KENNESAW STATE OWLS Big South Football Media Day 2021
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2021 KENNESAW STATE FOOTBALL KENNESAW STATE OWLS Big South Football Media Day 2021 MEDIA DAY INFORMATION TOP STORYLINES QUICK FACTS Location: Charlotte, N.C. • Kennesaw State prepares for its final Institution Name Kennesaw State University season in the Big South Conference Location Kennesaw, Ga. 30144 Dates: July 26-27, 2021 before joining the ASUN Conference Enrollment 41,000 Founded 1963 in 2022 for the conference’s inaugural Nickname Owls full-schedule season. Colors. Black & Gold Affiliation NCAA Division I FCS • The Owls have played as an Conference Big South Conference 2021 SCHEDULE Interim President Dr. Kathy Schwaig associated member of the Big South Director of Athletics Milton Overton since 2015, which was KSU’s first Athletic Website KSUOwls.com SEPT REINHARDT season of competition as a program. Home Field Fifth Third Bank Stadium Fifth Third Bank Stadium » Capacity 8,300 » Surface Bermuda Grass 2 8 PM | ESPN+ • The Owls have claimed two Big » 2021 Spring Record 4-1 South championships, back-to-back in Base Offense Spread Option 2016 and 2017, and have accumulated Base Defense 4-2-5 SEPT at GEORGIA TECH a conference record of 22-8 over their Offensive Starters Returning/Lost 9/2 Bobby Dodd Stadium | Atlanta, GA six seasons. Defensive Starters Returning/Lost 8/3 11 12 PM | ACC RSN First Season of Football 2015 All-Time Record 52-16 (.765) • KSU returns 82.2% of its offensive production back this fall, including its SEPT at WOFFORD top passer, Jonathan Murphy, leading COACHING STAFF 18 Gibbs Stadium | Spartanburg, SC rusher, Kyle Glover, and top receiver, TBD Will Haigler. Head Coach Brian Bohannon » Alma Mater Georgia ‘93 • KSU welcomes back a considerable » Career Record 52-16 (6th Year) OCT JACKSONVILLE STATE amount of experience on both sides Off. Coordinator/Off. Line Grant Chesnut Fifth Third Bank Stadium of the ball. In total, the Owls return Def. Coordinator/Safeties Danny Verpaele 2 3 PM | ESPN+ Wide Receivers Coach Ossie Buchannon nine starters on offense and eight on Tight Ends/Tackles Coach Stewart Cook defense. Running Backs Joe Speed Recruiting/Defensive Line Liam Klein at HAMPTON * Quarterbacks Coach Chandler Burks OCT • By averaging 268 rushing yards per Linebackers Coach Greg Harris Armstrong Stadium | Hampton, VA 9 game, KSU ranked second nationally in Cornerbacks Coach Darius Safford 2 PM rushing offense. Defensive Ends/Special Teams Rico Zackery Graduate Assistant/Offense TBD Graduate Assistant/Defense Nic Snowden • For the past two seasons, the Owls Director of Strength/Conditioning Jim Kiritsy OCT NORTH CAROLINA A&T* have led the nation in passing yards Director of Operations Jay Bailey Fifth Third Bank Stadium Head Football Athletic Trainer Keith Mize 16 5 PM | ESPN+ per completion. The spring season Equipment Manager Joe Tolbert saw the Owls complete each pass for Video Coordinator TBD an average of 21.24 yards, and in 2019 Administrative Associate Lydia West the average was 21.42 yards. OCT at CAMPBELL* Jim Perry Stadium | Buies Creek, NC 23 4 PM • KSU also led the country in passing efficiency with a mark of 187.96. COMMUNICATIONS STAFF • KSU scored twice on defense last Nolan Alexander Asst. AD for Communications OCT GARDNER-WEBB* Email [email protected] Fifth Third Bank Stadium spring with a pick-six and scoop-and- Office 470-578-7872 30 1 PM | ESPN+ score. That mark led the Big South and ranked fourth nationally. Cell 770-713-3071 NOV at ROBERT MORRIS* • The Owls led the Big South and Joe Walton Stadium | Moon Township, PA ranked 14th nationally in total defense NUMBERS TO KNOW 6 12 PM with 281 yards per game. » KSU has been ranked in • In just five years of existence, the top 25 for 45 straight NOV at NORTH ALABAMA* Kennesaw State and head coach Brian 45 weeks, dating back to week Braly Stadium | Florence, AL Bohannon have four all-time playoff nine of the 2017 season. 13 3 PM wins - tying the record by both a league member and head coach. » The Owls have at least one Former member Coastal Carolina rushing TD in 57 consecutive NOV MONMOUTH* and its head coach, Joe Moglia, also games, a streak that spans Fifth Third Bank Stadium collected four playoff victories. 57 four full seasons. 20 1 PM | ESPN+ * Big South Conference Game 1 2021 KENNESAW STATE FOOTBALL 2020-21 Kennesaw St. Men's Football Page 1/3 Combined Team Statistics as of Jul 02, 2021 All games Team Results Game Records Date Opponent Score Att. Record Overall Home Away Neutral 02/27/2021 Shorter W 35-3 2026 ALL GAMES 4-1 4-0 0-1 0-0 * 03/13/2021 Charleston So. W 24-19 1803 CONFERENCE 2-1 2-0 0-1 0-0 03/20/2021 Dixie St. W 37-27 2156 NON-CONFERENCE 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 * 04/03/2021 Robert Morris W 35-0 2065 * 04/10/2021 at Monmouth L 17-42 928 Team Statistics KENNST OPP Rushing First Downs 101 89 Player gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Rushing 80 35 Kyle Glover 4 53 278 0 278 5.2 2 29 69.5 Passing 19 46 Isaac Foster 5 30 234 5 229 7.6 1 27 45.8 Penalty 2 8 Jonathan Murphy 3 54 228 54 174 3.2 2 26 58.0 Rushing Yardage 1340 565 Tommy Bryant 3 48 184 21 163 3.4 5 18 54.3 Rushing attempts 284 162 Adeolu Adeleke 4 17 157 4 153 9.0 1 27 38.3 Average per rush 4.7 3.5 Preston Daniels 4 27 118 0 118 4.4 1 13 29.5 Average per game 268.0 113.0 Xavier Shepherd 3 22 112 4 108 4.9 1 11 36.0 TDs Rushing 13 6 Irving Smith 5 6 32 4 28 4.7 0 10 5.6 Passing Yardage 446 840 Shaquil Terry 4 8 29 4 25 3.1 0 9 6.3 Comp-Att-Int 21-36-2 86-141-1 Brandon Simmons 2 6 24 0 24 4.0 0 7 12.0 Average per pass 12.4 6.0 Iaan Cousin 4 2 20 0 20 10.0 0 10 5.0 Average per catch 21.2 9.8 Nykeem Farrow 3 3 13 0 13 4.3 0 7 4.3 Average per game 89.2 168.0 Ladarius Clardy 2 1 7 0 7 7.0 0 7 3.5 TDs Passing 4 7 Cole Gilley 1 2 6 0 6 3.0 0 4 6.0 Total offense 1786 1405 Team 5 5 0 6 -6 -1.2 0 0 -1.2 Average per play 5.6 4.6 Total 5 284 1442 102 1340 4.7 13 29 268.0 Average per game 357.2 281.0 Opponents 5 162 706 141 565 3.5 6 48 113.0 Kick returns: #-Yards 13-282 15-295 Punt returns: #-Yards 10-41 1-7 Passing Int returns: #-Yards 1-75 2-6 Player gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Fumbles-Lost 12-4 10-5 Jonathan Murphy 3 183.3 13-24-1 54.2 275 3 51 91.7 Penalties-Yards 26-261 33-306 Tommy Bryant 3 153.4 4-7-1 57.1 104 0 41 34.7 Punts-Avg 11-36.2 23-34.1 Xavier Shepherd 3 323.2 4-4-0 100.0 67 1 33 22.3 Time of possession / game 32:58 27:02 Team 5 0.0 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 3rd-down conversion 28/61 20/61 Total 5 188.0 21-36-2 58.3 446 4 51 89.2 4rd-down conversion 8/13 7/11 Opponents 5 126.0 86-141-1 61.0 840 7 72 168.0 Receiving Interceptions Player no. yds avg td lg Player gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Bryson Armstrong 1 75 75.0 1 75 Will Haigler 5 5 116 23.2 1 41 23.2 Total 1 75 75.0 1 75 Isaac Foster 5 5 72 14.4 1 29 14.4 Opponents 2 6 3.0 0 6 Shaquil Terry 4 4 105 26.3 0 43 26.3 Caleb O'Neal 5 3 92 30.7 1 51 18.4 Kyle Glover 4 1 23 23.0 1 23 5.8 Adeolu Adeleke 4 1 14 14.0 0 14 3.5 Chavis Marshall 4 1 6 6.0 0 6 1.5 Iaan Cousin 4 1 18 18.0 0 18 4.5 Total 5 21 446 21.2 4 51 89.2 Opponents 5 86 840 9.8 7 72 168.0 2 2021 KENNESAW STATE FOOTBALL 2020-21 Kennesaw St. Men's Football Page 2/3 Combined Team Statistics as of Jul 02, 2021 All games Field Goals Punting Player fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Player no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Nathan Robertson 5-7 71.4 0-0 2-2 2-2 1-3 0-0 44 0 Nicholas Jones 11 398 36.2 49 0 9 5 0 0 Opponents 1-5 20.0 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-1 41 1 Total 11 398 36.2 49 0 9 5 0 0 Opponents 23 785 34.1 57 0 6 3 1 1 Scoring PAT Punt Returns Player td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Player no. yds avg td lg Nathan Robertson - 5-7 19-19 - - - - - 34 Isaac Foster 9 41 4.6 0 21 Tommy Bryant 5 - - - - - - - 30 Kadarius Satterwhite 1 0 0.0 0 0 Kyle Glover 3 - - - - - - - 18 Total 10 41 4.1 0 21 Isaac Foster 2 - - - - - - - 12 Opponents 1 7 7.0 0 7 Jonathan Murphy 2 - - - - - - - 12 Bryson Armstrong 1 - - - - - - - 6 Kick Returns Caleb O'Neal 1 - - - - - - - 6 Player no.