Category: Football

At Media Day on July 19, Kent State Head Football Coach Kenni Burns indicated there would be an open quarterback competition between Tommy Ulatowski and Devin Kargman. Ulatowski appeared in 10 games in 2023, starting three, before suffering a season ending injury in the second to last game. The 6-2, 181 pounder threw for 737…

Kent State junior defensive linemen Oliver Billotte is back for his junior season, and ready to take a step up in both leadership and production in year three.  Billotte, who saw time as a true freshman, is coming off a year in which he recorded 30 tackles, including two for a loss to go along…

Kent State wide receiver Chrishon McCray was arguably the Flashes’ best football player in 2023 when he was healthy.  McCray led the Flashes with 610 receiving yards and four touchdowns in 2023, despite missing the last three games of the season with a broken ankle. With Kent State beating Akron 27-10 in the third quarter…

We made a special trip to Barnes and Noble today in Westlake to pick up the 2024 Phil Steele College Football Preview Magazine. In it, Kent State is picked to finish tied for 10th in the MAC, along with Buffalo and Akron. Chrishon McCray is a 1st Team Wide Receiver along with place kicker Andrew…

The KentGRIT era continued to ride the momentum and the lightning of their recruiting visits last weekend that saw the Flashes land six commits, to give them ten total for the class of 2025. Kaden “Escalade” Mayle committed Tuesday and is the first offensive linemen for the class. Mayle is a massive talent from Fremont…

The Kent State football program “rode the lightning” this weekend to a very successful three days of recruiting visits for the class of 2025, which resulted in six student athletes verbally committing to Kenni Burns and his staff. The action began late Friday night when Trey Rubinstein, a 6-4, 195 outside linebacker from Napoleon High…

The Kent State football program received a verbal commitment Friday night from Class of 2025 linebacker Trey Rubinstein. Rubinstein is a 6-4, 195 pound product of Napoleon High School in Napoleon, Ohio. The commitment of Rubinstein begins a big weekend for Kent State, as they have several student athletes on campus this weekend for official…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…