27 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 Coaching Staff Haynes spent the previous seven seasons at Ohio State, serving as the co- defensive coordinator and safeties coach in 2011 and as defensive backs coach HEAD COACH from 2005-10. He also worked with former Head Coach Darrell Hazell on Jim Paul Tressel’s Ohio State staff from 2005-10. In Haynes’ seven years in Columbus, the Buckeyes compiled a 66-11 record, HAYNES won six Big Ten titles and played in six consecutive BCS games. Ohio State defen- sive backs also boasted five first-team All-Americans and 10 first-team All-Big Ten selections in those seasons. Nine of the defensive backs Haynes coached at Ohio Kent State ‘93 • 5th Season State were selected in the 2006-12 NFL Drafts, including first rounders Malcom Jenkins and Donte Whitner. In 2008, Jenkins won the Thorpe Award, as the na- tion’s best defensive back. aul Haynes enters his fifth season as head coach at Kent State University and P The 2012 season at Arkansas was Haynes’ third stint on a John L.Smith coach- his 12th season affiliated with the program. Haynes was introduced as the Golden ing staff. He also worked under Smith at Michigan State, serving as defensive backs Flashes’ 21st head football coach on Dec. 18, 2012, 25 years after he walked on to coach from 2003-04, and at Louisville, as defensive backs coach in 2002. play football at Kent State as a college freshman. This is Haynes’ second homecoming at Kent State. He spent two seasons as an In 2016, eleven Golden Flashes earned spots on the Academic All-MAC assistant coach under former Golden Flashes head coach Dean Pees, who is now Team, while Nick Cuthbert became the second player during the Haynes era to the defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens. After coaching Kent State’s earn Academic All-America honors in multiple seasons. Four Flashes earned all- defensive backs in 1999, Haynes was promoted to assistant head coach and safeties conference honors including Najee Murray, who was selected to play in the Tropical coach in 2000. Haynes then moved on to the NFL in 2001, spending one season Bowl. The 2016 season included a victory over bowl-bound Central Michigan, the as the defensive quality control coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars. program’s biggest comeback victory since 2003 and the program’s second win in Haynes’ coaching career also includes stops at Northern Iowa (running backs Mount Pleasant since 1976. and secondary, 1997-98), Ferris State (defensive backs, 1995-96), Bowling Green On Oct. 3, 2015, Haynes became Kent State’s first head coach to win back-to- (graduate assistant, 1994) and St. Francis DeSales High School in Columbus (as- back homecoming games since Don James in 1973. By season’s end, five Flashes sistant coach, 1993). were named to the All-MAC Team, 14 earned Academic All-MAC honors and five Known as “Ice” during his playing days, Haynes walked on at Kent State in the were named MAC Distinguished Scholar Athletes. For the first time in program fall of 1987 and went on to play four years for the Golden Flashes. As a freshman, history, two Flashes earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. he led the team in interceptions during Kent State’s 7-4 season under Glen Mason. In his first season, Haynes helped produce five All-Mid-American Conference As a sophomore, Haynes led the team with 116 tackles. After missing the 1989 selections, an SI.com All-American (Roosevelt Nix), an Academic All-American campaign with a knee injury, he earned All-MAC honors his final two years and (Jordan Italiano) and four Academic All-MAC selections, which tied for the second ended his career with 440 tackles, a total that ranks seventh in Kent State history. most in the conference. Prior to enrolling at Kent State, Haynes earned three letters in football at St. On Aug. 29, 2013, Haynes became the first Kent State rookie head coach to Francis DeSales High School in Columbus, including one during the team’s 1985 win a season opener since 1988. He was also the Flashes’ first rookie head coach state championship season. He also made OHSAA state tournament appearances in to win a MAC road opener since 1986. At the end of the season, he joined Glen both basketball and track, earning four track letters and two basketball monograms. Mason as the only Kent State head coaches to defeat both Miami and Ohio in their Haynes was born on July 11, 1969. He and his wife, Danita, who graduated first season. from Florida A&M with an education degree, have three children: daughters Jordyn In May of 2014, Dri Archer became just the fifth Kent State player since 1974, and Kennedy Rose and son Tarron. to be selected in one of the first three rounds of the NFL Draft. Following the 2014 season, 10 Golden Flashes earned spots on the Academic All-MAC Team, including Italiano, who was named to the Academic All-America First Team. Seven of those 10 were named Distinguished Scholar Athletes, tying Kent State for the most selections in the conference. Three Flashes earned all- conference honors, including Casey Pierce, who became just the third player in Kent State history selected to play in the Senior Bowl. “I am very excited to welcome Paul back to the Kent State family,” said Director of Athletics Joel Nielsen of the hiring of Haynes. “During our search for a new head coach, I was looking for someone who had the qualities that could carry on the recent success of the football program. Those qualities include leadership, a genuine interest in our student-athletes, integrity and an understanding of Kent State and the Mid-American Conference. Ohio recruiting ties were also very im- portant. Paul hits on every one of those areas. In hiring Paul we are also making a significant investment in the head coaching position here at Kent State.” Haynes, 45, spent the 2012 season as the defensive coordinator at Arkansas and also served as the secondary coach for the Razorbacks. Haynes joined the Arkansas staff in December 2011, taking over the Razorbacks’ defense when it dominated No. 11 Kansas State 29-16 in the AT&T Cotton Bowl.
28 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 Coaching Staff OFFENSIVE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR COORDINATOR Don Ben TREADWELL NEEDHAM Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks • 4th Season Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers • Ohio State ‘07 • 5th Season
Entering his 32nd season of coaching and fourth at Kent State, Don Treadwell Ben Needham enters his fifth season on Kent State’s staff and second was promoted to offensive coordinator in January of 2015 and also serves as quar- as defensive coordinator. In January of 2016, Needham was promoted to terbacks coach. Treadwell joined the Golden Flashes just prior to the 2014 spring defensive coordinator after spending three seasons as Kent State’s recruiting season as running backs coach. coordinator and linebackers coach. The 2016 season saw six Golden Flashes on offense earn Academic All-MAC hon- Four players on Kent State’s defense were selected to the All-Mid-American ors, while two quarterbacks (Nick Holley, George Bollas) earned MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete honors. After two quarterbacks suffered season-ending injuries in Conference Team in 2016, including Terence Waugh and Najee Murray on the first four weeks, Treadwell sparked the unique success story of Nick Holley, who the first team. Safety Nate Holley led the nation in solo tackles per game and made a midseason transition to quarterback. Going four years without playing the ranked second in total tackles. Kent State ranked fourth in the MAC in total position, Holley went on to earn MAC East Offensive Player of the Week honors defense and fifth in scoring defense. Five Flashes on defense were named to three times in a six-game span. the Academic All-MAC Team, while linebacker Nick Cuthbert earned Academic In 2015, four Flashes on the offensive side of the ball earned Academic All-MAC All-America First Team accolades. honors, while redshirt freshman quarterback George Bollas was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete. In his first career start, Bollas helped the Flashes to In 2015, linebacker Matt Dellinger ranked 16th in the conference in tackles, a victory at UMass. was named to the Academic All-MAC Team and earned the team Jack Rit- While coaching the running backs in 2014, Treadwell helped the development of tichier Award. running back Nick Holle, ywho converted from wide receiver. Holley had a pair of In each of the past two years, Needham has spearheaded a recruiting effort 95-yard rushing performances in his final three games. He and running back Anthony that gives the Golden Flashes unprecedented depth at a number of positions. Meray each earned spots on the Academic All-MAC Team. A veteran of the Mid-American Conference, Treadwell was the head coach at Miami In 2015, Kent State’s recruiting class included players from 11 states. University from 2011-2013. He also served as a coordinator at five other Division I Kent State’s 2014 recruiting class included 11 all-state selections and nine programs over 12 seasons. players who competed in a state championship game. Now in his 12th season in the MAC, Treadwell’s resume includes nine bowl ap- Needham spent the 2012 season working as a defensive graduate assistant pearances, four Division I-AA playoff appearances and a national championship at the University of Arkansas. In his first two years as Miami’s head coach, the RedHawks combined for nine Prior to Arkansas, he spent the 2010-2011 seasons at Ohio State University, All-Mid-American Conference honors and had two players selected in the NFL Draft (Brandon Brooks, Zac Dysert). Miami also ranked among the top two in the MAC as the team’s defensive quality control assistant and as the defensive graduate in passing offense, in his first two seasons. assistant. Prior to returning to his alma mater, Treadwell spent four years as the offensive Needham came to Ohio State following two seasons as the defensive line coordinator and wide receivers coach at Michigan State where he engineered one of coach at Drake University. From 2008-2009, he coached two all-conference the most explosive offenses in the Big Ten. performers as the Bulldogs ranked among the FCS Top 15 in total defense, Nominated for the Broyles Award in 2010, given to the nation’s top assistant rushing defense and scoring defense both seasons. coach, Treadwell led the day-to-day team activities during Coach Mark Dantonio’s absence, including MSU’s wins over Northern Colorado and No. 11 Wisconsin. He Needham began his coaching career at Wabash College as the defensive also coached on the sideline in victories against Michigan and Illinois while Dantonio line coach in 2007. was in the press box. A 2007 graduate of Ohio State, Needham served as an undergraduate intern Treadwell was also Dantonio’s offensive coordinator at the University of Cincin- from 2005-06 with the Buckeyes. He played two seasons on the offensive line nati from 2004-06 and served under Brady Hoke as offensive coordinator at Ball at DePauw University before earning his degree at Ohio State. State in 2003. During his first stint at Michigan State, from 2000-02, he tutored several top receiv- A native of West Lafayette, Ind., Needham played football at West Lafayette ers, including Charles Rogers, the 2002 Biletnikoff Award winner. High School. Treadwell went to Michigan State following one season at NC State (1999) where he coached running backs. He previously spent two years at Boston College where he served as pass game coordinator while working with the quarterbacks and wideouts. Treadwell coached running backs under Tyrone Willingham at Stanford from 1995- 96, directing a Cardinal rushing attack that racked up 1,819 yards in 1995 . His coaching credits also include one season as a wide receivers coach at Cincinnati (1994), a two-year stay with Miami (1992-93) and a six-year stint at Youngstown State (1986-91). Treadwell spent all of those seasons under former YSU and Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel. While serving as the offensive coordinator in 1991, he helped guide the Penguins to the NCAA I-AA National Championship. Treadwell was a four-year starter at wide receiver at Miami (1978-81). He earned All-MAC First-Team honors as a junior and captained the team as a senior. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Miami in 1982. Born June 10, 1960, Treadwell graduated from Oberlin High School in 1978. Treadwell and his wife Lola have three children: Whittney, Blake and Spencer. www.kentstatesports.com 29 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 Coaching Staff RECRUITING CORNERBACKS COORDINATOR Joe Mark SPENCER TRESEY Running Backs • Ohio ‘95 • 3rd Season Cornerbacks • Ohio State ‘82 • First Season
Mark Spencer enters his third season at Kent State. Spencer joined the Golden Flashes in February of 2015, taking over the role of running backs Kent State announced the hiring of Joe Tresey as its cornerbacks coach on coach. In February of 2016, he added the role of recruiting coordinator. Feb. 27. Tresey brought over 30 years of coaching experience, including two stops In 2016, true freshman Justin Rankin rushed for 511 yards and three touch- in the Mid-American Conference as a defensive coordinator. downs and tacked on 335 receiving yards. Will Matthews was named to the “We’re very pleased to have Coach Tresey with us,” Head Coach Paul Haynes Academic All-MAC Team. Following the season, the Flashes’ recruiting class said. “I’ve known him for a long time from working camps together. He brings included 25 players from 12 different states. a wealth of knowledge and a ton of experience. He has the same vision that we During the 2015 season, Spencer helped with the development of redshirt have in building men and he’s nurtured a lot of young men over the years.” freshman back Raekwon James, who led the team with 963 all-purpose yards. Since 1995, Tresey has served as a defensive coordinator at the college level for Meanwhile, Sam Kukura earned a spot on the Academic All-MAC Team. 15 seasons, most recently at Youngstown State. He also called the defensive shots Bringing Mid-American Conference experience to the Golden Flashes, at UCLA, South Florida, Cincinnati, Central Michigan and Akron. Spencer was a member of the Miami University coaching staff from 2011- In 2012, Youngstown State ranked 11th in the FCS in total defense, while al- 2013. Spending time with wide receivers and running backs, Spencer worked lowing just 95.5 rushing yards per game. One year earlier, Tresey’s defense helped closely with current Kent State offensive coordinator Don Treadwell, who was UCLA advance to the PAC 12 Championship Game. the RedHawks’ head coach. In 2009, South Florida ranked 19th in the nation in scoring defense and won Most recently, Spencer spent the 2014 season working with wide receivers and the International Bowl. Two years earlier, Tresey oversaw a Cincinnati defense defensive backs with the Columbus Crusaders, a program of high school stu- that led the nation in turnovers gained and interceptions, while ranking 13th in dents, who are home-schooled or attend a high school without a football team. scoring defense. Spencer also coached wide receivers at Ohio Dominican University in 2010. Central Michigan won a MAC Championship and the Motor City Bowl in 2006 A veteran coach in the state of Ohio, Spencer spent two seasons at with Tresey serving as defensive coordinator. Youngstown State, working with running backs in 2008 and tight ends and Tresey is also a veteran at the high school level and recently served as athletic tackles in 2009. director at Clear Fork. His high school experience includes nine seasons as a head Also spending time on the defensive side of the ball, Spencer worked as a coach, including three years at Fredericktown, where he earned UPI Ohio Division defensive backs coach at Iowa Wesleyan in 2007. IV Coach of the Year honors. As a graduate assistant coach at Bluffton, Spencer coached the running backs Bringing a wide array of experience, Tresey also coached defensive backs for in 2005 and the defensive line in 2006. the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League in 2010. Spencer’s coaching career began as a quality coach for the Cincinnati Bearcats A native of Warren, Ohio, Tresey graduated from JFK High School. He earned in 2004 under head coach Mark Dantonio. a bachelor’s degree from Ohio State in 1982 and master’s degree from Ashland Spencer’s MAC experience began as a player at Ohio from 1991-94. He in 1997. joined the program as a walk-on tailback and earned letters in 1993 and 1994. Joe and his wife Patty have a son Patrick, who is the offensive quality control As a senior he was awarded a full scholarship. coach at Army West Point. A native of Columbus, Spencer was a team captain at Thomas Worthington High School in 1989. After graduation he remained with the program as run- ning backs coach in 1990 before joining the Bobcats. Spencer earned a bachelor’s degree in sports administration from Ohio in 1995 and received a second bachelor’s degree in business administration from Franklin University in 1999. He picked up his master’s degree in business administration at Bluffton in 2007. Mark and his wife Toya have a son, Langston.
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ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH Jeff Doc BURROW GAMBLE Safeties • Cincinnati ‘99 • 7th Season Wide Receivers • UT-Martin ‘95• 5th season
Entering his seventh season, Jeff Burrow has served as Kent State’s safe- Doc Gamble enters his fifth season at Kent State University, serving as ties coach since March of 2011 and was promoted co-defensive coordinator wide receivers coach. in 2017. Burrow was a part of the Golden Flashes’ 2012 MAC East title run In Gamble’s first season with the Flashes (2013), Dri Archer earned All-MAC and the program’s first bowl appearance in 40 years. honors as a slot receiver. Wideout Chris Humphrey doubled his output from In each of Burrow’s first five seasons, a Kent State safety earned All-MAC the previous season, catching 51 passes for 613 yards and three touchdowns, honors, including back-to-back first team selections for Nate Holley. In 2016, the most yards by a Kent State receiver since 2010. Holley was recognized as the NCAA statistical leader in solo tackles per game. In 2014, Humphrey matched his 51 catches and topped his receiving yard He ranked fourth in the nation in total tackles per game in 2015 and third in total (635) in 11 games. He was also named to the Academic All-MAC Team. 2014. Sophomore receiver Ernest Calhoun had a breakout season with 33 catches for Burrow also helped mentor Jordan Italiano, who became the first football 319 yards, while redshirt freshman Kris White totaled 25 grabs for 270 yards. player in Kent State’s history to be a three-time Academic All-American (2013- In 2015, Gamble helped develop a pair of freshmen receivers (Antwan 15) and was Kent State’s first Campbell Trophy finalist. In 2015, Burrow Dixon, Johnny Woods), who combined for 47 catches and 521 receiving yards. was the nation’s only position coach to have two Academic All-Americans in At season’s end, Connor Arlia and Luke Grandjean each earned Academic Italiano and Nick Cuthbert. All-MAC honors. In 2015, four Flashes’ safeties earned Academic All-MAC honors. Cuth- bert and Italiano each claimed MAC Distinguished Scholar Athletes nods and Three true freshmen (Kavious Price, Trey Harrell, Mike Carrigan) worked Academic All-District selections in back-to-back seasons. their way into the receiver rotation in 2016 under Gamble’s guidance. Senior From 2011-2013, Burrow oversaw the development of Luke Wollet, who Ernest Calhoun caught a career-high four touchdowns. garnered All-Mid-American Conference honors in all three seasons. During Prior to Kent State, Gamble coached running backs, tight ends and served that time, Wollet made 10 interceptions. Following the 2014 NFL Draft, Wollet as the recruiting coordinator at Alcorn State University. In 2012, the Braves was invited to the New Orleans Saints’ minicamp. doubled their win total (4) from the previous season. In 2011, Kent State’s defense ranked first in the MAC for conference-only Prior to Alcorn State, Gamble spent one season as an offensive assistant games in total defense, pass efficiency defense and red zone defense. Also at the University of Cincinnati. The Bearcats went 10-3 in 2011 and won a having success in 2011 under Burrow was freshman Calvin Tiggle, who finished share of the BIG EAST title. third on the team in tackles despite missing two games. He was a part of a Gamble coached at his alma mater, Withrow High School from 2003-07 and defense that ranked second in the MAC in points allowed. 2009-10. He posted a 53-19 record and a pair of playoff appearances. He Burrow spent 2010 as the secondary coach at Indiana State after serving the also served as the head football coach at Fairfield High School for one year in previous season as the assistant secondary coach at Marshall. 2008. During his time at Withrow and Fairfield, 120 of his student athletes The Sylvester, Ga., native previously spent two years at Jacksonville State went on to play college football at various levels. In 2004 he received the Paul as the wide receivers coach. During his tenure with the Gamecocks, Burrow Brown Excellence in Coaching Award, while at Withrow. tutored all-conference standouts Taurean Rhetta and Maurice Dupree. Gamble began his coaching career as a student-assistant coaching quarter- Burrow joined the Jacksonville State staff after spending two years as a de- backs at the University of Tennessee at Martin in 1995. He then returned to fensive graduate assistant at Notre Dame in 2005-06 under Charlie Weiss. Prior Withrow as an assistant coach for four seasons. to that, he served as a defensive graduate assistant at Minnesota under head Returning to the college ranks in 2000, Gamble was an assistant at Mount coach Glen Mason in 2003 and 2004. In 2002, he coached defensive backs and served as the team’s strength and conditioning coach at Greenville (Ill.) College. St. Joseph for two seasons. He was also a graduate assistant and linebackers As a player, Burrow was a two-year starter and a four-year letterman at coach at East Carolina in 2002. cornerback for the University of Cincinnati from 1995-99 where he played While a student at Withrow, Gamble was the quarterback for three seasons, for then head coach, and current Philadelphia Eagles’ linebackers coach Rick including one undefeated year. Minter. During this period, Burrow was also coached by current Pittsburgh He went on to play quarterback at North Dakota State College of Science Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin who served as defensive backs coach at and at the University of Tennessee at Martin. He graduated from the University Cincinnati from 1999 to 2000. of Tennessee at Martin in 1995 with a bachelor of science degree in physical Following his collegiate career, Burrow signed as a free agent with the education and health with a concentration in sports management. Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League and played one season with the team (2000). Burrow earned his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Cincinnati in 1999 and a master’s degree in education from the University of Min- nesota in 2004. He is married to the former Janea Coleman. The couple has two daughters, Jazmyne and Jaelyn.
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ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH Colin Rob FERRELL ZEITMAN Defensive Line • Kent State‘08 • 5th Season Offensive Line • George Washington • 2nd Season
Colin enters his fifth season on staff and second as defensive line coach. Rob Zeitman became Kent State’s offensive line coach on Feb. 1, 2016. Ferrell was promoted to a full-time assistant in January of 2016 after spending Zeitman spent the previous four seasons as assistant head coach and offensive three seasons as a defensive graduate assistant. line coach at Ferris State University. In 2016, two Kent State defensive linemen earned All-Mid-American Confer- During Zeitman’s first season of 2016, the Golden Flashes put together their ence honors, including a first team selection for Terence Waugh. Theo Eboigbe best season for rushing yardage in three years. Mike Marinelli and Chase Van Hoef were both named to the Academic All-MAC Team. was named to the Academic All-MAC Team. In 2014 and 2015, Zeitman helped the Bulldogs to back-to-back Great Lakes In 2015, Ferrell helped the Flashes rank third in the Mid-American Conference Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships and undefeated regular in both total defense and pass defense and fourth in rushing defense. As a grad seasons. Behind a stout offensive line, quarterback Jason Vander Laan won a assistant, Ferrell’s main focus was with the defensive line, where Terence Waugh pair of Harlon Hill Trophies (Division II Heisman). was named to the All-MAC First Team in 2015 In 2015, guard Cody Dingeldey earned Academic All-America honors and Prior to Kent State, Ferrell spent four seasons as a high school coach, three Bulldog linemen claimed All-GLIAC honors as Ferris State earned its including three at The Hun School of Princeton in New Jersey. first NCAA playoff win in 19 years. In Zeitman’s four seasons, 12 offensive A four-year letterwinner on the defensive line with the Golden Flashes from linemen earned all-conference accolades, while two claimed All-America honors. 2004-07, Ferrell was an All-Mid-American Conference First Team selection and Zeitman’s time at Ferris State came under Head Coach Tony Annese, who was a two-time GLIAC Coach of the Year and Super Region Four Coach of team captain as a senior. He then signed as a free agent with the Indianapolis the Year in 2015. Colts, playing throughout the 2008 preseason. Prior to Ferris State, Zeitman served as head coach at Northview High School A native of Hamilton, N.J., Ferrell was an all-state defensive lineman at in Grand Rapids for five seasons. He was also the head coach at Chippewa Steinert High School. Valley High School for two seasons. Zeitman’s time in Michigan began as an offensive coordinator for four years at Muskegon High School. Zeitman’s high school coaching career began in 1995 at G. Holmes Braddock in Miami, Fla. Zeitman attended the U.S. Naval Academy and George Washington University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in international affairs. Rob and his wife, Lori, have three children, Rebecca, Hannah and Elijah.
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SPORTS PERFORMANCE FOOTBALL OPERATIONS Ross Dayne BOWSHER BROWN Strength & Condiitioning • Lou vsiville ‘05 • 2nd Season Director of Football Operations • Morehead State ‘96 2nd Season Ross Bowsher joined Kent State’s staff in January of 2016 as director of football strength and conditioning. Bowsher came to the Golden Flashes ayne Brown joined Kent State in February of 2016 as director of after two years as Arkansas Tech University’s strength and conditioning coach. D football operations. A football veteran, Brown has been in a number of roles At Arkansas Tech, Bowsher implemented and oversaw the strength at both the college and high school levels. and conditioning efforts of 10 sports and nearly 300 student-athletes. Brown most recently served as director of recruiting and player development In 2015, Arkansas Tech’s football squad finished 9-3, winning the Heart at Southern Miss from 2013-15. of Texas Bowl. ATU ranked in the top 10 of Division II in rushing offense Also bringing coaching experience, Brown spent two seasons as defensive co- and top 25 in total defense and rushing defense, while 11 players earned ordinator and recruiting coordinator at the University of Pikeville in Kentucky. all-conference honors. Prior to returning to the college level, Brown spent three seasons as head Following one offseason in the weight room, 27 players surpassed the football coach and head weightlifting coach at Harmony High School in 300-pound mark in the hang clean. Twenty-two players hit the 500-pound Florida. In 2009, Brown was named the Florida Athletic Coaches Associa- milestone in squats and 25 players put up 350 pounds on the bench press. tion 4A Coach of the Year and the 2009 Orange Belt Conference Weightlifting With eight years of experience at the Division I level, Bowsher worked Coach of the Year. at Purdue University from 2011-13. He oversaw the sports performance Brown worked as associate director of football operations at Northwestern programs of baseball and track & field, while assisting with football. Dur- during the 2007 season and 2008 signing class under Pat Fitzgerald. ing his time as coordinator of strength and conditioning for offensive Prior to Northwestern, Brown was the defensive coordinator at both Lake and defensive linemen, the Boilermakers made two bowl appearances. Howell High School and St. Cloud High School in Florida. He also spent six Bowsher developed sports performance programs for five NFL Draft seasons as head coach at Magoffin County High School in Kentucky. picks at Purdue: Ryan Russell (Cowboys), Kawann Short (Panthers), Den- A 1996 graduate of Morehead State University, Brown received his bach- nis Kelly (Eagles), Kevin Pamphile (Buccaneers), Nick Mondex (Texans). elor’s degree in social sciences and a master’s in educational leadership at Purdue’s baseball team won a Big Ten championship, while three throwers Union College. won individual track & field conference titles. Dayne and his wife Gina, have a daughter, Hannah, who is a pharmacy Prior to Purdue, Bowsher was an assistant strength and conditioning student at the University of Florida. coach at Butler from 2006-11. In 2009, the Bulldog football team won the Pioneer Conference and the Gridiron Classic, while the men’s basketball team made two trips to the NCAA Final Four. A former college baseball player and international power lifter, Bowsher was a 2005 IPA Junior Powerlifting world champion. He placed second at the 2009 IPA U.S. Nationals. His best performances include an 845-pound squat, a 545-pound bench press and a 705-pound deadlift. Bowsher earned degrees from Vincennes University and the University of Indianapolis and completed a certification program at IUPUI.
www.kentstatesports.com 33 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 SERIES VS. 2017 OPPONENTS CLEMSON MIAMI First Meeting BUFFALO Overall: Miami leads, 48-16 OHIO HOWARD Overall: Buffalo leads, 11-11 In Kent: Miami leads, 22-9 Overall: Ohio leads 42-25-2 First Meeting In Kent: Buffalo leads 7-5 In Oxford: Miami leads, 25-7 In Kent: Ohio leads, 22-11-1 In Buffalo: Kent State leads, 6-4 At Neutral Sites: Miami leads, 1-0 In Athens: Ohio leads, 20-14-1 Year Location Result Score Year Location Result Score Year Location Result Score MARSHALL 1937 Buffalo L 0-13 1942 Oxford L 7-53 1936 Athens L 0-6 Overall: Tied 18-18 1938 Kent W 54-0 1947 Akron L 7-35 1949 Athens L 6-34 In Kent: Kent State leads 11-8 1966 Kent L 23-27 1955 Kent L 7-19 1950 Kent W 35-13 In Huntington: Marshall leads 10-7 1967 Buffalo L 6-30 1956 Oxford L 0-14 1951 Athens L 27-28 Year Location Result Score 1968 Kent L 13-21 1957 Kent L 14-27 1952 Kent L 18-27 1952 Huntington, W.Va. W 26-14 1969 Buffalo W 17-8 1958 Oxford L 0-35 1953 Athens L 21-40 1953 Kent, Ohio W 27-7 1970 Kent W 27-21 1959 Kent W 14-6 1954 Kent L 7-14 1954 Huntington, W.Va. W 41-20 1999 Kent W 41-20 1960 Oxford W 22-19 1955 Athens W 20-14 1955 Kent, Ohio W 39-6 2000 Buffalo L(ot) 17-20 1961 Kent L 0-21 1956 Kent W 32-13 1956 Huntington, W.Va. W 25-7 2001 Kent W 35-13 1962 Oxford L 14-23 1957 Athens W 14-9 1957 Huntington, W.Va. L 6-7 2002 Buffalo W 16-12 1963 Kent L 8-30 1958 Kent W 14-6 1958 Kent, Ohio W 24-0 2003 Kent W 34-24 1964 Oxford L 14-17 1959 Athens L 0-46 1965 Kent W 24-13 1959 Huntington, W.Va. W 46-7 2004 Buffalo. W 33-7 1960 Kent L 8-25 1960 Kent, Ohio W 22-6 2005 Kent L 6-10 1966 Oxford L 0-7 1961 Athens W 23-17 1961 Huntington, W.Va. L 8-14 2006 Buffalo L 41-14 1967 Kent L 7-21 1962 Kent L 0-21 1962 Kent, Ohio W 23-14 2007 Kent L(ot) 23-30 1968 Oxford L 0-24 1963 Athens L 0-20 1963 Kent, Ohio L 8-14 2008 Buffalo W 24-21 1969 Kent W 17-14 1964 Kent T 3-3 1964 Huntington, W.Va. L 7-12 2009 Kent L 6-9 1970 Oxford L 8-10 1965 Athens W 27-10 1965 Kent, Ohio W 33-13 2012 Buffalo W 23-7 1971 Kent L 0-30 1966 Kent L 10-12 1966 Huntington, W.Va. L 7-16 2013 Kent L 21-41 1972 Oxford W 21-10 1967 Athens L 0-1 (F) 1967 Kent, Ohio W 41-2 2015 Kent L 17-18 1973 Kent L 10-20 1968 Kent L 7-31 1968 Huntington, W.Va. W 36-12 2016 Buffalo W 44-20 1974 Oxford L 17-19 1969 Athens L 0-35 1975 Kent L 8-27 1970 Kent L 14-24 1969 Kent, Ohio L 20-31 Current Streak: Kent State, one 1970 Huntington, W.Va. L 17-20 1976 Oxford W 24-17 1971 Athens L 21-37 1971 Kent, Ohio W 21-0 1977 Kent L 17-19 1972 Kent W 37-14 1972 Huntington, W.Va. W 16-14 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 1978 Oxford L 13-38 1973 Athens W 35-7 1973 Kent, Ohio W 35-3 Overall: NIU leads, 20-7 1979 Kent L 8-35 1974 Kent L 0-20 1974 Huntington, W.Va. W 35-7 In Kent: NIU leads, 8-5 1980 Oxford L 14-49 1975 Athens L 21-23 1975 Kent, Ohio W 30-21 In DeKalb: NIU leads, 11-2 1981 Oxford L 13-20 1976 Kent L 12-14 1978 Kent, Ohio W 20-17 At Neutral Sites: NIU leads 1-0 1982 Kent L 0-20 1977 Athens W 44-23 1980 Huntington, W.Va. L 7-17 Year Location Result Score 1983 Oxford L 7-27 1978 Kent W 20-14 1982 Huntington, W.Va. L 21-30 1949 DeKalb, Ill. W 21-19 1984 Kent L 3-19 1979 Athens L 13-43 1985 Oxford L 24-52 1980 Kent W 15-14 1997 Kent, Ohio L 17-42 1950 Kent, Ohio W 56-7 1986 Kent W 24-23 1981 Kent L 7-20 1998 Huntington, W.Va. L 7-42 1966 DeKalb, Ill. W 26-7 1999 Kent, Ohio L 16-28 1987 Kent W 14-10 1982 Athens L 20-24 2000 Huntington, W.Va. L 12-34 1967 Kent, Ohio W 35-0 1988 Oxford W 17-11 1983 Kent L 20-21 2001 Kent, Ohio L 21-42 1971 Kent, Ohio L 7-26 1989 Kent L 13-15 1984 Athens W 19-7 2002 Kent, Ohio L 21-42 1972 DeKalb, Ill. L 7-28 1990 Oxford L 10-31 1985 Kent L 23-33 1991 Kent L 9-20 1986 Athens W 17-13 2003 Huntington, W.Va. L 33-49 1975 DeKalb, Ill. L 15-38 2004 Kent, Ohio L 17-27 1992 Oxford L 14-31 1987 Athens W 24-10 2015 Kent, Ohio L(2OT)29-36 1976 Kent, Ohio W 42-0 1993 Kent L 14-23 1988 Kent L 14-21 Current Streak: Marshall, eleven 1977 Kent, Ohio L 18-21 1994 Oxford L 14-24 1989 Athens L 14-37 1978 DeKalb, Ill. L 21-27 1995 Kent L 0-39 1990 Kent W 44-15 1996 Oxford L 6-64 1991 Athens L 40-45 1979 DeKalb, Ill. L 0-25 LOUISVILLE 1997 Kent L 26-62 1992 Kent L 14-27 Overall: Kent State leads, 9-8 1980 Kent, Ohio L 14-35 1998 Oxford L 0-56 1993 Athens L 10-15 In Louisville: Louisville leads 7-2 1981 Kent, Ohio W 31-10 1999 Kent L 10-17 1994 Kent W 24-0 In Kent: Kent State leads 7-1 1982 DeKalb, Ill. L 15-23 2000 Oxford L 14-45 1995 Athens T 28-28 Year Location Result Score 1983 Kent, Ohio L 7-38 2001 Kent W 24-20 1996 Kent L 15-24 1956 Louisville, Ky. W 7-0 2002 Oxford L 20-27 1997 Athens L 7-31 1957 Kent, Ohio W 13-7 1984 DeKalb, Ill. L 10-24 2003 Kent L 30-38 1998 Kent L 21-31 1958 Louisville, Ky. L 0-21 1999 DeKalb, Ill. L 7-50 2004 Oxford L 27-47 1999 Athens L 3-31 1959 Kent, Ohio W 16-14 2001 Kent, Ohio W 44-34 2005 Kent L 10-27 2000 Kent L 7-44 1960 Louisville, Ky. L 8-22 2002 DeKalb, Ill. L 6-13 2006 Oxford W 16-14 2001 Athens W 24-14 1961 Kent, Ohio L 15-19 2007 Kent L 13-20 2002 Kent L 0-50 2005 Kent, Ohio L 3-34 1962 Louisville, Ky. L 8-29 2008 Oxford W 54-21 2003 Athens W 37-33 1963 Kent, Ohio W 26-7 2007 DeKalb, Ill. L 20-27 2009 Kent W 29-19 2004 Kent W 42-16 1964 Louisville, Ky. W 14-7 2008 Kent, Ohio L 14-42 2010 Oxford L 21-27 2005 Athens L 32-35 1965 Kent, Ohio W 7-6 2011 DeKalb, Ill. L 10-40 2011 Kent L 3-9 2006 Kent L 7-17 1966 Louisville, Ky. L 20-23 2012 Detroit, Mich L 2OT 44-37 2012 Oxford W 48-32 2007 Athens W 33-25 1967 Kent, Ohio W 28-21 2013 Kent W 24-6 2008 Kent L 19-26 1968 Louisville, Ky. L 9-23 2013 Kent, Ohio L 24-38 2014 Oxford L 10-3 2009 Athens W 20-11 1969 Kent, Ohio W 35-6 2014 DeKalb, Ill. L 14-17 2015 Kent W 20-14 2010 Kent W 28-6 1970 Louisville, Ky. L 13-14 2016 Kent L 21-31 2016 Oxford L 14-18 2011 Athens L 10-17 1972 Louisville, Ky. L 0-34 Current Streak: Miami, one 2012 Kent W 28-6 1973 Kent, Ohio W 10-3 Current Streak: Northern Illinois, nine Current Streak: Kent State, one 34 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 SERIES VS. 2017 OPPONENTS 1984 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 9-13 2011 Kent, Ohio W 24-21 1991 Bowling Green L 7-35 2013 Athens W 44-13 1985 Kent, Ohio L 3-34 2015 Kent L 14-27 2014 Kent L 14-17 1992 Kent L 22-28 2015 Athens L 0-27 1993 Bowling Green L 7-40 1986 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 7-27 2016 Mt. Pleasant, Mic W 27-24 2016 Kent L 10-14 1994 Kent L 16-22 1987 Kent, Ohio W 27-13 Current Streak: Kent State, one 1995 Kent L 15-26 1988 Kalamazoo, Mich. W 45-28 Current Streak: Ohio, three 1996 Bowling Green L 24-31 1989 Kent, Ohio L 4-26 AKRON 1997 Kent W 29-20 The Wagon Wheel Game BOWLING GREEN 1998 Bowling Green L 21-42 1990 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 10-37 Overall: Akron leads, 33-24-2 Overall: BGSU leads, 59-19-6 1999 Kent W 41-27 1991 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 10-13 In Kent: Kent State leads, 15-9 In Kent: BGSU leads, 33-8-2 2000 Kent L 11-18 1992 Kent, Ohio L 13-26 In Akron: Akron leads, 24-9-2 In Bowling Green: BGSU leads, 26-11-4 2001 Bowling Green L 7-24 1993 Kent, Ohio L 21-27 Wagon Wheel Game (since 1946): At Neutral Sites: BGSU leads, 1-0 2002 Kent L 14-46 Kent State leads, 23-22-1 Year Location Result Score 2003 Bowling Green L 33-42 1994 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 10-24 Year Location Result Score 1920 Kent L 0-7 2005 Kent L 24-14 1995 Kent, Ohio L 6-52 1923 Akron L 0-32 1921 Bowling Green T 0-0 2006 Bowling Green W 38-3 1996 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 27-76 1928 Akron L 6-8 1922 Kent L 0-6 2007 Kent L 20-31 1997 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 27-50 1929 Akron L 0-25 1927 Kent L 0-13 2008 Bowling Green L 30-45 1998 Kent, Ohio L 23-48 1930 Akron L 6-12 1928 Bowling Green T 6-6 2009 Kent L 35-36 1931 Akron L 6-12 1934 Bowling Green T 0-0 2010 Bowling Green W 30-6 2000 Kent, Ohio L 0-42 1932 Akron T 0-0 1935 Kent W 45-0 2011 Kent W 27-15 2005 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 14-44 1933 Kent L 6-19 1936 Bowling Green W 6-0 2012 Bowling Green W 31-24 2009 Kent, Ohio W 26-14 1934 Akron L 0-26 1937 Kent T 13-13 2013 Kent L 22-41 2010 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 3-38 1935 Akron L 0-3 1938 Bowling Green W 7-3 2014 Bowling Green L 20-30 1936 Akron L 0-6 1939 Kent L 0-34 2015 Kent L 0-48 2012 Kent, Ohio W 41-24 1940 Akron L 7-23 1940 Bowling Green W 13-0 2016 Bowling Green L 7-42 2013 Kalamazoo, Mich. W 32-14 1941 Akron L 13-41 1941 Kent L 6-12 Current Streak: Bowling Green, four 2016 Kent, Ohio L 21-37 1942 Akron W 23-6 1942 Bowling Green W 7-0 Current Streak: Western Michigan, one 1946 Akron W 13-6 1946 Kent L 0-13 WESTERN MICHIGAN 1947 Kent W 6-0 1947 Bowling Green L 18-21 Overall: WMU leads, 34-20-1 1948 Akron W 31-0 1948 Kent L 14-23 CENTRAL MICHIGAN In Kent: WMU leads, 17-11 Overall: Central Michigan leads 23-11 1949 Kent W 47-0 1949 Bowling Green L 6-27 In Kalamazoo: WMU leads, 17-9-1 1950 Akron W 19-7 1950 Kent W 19-6 In Kent: Central Michigan leads, 11-6 Year Location Result Score In Mt. Pleasant: Central Michigan leads, 12-5 1951 Kent W 48-7 1951 Bowling Green T 27-27 1952 Akron W 34-14 1951 Kalamazoo, Mich. W 48-19 Year Location Result Score 1952 Kent L 21-44 1953 Kent W 54-19 1953 Bowling Green W 41-7 1952 Kent, Ohio W 20-13 1948 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. W 28-0 1954 Akron W 58-18 1954 Kent W 28-25 1953 Kalamazoo, Mich. W 40-0 1949 Kent, Ohio W 26-12 1972 Akron T 13-13 1955 Kent T 6-6 1954 Kent, Ohio W 20-13 1973 Kent, Ohio W 28-7 1974 Kent W 51-14 1956 Bowling Green L 0-17 1955 Kalamazoo, Mich. W 25-14 1974 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. W 21-14 1979 Akron L 13-15 1957 Kent L 7-13 1981 Kent W 17-6 1958 Bowling Green W 8-7 1956 Kent, Ohio W 27-13 1975 Kent, Ohio L 8-17 1983 Akron L 6-13 1959 Kent L 8-25 1957 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 20-28 1976 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. W 20-10 1984 Kent W 24-17 1960 Bowling Green L 0-28 1958 Kent, Ohio W 32-6 1977 Kent, Ohio L 10-49 1985 Akron L 0-24 1961 Kent L 6-21 1959 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 0-7 1978 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. L 0-41 1986 Kent L 7-17 1962 Bowling Green L 6-45 1987 Akron W 27-23 1960 Kent, Ohio W 10-3 1979 Kent, Ohio L 21-44 1963 Kent L 3-18 1988 Kent W 32-12 1964 Bowling Green L 0-41 1961 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 0-14 1980 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. L 6-21 1989 Akron L 7-40 1965 Kent L 6-7 1962 Kent, Ohio L 6-19 1981 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. L 3-24 1990 Kent L 10-38 1966 Bowling Green W 35-12 1963 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 12-26 1982 Kent, Ohio L 20-31 1992 Kent W 20-16 1967 Kent L 6-7 1964 Kent, Ohio L 9-12 1983 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. L 7-13 1993 Akron L 7-42 1968 Bowling Green L 7-30 1994 Kent W 32-16 1969 Kent L 0-7 1965 Kalamazoo, Mich. T 10-10 1984 Kent, Ohio L 10-14 1995 Akron L 6-14 1970 Bowling Green L 0-44 1966 Kent, Ohio L 20-23 1985 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. L 17-21 1996 Kent W 32-17 1971 Kent L 33-46 1967 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 7-16 1986 Kent, Ohio W 33-30 1997 Akron L 35-45 1972 Bowling Green W 14-10 1968 Kent, Ohio L 0-14 1987 Kent, Ohio W 24-21 1998 Kent L 16-45 1973 Kent W 21-7 1999 Akron L 34-37 1969 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 13-33 1988 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. L 7-31 1974 Bowling Green L 10-26 2000 Kent L 6-34 1975 Cleveland L 9-35 1970 Kent, Ohio W 25-22 1989 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. L 0-38 2001 Akron L 10-14 1976 Bowling Green L 13-17 1971 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 0-31 1990 Kent, Ohio L 0-42 2002 Kent L 10-48 1977 Kent L 10-14 1972 Kent, Ohio L 12-13 1991 Kent, Ohio L 7-23 2003 Akron W 41-38 1978 Bowling Green L 20-28 1973 Kalamazoo, Mich. W 39-15 1992 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. L 0-35 2004 Kent L 19-24 1979 Kent L 17-28 2005 Akron L 3-35 1980 Bowling Green L 3-24 1974 Kent, Ohio W 28-6 1993 Kent, Ohio L 28-33 2006 Kent W 37-15 1981 Bowling Green L 7-13 1975 Kalamazoo, Mich. W 22-17 1994 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. L 0-45 2007 Akron L 20-27 1982 Kent L 7-41 1976 Kent, Ohio W 24-12 1995 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. L 16-27 2008 Kent L (2OT) 27-30 1983 Bowling Green L 3-38 1977 Kalamazoo, Mich. W 20-16 1996 Kent, Ohio L 51-52 2009 Akron L 20-28 1984 Kent L 10-27 2010 Kent W 28-17 1978 Kent, Ohio L 0-14 1997 Kent, Ohio W 60-37 1985 Bowling Green L 14-26 2011 Akron W 35-3 1986 Kent L 15-31 1979 Kalamazoo, Mich. W 18-13 1998 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. L 7-46 2012 Kent W 35-24 1987 Bowling Green L 20-30 1980 Kent, Ohio L 21-28 2000 Mt. Pleasant, W(2ot) 24-21 2013 Akron L 7-16 1988 Kent W 31-19 1981 Kent, Ohio L 17-20 2004 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. L 21-24 2014 Kent W 27-24 1989 Bowling Green L 28-51 1982 Kalamazoo, Mich. L 14-24 2007 Kent, Ohio L 32-41 2015 Akron L 0-20 1990 Kent L 16-20 2016 Kent L 27-31 1983 Kent, Ohio L 13-21 Current Streak: Akron, two www.kentstatesports.com 35 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017
SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TEAM STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATS HYNES, Shane 0 15-22 28-28 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 73 Sep 03 at Penn State L, 13-33 0-1 0-0 3:27 94378 RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G HOLLEY, Nick 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 72 Sep 10 NC A&T L, 36-39 OT 0-2 0-0 3:57 13540 HOLLEY, Nick 11 195 1089 169 920 4.7 10 68 83.6 CALHOUN, E. 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Sep 17 MONMOUTH W, 27-7 1-2 0-0 2:50 14265 RANKIN, Justin 11 108 564 53 511 4.7 3 47 46.5 RANKIN, Justin 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Sep 24 at #1 Alabama L, 0-48 1-3 0-0 3:07 101821 MATTHEWS 9 31 141 3 138 4.5 0 51 15.3 FACKLER, Brice 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 * Oct 01 AKRON L, 27-31 1-4 0-1 3:35 20167 PRICE, Kavious 10 20 137 9 128 6.4 0 28 12.8 * Oct 08 at Buffalo W, 44-20 2-4 1-1 3:15 20532 MURRAY, Najee 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 BOLLAS, G. 8 23 161 52 109 4.7 1 85 13.6 REFUGE, Elcee 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 * Oct 15 at Miami L, 14-18 2-5 1-2 3:05 15160 MITCHELL, M. 4 48 193 106 87 1.8 0 26 21.8 * Oct 22 OHIO L, 10-14 2-6 1-3 3:10 8429 WOODS, Johnny 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 JAMES, R. 12 8 65 6 59 7.4 0 31 4.9 ALEXANDER, J. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 * Oct 29 at Central Mich. W, 27-24 3-6 2-3 3:40 9236 WASHINGTON 11 22 63 12 51 2.3 1 8 4.6 * Nov 08 #14 WMU L, 21-37 3-7 2-4 3:23 4536 WASHINGTON 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 AGNER, Justin 1 12 33 26 7 0.6 0 16 7.0 * Nov 15 at Bowling Green L, 7-42 3-8 2-5 3:22 13612 BOLLAS, George 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 CALHOUN, E. 12 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.2 * Nov 25 No. ILLINOIS L, 21-31 3-9 2-6 3:39 4450 MITCHELL, M. 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 0 REARDON, C. 11 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.2 * indicates conference game Total...... 29 15-22 28-28 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 247 TEAM 4 4 0 5 -5 -1.2 0 0 -1.2 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Opponents...... 43 13-17 37-37 0-2 2 2-3 0 3 344 Total...... 12 473 2451 441 2010 4.2 15 85 167.5 Kent State 43 78 49 58 19 247 TOTAL OFFENSE GP Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Opponents 54 84 85 99 22 344 Opponents...... 12 537 2669 392 2277 4.2 24 85 189.8 HOLLEY, Nick 11 341 920 868 1788 162.5 CATEGORY KSU OPP PASSING GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G BOLLAS, George 8 81 109 402 511 63.9 SCORING 247 344 HOLLEY, Nick 11 104.19 72-146-3 49.3 868 4 56 78.9 RANKIN, Justin 11 108 511 0 511 46.5 POINTS PER GAME 20.6 28.7 MITCHELL, Mylik 4 121.73 39-69-1 56.5 363 5 37 90.8 MITCHELL, Mylik 4 117 87 363 450 112.5 PTS OFF TURNOVERS 69 27 BOLLAS, George 8 109.26 27-58-2 46.6 402 2 57 50.2 MATTHEWS, Will 9 31 138 0 138 15.3 FIRST DOWNS 178 260 AGNER, Justin 1 62.51 8-15-2 53.3 64 0 15 64.0 PRICE, Kavious 10 21 128 0 128 12.8 RUSHING 93 134 REARDON, Colin 11 41.73 1-3-0 33.3 3 0 3 0.3 AGNER, Justin 1 27 7 64 71 71.0 PASSING 73 105 PRICE, Kavious 10 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 JAMES, Raekwon 12 8 59 0 59 4.9 PENALTY 12 21 Total...... 12 106.20 147-292-8 50.3 1700 11 57 141.7 WASHINGTON, M. 11 22 51 0 51 4.6 RUSHING YARDAGE 2010 2277 Opponents...... 12 116.18 183-353-12 51.8 2361 16 55 196.8 YARDS RUSHING 2451 2669 REARDON, Colin 11 4 2 3 5 0.5 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long AvgG CALHOUN, Ernest 12 1 3 0 3 0.2 YARDS LOST RUSHING 441 392 RANKIN, Justin 11 28 335 12.0 1 54 30.5 RUSHING ATTEMPTS 473 537 TEAM 4 4 -5 0 -5 -1.2 JAMES, Raekwon 12 25 225 9.0 0 47 18.8 Total...... 12 765 2010 1700 3710 309.2 AVERAGE PER RUSH 4.2 4.2 CALHOUN, E. 12 20 311 15.6 4 57 25.9 AVERAGE PER GAME 167.5 189.8 Opponents...... 12 890 2277 2361 4638 386.5 FACKLER, Brice 12 13 185 14.2 3 31 15.4 TDS RUSHING 15 24 PASSING YARDAGE 1700 2361 HOLLEY, Nick 11 13 135 10.4 2 28 12.3 COMP-ATT-INT 147-292-8 183-353-12 PRICE, Kavious 10 12 86 7.2 0 18 8.6 AVERAGE PER PASS 5.8 6.7 WASHINGTON 11 7 63 9.0 0 29 5.7 AVERAGE PER CATCH 11.6 12.9 CARRIGAN, Mike 12 6 66 11.0 0 29 5.5 AVERAGE PER GAME 141.7 196.8 WOODS, Johnny 12 6 48 8.0 1 15 4.0 TDS PASSING 11 16 HARRELL, Trey 11 5 46 9.2 0 30 4.2 TOTAL OFFENSE 3710 4638 MALONE, Ryan 12 4 33 8.2 0 16 2.8 TOTAL PLAYS 765 890 MATTHEWS, Will 9 3 91 30.3 0 48 10.1 AVERAGE PER PLAY 4.8 5.2 CHANDLER, C. 10 2 40 20.0 0 23 4.0 AVERAGE PER GAME 309.2 386.5 TYSON, Z. 9 2 26 13.0 0 15 2.9 KICK RETURNS: 40-750 43-871 WHITE, Kris 1 1 12 12.0 0 12 12.0 PUNT RETURNS: 22-123 21-185 Total...... 12 147 1700 11.6 11 57 141.7 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 12-157 8-110 Opponents...... 12 183 2361 12.9 16 55 196.8 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 18.8 20.3 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 5.6 8.8 TYSON, ZAQUON 12 67 5.6 0 16 INT RETURN AVERAGE 13.1 13.8 HOLLEY, Nick 7 52 7.4 0 26 FUMBLES-LOST 17-5 22-12 PENALTIES-YARDS 63-539 58-550 CALHOUN, Ernest 3 4 1.3 0 4 AVERAGE PER GAME 44.9 45.8 Total...... 22 123 5.6 0 26 PUNTS-YARDS 80-3135 63-2668 Opponents...... 21 185 8.8 1 75 AVERAGE PER PUNT 39.2 42.3 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long NET PUNT AVERAGE 36.6 40.1 JAMES, Raekwon 9 194 21.6 0 66 KICKOFFS-YARDS 53-2999 60-3587 PRICE, Kavious 8 163 20.4 0 51 AVERAGE PER KICK 56.6 59.8 CALHOUN, Ernest 6 101 16.8 0 22 NET KICK AVERAGE 37.8 40.2 TYSON, ZAQUON 6 97 16.2 0 22 TIME OF POSSESSION 28:58 31:02 RANKIN, Justin 6 140 23.3 0 31 3RD-DOWN 60/181 72/181 REFUGE, Elcee 3 39 13.0 0 18 3RD-DOWN PCT 33% 40% WASHINGTON, M. 2 16 8.0 0 9 4TH-DOWN 5/14 10/16 Total...... 40 750 18.8 0 66 4TH-DOWN PCT 36% 62% Opponents...... 43 871 20.3 0 75 SACKS BY-YARDS 21-127 33-267 MISC YARDS 10 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 29 43 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 15-22 13-17 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-2 RED-ZONE SCORES 27-35 42-50 RED-ZONE TDS 17-35 32-50 PAT-ATTEMPTS 28-28 37-37 ATTENDANCE 65387 254739
36 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 INDIVIDUAL STATS INDIVIDUAL STATS ALL PURPOSE GP Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lg Blk HOLLEY, Nick 11 920 135 52 0 0 1107 100.6 HYNES, Shane 15-22 68.2 0-0 4-4 5-9 6-7 0-2 43 RANKIN, Justin 11 511 335 0 140 0 986 89.6 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 50+ Blkd JAMES, Raekwon 12 59 225 0 194 0 478 39.8 ADAMS, Derek 76 3063 40.3 67 1 38 29 8 1 CALHOUN, E. 12 3 311 4 101 0 419 34.9 TEAM 2 34 17.0 34 0 0 0 0 1 PRICE, Kavious 10 128 86 0 163 0 377 37.7 MITCHELL, M. 1 20 20.0 20 0 0 1 0 0 MATTHEWS, Will 9 138 91 0 0 0 229 25.4 HOLLEY, Nick 1 18 18.0 18 0 0 1 0 0 TYSON, Z. 9 0 26 67 97 0 190 21.1 Total...... 80 3135 39.2 67 1 38 31 8 2 FACKLER, Brice 12 0 185 0 0 0 185 15.4 Opponents...... 63 2668 42.3 63 1 20 22 11 0 WASHINGTON 11 51 63 0 16 0 130 11.8 BOLLAS, George 8 109 0 0 0 0 109 13.6 KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn MITCHELL, Mylik 4 87 0 0 0 0 87 21.8 HYNES, Shane 53 2999 56.6 5 2 CARRIGAN, Mike 12 0 66 0 0 0 66 5.5 Total...... 53 2999 56.6 5 2 871 37.8 27 PARKER, Jamal 12 0 0 0 0 57 57 4.8 Opponents...... 60 3587 59.8 17 2 750 40.2 24 WOODS, Johnny 12 0 48 0 0 0 48 4.0 FIELD GOAL SEQUENCE Kent State Opponents HARRELL, Trey 11 0 46 0 0 0 46 4.2 Penn State (26),(43),54 (29),(28) BOURNE, Kevin 12 0 0 0 0 44 44 3.7 North Carolina A&T (20),(40),(42) 45,(36),(35) CHANDLER, C. 10 0 40 0 0 0 40 4.0 Monmouth (22),(38),36 - REFUGE, Elcee 12 0 0 0 39 0 39 3.2 Alabama 37 (28),(48) FOSTER, Jerrell 12 0 0 0 0 33 33 2.8 Akron (30),30,(41) (46) MALONE, Ryan 12 0 33 0 0 0 33 2.8 Buffalo (31),(43),(32) (34),(41),46 MURRAY, Najee 11 0 0 0 0 23 23 2.1 Miami - (38) WHITE, Kris 1 0 12 0 0 0 12 12.0 Ohio (22) - AGNER, Justin 1 7 0 0 0 0 7 7.0 Central Michigan (43),40,(35) 33,48 REARDON, C. 11 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 Western Michigan - (27),(23) TEAM 4 -5 0 0 0 0 -5 -1.2 Bowling Green - - Total...... 12 2010 1700 123 750 157 4740 395.0 Northern Illinois 56,32 (34) Opponents...... 12 2277 2361 185 871 110 5804 483.7 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. .
GAME-BY-GAME STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE Z WR/TE SLOT LT LG C RG RT TE/WR QB RB X WR Penn State White Price Reda Scott Millin Puthoff Shinsky Fackler Agner Rankin Woods NC A&T Calhoun Holley Reda Scott Millin Puthoff Shinsky Fackler Mitchell Rankin Woods Monmouth Calhoun Holley Reda Scott Millin Shinsky Macaulay James Mitchell Rankin Woods Alabama Calhoun Holley Reda Scott Millin Shinsky Macaulay James Mitchell Rankin Woods Akron Malone Price Reda Scott Puthoff Shinsky Millin Fackler Holley Rankin Woods Buffalo Malone James Reda Scott Puthoff Shinsky Millin Fackler Holley Rankin Calhoun Miami Malone James Reda Scott Puthoff Shinsky Millin Fackler Holley Matthews Calhoun Ohio Malone James Reda Scott Puthoff Shinsky Millin Fackler Holley Rankin Calhoun Central Michigan Malone James Reda Scott Millin Shinsky Marinelli Fackler Holley Rankin Calhoun Western Michigan Malone James Reda Scott Millin Shinsky Marinelli Fackler Holley Rankin Calhoun Bowling Green Malone James Reda Scott Millin Shinsky Marinelli Fackler Holley Rankin Carrigan Northern Illinois Matthews James Reda Scott Millin Shinsky Marinelli Fackler Bollas Rankin Calhoun DEFENSE DE DT/DE NT/DB LEO LB LB APACHE/LB CB SS FS/CB CB Penn State Eboigbe Cunningham Fairchild Waugh Cuthbert Alexander Murray Marshall McRae Holley Monday NC A&T Eboigbe Morris Fairchild Waugh Cuthbert Alexander Murray Marshall McRae Holley Monday Monmouth Eboigbe Morris Fairchild Waugh Cuthbert Alexander Peters Marshall McRae Holley Foster Alabama Eboigbe Cunningham Fairchild Waugh Cuthbert Alexander Murray Marshall McRae Holley Foster Akron Eboigbe A. Johnson Bourne Waugh Cuthbert Holley Murray Marshall McRae Parker Foster Buffalo Eboigbe Cunningham Fairchild Waugh Cuthbert Alexander Murray Parker McRae Holley Foster Miami Eboigbe Cunningham Fairchild Waugh Cuthbert Alexander Murray Parker McRae Holley Foster Ohio Eboigbe Cunningham Fairchild Waugh Cuthbert Alexander Murray Monday Bourne Holley Foster Central Michigan Eboigbe Cunningham Fairchild Waugh Cuthbert Alexander Murray Parker Bourne Holley Foster Western Michigan Eboigbe Cunningham Fairchild Waugh Cuthbert Alexander Murray Parker McRae Bourne Foster Bowling Green Eboigbe Cunningham Fairchild Waugh Cuthbert Jones Murray Parker McRae Bourne Foster Northern Illinois Eboigbe Morris Fairchild Waugh Cuthbert Jones Refuge Parker McRae Bourne Foster
www.kentstatesports.com 37 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS GAME-BY-GAME |------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |--Fumbles--| Blkd PASSING DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf HOLLEY, Nate 9 80 31 111 4.5-11 1.0-4 . 1 1 1--1 . . . Game George Bollas Nick Holley CUTHBERT, Nick 12 52 46 98 8.5-23 1.0-8 . 1 . 1-0 1 . . Penn State 0-1-0-0-0 - BOURNE, Kevin 12 41 26 67 3.0-6 1.0-5 2-44 1 . 1-0 1 . . WAUGH, Terence 12 43 21 64 15.0-82 8.0-58 . . 7 . 1 1 . NC A&T - - McRAE, Juantez 11 33 26 59 1.0-13 . 1-0 1 . . 2 . . Monmouth 1-2-0-2-2 - MURRAY, Najee 11 33 14 47 4.0-11 . 2-23 14 3 2-47 1 . . Alabama 4-8-0-71-0 - REFUGE, Elcee 12 20 21 41 2.5-10 1.0-3 1-0 1 . 4-20 . . . FOSTER, Jerrell 12 30 9 39 . . 3-33 11 . . 1 . . Akron - 19-35-0-285-2 JONES, Jim 11 20 17 37 2.0-10 1.0-8 . . 4 . 1 . . Buffalo - 7-13-0-89-0 CUNNINGHAM, Jon 12 14 20 34 4.5-13 1.0-6 . . 3 . 1 . . ALEXANDER, J. 11 19 14 33 5.0-20 1.0-10 . 3 2 1-15 1 . . Miami 1-3-1-8-0 7-11-1-91-0 FAIRCHILD, C. 12 17 16 33 1.5-4 2.0-4 . . 2 . . . . Ohio - 12-29-0-101-0 PARKER, Jamal 12 21 7 28 1.0-9 1.0-9 3-57 1 1 . . 1 . EBOIGBE, Theo 12 13 9 22 5.0-9 . . . 2 . 1 . . Central Michigan - 10-18-1-102-1 MARSHALL, D. 12 13 6 19 . . . 2 . . . . . Western Michigan - 9-21-1-73-0 HILL, Dominic 12 10 9 19 1.0-2 ...... Bowling Green 7-9-0-118-0 8-19-0-127-0 MONDAY, D. 9 15 3 18 . . . 2 . . . . . MORRIS, Kalil 12 6 9 15 1.0-3 . . . 2 . . . . Total 13-23-1-199-0 72-146-3-868-4 JOHNSON, A. 9 6 3 9 3.0-9 2.0-7 . 1 1 1-0 . . . Format is Comp.-Att.-Int.-Yards-TDs SOMMERS, Matt 12 5 3 8 2.5-8 . . . 2 . . . . MOORE, Marques 12 3 4 7 0.5-1 ...... LAWRENCE-BURKE 12 3 4 7 ...... FAULKNER, Nick 12 4 3 7 0.5-2 0.5-2 ...... BAHR, Matt 11 3 3 6 ...... BYRD, Jontey 11 2 3 5 0.5-2 ...... REDMOND, Darius 8 5 . 5 1.0-4 . . 1 . . 1 . . PETERS, Akeam 12 4 . 4 1.0-3 ...... ELLIOTT, Marcus 10 2 2 4 ...... HOLLEY, Nick 11 3 1 4 ...... MAJETTE, Theo 11 1 2 3 0.5-3 0.5-3 . . 1 . . . . CALHOUN, Ernest 12 2 . 2 . . . . . 1-0 . . . HOAG, Alex 3 1 1 2 ...... SEIBERT, Ryan 10 2 . 2 ...... FACKLER, Brice 12 1 1 2 ...... PRICE, Kavious 10 2 . 2 ...... PICKETT, Carlos 6 . 1 1 ...... PALUMBO, Joey 4 . 1 1 ...... CARRIGAN, Mike 12 1 . 1 ...... SHINSKY, Connor 12 1 . 1 ...... HICKS, Dalton 6 . 1 1 ...... HYNES, Shane 12 1 . 1 ...... ROBINSON, Quan 10 . 1 1 ...... RANKIN, Justin 11 1 . 1 ...... SIMPSON, Erik 10 ...... 1 . . . . . Total...... 12 533 338 871 69-258 21-127 12-157 41 31 12-81 12 2 . Opponents...... 12 451 345 796 89.0-408 33-267 8-110 37 25 5-13 8 4 3
GAME-BY-GAME COMPARISON Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards TO Penn State 13-33 16/19 8/9 6/9 2/1 41-150/38-145 14-28-2/16-31-0 129/209 69-279/69-354 44/146 3/1 NC A&T 36-39 15/28 4/10 11/12 0/6 46-93/49-167 17-32-1/22-42-2 182/240 78-275/91-407 121/93 2/4 MONMOUTH 27-7 17/15 12/6 4/6 1/3 46-235/31-67 15-20-0/19-35-1 108/132 66-343/66-199 24/127 1/1 Alabama 0-48 5/26 2/16 2/10 1/0 30-82/46-285 7-16-0/22-34-0 84/217 46-166/80-502 57/90 1/0 AKRON 27-31 20/18 8/6 11/11 1/1 41-138/32-141 19-36-0/11-28-2 285/237 77-423/60-378 184/214 0/3 Buffalo 44-20 17/20 12/8 4/11 1/1 45-341/37-116 7-13-0/21-40-0 89/256 58-430/77-372 137/84 0/1 Miami 14-18 14/14 11/6 2/7 1/1 48-163/37-79 8-14-2/10-21-0 99/181 62-262/58-260 16/58 2/1 OHIO 10-14 18/13 9/10 6/3 3/0 49-163/36-208 12-29-0/11-19-1 101/127 78-264/55-335 86/8 0/3 Central Michigan 27-24 14/19 8/9 6/10 0/0 42-228/30-105 10-18-1/20-43-3 102/244 60-330/73-349 97/120 2/4 WMU 21-37 17/26 12/20 5/4 0/2 34-220/64-329 9-21-1/6-13-0 73/83 55-293/77-412 126/115 1/1 Bowling Green 7-42 10/35 2/22 8/10 0/3 22-9/66-420 15-28-0/12-24-2 245/177 50-254/90-597 103/34 0/3 NIU 21-31 15/27 5/12 8/12 2/3 29-188/71-215 14-37-1/13-23-1 203/258 66-391/94-473 116/90 1/2 Totals 247-344 178/260 93/134 73/105 12/21 473-2010/537-2277 147-292-8/183-353-12 1700/2361 765-3710/890-4638 1111/1179 13/24
Opponent 3rd Down 4th Down Time Poss Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Punting Pen Yds Penn State 5-17/5-14 0-1/0-1 32:56/27:04 5:52 3.7/3.8 4.6/6.7 4.0/5.1 6-41.0/6-47.0 6-47/5-55 NC A&T 5-20/5-16 0-0/0-0 28:53/31:07 -2:14 2.0/3.4 5.7/5.7 3.5/4.5 10-33.6/7-40.9 10-82/10-70 MONMOUTH 8-16/2-15 1-2/3-6 32:22/27:38 4:44 5.1/2.2 5.4/3.8 5.2/3.0 3-37.3/6-41.2 6-55/5-58 Alabama 1-13/6-14 1-2/2-3 26:27/33:33 -7:06 2.7/6.2 5.2/6.4 3.6/6.3 9-46.0/2-49.0 0-0/2-20 AKRON 8-18/3-12 1-2/1-1 37:49/22:11 15:38 3.4/4.4 7.9/8.5 5.5/6.3 6-44.8/5-38.0 8-75/6-64 Buffalo 6-12/10-19 0-0/1-2 29:38/30:22 -0:44 7.6/3.1 6.8/6.4 7.4/4.8 3-39.0/4-45.5 2-12/2-18 Miami 5-15/4-15 1-2/1-1 32:16/27:44 4:32 3.4/2.1 7.1/8.6 4.2/4.5 7-36.1/8-44.1 5-39/4-28 OHIO 6-19/2-9 1-3/0-0 33:09/26:51 6:18 3.3/5.8 3.5/6.7 3.4/6.1 9-37.0/7-43.3 2-20/8-83 Central Michigan 4-12/6-16 0-0/1-1 25:23/34:37 -9:14 5.4/3.5 5.7/5.7 5.5/4.8 5-29.8/4-46.8 5-44/4-45 WMU 5-11/11-17 0-2/0-0 24:37/35:23 -10:46 6.5/5.1 3.5/6.4 5.3/5.4 3-39.7/4-39.5 5-50/4-24 Bowling Green 3-12/11-17 0-0/0-0 19:30/40:30 -21:00 0.4/6.4 8.8/7.4 5.1/6.6 9-42.3/2-49.0 8-58/4-40 NIU4-16/7-17 0-0/1-1 24:38/35:22 -10:44 6.5/3.0 5.5/11.2 5.9/5.0 10-40.6/8-35.5 6-57/4-45 Totals 60-181/72-181 5-14/10-16 347:38/372:22 -24:44 4.2/4.2 5.8/6.7 4.8/5.2 80-39.2/63-42.3 539/550 Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category 38 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING Player Overall Penn St. NC A&T Monmouth Alabama Akron Buffalo Miami Ohio CMU WMU BGSU NIU HOLLEY, Nick 195-920/10 1-4/0 8-23/0 2-15/0 2-5/0 34-117/1 24-224/4 24-84/2 41-159/1 24-144/1 22-141/1 13-4/0 DNP RANKIN, Justin 108-511/3 13-82/0 13-37/1 12-59/0 6-52/0 5-17/0 13-58/0 DNP 6--2/0 15-78/1 8-48/1 5-21/0 12-61/0 MATTHEWS, Will 31-138/0 2-6/0 2-9/0 4-5/0 3-3/0 DNP 5-62/0 11-47/0 DNP 1-4/0 DNP - 3-2/0 PRICE, Kavious 20-128/0 2-31/0 1-1/0 2-33/0 3-3/0 2-4/0 2-0/0 5-27/0 1-6/0 1-4/0 1-19/0 DNP DNP BOLLAS, George 23-109/1 1--7/0 2-14/0 3-18/0 3-26/0 DNP 1--3/0 1--13/0 DNP DNP DNP 3--13/0 9-87/1 MITCHELL, Mylik 48-87/0 10-27/0 20-9/0 14-77/0 4--26/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP JAMES, Raekwon 8-59/0 - - 2-12/0 2-2/0 - - 1-6/0 - - 1-10/0 - 2-29/0 WASHINGTON, M. 22-51/1 - - 4-16/1 6-15/0 - - 5-12/0 1-0/0 DNP 2-2/0 1--3/0 3-9/0 AGNER, Justin 12-7/0 12-7/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CALHOUN, Ernest 1-3/0 - - 1-3/0 ------REARDON, Colin 1-2/0 - - - 1-2/0 - - DNP - - - - - TEAM 4--5/0 DNP DNP 2--3/0 DNP DNP DNP 1-0/0 - 1--2/0 DNP DNP DNP
INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING (RECEPTIONS-YARDS/TDS) Player Overall Penn St. NC A&T Monmouth Alabama Akron Buffalo Miami Ohio CMU WMU BGSU NIU RANKIN, Justin 28-335/1 2-15/0 2-20/0 2-12/0 1-3/0 10-181/1 2-40/0 DNP 3-13/0 2-17/0 1-7/0 1-5/0 2-22/0 CALHOUN, Ernest 20-311/4 1-4/0 4-60/0 - - 2-27/1 1-7/0 1-7/0 1-11/0 2-6/1 - 5-112/1 3-77/1 JAMES, Raekwon 25-225/0 2-44/0 2-17/0 3-23/0 1-3/0 2-52/0 1-6/0 3-21/0 - 3-22/0 4-20/0 - 4-17/0 FACKLER, Brice 13-185/3 1-7/0 3-58/2 1-4/0 - 1-4/0 - 1-7/0 1-31/0 1-15/0 2-18/0 - 2-41/1 HOLLEY, Nick 13-135/2 4-45/0 1-0/0 7-65/2 1-25/0 ------DNP MATTHEWS, Will 3-91/0 - - - 2-43/0 DNP - 1-48/0 DNP - DNP - - PRICE, Kavious 12-86/0 1--4/0 1-3/0 - 1-7/0 4-21/0 3-36/0 - 1-8/0 - 1-15/0 DNP DNP CARRIGAN, Mike 6-66/0 - - 1-2/0 - - - - 1-10/0 2-42/0 - 1-6/0 1-6/0 WASHINGTON, M. 7-63/0 1-9/0 - 1-2/0 1-3/0 - - - 2-10/0 DNP - 2-39/0 - WOODS, Johnny 6-48/1 - 3-25/1 - - - - 2-16/0 1-7/0 - - - - HARRELL, Trey 5-46/0 1--3/0 1--1/0 - - DNP - - - - - 3-50/0 - CHANDLER, C. 2-40/0 - - - - DNP - DNP - - - - 2-40/0 MALONE, Ryan 4-33/0 ------2-11/0 - - 2-22/0 - TYSON, ZAQUON 2-26/0 - DNP DNP DNP - - - - - 1-15/0 1-11/0 - WHITE, Kris WR 1-12/0 1-12/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME TACKLES Player Overall Penn St. NC A&T Monmouth Alabama Akron Buffalo Miami Ohio CMU WMU BGSU NIU HOLLEY, Nate 80-31-111 5-12 9-4 13-4 12-2 8-4 10-3 4-2 9-0 10-0 DNP DNP DNP CUTHBERT, Nick 52-46- 98 2-4 0-1 - 4-4 4-3 5-5 4-2 0-1 3-0 11-8 9-9 10-9 BOURNE, Kevin 41-26- 67 0-1 - 0-1 4-1 3-3 3-1 1-1 2-1 3-0 4-3 6-8 15-6 WAUGH, Terence 43-21- 64 4-3 9-2 6-2 1-1 1-1 2-2 2-3 4-0 3-1 2-2 5-1 4-3 McRAE, Juantez 33-26- 59 4-4 3-2 1-1 4-2 3-0 1-1 4-1 DNP 1-0 4-2 5-9 3-4 MURRAY, Najee 33-14- 47 2-2 4-0 1-1 3-2 1-3 4-1 - 4-2 6-0 4-2 4-1 DNP REFUGE, Elcee 20-21- 41 0-3 4-4 - 2-1 2-2 - 1-1 1-0 1-0 5-4 1-3 3-3 FOSTER, Jerrell 30-9-39 2-2 2-0 2-0 1-0 2-1 5-1 1-3 2-1 4-0 2-0 2-1 5-0 JONES, Jim 20-17- 37 0-1 3-1 - 3-1 DNP - - 1-0 3-0 3-6 3-1 4-7 CUNNINGHAM, Jon 14-20- 34 1-4 0-4 - 1-2 1-1 2-0 2-0 2-1 4-1 1-3 0-3 0-1 ALEXANDER, J. 19-14 -33 0-2 1-4 2-1 2-1 - 5-1 2-2 4-2 3-1 - DNP - FAIRCHILD, C. 17-16- 33 0-1 1-4 0-2 3-0 2-0 1-0 4-1 3-2 1-0 1-2 0-3 1-1 PARKER, Jamal 21-7- 28 - - 3-1 3-0 3-1 2-1 - - 1-0 2-0 3-1 4-3 EBOIGBE, Theo 13-9- 22 - - 1-1 0-1 2-1 2-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 3-1 3-1 1-0 HILL, Dominic 10-9- 19 1-0 1-2 2-1 0-2 1-0 1-0 - - 1-0 0-1 2-2 1-1 MARSHALL, D. 13-6 -19 2-2 5-1 4-0 1-2 0-1 ------1-0 MONDAY, D. 15-3- 18 6-0 3-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-1 - 4-1 - 1-0 1-1 - MORRIS, Kalil 6-9 -15 0-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 - - 1-2 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-2 - JOHNSON, A. 6-3 -9 0-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 0-1 2-0 0-1 DNP DNP - DNP - SOMMERS, Matt 5-3 -8 - - - 1-1 1-0 - 0-2 - 1-0 1-0 - 1-0 MOORE, Marques 3-4 -7 - 0-2 0-1 1-0 - 1-0 - - - 1-0 0-1 - FAULKNER, Nick 4-3 -7 - - 0-2 - - 1-0 - - 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 LAWRENCE-BURKE 3-4 7 - - 0-1 - 0-1 - - - - 1-0 1-1 1-1 BAHR, Matt 3-3 6 0-2 2-0 1-1 - - DNP ------REDMOND, Darius 5-0 5 - 1-0 1-0 - - DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-0 1-0 1-0 BYRD, Jontey 2-3 5 - 1-0 - - - 1-1 - 0-1 - - 0-1 DNP PETERS, Akeam 4-0 4 - - 1-0 - - 1-0 - - - - - 2-0 ELLIOTT, Marcus 2-2 4 0-1 - - DNP DNP - - - - 2-0 - 0-1 HOLLEY, Nick 3-1 4 1-1 1-0 1-0 ------DNP MAJETTE, Theo 1-2 3 - - 0-1 0-1 DNP - - - - 1-0 - - FACKLER, Brice 1-1 2 - - - - 0-1 1-0 ------PRICE, Kavious 2-0 2 - - - 2-0 ------DNP DNP SEIBERT, Ryan 2-0 2 DNP DNP - - - - 2-0 - - - - - HOAG, Alex 1-1 2 DNP DNP - 0-1 DNP 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CALHOUN, Ernest 2-0 2 ------1-0 - 1-0 SHINSKY, Connor 1-0 1 ------1-0 - - HYNES, Shane 1-0 1 - - 1-0 ------CARRIGAN, Mike 1-0 1 1-0 ------PICKETT, Carlos 0-1 1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - - - - - 0-1 HICKS, Dalton 0-1 1 0-1 - DNP - - - - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP ROBINSON, Quan 0-1 1 - - DNP - - 0-1 - - - - - DNP PALUMBO, Joey 0-1 1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - - - 0-1 RANKIN, Justin 1-0 1 - - 1-0 - - - DNP - - - - -
www.kentstatesports.com 39 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 SUPERLATIVES SCORING DRIVES Kent State Individual Game Highs Opponent Individual Game Highs Opp. Qtr. Time Scoring Play Plays-Yds Elapsed Rushes 41 HOLLEY, Nick vs Ohio Rushes 31 FRANKLIN, J, vs WMU PSU 1st 05:25 HYNES, Shane 26 yd FG 11-64 4:31 Yards Rushing 224 HOLLEY, Nick at Buffalo Yards Rushing 146 WILSON, Donovan, at BGSU 2nd 11:33 HYNES, Shane 43 yd FG 10-49 5:23 TD Rushes 4 HOLLEY, Nick at Buffalo TD Rushes 2 Four Players 2nd 06:12 Refuge 20 yd fumble rec. - - Long Rush 85 BOLLAS, George vs NIU Long Rush 85 CLEVELAND, Josh, at BGSU NCA&T 1st 00:05 HYNES, Shane 20 yd FG 4-8 2:06 Pass attempts 35 HOLLEY, Nick vs Akron Pass attempts 43 RUSH, Cooper, at CMU 2nd 05:04 Fackler 27 yd pass Mitchell 7-85 3:00 BOLLAS, George vs NIU Pass completions 20 JACKSON, Tyree, at Buffalo 3rd 00:00 Fackler 8 yd pass from Mitchell 2-8 0:28 Pass completions 19 HOLLEY, Nick vs Akron RUSH, Cooper, at CMU OT 15:00 Hynes 40 yd field goal 4-2 0:00 Yards Passing 285 HOLLEY, Nick vs Akron Yards Passing 258 SANTACATERINA D, vs NIU OT 15:00 RANKIN, Justin 10 yd run 4-25 0:00 TD Passes 3 MITCHELL, Mylik vs NC A&T TD Passes 2 Six Players OT 15:00 Woods 15 yd pass Mitchell 4-25 0:00 Long Pass 57 BOLLAS, George vs NIU Long Pass 55 RAGLAND, Gus, at Miami OT 15:00 HYNES, Shane 42 yd FG 4-0 0:00 Receptions 10 RANKIN, Justin vs Akron Receptions 9 COHEN,Tarik, vs NC A&T Mon 1st 3:29 HYNES, Shane 22 yd FG 6-36 3:14 Yards Receiving 181 RANKIN, Justin vs Akron Yards Receiving 125 COHEN,Tarik, vs NC A&T 2nd 10:56 Washington 7-yd run 11-78 5:26 TD Receptions 2 FACKLER, Brice vs NC A&T TD Receptions 2 HILL,Leroy, vs NC A&T 2nd 4:19 HYNES, Shane 38 yd FG 7-34 4:08 3rd 5:53 Holley 6-yd pass Mitchell 15-68 5:56 HOLLEY, Nick vs Monmouth Long Reception 55 YOUNG, Kenny, at Miami 4th 2:34 Holley 28-yd pass Mitchell 3-31 1:05 Long Reception 57 CALHOUN, Ernest vs NIU Field Goals 2 Five Players Akron 1st 2:51 Holley 13-yd run 6-47 2:30 Field Goals 3 HYNES, Shane vs NC A&T Long Field Goal 48 Adam Griffith, at Alabama 2nd 7:04 Hynes 30-yd field goal 9-59 4:54 HYNES, Shane at Buffalo Punts 8 AMBROSE, Jake, vs NIU 2nd 5:19 Calhoun 18-yd pass Holley 2-5 0:44 Long Field Goal 43 HYNES, Shane at Penn State Punting Avg 49.0 JK Scott, at Alabama 4th 10:19 Hynes 41-yd field goal 5-31 2:58 HYNES, Shane at Buffalo DAVIDSON, Joe, at BGSU 4th 1:02 Rankin 9-yd pass Holley 16-97 4:45 HYNES, Shane at CMU Long Punt 63 MARTIN, Justin, at Miami Buffalo 1st 12:24 Hynes 31-yd field goal 5-68 2:36 Punts 10 ADAMS, Derek vs NIU Punts inside 20 5 AMBROSE, Jake, vs NIU 1st 7:40 Holley 67-yd run 3-84 1:23 Punting Avg 46.0 ADAMS, Derek at Alabama Long Punt Return 75 Xavian Marks, at Alabama 2nd 12:14 Hynes 43-yd field goal 8-39 3:02 Long Punt 67 ADAMS, Derek at Alabama Long Kick Return 75 EDWARDS, Van, vs Akron 2nd 3:35 Alexander 15-yd fumble rec. - - Punts inside 20 5 ADAMS, Derek vs Ohio Tackles 16 BASILE, Mike, vs Monmouth 3rd 0:29 Holley 3-yd run 12-71 5:36 Long Punt Return 26 HOLLEY, Nick vs NC A&T GILBERT, U., vs Akron 4th 8:09 Holley 2-yd run 6-31 3:17 Long Kick Return 66 JAMES, Raekwon at Buffalo Sacks 2.0 TAYLOR,Jeremy, vs NC A&T 4th 6:25 Holley 43-yd run 2-48 0:18 Tackles 21 BOURNE, Kevin vs NIU Tackles For Loss 4.0 TAYLOR,Jeremy, vs NC A&T 4th 1:57 Hynes 32-yd field goal 5-54 2:59 Sacks 2.0 WAUGH, Terence three times Interceptions 1 Eight Players Miami 2nd 4:22 Holley 2-yard run 6-31 3:18 Tackles For Loss 4.0 WAUGH, Terence vs Monmouth 3rd 8:45 Holley 21-ard run 5-92 2:25 Interceptions 2 FOSTER, Jerrell vs Akron Opponent Team Game Highs Ohio 2nd 0:05 Hynes 22-yd field goal 17-91 4:50 BOURNE, Kevin at CMU Rushes 71 vs NIU (Nov 25, 2016) 3rd 6:36 Holley 3-yd run 17-75 8:18 PARKER, Jamal at BGSU Yards Rushing 420 at BGSU (Nov 15, 2016) CMU 1st 3:21 Hynes 41-yd FG 9-52 4:42 Yards Per Rush 6.4 at BGSU (Nov 15, 2016) 2nd 7:22 Calhoun 3-yd pass Holley 4-14 1:41 Team Game Highs TD Rushes 4 vs WMU (Nov 08, 2016) 3rd 4:15 Rankin 1-yd run 8-82 3:43 Rushes 49 vs Ohio (Oct 22, 2016) at BGSU (Nov 15, 2016) 4th 12:54 Holley 68-yd run 2-68 2-68 Yards Rushing 341 at Buffalo (Oct 08, 2016) vs NIU (Nov 25, 2016) 4th 0:00 Hynes 35-yd FG 11-68 1:55 WMU 1st 12:53 Murray 47-yd fumble return - - Yards Per Rush 7.6 at Buffalo (Oct 08, 2016) Pass attempts 43 at CMU (Oct 29, 2016) 1st 5:14 Holley 3-yd run 10-60 6:02 TD Rushes 4 at Buffalo (Oct 08, 2016) Pass completions 22 vs NC A&T (Sep 10, 2016) 4th 14:52 Rankin 20-yd run 6-83 2:11 Pass attempts 37 vs NIU (Nov 25, 2016) at Alabama (Sep 24, 2016) BGSU 2nd 2:07 Calhoun 56-yd pass Holley 4-78 1:00 Pass completions 19 vs Akron (Oct 01, 2016) Yards Passing 258 vs NIU (Nov 25, 2016) NIU 2nd 9:03 Bollas 85-yd run 2-81 0:50 Yards Passing 285 vs Akron (Oct 01, 2016) Yards Per Pass 11.2 vs NIU (Nov 25, 2016) 3rd 9:51 Calhoun 57-yd pass Bollas 2-57 0:18 Yards Per Pass 8.8 at BGSU (Nov 15, 2016) TD Passes 3 vs NC A&T (Sep 10, 2016) 4th 2:05 Fackler 10-yd pass Bollas 12-85 2:46 TD Passes 3 vs NC A&T (Sep 10, 2016) Total Plays 94 vs NIU (Nov 25, 2016) Total Plays 78 vs NC A&T (Sep 10, 2016) Total Offense 597 at BGSU (Nov 15, 2016) vs Ohio (Oct 22, 2016) Yards Per Play 6.6 at BGSU (Nov 15, 2016) 3-AND-OUTS Total Offense 430 at Buffalo (Oct 08, 2016) Points 48 at Alabama (Sep 24, 2016) 3-and-Out Kent State Opponent Yards Per Play 7.4 at Buffalo (Oct 08, 2016) Sacks By 7 at Penn State (Sep 03, 2016) Penn State 5/12 4/12 Points 44 at Buffalo (Oct 08, 2016) First Downs 35 at BGSU (Nov 15, 2016) NC A&T 5/16 3/15 Sacks By 5 vs Monmouth (Sep 17, 2016) Penalties 10 vs NC A&T (Sep 10, 2016) Monmouth 3/10 5/11 First Downs 20 vs Akron (Oct 01, 2016) Penalty Yards 83 vs Ohio (Oct 22, 2016) Alabama 7/11 0/11 Penalties 10 vs NC A&T (Sep 10, 2016) Turnovers 4 vs NC A&T (Sep 10, 2016) Akron 5/13 4/13 Penalty Yards 82 vs NC A&T (Sep 10, 2016) at CMU (Oct 29, 2016) Buffalo 2/11 2/11 Turnovers 3 at Penn State (Sep 03, 2016) Interceptions By 2 at Penn State (Sep 03, 2016) Miami 3/11 5/13 Interceptions By 3 at CMU (Oct 29, 2016) at Miami (Oct 15, 2016) Ohio 6/13 5/12 Punts 10 vs NC A&T (Sep 10, 2016) Punts 8 at Miami (Oct 15, 2016) Central Michigan 3/12 2/12 vs NIU (Nov 25, 2016) vs NIU (Nov 25, 2016) Western Michigan 1/9 3/10 Punting Avg 46.0 at Alabama (Sep 24, 2016) Punting Avg 49.0 at Alabama (Sep 24, 2016) Bowling Green 4/11 1/10 Long Punt 67 at Alabama (Sep 24, 2016) at BGSU (Nov 15, 2016) Northern Illinois 2/15 Punts inside 20 6 vs Ohio (Oct 22, 2016) Long Punt 63 at Miami (Oct 15, 2016) Total 44/129 34/130 Long Punt Return 26 vs NC A&T (Sep 10, 2016) Punts inside 20 5 vs NIU (Nov 25, 2016) Long Punt Return 75 at Alabama (Sep 24, 2016) DRIVE SUPERLATIVES Kent State Opponent Most Plays/Result 17/FG (Ohio) 20/TD (WMU) 17/TD (Ohio) Most Yards/Result 97/TD (Akron) 93/TD (NIU) Longest Time/Result 8:18/TD (Ohio) 9:08/TD (WMU)
40 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME PARTICIPATION Player Overall Penn St. NC A&T Monmouth Alabama Akron Buffalo Miami Ohio CMU WMU BGSU NIU ADAMS, Derek 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX AGNER, Justin 1/1 START ...... ALEXANDER, J. 11/9 START START START START XXX START START START START START ... XXX ANZOVINO, Kain 8/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... BAHR, Matt 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX BOLLAS, George 8/1 XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX ...... XXX START BOURNE, Kevin 12/6 XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX START START START START START BRONCZEK, J. 1/- ...... XXX BRUMFIELD, C. 3/- ...... XXX ... XXX XXX ... BUTLER, C. 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX BYRD, Jontey 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... CALHOUN, Ernest 12/9 XXX START START START XXX START START START START START XXX START CARRIGAN, Mike 12/1 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX CHANDLER, C. 10/- XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX CUNNINGHAM, Jon 12/8 START XXX XXX START XXX START START START START START START XXX CUTHBERT, Nick 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START EBOIGBE, Theo 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START ELLIOTT, Marcus 10/- XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX FACKLER, Brice 12/10 START START XXX XXX START START START START START START START START FAIRCHILD, C. 12/11 START START START START XXX START START START START START START START FAULKNER, Nick 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX FOSTER, Jerrell 12/10 XXX XXX START START START START START START START START START START GRANDJEAN, Luke 6/- XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... GREGOIRE, Adam 9/- ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX HARRELL, Trey 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX HIBBLER, Miles 8/- ... XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX ... HICKS, Dalton 6/- XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... HILL, Dominic 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX HOAG, Alex 3/- ...... XXX XXX ... XXX ...... HOLLEY, Nate 9/9 START START START START START START START START START ...... HOLLEY, Nick 11/10 XXX START START START START START START START START START START ... HYNES, Shane 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX JAMES, Raekwon 12/9 XXX XXX START START XXX START START START START START START START JOHNSON, A. 9/1 XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX ...... XXX ... XXX JONES, Jim 11/2 XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START START LAWRENCE-BURKE 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX MACAULAY, Brock 8/2 XXX XXX START START XXX ... XXX XXX XXX ...... MAJETTE, Theo 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX MALONE, Ryan 12/7 XXX XXX XXX XXX START START START START START START START XXX MARINELLI, Mike 8/4 ...... XXX XXX ... XXX XXX ... START START START START MARSHALL, D. 12/5 START START START START START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX MATTHEWS, Will 9/2 XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX START ... XXX ... XXX START McRAE, Juantez 11/10 START START START START START START START ... XXX START START START MILLIN, Stefano 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START MITCHELL, Mylik 4/3 XXX START START START ...... MONDAY, D. 9/3 START START ...... XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX MOORE, Marques 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX MORRIS, Kalil 12/3 XXX START START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START MURRAY, Najee 11/10 START START XXX START START START START START START START START ... NIELSEN, Alex 3/- ...... XXX XXX ...... XXX PALUMBO, Joey 4/- ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX PARKER, Jamal 12/7 XXX XXX XXX XXX START START START XXX START START START START PETERS, Akeam 12/1 XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX PICKETT, Carlos 6/- ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX PRICE, Kavious 10/2 START XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... PUTHOFF, Nathan 6/6 START START ...... START START START START ...... RANKIN, Justin 11/11 START START START START START START ... START START START START START REARDON, Colin 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX REDA, Reno 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START REDMOND, Darius 8/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX REFUGE, Elcee 12/1 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START ROBINSON, Quan 10/- XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... SCOTT, Wayne 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START SEIBERT, Ryan 10/- ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX SHINSKY, Connor 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START SIMPSON, Erik 10/- ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX SOMMERS, Matt 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX TYSON, ZAQUON 9/- XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX VAN HOEF, Chase 11/- ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX WASHINGTON, M. 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX WAUGH, Terence 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START WHITE, Kris 1/1 START ...... WILLIAMS, Grant 4/- ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX WITUCKI, Jake 3/- ... XXX XXX ...... XXX WOODS, Johnny 12/5 START START START START START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
www.kentstatesports.com 41 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED Committed 6 or more turnovers: vs. Minnesota, 2006 (6) KENT STATE Committed 5 or more turnovers: at BGSU, 2014 (5) (141) Rushing Committed 4 or more fumbles lost: at BC, 2010 (5) Rushed 40 or more times: Nick Holley vs. Ohio, 2016 (41) Had 400 or more yards: at Western Michigan, 1988 (405) Committed 3 or more fumbles lost: vs. DSU, 2015 (3) Rushed 35 or more times: Nick Holley vs. Ohio, 2016 (41) Had 300 or more yards: at Buffalo, 2016 (341) Recorded 6 or more takeaways: at Rutgers, 2012 (7) Rushed 30 or more times: Nick Holley vs. Ohio, 2016 (41) Had 70 or more rushing attempts: at WMU, 1988 (86) Recorded 5 or more takeaways: at Rutgers, 2012 (7) Rushed 25 or more times: Nick Holley vs. Ohio, 2016 (41) Had 60 or more rushing attempts: vs. DSU, 2015 (65) Returned 2 or more interceptions for TDs: N/A Rushed for 4 or more TDs: Nick Holley at Buffalo, 2016 (4) Had 50 or more rushing attempts: at UMass, 2015 (50) Returned an interception for a TD: vs. Buffalo, 2015 Rushed for 3 or more TDs: Nick Holley at Buffalo, 2016 (4) Had 6 or more rush TDS: at Miami, 2008 (6) (Demetrius Monday – 69 yards) Rushed for 2 or more TDs: Nick Holley at Miami, 2016 (2) Had 5 or more rush TDs: at Miami, 2012 (5) Returned a fumble for a TD: at Buffalo, 2016 Had a run of 80 yards or more: George Bollas vs. NIU 2016 (85) Had 4 or more rush TDs: at Buffalo, 2016 (4) (Najee Murray – 47 yards) Had a run of 70 yards or more: George Bollas vs. NIU 2016 (85) Had 2 players with 100 rush yards in a game: at USA, 2013 Defense Had a run of 60 yards or more: George Bollas vs. NIU 2016 (85) (Dri Archer – 114 yards; David Fisher – 106 yards) Held opponent to 50 or fewer rushing yards: vs. DSU, 2015 Had a run of 50 yards or more: George Bollas vs. NIU 2016 (85) (-38) Passing Passing Held opponent to 100 or fewer passing yards: vs. WMU, 2016 (83) Passed for 500 or more yards: Jose Davis vs. UCF, 1997 (551) Had 500 or more yards: vs. UCF, 1997 (551) Held opponent to 300 or fewer yards total offense: at Miami 2016 Passed for 400 or more yards: Jose Davis vs. UCF, 1997 (551) Had 400 or more yards: at UCF, 2004 (426) (260) Passed for 300 or more yards: Colin Reardon vs. Army, 2014 (360) Had 300 or more yards: vs. Army, 2014 (360) Held opponent to 200 or fewer yards total offense: at Monmouth Attempted 50 or more passes: Spencer Keith at Akron, 2009 (59) Had 40 or more pass attempts: at BGSU, 2014 (47) 2016 (199) Attempted 40 or more passes: Colin Reardon vs. Army, 2014 (40) Had 30 or more pass attempts: vs. NIU, 2016 (35) Intercepted 5 or more passes: at Rutgers, 2012 (6) Attempted 30 or more passes: George Bollas vs. NIU (35) Had 25 or more pass completions: at BGSU, 2014 (27) Intercepted 4 or more passes: vs. Miami, 2015 (4) Completed 20 or more passes: George Bollas at UMass, 2015 (20) Had 20 or more pass completions: at UMass, 2015 (25) Intercepted 3 or more passes: at Central Michigan, 2016 (3) Threw 5 or more TDs: Joshua Cribbs at UCF, 2004 (5) Had 5 passing TDs: at UCF, 2004 (5) Scored a safety: at UMass, 2015 Threw 4 or more TDs: Joshua Cribbs at UCF, 2004 (5) Had 4 passing TDs: vs. Eastern Michigan, 2004 (4) Scored two safeties in a game: vs. Coastal Carolina, 2009 (2) Threw 5 or more interceptions: Michael Machen at Ohio, 2005 (5) Had 3 passing TDs: vs. NC A&T, 2016 (3) Scored two defensive touchdowns in a game: vs. Akron 2010 Threw 4 or more interceptions: Colin Reardon at BGSU, 2014 (4) Had 5 passes intercepted: at Ohio, 2005 (6) Recorded 9 or more sacks: vs. Ohio, 1994 (9) Threw 3 or more interceptions: Colin Reardon at Illinois, 2015 (3) Had 4 passes intercepted: at BGSU, 2014 (4) Recorded 8 or more sacks: vs. Ohio, 2012 (8) Comp. a pass of 80 yards or more: Spencer Keith vs. CMU, 2011 (85) Had 3 passes intercepted: at BGSU, 2014 (4) Recorded 7 or more sacks: vs. Ohio, 2012 (8) Comp. a pass of 70 yards or more: David Fisher at. USA, 2013 (73) Recorded 6 or more sacks: vs. DSU, 2015 (6) Comp. a pass of 60 yards or more: David Fisher at. USA, 2013, (73) Receiving Recorded 5 or more sacks: at Monmouth 2016 (5) Comp. a pass of 50 yards or more: George Bollas vs. NIU, 2016, (57) Had 2 players with 100 receiving yards in a game: at BGSU, Held opponent to 10 or fewer first downs: vs. DSU, 2015 (1) Receiving 2012 (Chris Humphrey – 132 yards, Casey Pierce – 127 yards) Had three players with 10 or more tackles: vs. Marshall, 2015 Caught 15 or more passes: Eugene Baker vs. UCF, 1997 (15) Had a player with 150+ receiving yards in a game: (Holley, Waugh, Refuge) Caught 10 or more passes: Justin Rankin vs. Akron, 2016 (10) vs. Akron, 2016 (Justin Rankin – 181) Caught 7 or more passes: Justin Rankin vs. Akron, 2016 (10) Special Teams Had 200 or more yards receiving: Najah Pruden at Ohio, 2005 (200) Combination Offense Returned a punt for a TD: vs. Akron, 2004 (Darrell Dowery Jr., - 66 Had 175 or more yards receiving: Justin Rankin vs. Akron, 2016 (181) Had a 200-yard passer and a 100-yard rusher in a game: vs. Akron, yards) Had 150 or more yards receiving: Justin Rankin vs. Akron, 2016 (181) 2016 (Nick Holley: 285 yards pass, Nick Holley 117 yards rush) Returned two punts for a TD: vs. Toledo, 1989 Had 100 or more yards receiving: Ernest Calhoun at BGSU, 2016 Had a 100-yard receiver & 100-yard rusher in game: vs. Akron, (Shawn Barnes, 62 yards & Andre Palmer, 62 yards) (112) 2016 (Justin Rankin: 181 rec., Nick Holley 117 yards rush) Returned a blocked punt for a TD: vs. Temple, 2010 Caught 3 or more TDs: Eugene Baker at Akron, 1997 (4) (Sam Kirkland – 0 yards) Caught 2 or more TDs: Nick Holley, Monmouth, 2016 (2) Total Offense Returned a blocked field goal for a TD: vs. Bowling Green, Had 600 or more yards total offense: vs. UCF, 1997 (615) 2009 (Quinton Rainey – 82 yards) Total Offense Had 500 or more yards total offense: at. Ohio, 2013 (537) Returned a kickoff for a TD: vs. NIU, 2013 500 or more yards total offense: Jose Davis vs. UCF, 1997 (534) Had 400 or more yards total offense: at Buffalo, 2016 (430) (Dri Archer – 100 yards) 400 or more yards total offense: Nick Holley vs. Akron, 2016 (402) Had 90 or more plays total offense: vs. DSU, 2015 (91) Blocked a punt: vs. DSU (Ryan Seibert), 2015 100 yards both passing and rushing: Nick Holley at CMU, 2016 (102 Had 80 or more plays total offense: vs. Marshall, 2015 (89) Blocked two punts: vs. Temple, 2010 passing, 144 rushing) Punted 10 or more times: vs. Northern Illinois, 2016 (10) Scoring Did not punt: N/A Scoring Scored 60 or more points: vs. Eastern Michigan, 2004 (69) Blocked a field goal: at CMU, 2016 (Jamal Parker) 4 or more touchdowns: Nick Holley at Buffalo, 2012 (4 rushing) Scored 50 or more points: at Miami, 2008 (54) Had a field goal blocked: at CMU, (2016) 3 or more touchdowns: Nick Holley at Buffalo, 2012 (4 rushing) Scored 40 or more points: at. at Buffalo 2016 (44) Blocked both a punt and field goal: at Ohio (2011) Defense Scored 30 or more points: vs. at Buffalo2016 (44) Blocked a PAT kick: vs. Buffalo, 2013 (Roosevelt Nix) Intercepted 3 or more passes: Brian Lainhart vs. Akron, 2008 (3) Scored 28 points in a quarter: at Miami, 2008 (28, 2nd) Scored on a blocked PAT attempt: N/A Intercepted 2 or more passes: Jamal Parker at BGSU, 2016 (2) Allowed 60 or more points: at Ohio State, 2014 (66) Scored a defensive two-point conversion: vs. SE Missouri State, Recovered 3 or more fumbles: N/A Allowed 50 or more points: at Illinois, 2015 (52) 2005 Recovered 2 or more fumbles: Luke Batton vs. WMU, 2012 (2) Allowed 40 or more points: at Bowling Green, 2016 (42) Missed a kicking PAT: at BGSU, 2014 Recorded 15 or more tackles: Nate Holley vs. Monmouth, 2016 Allowed 30 or more points:at Northern Illinois, 2016 (31) Had a kicking PAT blocked: vs. Army, 2014 (17) Was held scoreless at home: vs. BGSU, 2015 (0-48) Had a punt blocked: vs. Ohio, 2016 Recorded 2 or more sacks: Terence Waugh at CMU, 2016 (2.0) Was held scoreless on the road: at Alabama, 2016 (0-48) Special Teams Was held scoreless at a neutral site: vs. BC, 2008, (0-21) Miscellaneous 15 or more points kicking: A. Melchiori vs. Army, 2014 (15) Held opponent scoreless: vs. Coastal Carolina, 2009 (18-0) Had 30 or more 1st downs: vs. Eastern Michigan, 2004 (35) 10 or more points kicking: S. Hynes at Buffalo, 2016 (14) Held opponent scoreless on the road: at EMU, 1974 (13-0) Had 20 or more 1st downs: vs. Akron, 2016 (20) Kicked 5 or more field goals: N/A Held opponent scoreless at neutral site: N/A Was not penalized: at Alabama, 2016 Kicked 4 or more field goals: A. Melchiori vs. Army, 2014 (4) Held 2 opponents scoreless in a season: 1963 Had 10 or more penalties: vs. Marshall, 2015 (11) Kicked 2 field goals of 50 or more yards: N/A at Toledo (20-0); vs. Dayton (23-0) Had 120 or more yards in penalties: at Kansas State, 2011 (136) Kicked a field goal of 50 or more yards: Nate Reed vs. CMU 2007 (52) Held 3 opponents scoreless in a season: 1958 Had 35 minutes or more of possession time: at Akron, 2016 Kicked a punt 70 or more yards: A. Melchiori vs. CMU, 2015 (73) at Xavier (6-0); vs. Marshall (24-0); vs. Toledo (32-0) (37:49) Kicked a punt 60 or more yards: D. Adams at Alabama, 2016 (67) Held 4 opponents scoreless in a season: 1948 Was involved in a tie game: at Ohio, 1995 (28-28) Punted 10 or more times: Anthony Melchiori at Toledo 2015 (10) at Mount Union (18-0); vs. Wooster (39-0); at Central Michi- Was involved in an overtime game:vs. NC A&T, 2016 (L 39-36) 4 Totaled 175 or more kick return yards: Shawn Bayes vs. NIU, 2008 (177) gan (28-0); at Akron (31-0) OT Totaled 100 or more kick return yards: J. Rankin vs. Akron, 2016 (100) Held 5 opponents scoreless in a season: 1940 Returned a failed PAT attempt for defensive two-point conver- vs. Bluffton (37-0); vs. Assumption (26-0); vs. Mount Union sion: Andre Kirkland vs. SEMO, 2005 (interception) KENT STATE INDIVIDUAL (26-0); vs. Hiram (26-0); at Findlay (13-0) Rushing Held 6 opponents scoreless in a season: 1940 300 or more yards: Astron Whatley at EMU, 1997 (373) vs. Bluffton (37-0); vs. Assumption (26-0); vs. Mount Union 250 or more yards: Charles Chatman vs. CMU, 1997 (257) (26-0); vs. Hiram (26-0); at Findlay (13-0); at BGSU (13-0) 200 or more yards: Nick Holley at Buffalo, 2016 (224) Had multiple players with multiple TDs in a game: vs. EMU, 175 or more yards: Nick Holley at Buffalo, 2016 (224) 2012 (Trayion Durham – 2 rushing, Dri Archer – 3, 100 or more yards: Nick Holley vs. WMU, 2016 (141) 1 rushing, 1 receiving and 1 KR) QB rushed for 100 or more yards: Nick Holley vs. WMU, 2016 Turnovers Did not commit a turnover: at Bowling Green, 2016 42 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED OPPONENT OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL LONGEST PLAYS Rushing Rushing Longest Run From Scrimmage Had 400 or more yards: BGSU, 2016 (420) Rushed for 300 or more yards: N/A 1. 99*#$ Lou Mariano vs. Western Reserve 10/1/54 Had 300 or more yards: BGSU, 2016 (420) Rushed for 200 or more yards: Cameron Stingily, NIU 2013 (266) 2. 96* Larry Blackman vs. Toledo 11/17/73 Had 50 or more rushing attempts: NIU, 2016 (71) Rushed for 150 or more yards: Terry Swanson, Toledo, 2015 (161) 3. 93* Tim Starks vs. Northern Illinois 9/24/83 Had 5 or more rush TDs: Alabama, 2011 (5) Rushed for 100 or more yards: Joel Bouagnon, NIU, 2016 (133) Had 4 or more rush TDs: NiU, 2016 (4) Rushed 40 or more times: Michael Turner, Northern Illinois, Longest Pass Play Had 2 or more players with 100 rush yards in a game: BGSU, 2002 (40) 1. 98*# Jose Davis to Eugene Baker 2016 (D. Wilson – 146 yards, J. Cleveland – 131 yards, F. Coppert Rushed 30 or more times: D. Wilson, BGSU, 2016 (30) vs. Central Florida 10/4/97 – 105 yards) Rushed 25 or more times: Joel Bouagnon, NIU, 2016 (29) 2. 97* Joshua Cribbs to Najah Pruden Rushed for 5 or more TDs: N/A vs. Marshall 10/11/03 Passing Rushed for 4 or more TDs: Branden Oliver, Buffalo, 2013 (4) 3. 85* Spencer Keith to Matt Hurdle Had 400 or more yards: Bowling Green, 2015 (449) Rushed for 3 or more TDs: Branden Oliver, Buffalo, 2013 (4) vs. Central Michigan 11/4/11 Had 300 or more yards: Central Michigan, 2015 (337) Rushed for 2 or more TDs: Joel Bouagnon, NIU, 2016 (2) Had 60 or more pass attempts: Bowling Green, 2009 (63) Had a run of 80 yards or more: Josh Cleveland, BGSU, 2016 (85) Longest Kickoff Return Had 50 or more pass attempts: Miami, 2015 (51) Had a run of 70 yards or more: Josh Cleveland, BGSU, 2016 (85) 1. 100*# Dri Archer vs. NIU 10/5/13 Had 40 or more pass attempts: CMU, 2016 (43) Had a run of 60 yards or more: Josh Cleveland, BGSU, 2016 (85) 1. 100*# Norman Warren vs. E. Kentucky 9/18/79 Had 30 or more pass completions: Akron, 2012 (30) Had a run of 50 yards or more: Josh Cleveland, BGSU, 2016 (85) 2. 99* Dri Archer vs. Ball State 9/29/12 Had 5 or more passing TDs: Bowling Green, 2015 (5) 3. 98* Derrick Samuels vs. NIU 9/18/82 Had 4 or more passing TDs: Bowling Green, 2015 (5) Passing 98* Orin Richburg vs. Buffalo 9/16/67 Had 3 or more passing TDs: Bowling Green, 2015 (5) Passed for 500 or more yards: Tyler Sheehan, BGSU, 2009 (505) 98* Dri Archer vs. Towson 8/30/12 Passed for 400 or more yards: Matt Johnson, BGSU, 2015 (430) 98* Dri Archer vs. Eastern Michigan 10/6/12 Receiving Passed for 300 or more yards: Cooper Rush, CMU, 2015 (337) Longest Punt Return 1. 87* Gerald Tinker vs. Toledo 11/17/73 Had 2 players with 100 receiving yards in a game: Central Attempted 60 or more passes: Tyler Sheehan, BGSU, 2009 (63) 2. 86* Fred Gissendanerer vs. BGSU 10/23/65 Michigan, 2015 (Jesse Kroll – 139 yards, Corey Willis – 131 yards) Attempted 50 or more passes: Tyler Sheehan, BGSU, 2009 (63) Attempted 40 or more passes: Cooper Rush, CMU, 2016 (43) 3. 80* Dan Watkins vs. Akron 10/26/74 Completed 30 or more passes: Tyler Tettleton, Ohio, 2012 (37) Total Offense Longest Interception Return Had 600 or more yards total offense: Bowling Green, 2015 (602) Completed 20 or more passes: Cooper Rush, CMU, 2016 (20) Threw 5 or more TDs: Matt Johnson, BGSU, 2015 (5) 1. 99* Jack Williams at Iowa 9/4/04 Had 500 or more yards total offense: Alabama, 2016 (502) 2. 97* Jay Littlepage vs. Marietta 1933 Had 400 or more yards total offense: NIU, 2016 (473) Threw 4 or more TDs: Matt Johnson, BGSU, 2015 (5) Threw 3 or more TDs: Matt Johnson, BGSU, 2015 (5) 3. 80* Alonzo Curry vs. Miami 11/11/72 Had 80 or more plays: Northern Illinois, 2016 (94) 4. 75* Shawn Armstead vs. Buffalo 10/26/02 Had 75 or more plays: Northern Illinois, 2016 (94) Completed a pass of 90 yards or more: Josh Harris, Bowling Green, 2003 (91) Longest Punt Scoring Completed a pass of 80 yards or more: James Knapke, Bowling Green, 2014 (82) 1. 99 Charles Kilbourne vs. John Carroll 1929 Scored 60 or more points: Ohio State, 2014 (66) 2. 80 Matt Rinehart vs. WMU 10/31/09 Scored 50 or more points: Illinois, 2015 (52) Completed a pass of 70 yards or more: James Knapke, Bowling Green, 2014 (82) 3. 77 Jim Posipanka vs. Ball State 9/24/77 Scored 40 or more points: Bowling Green, 2016 (42) 4. 76 Jack Mancos vs. Morris Harvey 10/20/51 Scored 30 or more points: Bowling Green, 2016 (42) Completed a pass of 60 yards or more:Matt Johnson, BGSU, 2015 Scored a 2 – point conversion: Western Michigan, 2016 (64) Completed a pass of 50 yards or more: Gus Ragland, Miami, Longest Field Goal 2016 (58) 1. 52 Nate Reed vs. Central Michigan 10/27/07 Turnovers 2. 51 Paul Marchese vs. Bowling Green 10/15/77 Did not commit a turnover: Ohio, 2015 Receiving 3. 50 Joe Romano vs. Navy 11/22/97 Had 3 or more fumbles lost: Western Michigan, 2012 (3) 4. 49 Freddy Cortez vs. EMU 11/19/11 Intercepted 5 or more passes: Ohio, 2005 (6) Caught 10 or more passes: Willie Snead, Ball State, 2013 (10) Caught 7 or more passes: R. White, Monmouth, 2016 (7) 49 Dave Pavich vs. Northern Illinois 10/13/01 Intercepted 4 or more passes: Temple, 2007 (4) 49 Dave Pavich vs. Central Michigan 10/7/00 Intercepted 3 or more passes: Illinois, 2015 (3) Had 200 or more yards receiving: Chris Gallon, BGSU, 2012 (213) Had 150 or more yards receiving: Ronnie Moore, BGSU, 2015, 49 Joe Romano vs. Bowling Green 11/1/97 Returned an INT for a TD: CMU, 2016 (T. Annese – 28 yards) 49 John Manson vs. EMU 9/28/74 Returned a fumble for a TD: Delaware State, 2015 (twice) (151) Had 100 or more yards receiving: Tarik Cohen NC A&T 2016, (125) * Touchdown play / # MAC record / $ NCAA Record Defense Caught 3 or more TD passes: Freddie Barnes, BGSU, 2009 (3) Held Kent State to 10 or fewer 1st downs: BGSU 2016 (10) Caught 2 or more TD passes: Leroy Hill, NC A&T, 2016, (2) LARGEST HOME CROWDS Scored a safety: Western Michigan, 2016 Scoring No. Attend Opponent Date Held Kent State to 50 or fewer rushing yards: BGSU, 2015 (9) Accounted for 5 or more TDs: Matt Johnson, BGSU, 2015 (5 pass- 1. 27,363 Miami Nov. 10, 1973 Held Kent State to 200 or fewer passing yards: WMU, 2016 (73) ing) 2. 25,186 Akron Sept. 23, 2004 Held Kent State to 100 or fewer passing yards: WMU, 2016 (73) Accounted for 5 or more TDs: Matt Johnson, BGSU, 2015 (5 pass- 3. 25,137 Bowling Green Oct. 13, 1973 Held Kent State to 300 or fewer yards total offense: BGSU, 2016 (254) ing) 4. 24,221 Akron Oct. 9, 2010 Held Kent State to 200 or fewer yards total offense: Alabama, 2016 (166) Accounted for 3 or more TDs: Matt Johnson, BGSU, 2015 (5 5. 23,158 Youngstown State Sept. 14, 1996 passing) 6. 23,102 Miami Oct. 2, 1982 Special Teams 7. 23,064 Akron Sept. 10, 1988 Returned a punt for a TD: Alabama, 2016 (Xavian Marks – 75 yards) Defense 8. 22,758 Bowling Green Sept. 7, 2013 Returned a blocked punt for a TD: Miami, 2010 (Evan Harris – 18 Intercepted 3 or more passes: Janssen Patton, BGSU, 2000 (3) 9. 22,645 Ball State Oct. 8, 1988 yards) Intercepted 2 or more passes: Richard King, Army, 2010 (2) 10. 22,013 Akron Sept. 30, 2006 Returned a kickoff for a TD: Marshall, 2015 (Deandre Reaves – 93 Recorded 3 or more sacks: M. Wilkerson, Temple, 2010 (3) KENT STATE OVERTIME GAMES yards) Recorded 2 or more sacks: Jeremy Taylor, NC A&T, 2016 (2) Punted 10 or more times: Marshall, 2015 (12) 10/7/00 at Central Michigan W, 24-21 (2ot) 11/4/00 at Buffalo L, 20-17 Did not punt: Ohio State, 2002 Special Teams Missed a kicking PAT: Buffalo, 2015 10/18/03 Connecticut L, 34-31 Kicked 4 or more field goals: Nate Freese, BC, 2010 (4) 9/9/06 at Army L, 17-14 Kicked a field goal 50 or more yards: Sam Ficken, Penn State, Miscellaneous 11/24/07 Buffalo L, 30-23 2013 (54) 10/4/08 Akron L, 30-27 (2ot) Had 30 or more 1st downs: Bowling Green, 2016 (35) Kicked a punt 70 or more yards: J. Davidson, BGSU, 2015, (71) 11/30/12 vs. Northern Illinois L, 44-37 (2ot) Had 20 or more 1st downs: Northern Illinois, 2016 (27) Kicked a punt 65 or more yards: J. Davidson, BGSU, 2015, (71) 9/26/15 Marshall L, 36-29 (2ot) Had 10 or more penalties: NC A&T, 2016 (10) Kicked a punt 60 or more yards: Justin Martin, Miami, 2016, (63) 9/10/16 North Carolina A&T L, 39-36 (4ot) Had 100 or more yards in penalties: UMass, 2014 (105) Punted 10 or more times:Tyler Williams, Marshall, 2015 (12) Had 35 minutes or more of possession time: NIU, 2016 (35:22) Totaled 175 or more kick return yards: NA Had one 100-yard receiver and one 100-yard rusher: NC A&T, Totaled 100 or more kick return yards: Van Edwards, Akron, 2016 (Tarik Cohen – 133 rushing, Tarik Cohen – 125 receiving) 2015 (156)
www.kentstatesports.com 43 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 WEEK 1 AT PENN STATE WEEK 2 VS. NC A&T SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 SEPTEMBER 10, 2016 KENT STATE...... 13 NC A&T...... 39 PENN STATE...... 33 KENT STATE...... 36 Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pa. Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio
Scoring 1 2 3 4 Total Scoring 1 2 3 4 OT Total Kent State 3 10 0 0 13 NC A&T 0 0 10 7 22 39 Penn State 6 10 10 7 33 Kent State 3 7 7 0 19 36
Scoring Summary Scoring Summary 1st 05:25 KENT HYNES, Shane 26 yd field goal, 11-64 4:31 1st 00:05 KENT HYNES, Shane 20 yd field goal, 4-8 2:06 01:56 PSU Hamilton, D. 4 yd pass from McSorley (rush failed), 9-79 3:23 2nd 05:04 KENT Fackler, B. 27 yd pass from Mitchell, M. (Hynes), 7-85 3:00 2nd 11:33 KENT HYNES, Shane 43 yd field goal, 10-49 5:23 3rd 11:52 NCAT HILL,Leroy 6 yd pass from CARTER,K. (Jones), 6-69 3:01 08:02 PSU Barkley, Saquon 7 yd run (Davis), 2-13 0:41 06:21 NCAT JONES,Cody 36 yd field goal, 11-42 4:35 06:12 KENT REFUGE, Elcee 20 yd fumble recovery (Hynes), 00:00 KENT Fackler, B. 8 yd pass from Mitchell, Mylik (Hynes), 2-8 0:28 01:47 PSU Davis, Tyler 29 yd field goal, 12-49 4:18 4th 05:50 NCAT COHEN,Tarik 2 yd run (JONES,Cody kick), 9-83 4:15 3rd 14:05 PSU Oruwariye, A. 30 yd interception return (Davis) OT 15:00 NCAT JONES,Cody 35 yd field goal, 4-7 04:22 PSU Davis, Tyler 28 yd field goal, 8-49 2:39 15:00 KENT HYNES, Shane 40 yd field goal, 4-2 4th 01:53 PSU Gesicki, Mike 30 yd pass from McSorley, Trace (Davis) 15:00 KENT RANKIN, Justin 10 yd run (HYNES, Shane kick), 4-25 Team Stats KSU PSU 15:00 NCAT BAMIRO,O. 1 yd run (JONES,Cody kick), 4-25 FIRST DOWNS 16 19 15:00 NCAT Hill,Leroy 2 yd pass from BAMIRO,O. (rush failed), 5-25 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 41-150 38-145 15:00 KENT Woods, J. 15 yd pass from Mitchell, M. (pass failed), 4-25 PASSING YDS (NET) 129 209 15:00 KENT HYNES, Shane 42 yd field goal, 4-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 28-14-2 31-16-0 15:00 NCAT KEYES,Denzel 15 yd pass from BAMIRO,O., 4-25 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 69-279 69-354 Team Stats NCAT KSU Fumble Returns-Yards 1-20 1-6 FIRST DOWNS 28 15 Punt Returns-Yards 2-2 4-22 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 49-167 46-93 Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-22 4-88 PASSING YDS (NET) 240 182 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-30 Passes Att-Comp-Int 42-22-2 32-17-1 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-41.0 6-47.0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 91-407 78-275 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-47 5-55 Punt Returns-Yards 1-10 1-26 Possession Time 32:56 27:04 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-83 4-95 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 17 5 of 14 Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 2-0 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 1 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-40.9 10-33.6 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 4-5 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 3-1 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-11 7-54 Penalties-Yards 10-70 10-82 Rushing Possession Time 31:07 28:53 Kent State-RANKIN, Justin 13-82; PRICE, Kavious 2-31; MITCHELL, Mylik Third-Down Conversions 5 of 16 5 of 20 10-27; AGNER, Justin 12-7; MATTHEWS, Will 2-6; HOLLEY, Nick 1-4; BOLLAS, Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0 George 1-minus 7. Penn State-Barkley, Saquon 22-105; McSorley, Trace 14-47; Robin- Red-Zone Scores-Chances 7-7 4-4 son, Andre 1-minus 2; TEAM 1-minus 5. Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-22 3-24 Rushing Passing North Carolina A&T-COHEN,Tarik 24-133; BAMIRO,O. 7-35; CARTER,Kylil Kent State-AGNER, Justin 8-15-2-64; MITCHELL, Mylik 6-12-0-65; BOLLAS, 11-20; CARTWRIGHT,M. 4-3; RAYNARD,Lamar 3-minus 24. Kent State- George 0-1-0-0. Penn State-McSorley, Trace 16-31-0-209. RANKIN, Justin 13-37; HOLLEY, Nick 8-23; BOLLAS, George 2-14; MITCHELL, Mylik 20-9; MATTHEWS, Will 2-9; PRICE, Kavious 1-1. Receiving Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick 4-45; JAMES, Raekwon 2-44; RANKIN, Justin Passing 2-15; WHITE, Kris 1-12; WASHINGTON, M. 1-9; FACKLER, Brice 1-7; CAL- North Carolina A&T-RAYNARD,Lamar 7-15-2-82; BAMIRO,O. 7-14-0-95; HOUN, Ernest 1-4; HARRELL, Trey 1-minus 3; PRICE, Kavious 1-minus 4. Penn CARTER,Kylil 8-13-0-63. Kent State-MITCHELL, Mylik 17-32-1-182. State-Godwin, Chris 7-67; Gesicki, Mike 3-49; Blacknall, S. 2-24; Hamilton, D. 2-9; Thompkins, D. 1-43; Barkley, Saquon 1-17. Receiving Tackles (UA-A) North Carolina A&T-COHEN,Tarik 9-125; BELL,Elijah 4-33; KEYES,Denzel Kent State-HOLLEY, Nate 5-12; McRAE, Juantez 4-4; WAUGH, Terence 3-44; GARDIN,Khris 2-15; HILL,Leroy 2-8; CARTWRIGHT,M. 1-9; 4-3; MONDAY, D. 6-0; CUTHBERT, Nick 2-4; CUNNINGHAM, Jon 1-4; FOS- MCFADDEN,D. 1-6. Kent State-CALHOUN, Ernest 4-60; FACKLER, Brice 3-58; TER, Jerrell 2-2; MARSHALL, D. 2-2; MURRAY, Najee 2-2; REFUGE, Elcee 0-3; WOODS, Johnny 3-25; RANKIN, Justin 2-20; JAMES, Raekwon 2-17; PRICE, Kavi- HOLLEY, Nick 1-1; BAHR, Matt 0-2; ALEXANDER, J. 0-2; HILL, Dominic 1-0; ous 1-3; HOLLEY, Nick 1-0; HARRELL, Trey 1-minus 1. CARRIGAN, Mike 1-0; MORRIS, Kalil 0-1; HICKS, Dalton 0-1; FAIRCHILD, C. Tackles (UA-A) 0-1; ELLIOTT, Marcus 0-1; JONES, Jim 0-1; BOURNE, Kevin 0-1; JOHNSON, A. North Carolina A&T-TAYLOR,Jeremy 12-3; LOCKHART,Zerius 7-2; 0-1. Penn State-Cabinda, Jason 5-6; Bell, Brandon 3-5; Sickels, G. 1-5; Miller, Shareef RICHARDSON,K. 5-3; DARDEN,Jamaal 6-1; KEYES,Angelo 4-3; MCCOY,Tard 3-2; Allen, Marcus 2-3; White, Antoine 1-4; Wartman-White,N 1-4; Schwan, Evan 2-2; 5-1; JONES,Deion 3-1; REYNOLDS,Julius 1-2; RAGLAND,Marquis 1-2; Reid, John 2-2; Golden, Malik 3-0; Campbell, C. 1-2; Givens, Kevin 0-3; Brown, Tor- MCKNIGHT,Julian 1-1; WILLIS,Marquis 1-1; JOHNSON,Darryl 1-1; rence 0-3; Buchholz, Ryan 1-1; Oruwariye, A. 0-2; Cothren, Parker 0-2; Chavis, Tyrell CARTWRIGHT,M. 1-0; BEATTY,Jerome 0-1; ROSS,D’Anthony 0-1; HAMPTON- 0-2; Apke, Troy 1-0; Julius, Joey 1-0; Davis, Desi 0-1; Smith, Jordan 0-1; Windsor, PRIOLEA 0-1. Kent State-HOLLEY, Nate 9-4; WAUGH, Terence 9-2; REFUGE, Robert 0-1; Farmer, Koa 0-1; Scott, Nick 0-1; Bowen, Manny 0-1. Elcee 4-4; MARSHALL, D. 5-1; McRAE, Juantez 3-2; FAIRCHILD, C. 1-4; ALEX- Time: 3:27 ANDER, J. 1-4; MURRAY, Najee 4-0; JONES, Jim 3-1; CUNNINGHAM, Jon Attendance: 94,378 0-4; MONDAY, D. 3-0; HILL, Dominic 1-2; BAHR, Matt 2-0; FOSTER, Jerrell 2-0; MORRIS, Kalil 1-1; MOORE, Marques 0-2; BYRD, Jontey 1-0; HOLLEY, Nick 1-0; REDMOND, Darius 1-0; JOHNSON, A. 1-0; CUTHBERT, Nick 0-1. Time: 3:57 Attendance: 13,540
44 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 WEEK 3 VS. MONMOUTH WEEK 4 AT ALABAMA SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 SEPTEMBER 24, 2016 MONMOUTH...... 7 KENT STATE...... 0 KENT STATE...... 27 ALABAMA...... 48 Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Scoring 1 2 3 4 Total Scoring 1 2 3 4 Total Monmouth 0 0 0 7 7 Kent State 0 0 0 0 0 Kent State 3 10 7 7 27 Alabama 21 20 7 0 48
Scoring Summary Scoring Summary 1st 03:29 KENT HYNES, Shane 22 yd field goal, 6-36 3:14 1st 12:14 UA Jalen Hurts 20 yd run (Adam Griffith kick), 8-70 2:46, 2nd 10:56 KENT WASHINGTON, M. 7 yd run (Hynes), 11-78 5:26 06:54 UA Joshua Jacobs 1 yd run (Adam Griffith kick), 10-79 2:51 04:19 KENT HYNES, Shane 38 yd field goal, 7-34 4:08 03:39 UA Joshua Jacobs 24 yd run (Adam Griffith kick), 4-55 1:38 3rd 05:53 KENT HOLLEY, Nick 6 yd pass from Mitchell (Hynes), 15-68 5:56 2nd 12:45 UA Adam Griffith 28 yd field goal, 16-75 5:02 4th 05:53 MU WELCH, Zach 2 yd run (WHITE, Matt kick), 9-67 3:40 11:34 UA Adam Griffith 48 yd field goal, 4--7 1:00 02:34 KENT HOLLEY, Nick 28 yd pass from Mitchell (Hynes), 3-31 1:05 06:47 UA O.J. Howard 34 yd pass from Barnett (Griffith), 5-61 2:20 Team Stats MON KSU 02:14 UA Xavian Marks 75 yd punt return (A. Pappanastos kick), , FIRST DOWNS 15 17 3rd 06:14 UA Mack Wilson 1 yd pass from Hurts (Pappanastos) 13-66 6:17 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 31-67 46-235 Team Stats KSU UA PASSING YDS (NET) 132 108 FIRST DOWNS 5 26 Passes Att-Comp-Int 35-19-1 20-15-0 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 30-82 46-285 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 66-199 66-343 PASSING YDS (NET) 84 217 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-7 0-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 16-7-0 34-22-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-1 4-24 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 46-166 80-502 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-119 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 4-90 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-41.2 3-37.3 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-57 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 2-1 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-58 6-55 Punts (Number-Avg) 9-46.0 2-49.0 Possession Time 27:38 32:22 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Third-Down Conversions 2 of 15 8 of 16 Penalties-Yards 0-0 2-20 Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 6 1 of 2 Possession Time 26:27 33:33 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-3 3-4 Third-Down Conversions 1 of 13 6 of 14 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-10 5-37 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 2 of 3 Rushing Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-1 4-4 Monmouth-WELCH, Zach 13-51; ROYDS, Ed 9-26; AMBUSH, Darren 1-9; Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-7 3-26 BAHAR, Kenji 6-minus 5; WILLIAMS, Cody 2-minus 14. Kent State-MITCHELL, Rushing Mylik 14-77; RANKIN, Justin 12-59; PRICE, Kavious 2-33; BOLLAS, George 3-18; Kent State-RANKIN, Justin 6-52; BOLLAS, George 3-26; WASHINGTON, M. WASHINGTON, M. 4-16; HOLLEY, Nick 2-15; JAMES, Raekwon 2-12; MAT- 6-15; HOLLEY, Nick 2-5; PRICE, Kavious 3-3; MATTHEWS, Will 3-3; REAR- THEWS, Will 4-5; CALHOUN, Ernest 1-3; TEAM 2-minus 3. DON, Colin 1-2; JAMES, Raekwon 2-2; MITCHELL, Mylik 4-minus 26. Alabama- Joshua Jacobs 11-97; Jalen Hurts 7-54; B.J. Emmons 8-51; Derrick Gore 6-45; Bo Passing Scarbrough 3-19; Damien Harris 4-18; Calvin Ridley 1-7; Avery Reid 2-4; TEAM Monmouth-BAHAR, Kenji 12-20-1-73; WILLIAMS, Cody 7-15-0-59. Kent 1-minus 3; Blake Barnett 3-minus 7. State-MITCHELL, Mylik 14-18-0-106; BOLLAS, George 1-2-0-2 Passing Receiving Kent State-BOLLAS, George 4-8-0-71; MITCHELL, Mylik 2-7-0-10; REARDON, Monmouth-WHITE JR., R. 7-56; AMBUSH, Darren 5-54; ROYDS, Ed 4-16; Colin 1-1-0-3. Alabama-Jalen Hurts 16-24-0-164; Blake Barnett 4-7-0-55; Cooper WELCH, Zach 2-5; STRANGE, Mike 1-1. Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick 7-65; JAMES, Bateman 2-3-0-minus 2. Raekwon 3-23; RANKIN, Justin 2-12; FACKLER, Brice 1-4; WASHINGTON, M. 1-2; CARRIGAN, Mike 1-2. Receiving Tackles (UA-A) Kent State-MATTHEWS, Will 2-43; HOLLEY, Nick 1-25; PRICE, Kavious Monmouth-BASILE, Mike 10-6; MINNICH, Payton 5-2; ZUBIETA, Diego 1-7; JAMES, Raekwon 1-3; WASHINGTON, M. 1-3; RANKIN, Justin 1-3. Alabama- 4-2; LESLIE, Marcus 4-2; SMITH, Dimitriu 2-2; LESLIE, Darnell 2-2; MARA- Cam Sims 4-54; O.J. Howard 3-60; Trevon Diggs 3-23; Derek Kief 3-17; Joshua Ja- GOTO, Manny 2-2; NELSON, Tre 3-0; ALLEN, Wendell 3-0; DUMAS, Kamau 2-1; cobs 2-23; B.J. Emmons 1-17; Gehrig Dieter 1-10; Bo Scarbrough 1-6; Calvin Ridley TOMLINSON, K. 2-0; MARTINEZ, T. 1-1; CELESTAIN, L. 1-0; CLARK, Shawn 1-5; Hale Hentges 1-1; Mack Wilson 1-1; Derrick Gore 1-0. 1-0; TALLEY, Zach 1-0; SMITH, Anthony 1-0; IROHA, Agbai 1-0; GWIZDZ, Matt Tackles (UA-A) 0-1; BUTLER, Kevin 0-1. Kent State-HOLLEY, Nate 13-4; WAUGH, Terence 6-2; Kent State-HOLLEY, Nate 12-2; CUTHBERT, Nick 4-4; McRAE, Juantez MARSHALL, D. 4-0; PARKER, Jamal 3-1; HILL, Dominic 2-1; ALEXANDER, J. 4-2; BOURNE, Kevin 4-1; MURRAY, Najee 3-2; JONES, Jim 3-1; PARKER, Jamal 2-1; FOSTER, Jerrell 2-0; JOHNSON, A. 2-0; BAHR, Matt 1-1; McRAE, Juantez 1-1; 3-0; FAIRCHILD, C. 3-0; ALEXANDER, J. 2-1; REFUGE, Elcee 2-1; MARSHALL, EBOIGBE, Theo 1-1; MORRIS, Kalil 1-1; MURRAY, Najee 1-1; FAIRCHILD, C. D. 1-2; CUNNINGHAM, Jon 1-2; PRICE, Kavious 2-0; WAUGH, Terence 1-1; 0-2; FAULKNER, Nick 0-2; HYNES, Shane 1-0; REDMOND, Darius 1-0; PETERS, SOMMERS, Matt 1-1; HILL, Dominic 0-2; FOSTER, Jerrell 1-0; JOHNSON, A. 1-0; Akeam 1-0; HOLLEY, Nick 1-0; RANKIN, Justin 1-0; BOURNE, Kevin 0-1; MA- MOORE, Marques 1-0; MAJETTE, Theo 0-1; HOAG, Alex 0-1; EBOIGBE, Theo JETTE, Theo 0-1; MOORE, Marques 0-1; LAWRENCE-BURKE 0-1. 0-1; MORRIS, Kalil 0-1. Alabama-Reuben Foster 2-5; Keith Holcombe 4-2; Hootie Time: 2:50 Jones 2-2; Ronnie Harrison 3-0; Levi Wallace 2-1; M. Fitzpatrick 1-2; Dakota Ball 1-2; Attendance: 14,265 C. Miller 1-2; Jonathan Allen 0-3; Da’Ron Payne 2-0; Tim Williams 1-1; Eddie Jackson 1-1; Terrell Hall 1-1; A. Jennings 1-1; S. Hamilton 1-0; Aaron Robinson 1-0; Anthony Averett 1-0; Mack Wilson 1-0; Da’Shawn Hand 0-1; D. Tomlinson 0-1; B.J. Emmons 0-1; Raekwon Davis 0-1; Marlon Humphrey 0-1; Ryan Anderson 0-1. Time: 3:07 Attendance: 101,821
www.kentstatesports.com 45 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 WEEK 5 VS. AKRON WEEK 6 AT BUFFALO OCTOBER 1, 2016 OCTOBER 8, 2016 AKRON...... 31 KENT STATE...... 44 KENT STATE...... 27 BUFFALO...... 20 Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio UB Stadium • Buffalo, N.Y.
Scoring 1 2 3 4 Total Scoring 1 2 3 4 Total Akron 3 7 7 14 31 Kent State 10 10 7 17 44 Kent State 7 10 0 10 27 Buffalo 0 3 3 14 20
Scoring Summary Scoring Summary 1st 13:40 UA O’LEARY, Tom 46 yd field goal, 5-35 1:20 1st 12:24 KSU HYNES, Shane 31 yd field goal, 5-68 2:36 02:51 KSU HOLLEY, Nick 13 yd run (HYNES, Shane kick), 6-47 2:30 07:40 KSU HOLLEY, Nick 67 yd run (HYNES, Shane kick), 3-84 1:23 2nd 12:04 UA TRAYLOR-BENNETT 13 yd run (O’Leary), 5-62 1:59 2nd 12:14 KSU HYNES, Shane 43 yd field goal, 8-39 3:02 07:04 KSU HYNES, Shane 30 yd field goal, 9-59 4:54 04:47 UB MITCHESON, Adam 34 yd field goal, 15-68 7:21 05:19 KSU Calhoun, Ernest 18 yd pass from HOLLEY (Hynes), 2-5 0:44 03:35 KSU ALEXANDER, J. 15 yd fumble recovery (HYNES) 3rd 01:53 UA Edwards, Van 27 yd pass from Chapman (O’Leary), 7-68 3:12 3rd 11:22 UB MITCHESON, Adam 41 yd field goal, 8-41 3:38 4th 13:23 UA Wolf 23 yd pass from Champman (O’Leary), 7-76 2:09 00:29 KSU HOLLEY, Nick 3 yd run (HYNES, Shane kick), 12-71 5:36 10:19 KSU HYNES, Shane 41 yd field goal, 5-31 2:58 4th 11:36 UB Hawkins, J. 1 yd pass from Jackson, T. (Mitcheson), 12-75 3:53 01:02 KSU Rankin, Justin 9 yd pass from Holley (Hynes), 16-97 4:45 08:09 KSU HOLLEY, Nick 2 yd run (HYNES, Shane kick), 6-31 3:17 00:20 UA TRAYLOR-BENNETT 3 yd run (O’LEARY), 4-57 0:36 06:45 UB JACKSON, Tyree 1 yd run (Mitcheson), 8-79 1:18 Team Stats UA KSU 06:25 KSU HOLLEY, Nick 43 yd run (HYNES, Shane kick), 2-48 0:18 FIRST DOWNS 18 20 01:57 KSU HYNES, Shane 32 yd field goal, 5-54 2:59 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 32-141 41-138 Team Stats KSU UB PASSING YDS (NET) 237 285 FIRST DOWNS 17 20 Passes Att-Comp-Int 28-11-2 36-19-0 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 45-341 37-116 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 60-378 77-423 PASSING YDS (NET) 89 256 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 13-7-0 40-21-0 Punt Returns-Yards 2-36 2-15 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 58-430 77-372 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-178 6-136 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-15 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-33 Punt Returns-Yards 1-7 1-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-38.0 6-44.8 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-115 6-84 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-64 8-75 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-39.0 4-45.5 Possession Time 22:11 37:49 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 12 8 of 18 Penalties-Yards 2-12 2-18 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 2 Possession Time 29:38 30:22 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 5-6 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 12 10 of 19 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-25 2-6 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 2 Rushing Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 3-3 Akron-EDWARDS, Van 8-44; CHAPMAN, T. 9-39; MORGAN, Manny 11-38; Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-6 2-26 TRAYLOR-BENNETT 3-17; NATSON, JoJo 1-3. Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick 34- Rushing 117; RANKIN, Justin 5-17; PRICE, Kavious 2-4. Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick 24-224; MATTHEWS, Will 5-62; RANKIN, Justin 13-58; PRICE, Kavious 2-0; BOLLAS, George 1-minus 3. Buffalo-JACKSON, Tyree Passing 11-40; JOHNSON, Jordan 17-39; HAWKINS, Johnat 6-22; REED, Emmanuel 3-15 Akron-CHAPMAN, T. 11-28-2-237. Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick 19-35-0-285; PRICE, Kavious 0-1-0-0. Passing Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick 7-13-0-89. Buffalo-JACKSON, Tyree 20-39-0-250; Receiving JOHNSON, Jordan 1-1-0-6. Akron-WOLF, Austin 3-50; SMITH, Kwad. 2-75; NATSON, JoJo 2-48; CONEY, A.J. 2-22; EDWARDS, Van 1-27; LANE, Jerome 1-15. Kent State-RANKIN, Justin Receiving 10-181; PRICE, Kavious 4-21; JAMES, Raekwon 2-52; CALHOUN, Ernest 2-27; Kent State-PRICE, Kavious 3-36; RANKIN, Justin 2-40; CALHOUN, Ernest FACKLER, Brice 1-4. 1-7; JAMES, Raekwon 1-6. Buffalo-MCGILL, Marcus 4-65; ROBINSON, Malco Tackles (UA-A) 4-52; SCHRECK, Mason 3-21; HOLSEY, Kamathi 2-38; JOHNSON, Jordan 2-33; Akron-GILBERT, U. 10-6; JONES, Bryce 6-2; BELL, Brian 4-3; GUISER, Zach 4-2; EILAND, Jamarl 2-16; HAWKINS, Johnat 2-7; OSBORN,KJ 1-20; MABRY, Tyler 1 SCOTT, DeAndre 3-2; COPELAND, D. 3-2; GEORGE, Jordan 1-3; MOORE, D. Tackles (UA-A) 3-0; PITTMAN, Se’Von 2-1; RACHAL, John 0-3; TURNER, James 2-0; BROWN, Kent State-HOLLEY, Nate 10-3; CUTHBERT, Nick 5-5; FOSTER, Jerrell 5-1; AL- Kyron 2-0; FEATHERSTONE, S 2-0; BOXEN, Brock 1-1; HOPE, Larry 1-1; EXANDER, J. 5-1; MURRAY, Najee 4-1; BOURNE, Kevin 3-1; WAUGH, Terence DAVIS, Alvin 1-1; CAMARA, I. 1-1; LLOYD, DeMarcus 0-2; NATSON, JoJo 1-0; 2-2; EBOIGBE, Theo 2-1; PARKER, Jamal 2-1; JOHNSON, A. 2-0; CUNNING- CHAPMAN, T. 1-0; BISCHOF, Nathan 0-1; WARD, Josh 0-1; JEST, Davon’te HAM, Jon 2-0; McRAE, Juantez 1-1; BYRD, Jontey 1-1; MOORE, Marques 1-0; 0-1; VENCKUS, D. 0-1. Kent State-HOLLEY, Nate 8-4; CUTHBERT, Nick 4-3; FAULKNER, Nick 1-0; PETERS, Akeam 1-0; FACKLER, Brice 1-0; FAIRCHILD, BOURNE, Kevin 3-3; PARKER, Jamal 3-1; REFUGE, Elcee 2-2; MURRAY, Najee C. 1-0; HOAG, Alex 1-0; HILL, Dominic 1-0; MONDAY, D. 0-1; ROBINSON, Quan 1-3; McRAE, Juantez 3-0; EBOIGBE, Theo 2-1; FOSTER, Jerrell 2-1; FAIRCHILD, 0-1. Buffalo-ROSS, Boise 7-1; HARGROVE, Ishma 3-4; WILLIAMSON, Rya 3-3; C. 2-0; CUNNINGHAM, Jon 1-1; WAUGH, Terence 1-1; SOMMERS, Matt 1-0; HODGE, Khalil 1-5; LAMOUR, Dev 1-3; ROBERTS, Tim 1-3; FORD, Chris 0-4; HILL, Dominic 1-0; JOHNSON, A. 0-1; LAWRENCE-BURKE 0-1; MARSHALL, HENDRICK, Torey 3-0; CRAWFORD, Brand 3-0; KEELS, Joe 3-0; DOUGLAS, D. 0-1; FACKLER, Brice 0-1. Remain 2-1; FRANKLIN, Jarre 2-1; LEWIS, Cameron 1-1; PERISSE, Max 1-1; Time: 3:35 COLLIER, Jordan 1-1; HARRIS, Demone 0-2; BRANDON, Justin 0-2; WILLIAMS, Attendance: 20,167 Brand 1-0; DADEBOE, Jeremi 1-0; DADEBOE, Andrew 1-0; ANYANWU, Randy 1-0; AMES, Nick 0-1; OTWINOWSKI, Mat 0-1. Time: 3:15 Attendance: 20,532
46 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 WEEK 7 AT MIAMI WEEK 8 VS. OHIO OCTOBER 15, 2016 OCTOBER 22, 2016 KENT STATE...... 14 OHIO...... 14 MIAMI...... 20 KENT STATE...... 10 Yager Stadium • Oxford, Ohio Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio Scoring 1 2 3 4 Total Scoring 1 2 3 4 Total Kent State 0 7 7 0 14 Ohio 7 7 0 0 14 Miami 0 3 9 6 18 Kent State 0 3 7 0 10
Scoring Summary Scoring Summary 2nd 04:22 KSU HOLLEY, Nick 2 yd run (HYNES, Shane kick), 6-31 3:18, 1st 8:55 OU BROWN, Dorian 49 yd run (ZERVOS, Louie kick), 2-49 0:21, 00:00 Miami DOWD, Nick 38 yd field goal, 9-35 1:49 2nd 07:35 OU IRONS, Maleek 4 yd run (ZERVOS, Louie kick), 12-81 6:18, 3rd 08:45 KSU HOLLEY, Nick 21 yd run (HYNES, Shane kick), 5-92 2:25 00:05 KSU HYNES, Shane 22 yd field goal, 17-91 4:50, 05:59 Miami SMITH, Alonzo 15 yd pass from RAGLAND, Gus (DOWD, 3rd 06:36 KSU HOLLEY, Nick 3 yd run (HYNES, Shane kick), 17-75 8:18 Nick kick), 8-80 2:40 Team Stats OU KSU 01:45 Miami TEAM safety, FIRST DOWNS 13 18 4th 01:34 Miami Young, K. 55 yd pass from Ragland, G. (pass failed), 3-77 0:56 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 36-208 49-163 Team Stats KSU MU PASSING YDS (NET) 127 101 FIRST DOWNS 14 14 Passes Att-Comp-Int 19-11-1 29-12-0 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 48-163 37-79 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 55-335 78-264 PASSING YDS (NET) 99 181 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 14-8-2 21-10-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1--5 4-28 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 62-262 58-260 Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-13 3-58 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-16 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-43.3 9-37.0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 0-0 2-34 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-24 Penalties-Yards 8-83 2-20 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-36.1 8-44.1 Possession Time 26:51 33:09 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1 Third-Down Conversions 2 of 9 6 of 19 Penalties-Yards 5-39 4-28 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 3 Possession Time 32:16 27:44 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 2-3 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 15 4 of 15 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-21 0-0 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 1 Rushing Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 2-2 Ohio-BROWN, Dorian 12-110; IRONS, Maleek 13-83; MAXWELL, Quinto 8-25; Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-3 2-19 TEAM 3-minus 10. Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick 41-159; PRICE, Kavious 1-6; Rushing WASHINGTON, M. 1-0; RANKIN, Justin 6-minus 2 Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick 24-84; MATTHEWS, Will 11-47; PRICE, Kavious 5-27; WASHINGTON, M. 5-12; JAMES, Raekwon 1-6; TEAM 1-0; BOLLAS, Passing George 1-minus13. Miami-RAGLAND, Gus 14-36; THOMAS, Maurice 4-27; Ohio-MAXWELL, Quinto 11-19-1-127. Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick 12-29-0-101. SMITH, Alonzo 11-24; McINNIS, S. 2-12; YOUNG, Kenny 3-1; TEAM 3-minus 21. Passing Receiving Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick 7-11-1-91; BOLLAS, George 1-3-1-8. Ohio-SMITH, Sebastia 4-58; BROWN, Dorian 2-20; REID, Jordan 2-14; Miami-RAGLAND, Gus 10-21-0-181. WHITE, Papi 1-21; MORGAN, Mason 1-8; BALL, Elijah 1-6. Kent State-RANKIN, Justin 3-13; MALONE, Ryan 2-11; WASHINGTON, M. 2-10; FACKLER, Brice Receiving 1-31; CALHOUN, Ernest 1-11; CARRIGAN, Mike 1-10; PRICE, Kavious 1-8; Kent State-JAMES, Raekwon 3-21; WOODS, Johnny 2-16; MATTHEWS, Will WOODS, Johnny 1-7. 1-48; CALHOUN, Ernest 1-7; FACKLER, Brice 1-7. Miami-GARDNER, James Tackles (UA-A) 3-56; MURPHY, Jared 3-33; YOUNG, Kenny 1-55; THOMAS, Maurice 1-17; Ohio-DAVIS, Toran 7-2; BASHAM, Tarell 7-2; BROWN, Blair 5-4; MOORE, Chad SMITH, Alonzo 1-15; WILLIAMS, R. 1-5. 5-3; CROUTCH, Evan 5-3; ROBBINS, Kevin 4-4; POLING, Quentin 4-1; HAGAN, Tackles (UA-A) Javon 3-1; SAYLES, Casey 2-2; CUNNINGHAM, Gra 2-0; NELSON, Kylan 2-0; Kent State-HOLLEY, Nate 4-2; CUTHBERT, Nick 4-2; McRAE, Juantez POPP, Eric 1-1; BALL, Elijah 0-2; STITES, Randy 0-2; LASEAK, Kurt 1-0; MILLER, 4-1; FAIRCHILD, C. 4-1; WAUGH, Terence 2-3; ALEXANDER, J. 2-2; FOSTER, London 1-0; PORTER, Tony 1-0; SMART, Trent 0-1; STROBEL, Tom 0-1; GRIL- Jerrell 1-3; MORRIS, Kalil 1-2; SEIBERT, Ryan 2-0; CUNNINGHAM, Jon 2-0; LIOT, Cody 0-1; HELTON, Tim 0-1; FOX, Jalen 0-1. Kent State-HOLLEY, Nate 9-0; BOURNE, Kevin 1-1; EBOIGBE, Theo 1-1; REFUGE, Elcee 1-1; SOMMERS, Matt ALEXANDER, J. 4-2; MURRAY, Najee 4-2; MONDAY, D. 4-1; FAIRCHILD, C. 3-2; 0-2; JOHNSON, A. 0-1. Miami-MCMULLEN, J. 2-8; REID, Tony 5-3; SMIERCIAK, WAUGH, Terence 4-0; FOSTER, Jerrell 2-1; CUNNINGHAM, Jon 2-1; BOURNE, Zach 3-4; WILLIAMS, TJ 0-7; ALLEN, Josh 3-3; KOENIG, Brad 2-4; MONTGOM- Kevin 2-1; JONES, Jim 1-0; REFUGE, Elcee 1-0; EBOIGBE, Theo 0-1; BYRD, ERY, D. 4-0; GEARING, Austin 3-1; ALLEN, Ikeem 2-2; HARDING, Heath 1-3; Jontey 0-1; MORRIS, Kalil 0-1; CUTHBERT, Nick 0-1. JONES, JT 3-0; TRAWICK, Nate 0-3; CALCAGNO, Quinn 1-1; OKAFOR, Buchi Time: 3:10 1-0; DANIELS, D. 1-0; COSTIN, Doug 0-1; EARNEST, Brad 0-1; ADAMS, Nigel Attendance: 8,429MARSHALL, D. 0-1; BAHR, Matt 0-1. 0-1. Time: 3:28 Time: 3:05 Attendance: 14,739 Attendance: 15,160
www.kentstatesports.com 47 Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 WEEK 9 AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN WEEK 10 VS. WESTERN MICHIGAN OCTOBER 29, 2016 NOVEMBER 8, 2016 KENT STATE...... 27 WESTERN MICHIGAN...... 37 CENTRAL MICHIGAN...... 24 KENT STATE...... 21 Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mt. Pleasant, Mich. Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio
Scoring 1 2 3 4 Total Scoring 1 2 3 4 Total Kent State 3 7 7 10 27 Western Michigan 3 10 8 16 37 Central Michigan 0 10 14 0 24 Kent State 14 0 0 7 21
Scoring Summary Scoring Summary 1st 03:21 KSU HYNES, Shane 43 yd field goal, 9-52 4:42 1st 12:53 KSU MURRAY, Najee 47 yd fumble recovery (Hynes) 2nd 14:55 CMU CHAPMAN, W. safety 05:14 KSU HOLLEY, Nick 3 yd run (HYNES, Shane kick), 10-60 6:02 07:22 KSU Calhoun, Ernest 3 yd pass from Holleyk (Hynes), 4-14 1:41 00:21 WMU HAMPTON, Butch 27 yd field goal, 12-65 4:46 00:26 CMU Willis 3 yd pass from Rush (Conklin pass Rush), 12-70 2:55 2nd 07:12 WMU TUCKER, Davon 2 yd run (Hampton), 13-83 5:43 3rd 09:17 CMU Chapman Mark 40 yd pass from Rush (Eavey), 10-81 5:43 00:00 WMU HAMPTON, Butch 23 yd field goal, 7-27 2:29 07:58 CMU ANNESE, Tony 28 yd interception return (Eavey) 3rd 02:11 WMU Terrell 1 yd run (Johnson pass from Terrell), 20-90 9:08 04:15 KSU RANKIN, Justin 1 yd run (HYNES, Shane kick), 8-82 3:43, 4th 14:52 KSU RANKIN, Justin 20 yd run (HYNES, Shane kick), 6-83 2:11 4th 12:54 KSU HOLLEY, Nick 68 yd run (HYNES, Shane kick), 2-68 0:16 12:04 WMU SPILLANE, R safety 00:00 KSU HYNES, Shane 35 yd field goal, 11-68 1:55 08:27 WMU FRANKLIN, J 19 yd run (HAMPTON, Butch kick), 7-75 Team Stats KSU CMU 3:28, FIRST DOWNS 14 19 04:00 WMU JOHNSON, Fabian 5 yd run (Hampton), 5-36 2:57 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 42-228 30-105 Team Stats WMU KSU PASSING YDS (NET) 102 244 FIRST DOWNS 26 17 Passes Att-Comp-Int 18-10-1 43-20-3 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 64-329 34-220 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 60-330 73-349 PASSING YDS (NET) 83 73 Fumble Returns-Yards 1--1 0-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 13-6-0 21-9-1 Punt Returns-Yards 2-5 1-8 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 77-412 55-293 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-26 5-84 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-47 Interception Returns-Yards 3-67 1-28 Punt Returns-Yards 1-0 1-2 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-29.8 4-46.8 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-87 5-77 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1 Interception Returns-Yards 1-28 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-44 4-45 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-39.5 3-39.7 Possession Time 25:23 34:37 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 12 6 of 16 Penalties-Yards 4-24 5-50 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 1 Possession Time 35:23 24:37 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 1-2 Third-Down Conversions 11 of 17 5 of 11 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-21 2-13 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 2 Rushing Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-6 2-2 Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick 24-144; RANKIN, Justin 15-78; PRICE, Kavious Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 1-4 1-4; MATTHEWS, Will 1-4; TEAM 1-minus 2. Central Michigan-SPALDING, Rushing Devon 10-40; RUSH, Cooper 8-34; HAYES, Jahray 12-31.. Western Michigan-FRANKLIN, J 31-134; JOHNSON, Fabian 19-125; TERRELL, Zach 8-39; TUCKER, Davon 5-16; ESKRIDGE, D 1-15. Kent State-HOLLEY, Passing Nick 22-141; RANKIN, Justin 8-48; PRICE, Kavious 1-19; JAMES, Raekwon 1-10; Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick 10-18-1-102. Central Michigan-RUSH, Cooper WASHINGTON, M. 2-2. 20-43-3-244. Passing Receiving Western Michigan-TERRELL, Zach 6-13-0-83. Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick Kent State-JAMES, Raekwon 3-22; CARRIGAN, Mike 2-42; RANKIN, Justin 9-21-1-73 2-17; CALHOUN, Ernest 2-6; FACKLER, Brice 1-15. Central Michigan-WILLIS, Receiving Corey 6-78; CHAPMAN, Mark 4-73; SPALDING, Devon 4-28; HAYES, Jahray 2-23; Western Michigan-HENRY, Michael 4-48; DAVIS, Corey 1-18; FRANKLIN, J CHILDRESS, B. 2-21; CONKLIN, Tyler 1-17; RICE, Anthony 1-4. 1-17. Kent State-JAMES, Raekwon 4-20; FACKLER, Brice 2-18; TYSON, ZA- Tackles (UA-A) QUON 1-15; PRICE, Kavious 1-15; RANKIN, Justin 1-7; MARINELLI, Mike Kent State-HOLLEY, Nate 10-0; MURRAY, Najee 6-0; CUNNINGHAM, Jon 0-minus 4-1; FOSTER, Jerrell 4-0; ALEXANDER, J. 3-1; WAUGH, Terence 3-1; BOURNE, Tackles (UA-A) Kevin 3-0; CUTHBERT, Nick 3-0; JONES, Jim 3-0; McRAE, Juantez 1-0; PARKER, Western Michigan-TRANQUILL, J 7-3; FERGUSON, J 5-3; BAILEY, Caleb 5-2; Jamal 1-0; HILL, Dominic 1-0; REFUGE, Elcee 1-0; FAIRCHILD, C. 1-0; MOR- SPILLANE, R 4-2; BROWN, Asantay 4-0; ADAMS, Keion 2-1; TURNER, Andre RIS, Kalil 1-0; FAULKNER, Nick 1-0; SOMMERS, Matt 1-0; EBOIGBE, Theo 1-2; BRASTER, Nathan 1-2; TANNER, Brad 2-0; EKWOGE, Leo 2-0; CURLE, 0-1. Central Michigan-OSTMAN, Joe 7-1; RICKETTS, N. 5-0; ANNESE, Tony 3-2; David 1-0; GRACE, Alex 1-0; BEAL, Sam 1-0; CLAIBORNE, S 1-0; PHILLIPS, FOUNTAIN, Malik 3-2; COX, Josh 2-3; LATTA, Kelby 4-0; CHAPMAN, W. 4-0; D 0-1. Kent State-CUTHBERT, Nick 11-8; REFUGE, Elcee 5-4; JONES, Jim 3-6; DANNA, Mike 3-0; JONES, Gary 2-0; CLARK, Carlos 1-1; BRIONES, Alex 0-2; BOURNE, Kevin 4-3; MURRAY, Najee 4-2; McRAE, Juantez 4-2; EBOIGBE, Theo CONKLIN, Tyler 1-0; COLEMAN, Amari 1-0; HAYES, Jahray 1-0; BRISSON-FAST, 3-1; WAUGH, Terence 2-2; CUNNINGHAM, Jon 1-3; FAIRCHILD, C. 1-2; EL- N 1-0; WALLER, Tyree 1-0; JAMISON, D. 1-0; AUSTIN, Joe 1-0; KANTZAVELOS, LIOTT, Marcus 2-0; FOSTER, Jerrell 2-0; PARKER, Jamal 2-0; REDMOND, Darius C. 1-0; DEAN, Jabari 0-1. 1-0; MONDAY, D. 1-0; FAULKNER, Nick 1-0; SOMMERS, Matt 1-0; MORRIS, Time: 3:40 Kalil 1-0; CALHOUN, Ernest 1-0; SHINSKY, Connor 1-0; MOORE, Marques 1-0; Attendance: 9,236 LAWRENCE-BURKE 1-0; MAJETTE, Theo 1-0; HILL, Dominic 0-1. Time: 3:23 Attendance: 4,536
48 www.kentstatesports.com Kent State FOOTBALL 2017 GAME 11 AT BOWLING GREEN GAME 12 VS. NORTHERN ILLINOIS NOVEMBER 15, 2016 NOVEMBER 25, 2016 KENT STATE...... 7 NORTHERN ILLINOIS...... 31 BOWLING GREEN...... 42 KENT STATE...... 21 Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio
Scoring 1 2 3 4 Total Scoring 1 2 3 4 Total Kent State 0 7 0 0 7 Northern Illinois 7 0 10 14 31 Bowling Green 7 14 7 14 42 Kent State 0 7 7 7 21 Scoring Summary Scoring Summary 1st 01:34 NIU SANTACATERINA 3 yd run (Hagan) 16-93 6:06 1st 02:25 BG WILSON, Donovan 3 yd run (SUDER, Jake kick), 16-89 6:48 2nd 09:03 KSU BOLLAS, G. 85 yd run (Hynes) 2-81 0:50 2nd 08:40 BG FOLKERTSMA, H. 3 yd pass from Morgan (Suder), 16-80 5:39 3rd 09:51 NIU HUFF, Jordan 1 yd run (Hagan) 4-60 1:05 03:14 BG COPPET, Fred 13 yd run (SUDER, Jake kick), 9-60 4:05 3rd 04:14 KSU Calhoun, E. 57 yd pass from Bollas (Hynes) 2-57 0:18 02:07 KSU CALHOUN, Ernest 56 yd pass from HOLLEY, Nick (Hynes) 3rd 01:03 NIU HAGAN, Christia 34 yd field goal 7-56 3:05 3rd 07:26 BG CLEVELAND, Josh 85 yd run (SUDER, Jake kick), 1-85 0:12 4th 14:34 NIU BOUAGNON, Joel 9 yd run (Hagan) 2-40 0:17 4th 10:38 BG WILSON, Donovan 4 yd run (SUDER, Jake kick), 12-73 6:16 4th 08:49 NIU BOUAGNON, Joel 2 yd run (Hagan) 11-63 4:25 02:29 BG PHOUTHAVONG, D. 19 yd pass from Morgan (Suder), 10-85 6:21 4th 02:05 KSU FACKLER, Brice 10 yd pass Bollas (Hynes) 12-85 2:46 Team Stats NIU KSU Team Stats KSU BGSU FIRST DOWNS 27 15 FIRST DOWNS 10 35 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 71-215 29-188 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 22-9 66-420 PASSING YDS (NET) 258 203 PASSING YDS (NET) 245 177 Passes Att-Comp-Int 23-13-1 37-14-1 Passes Att-Comp-Int 28-15-0 24-12-2 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 94-473 66-391 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 50-254 90-597 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 4-21 3-2 Punt Returns-Yards 1--4 1-2 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-69 5-90 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-74 2-32 Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-24 Interception Returns-Yards 2-33 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 8-35.5 10-40.6 Punts (Number-Avg) 9-42.3 2-49.0 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 4-45 6-57 Penalties-Yards 8-58 4-40 Possession Time 35:22 24:38 Possession Time 19:30 40:30 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 17 4 of 16 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 12 11 of 17 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 0 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-6 1-2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-1 5-6 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-12 1-8 Rushing Rushing Kent State-RANKIN, Justin 5-21; HOLLEY, Nick 13-4; WASHINGTON, M. Northern Illinois-BOUAGNON, Joel 29-133; HUFF, Jordan 15-40; TURNER, 1-minus 3; BOLLAS, George 3-minus 13. Bowling Green-WILSON, Donovan Aregero 6-39; SANTACATERINA D 13-16; GLASPER, Clay 1-8; BLAKE, Christia 30-146; CLEVELAND, Josh 8-131; COPPET, Fred 19-105; STEPHENS, T. 7-33; 3-0; GOLLADAY, Kenny 1-minus 4; TEAM 3-minus 17. Kent State-BOLLAS, MORGAN, James 2-5. George 9-87; RANKIN, Justin 12-61; JAMES, Raekwon 2-29; WASHINGTON, M. 3-9; MATTHEWS, Will 3-2. Passing Passing Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick 8-19-0-127; BOLLAS, George 7-9-0-118. Bowling Northern Illinois-SANTACATERINA D 13-23-1-258. Kent State-BOLLAS, Green-MORGAN, James 12-24-2-177. George 14-35-1-203; REARDON, Colin 0-2-0-0.
Receiving Receiving Kent State-CALHOUN, Ernest 5-112; HARRELL, Trey 3-50; WASHINGTON, M. Northern Illinois-GOLLADAY, Kenny 4-91; WIMANN, Shane 3-65; BLAKE, 2-39; MALONE, Ryan 2-22; TYSON, ZAQUON 1-11; CARRIGAN, Mike 1-6; Christia 2-54; BROWN, D.J. 1-19; MISTER, Tommy 1-13; BOUAGNON, Joel 1-9; RANKIN, Justin 1-5. Bowling Green-MOORE, Ronnie 4-81; PHOUTHAVONG, TURNER, Aregero 1-7. Kent State-JAMES, Raekwon 4-17; CALHOUN, Ernest D. 1-19; POUGH, Janarvis 1-19; WILSON, Donovan 1-18; REDDING, Teo 1-18; 3-77; FACKLER, Brice 2-41; CHANDLER, C. 2-40; RANKIN, Justin 2-22; CAR- MILLER, Scott 1-7; COPPET, Fred 1-6; CLEVELAND, Josh 1-6; FOLKERTSMA, RIGAN, Mike 1-6 H. 1-3. Tackles (UA-A) Tackles (UA-A) Northern Illinois-FOLLIARD, Sean 2-4; THOMAS, Corey 2-3; Kent State-CUTHBERT, Nick 9-9; BOURNE, Kevin 6-8; McRAE, Juantez ABRESCH, Jackso 3-1; PAYTON, Jamaal 2-2; CORCORAN, Josh 2-2; SMITH, 5-9; WAUGH, Terence 5-1; MURRAY, Najee 4-1; JONES, Jim 3-1; EBOIGBE, Theo Trequan 2-2; FLEMING, Ladell 2-2; SCHWAB, Alex 3-0; ISOM, Daniel 2-1; JONES- 3-1; PARKER, Jamal 3-1; HILL, Dominic 2-2; REFUGE, Elcee 1-3; FOSTER, Jerrell DAVIS, A 1-2; OLOOTU, Mayomi 2-0; DEVEAUX, Lance 2-0; FOSTER, Traysho 2-1; MORRIS, Kalil 1-2; CUNNINGHAM, Jon 0-3; FAIRCHILD, C. 0-3; MONDAY, 2-0; ALLEN, Mycial 0-2; SMAHA, Austin 1-0; GLASPER, Clay 1-0; SAK, Hayden D. 1-1; LAWRENCE-BURKE 1-1; REDMOND, Darius 1-0; MOORE, Marques 0-1; 1-0; KENNEDY, Corey 1-0; BOUAGNON, Joel 1-0; MAYES, Brandon 1-0; CHER- BYRD, Jontey 0-1; FAULKNER, Nick 0-1. Bowling Green-GREENE, Trenton 3-4; EN, Renard 0-1; SMITH, Sutton 0-1; JONES, Mario 0-1. Kent State-BOURNE, McBRIDE, Jerry 4-1; GREGORY, Montre 3-2; HARRIS, Brandon 1-3; JEFFERIES, Kevin 15-6; CUTHBERT, Nick 10-9; JONES, Jim 4-7; WAUGH, Terence 4-3; Cam. 3-0; JONES, Tyrik 2-1; BOZEMAN, Jamari 1-2; LUNSFORD, Izaah 1-2; HEN- PARKER, Jamal 4-3; McRAE, Juantez 3-4; REFUGE, Elcee 3-3; FOSTER, Jerrell DRIX, Dorian 2-0; KONOWALSKI, D 1-1; BUSH, Terrance 1-1; JUNIOR, Kyle 0-2; 5-0; PETERS, Akeam 2-0; FAIRCHILD, C. 1-1; HILL, Dominic 1-1; LAWRENCE- MILTON, Marcus 1-0; BALLEW, Nilijah 1-0; BANKS, Aaron 1-0; STEWARD, Ben BURKE 1-1; CALHOUN, Ernest 1-0; EBOIGBE, Theo 1-0; FAULKNER, Nick 1-0; 1-0; SANDERS, Brian 1-0; BARTMAN, Zac 1-0; LOCKE, Nate 0-1; ROBINSON, REDMOND, Darius 1-0; SOMMERS, Matt 1-0; MARSHALL, D. 1-0; CUNNING- Matt 0-1; MILLER, Scott 0-1. HAM, Jon 0-1; PICKETT, Carlos 0-1; ELLIOTT, Marcus 0-1; PALUMBO, Joey 0-1. Time: 3:22 Time: 3:39 Attendance: 13,612 Attendance: 4,450
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