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10/27/21 - Dustin Crum, rSr/2022, Kent State + More +

OCT 25 MAC EAST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dustin Crum, Kent State, QB, Graduate, Grafton, Ohio (Midview),...Crum had a strong game for the Golden Flashes in their 34-27 win over Ohio. Crum completed over 80 percent of his passes for 257 yards and a score. He also made plays with his feet, rushing for 93 more yards and a score. Crum led an offense to 457 yards and no turnovers. - MAC Football

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QB Dustin Crum, Kent State
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10/27/21 - Mandela Lawrence-Burke, rSr/2022, Kent State + More +

OCT 25 MAC EAST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Manny Lawrence-Burke, Kent State, LB, 5th, Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville,...Lawrence-Burke was all over the field for Kent State, recording a season-high 14 tackles, including seven solo. He forced a key first-half fumble in the red zone and made a key goal-line tackle for loss to force a short field goal. - MAC Football

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OLB Mandela Lawrence-Burke, Kent State
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10/24/21 - Ky Thomas, rSr/2025, Kent State + More +

Freshmen Ky Thomas and Mar'Keise Irving became the fourth and fifth different 100-yard rushers for Minnesota this season, as the Gophers gained 326 yards on the ground in a 34-16 trampling of Maryland on Saturday for their third straight victory. Thomas (21 carries, 139 yards) and Irving (15 carries, 105 yards) each had one of four rushing touchdowns for Minnesota (5-2, 3-1), which moved into a first-place tie with Iowa in the Big Ten West Division. Purdue and Wisconsin are one game back. Taulia Tagovailoa lost a fumble on the opening drive and completed 17 of 27 passes for 189 yards and a late touchdown to Marcus Fleming for the Terrapins (4-3, 1-3), who have lost three straight games by a combined score of 151-49.

Thomas, Irving and Bryce Williams, who rushed for 48 yards and a score, are the only healthy scholarship running backs left on the roster for the Gophers, who lost star Mohamed Ibrahim in the opener and backup Trey Potts three weeks ago to season-ending injuries. Williams took the lead last week in a win over Nebraska, becoming the third player to top the 100-yard rushing mark this year. Thomas and Irving gave the Gophers the first pair of 100-yard rushers in the same games since Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks on Oct. 5, 2019, against Illinois. Tanner Morgan went 8 for 12 for 125 yards passing, and backup quarterback Cole Kramer rushed for 30 yards and a touchdown. The Gophers didn't punt until 5:09 remained in the game. In three losses to the Terrapins since coach P.J. Fleck arrived in 2017, the Gophers allowed an average of 39 points and 286 rushing yards. They beat the Terrapins handily in 2019 when they had six eventual NFL draft picks on their defense. There was no lower moment for Minnesota in the virus-altered 2020 season than the 45-44 overtime loss at Maryland, when the Terrapins stacked up 675 total yards. - Minnesota/AP College Football

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RB Ky Thomas, Kent State
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10/23/21 - Dustin Crum, rSr/2022, Kent State + More +

Dustin Crum threw for one touchdown and ran for another and Kent State turned back Ohio 34-27 on Saturday. The Golden Flashes (4-4, 3-1 Mid-American Conference) clinched the game when Andrew Glass kicked a 27-yard field goal that capped an 11-play, 65-yard drive with 3:04 left. The Bobcats (1-7, 1-3) responded with a drive that got to the Kent State 1 but ended up settling for a field goal with 47 seconds to play. The Golden Flashes recovered the onside kick. Crum was 26-of-31 passing for 257 yards and gained 93 on the ground on 17 attempts. Dante Cephas had nine receptions for 103 yards. Crum and Cephas connected for 33 yards to open the scoring and Crum's 4-touchdown yard run made it 17-7 at halftime. The Golden Flashes had two 74-yard drives in the third quarter. Kurtis Rourke threw for 308 yards and had a pair of touchdown runs for Ohio. - AP College Football

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QB Dustin Crum, Kent State
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10/13/21 - Dustin Crum, rSr/2022, Kent State + More +

OCT 11 MAC EAST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dustin Crum, Kent State, QB, Grad, Grafton, Ohio (Midview),...Dustin Crum had a career night in the 48-38 prime time win over Buffalo. He became the first Golden Flash to throw for 400 yards since Jose Davis in 1997, completing 22 passes for 407 yards and three scores (all to Dante Cephas). He added 72 more yards on the ground and 2 more touchdowns, giving him 479 yards of offense and 5 touchdowns in the victory. - MAC Football

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QB Dustin Crum, Kent State
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10/10/21 - Dustin Crum, rSr/2022, Kent State + More +

Dustin Crum threw three touchdown passes to Dante Cephus and for a career-high 407 yards and Kent State fought off Buffalo for a 48-38 win on Saturday night. The teams combined for 1,182 yards of offense. Kent State outgained Buffalo 633-549. The Golden Flashes (3-3, 2-0 Mid-American Conference) built a 31-10 first-half lead before Buffalo (2-4, 0-2) scored four touchdowns in the third quarter to take the lead.

Buffalo struck quickly on the four scoring drives where the longest lasted 4 1/2 minutes. Kevin Marks Jr. ran for a 16-yard score and Kyle Vantrease threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Jake Molinich. Matt Myers ran into the end zone from the 4 and Dylan McDuffie ran it in from 10 yards to give Buffalo a 38-34 lead. Crum and Cephus helped closed the door on Buffalo with scoring plays of 5 and 40 yards in the fourth quarter. Cephus caught 13 passes and piled up 186 yards. Marquez Cooper ran for 112 yards on 21 carries and a touchdown. Vantrease threw for 229 yards and a touchdown and was intercepted twice. - Kent State/AP College Football

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QB Dustin Crum, Kent State
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10/02/21 - Dustin Crum, rSr/2022, Kent State + More +

Dustin Crum ran for an 11-yard touchdown with about six minutes left to lift Kent State to a 27-20 victory over Bowling Green on Saturday in the Mid-American Conference opener for both teams. Crum's scoring run capped a 13-play, 74-yard drive for Kent State (2-3 1-0). On the ensuing possession, Bowling Green (2-3, 0-1) couldn't convert on fourth-and-7 at the Kent State 26. The Falcons final possession stalled deep inside their own territory. Crum completed 15 of 28 passes for 134 yards and added 93 yards rushing on 12 carries. Marquez Cooper ran 31 times for 117 yards that included a pair of short-yardage touchdowns. Matt McDonald was 29-of-45 passing for 263 yards with a touchdown pass and interception for the Falcons, who upset Minnesota 14-10 last week. Tyrone Broden had a 4-yard TD catch and Nick Mosley ran for a 12-yard touchdown that gave the Falcons a 20-13 lead with 9:05 remaining in the third quarter. - Kent State/AP College Football

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QB Dustin Crum, Kent State
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09/13/21 - Elvis Hines, rSr/2022, Kent State + More +

Kent State picked off four more passes in its win over VMI on Saturday and became the first team in 10 years with four interceptions in consecutive games. The Golden Flashes, who opened with four interceptions in a loss to Texas A&M, already have surpassed their number of interceptions in 2019, when they had seven in 13 games. They played only four games in 2020 because of the pandemic. Montre Miller had three interceptions against VMI, most by a Kent player since 2008. He and teammate Elvis Hines share the national lead with three picks apiece. Central Michigan opened 2017 with eight interceptions in two games, six against Rhode Island and two against Kansas. But the last team with four picks in consecutive games was South Carolina, which did it against Auburn and Kentucky the first and second weeks of October 2011. Kent State finished in the top 50 in interceptions only once since it was second to Oregon in 2012. The Flashes had 23 picks that year. - AP College Football

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CB Elvis Hines, Kent State
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09/06/21 - Josh Smith, rSr/2025, Kent State + More +

SEPT 6 MAC EAST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Josh Smith, Kent State, P, Fr, Narre Warren, Victoria, Australia (Pro Kick Australia),...Smith had an impressive debut for the Golden Flashes, averaging over 40 yards per kick with a long of 57. He dropped four kicks inside the 20 including two inside the 10. He neutralized the Aggie return game allowing just 11 total return yards off the eight punts. - MAC Football

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P Josh Smith, Kent State
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08/07/21 - Dustin Crum, rSr/2022, Kent State + More +

Graduate student Dustin Crum has entrenched himself as one of the top quarterbacks in the country after completing 70% of his passes for 3,803 yards and 32 touchdowns with just four interceptions while rushing for 947 yards and 10 scores in 17 games over the past two seasons. He could enhance his status in the eyes of NFL scouts with a monster "super senior" season, but that would be considered just a bonus to the Flashes' mild-mannered signal-caller. Crum came back to win a MAC championship, pure and simple.

Lewis has no concerns about Crum letting success go to his head or taking things for granted. The former Midview High School star quarterback is as even-keeled as they come. Crum worked harder than ever during this offseason and has become an even better leader with a much deeper knowledge of the playbook. He's surrounded by talented weapons and protected by a veteran offensive line. To sum it up, there's no reason to believe Crum won't have a huge final season at Kent State. But he still has to go out and make it all happen. Syracuse transfer wide receiver Nykeim Johnson is expected to add a big-play threat to the Kent State offense in 2021. - Akron Beacon Journal

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QB Dustin Crum, Kent State
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07/22/21 - Dustin Crum, rSr/2022, Kent State + More +

At long last, after struggling miserably for the vast majority of the past four-plus decades, Kent State's days as a football underdog have ended. For the first time in program history the Golden Flashes were picked to win the Mid-American Conference's East Division in the annual preseason media poll, which was released to kickoff Media Day Festivities on Tuesday at Ford Field in Detroit. And the voting really wasn't even that close. The Flashes received half of the 22 first-place votes and totaled 112 points to finish well ahead of runner-up Ohio (96 points, 2 first-place votes), Miami (94, 5) and defending East Division champion Buffalo (93, 4). Ball State was chosen to claim the West Division and to win the MAC Championship Game for the second straight year.

Kent State's highest predicted finish in past preseason media polls was third in 2013, the year after the Flashes went unbeaten during the MAC regular season to capture the East Division crown and earned a school-record 11 wins. What does this sudden burst of respect tossed Kent State's way mean to fourth-year head coach Sean Lewis and his program? "This is great. I'd much rather be on this side of the spectrum than where we where a few years ago with these preseason polls, when nobody was talking about us," said Lewis. "But all of that being said, it's still about work. Work works. Let's go get what we're capable of doing. Let's embrace these expectations from the outside. Let's lean into it. This is where we want to be." - Akron Beacon Journal

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QB Dustin Crum, Kent State
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05/07/21 - Aaron Hackett, rSr/2022, Kent State + More +

A mini-pipeline of transfers from Syracuse to Kent State appears to soon include a former tight end. Aaron Hackett announced Wednesday he intends to transfer to Kent State and play for head coach Sean Lewis, who served as SU's offensive coordinator for two seasons in 2016-17, including Hackett's freshman season. Hackett had previously announced a verbal commitment to Texas Christian University after submitting his name into the NCAA's transfer portal after the 2020 season. He would join former Syracuse receiver/return specialist Nykeim Johnson as new additions to the Kent State roster. Former Syracuse linebacker Juan Wallace is also eligible for the Golden Flashes after sitting out the 2020 season because of NCAA transfer rules. - The Post-Standard

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FB Aaron Hackett, Kent State
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05/07/21 - Jabbar Price, rSr/2022, Kent State + More +

Kent State's 2021 Mid-American Conference championship aspirations will not materialize next fall unless significant strides are made in limiting opponents' ability to effectively run the football. Jabbar Price is doing his part to make sure that happens. Price capped a stellar offseason by disrupting several plays during Saturday's Spring Game at Dix Stadium. The 6-foot-4, 265-pound defensive lineman brought one possession to a close with a third-down sack and another by recovering a fumble, both against the Golden Flashes' vaunted first-team offense led by star quarterback Dustin Crum.

"Jabbar is one of our guys who has been here and kind of led the charge in sacrificing, having great discipline," said Flashes head coach Sean Lewis. "He's really taking strides each and every day to improve and perform. I think those marginal gains that he's made through winter conditioning and through spring ball showed up [on Saturday]. He's handling his business day in day and day out the right way - with good, positive self-discipline. Then the results and the outcome showed up [Saturday]." - Akron Beacon Journal

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DE Jabbar Price, Kent State
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05/04/21 - *Isaiah McKoy, rJr/2021, Kent State + More +

Former Kent State wide receiver Isaiah McKoy signed an un-drafted free agent deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday, shortly after the conclusion of the 2021 NFL Draft. McKoy made himself available for the NFL Draft following his third season with the Golden Flashes last fall. He earned First Team All-Mid-American Conference honors in 2020, and led the team in receptions, yards and touchdowns in each of the last two seasons. In three years at Kent State, McKoy recorded 124 catches for 1,748 yards and 16 touchdowns. McKoy seemed to have an excellent chance to become Kent State's first NFL draft pick since 2014, after using his size (6-foot-2, 200) and speed to repeatedly beat defenders deep during his KSU career. But his stock dropped after McKoy reportedly ran a 4.58 and 4.62 in the 40 during his Pro Day workout in March. - Akron Beacon Journal

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WR *Isaiah McKoy, Kent State
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04/06/21 - Dustin Crum, rSr/2022, Kent State + More +

Kent State has a bonafide star at the most important position on the field to build around in graduate student quarterback Dustin Crum, whose numbers over the past two seasons stack up favorably against anyone in the nation. Since taking over the starting signal-caller spot in the second game of 2019, Crum has completed 70 percent of his passes for 3,803 yards with 32 touchdowns compared to four interceptions while adding 947 yards rushing and 10 scores.

Crum certainly has no intentions of resting on his laurels. "He's really attacking the preparation and diving deeper into the knowledge and understanding of how everything works," said Lewis. "It's been really great to see him come into his own as a more vocal leader this offseason and really take guys on the journey that he's on with him. I think that past couple of years it's been about his individual journey. Obviously he's moved the program forward. Now he's really making a conscious effort to grab other guys and bring them along and elevate their play, so they can have the same level of success that he's had." - Akron Beacon Journal

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