Category: Football
Lindy’s picks Flashes 9th in MAC, Glass, McCray, Folk, Billotte and Smith honored
It’s College Football Magazine Preview season, and the Golden Flash Report will do its best to keep track of all the publications once they are released. Lindy’s Sports College Football National Preview recently hit newsstands and below is a recap as it relates all things Kent State and the Mid-American Conference: Kent State’s Pick in…
Good to Golden, Flashes get QB commit for Class of 2025
One of the top quarterbacks in the state of Ohio from one of the winningest programs committed to Kent State late Tuesday night. Nolan Good, a 6-2, 205-pound dual threat quarterback from Avon High School in Lorain County, gives the Flashes a talented piece to their 2025 class. “I chose Kent State for a few…
Flashes pick up a pair of transfers
Kenni Burns and the Kent State football team continued to add pieces to its 2024 roster Thursday when Canaan Williams, a 6-2, 205-pound Nickel/Linebacker from Bowling Green and Lavell Gibson, a defensive lineman from Notre Dame College committed to the KentGRIT family. Williams is from Waldorf, Maryland and prepped at Rock Creek Christian Academy before…
Flashes get transfer portal O-Linemen
Kent State was able to add depth and help solidify their offensive line on Friday as they head into the 2024 season. And to do it, all they had to do was go down the road. Tony Georges committed to the Flashes Friday as a graduate transfer, after playing the last four seasons with the…
Class of 2025 recruit Griffin commits to Flashes
Kent State Football received a verbal commitment for the class of 2025 on Thursday night from Bryce Griffin. Bryce is a 6-3, 210 pound edge player from Yorkville, Illinois and Yorkville High School. In his junior season for the Fighting Foxes Griffen accumulated seven sacks, 53 total tackles including 22 solo, and 21 tackles for…
Banks comes home; commits to KSU
The Kent State football program added another big-time talent on Monday, when Kentucky transfer Ardell Banks committed to the Flashes. Banks is a 6-3, 190 wide receiver who redshirted last season at Kentucky. Banks is a former Massillon Tiger, and was a three star prospect coming out of high school as rated by ESPN, 247sports.com…
Burns looks for ways to motivate in year two
The 2023 Kent State football season was a difficult one to watch for Golden Flash Football fans. There’s no other way around it. After a five-year FlashFast whirlwind with Sean Lewis at the helm, Lewis was gone and so were many players. The transfer portal and graduation hit the program among the hardest in the…
KSU Football ready for Flash Bowl II
Kent State football’s spring game will be held this Saturday, April 27 at 6:00pm inside Dix Stadium. Men’s Basketball Head Coach Rob Senderoff and Women’s Basketball Head Coach Todd Starkey will serve as the honorary coaches. Sendy will take the Blue while Starkey will be coaching the Gold. Below are some Lightning Strikes on spring…
West back to help Flashes head North in 2024
Kent State Graduate Student CJ West had a big year in 2023 for the Flashes. The 6-2, 315 pound massive defensive linemen from Nazareth Academy in LaGrange Park, Illinois recorded 50 tackles, including seven for a loss and a forced fumble. For his efforts, West was named 3rd Team All Mid-American Conference. Shortly after the…
Burns brings in players with “crack’ on shoulder, navigates portal in year two
When Kenni Burns was hired to be the next Head Football Coach at Kent State in December of 2022, he had a massive overhaul and rebuild on his hands. Former Head Coach Sean Lewis was gone to Colorado. Burns was losing over 40 players from the 2022 team to graduation or transfer, including the entire…
Kent Grit invites community inside the program
The Kent State football team will resume spring practice on Tuesday after the pause last week for spring break. The Flashes will be on the field twelve times, with the spring ball calendar concluding on April 27 with the second annual Flash Bowl, pitting the Blue vs. the Gold at 6:00pm at Dix Stadium. While…
Burns looking for Flashes to be “All In” in year two of KentGrit era
Kent State head football Coach Kenni Burns begins year two of the Kent Grit era looking to build off his first year at the helm that saw the Flashes go 1-11 overall and 0-8 in the Mid-American Conference. The Flashes began spring practice last week after an eight week strength and conditioning program. According to…