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Kent State Golden Flashes Roster & Depth Chart 2026

Kent State Golden Flashes are 2-4 in the MAC.

2-410th in MACSpread 114-2-5 nickel

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Clay Patterson / Cherokee Valeria

Early-down identity stays on the cards. Open the call sheet for the snap, the motion, the shell, and how they pressure.

Offense

Spread 11

Offensive scheme type
Spread 11
Personnel
11 personnel · 1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR
Primary run scheme
Inside zone
Primary offensive line scheme
Zone

Offensive aggression

Attacking · 64

ConservativeBalancedAggressive

Patterson, 3rd year, calls a spread 11 under Carney.

Defense

4-2-5 nickel

Defensive scheme type
4-2-5 nickel
Base front
4-2-5 nickel
Front
4-3
Defensive line technique
Man (one-gap)
Primary coverage
Cover 3 / Cover 4
Primary press technique
Press-bail

Defensive aggression

Attacking · 60

ConservativeBalancedAggressive

Valeria, asst HC, calls a nickel 4-2-5.

111 players · ESPN · on3 · refreshes with transactions and injuries.

Path tags: High school high-school signing, JUCO junior college, Portal transfer portal. On3 HS is the Industry recruiting grade from the high-school cycle — stars, national rank, class year. Portal grades live on the player profile. Career logos run left to right from On3 transfer history and 247Sports — JUCO marks included when they actually went JUCO. Click a column to sort.

Offense57

18*Hunter HoppertonFB6' 2"255—SRStreetsboro, OHPortal—Active
50*Ben MideaOL6' 2"320—JRMedina, OHPortal—Active
52*Gavin KanarOL6' 5"275—FRNorthfield, OHHigh school—Active
54Dustyn MorellOL6' 4"290—SRLapeer, MIPortal—Active
55Jaxon DunnOL6' 3"320—SOBrunswick, OHPortal—Active
56*OLMoustafa DaoudOL6' 6"300—FRDes Moines, IAHigh school—Active
58Colin PrichardOL6' 5"260—FRMentor, OHHigh school—Active
62Mason ImbtOL6' 3"315—SRTroy, PAPortal—Active
64David IanniniOL6' 1"295—FRMentor, OHHigh school—Active
66Quinten YoungOL6' 1"280—FRStrongsville, OHHigh school—Active
67Max GembusOL6' 0"275—FRCleveland, OHHigh school—Active
70Hudson ChaskoOL6' 5"300—SREncino, CAPortal—Active
71Liam DaltonOL6' 4"315—FRHilliard, OHHigh school—Active
72Cecil WilsonOL6' 4"320—JRLakeville, MNPortal—Active
73OLWilliam Johnson IIIOL6' 3"270—FRAvon, INHigh school—Active
74Donovan DarkOL6' 0"305—FRNiceville, FLHigh school—Active
75Boston CrowellOL6' 4"290—FRNew Philadelphia, OHHigh school—Active
76Mofe AdewoleOL6' 3"275—SREllicott City, MDPortal—Active
77Rico SteeleOL6' 3"300—SOPittsburgh, PAPortal—Active
78Tyler MeadowsOL6' 8"340—SOWest Chester, OHPortal—Active
2*Nolan GoodQB6' 2"200—FRAvon, OHHigh school—Active
10*Ethan ThanthanavongQB6' 0"205—SOLithopolis, OHPortal—Active
12*Dru DeShieldsQB6' 2"195—JRBeloit, OHPortal—Active
14*Deante RuffinQB6' 1"215—FRPhiladelphia, PAHigh school—Active
15*Gavin PeepsQB6' 5"185—FRKent, OHHigh school—Active
17*Cole MillerQB6' 4"225—FRNorth Ridgeville, OHPortal—Active
0*Mason KingRB6' 2"215—SRCentralia, ILPortal—Active
5*Jakorion CaffeyRB5' 11"220—SOAvon, OHPortal—Active
20*Marques HicksRB5' 8"190—JRCherry Hill, NJPortal—Active
22*Brandon WhiteRB5' 8"190—FREuclid, OHPortal—Active
24*Jackson FarleyRB5' 9"185—FRMentor, OHHigh school—Active
25*Donovan Delaney Jr.RB5' 11"220—SRMiddletown, DEPortal—Active
26*Dylan ArmentroutRB5' 9"200—SOCarroll, OHPortal—Active
29*Cade RomaniniRB5' 10"200—FRBainbridge, OHHigh school—Active
33*Ayden HarrisRB5' 8"205—SOExton, PAPortal—Active
11*Zy'aire FletcherTE6' 4"245—FRSpringfield, OHHigh school—Active
13*Dakota TaylorTE6' 4"240—SOAkron, OHPortal—Active
44*Holtz MaineTE6' 4"250—FRMilford Center, OHHigh school—Active
45Tommy ArnoldTE6' 0"220—JRWadsworth, OHPortal—Active
47Andrew RickelmanTE6' 4"225—FRStow, OHHigh school—Active
89Terik MulderTE6' 5"250—SRLexington, KYPortal—Active
1*Ardell BanksWR6' 4"195—JRMassillon, OHPortal—Active
3*Jay Jay EtheridgeWR5' 10"150—JRCincinnati, OHPortal—Active
4*Jared KelleyWR5' 10"190—JRNorth Olmsted, OHPortal—Active
6Wayne HarrisWR5' 9"165—SOCharleston, WVPortal—Active
8*Da'Realyst ClarkWR5' 10"160—SRLima, OHPortal—Active
19*Ali FisherWR6' 0"205—SRBelleville, MIPortal—Active
23*Maurice StephensWR6' 0"175—FRLouisville, KYHigh school—Active
27*Javier WillsWR6' 0"190—SRColumbus, OHPortal—Active
36Wyatt JanuskaWR6' 2"185—FRMantua, OHHigh school—Active
80Teaunn HunterWR6' 0"180—FRHuber Heights, OHHigh school—Active
81Zymir ReedWR6' 1"200—FRMiddletown, OHHigh school—Active
84Aidan StewartWR5' 11"180—FRAvon Lake, OHHigh school—Active
85Brendyn SmithWR5' 9"160—FRYork, PAHigh school—Active
86Matthew MaxeyWR5' 10"165—FRAvon, OHHigh school—Active
87William BierfeldtWR6' 2"185—FRWestlake, OHHigh school—Active
88*Luke SimmsWR5' 11"175—FRWestlake, OHHigh school—Active

Defense47

1*A'tiq MuhammadDB6' 3"200—SRRockford, ILPortal—Active
2*Joel CordobaDB6' 3"190—SOPlainfield, NJPortal—Active
3*Derrick Jackson IIIDB6' 0"210—SODetroit, MIPortal—Active
7Angelo StockstillDB6' 3"180—JRChicago, ILPortal—Active
12*Lionel Burns IIIDB6' 0"185—FRDuluth, GAHigh school—Active
14*Tyler BivensDB5' 11"170—SRAnn Arbor, MIPortal—Active
18*Norey JohnsonGSDB6' 3"200—SRCincinnati, OHPortal—Active
19*DJ BarnesDB5' 8"170—SRTallahassee, FLPortal—Active
21Tejuan BarbourDB6' 3"170—FRColumbus, OHHigh school—Active
22*Davion PritchardDB6' 0"175—SOYoungstown, OHPortal—Active
23*Ezekiel CastexDB5' 10"175—FRSacramento, CAHigh school—Active
25*Martell BuchananDB6' 1"175—SOStilwell, KSPortal—Active
26*BuddyRow GarrerDB5' 9"150—FREvans, GAHigh school—Active
27*Lennox LemonDB6' 1"180—FRMassillon, OHHigh school—Active
29*Jeremiah JohnsonDB6' 3"175—FRRochester, NYPortal—Active
38Clinton RobinsonDB6' 0"205—SOPittsburgh, PAPortal—Active
0*Darian BlachewiczDL6' 2"300—SOMillville, NJPortal—Active
5*Thomas AdenDL6' 1"275—SRLakewood, OHPortal—Active
8*Josue CordobaDL6' 3"280—SOPlainfield, NJPortal—Active
11*Camdon WilbornDL6' 1"285—SOCincinnati, OHPortal—Active
31Jacob BroachDL6' 3"190—FRCincinnati, OHHigh school—Active
33*Jaihien RoyDL6' 2"245—SOCentreville, MDPortal—Active
44*Antonio BottiggiDL6' 2"255—SOPainesville, OHPortal—Active
50*Garrett DialDL6' 3"235—SOLittleton, COPortal—Active
52*Aiden BurgessDL6' 2"300—SOHanover, MDPortal—Active
56*Carlos ShirdDL6' 3"270—FRBaltimore, MDHigh school—Active
59Eckley BridgesDL6' 1"260—FRHamilton, OHHigh school—Active
83Garrett LongDL6' 3"235—FRColumbus, INHigh school—Active
88*Mohammed HazimeDL6' 4"270—SRDearborn, MIPortal—Active
90Bryce GriffinDL6' 2"235—FRYorkville, ILHigh school—Active
91Dion'Dre TaylorDL6' 0"280—FRCleveland, OHHigh school—Active
93Daiveon TaylorDL6' 2"225—FRMoon Township, PAHigh school—Active
94Kale WebbDL6' 1"235—FRXenia, OHHigh school—Active
95Anthony Adams IIIDL5' 10"275—FRLong Grove, ILHigh school—Active
98Bryce FaulkDL6' 1"235—JRMason, OHPortal—Active
4*Rocco NichollLB6' 5"245—SRPhiladelphia, PAPortal—Active
10*Hayden DawahareLB6' 4"245—JRLexington, KYPortal—Active
13*Quan Rhodes-McKeeLB6' 1"225—SOColumbus, OHPortal—Active
15*Sayed AbuhamdehLB6' 1"230—JRNorth Royalton, OHPortal—Active
17*Semaj BridgemanLB6' 2"230—JRPhiladelphia, PAPortal—Active
20*Rafael Terrero Jr.LB6' 3"220—FREmmaus, PAHigh school—Active
24*Tanner MintzLB6' 0"220—FRAkron, OHHigh school—Active
28Brodyn BishopLB6' 1"205—SOCarroll, OHPortal—Active
30Matthew SollbergerLB5' 9"165—SOUniontown, OHPortal—Active
32Trey RubinsteinLB6' 3"225—SONapoleon, OHPortal—Active
35Nate GregoryLB5' 11"235—FRStow, OHPortal—Active
43Kendall McNuttLB6' 0"220—FRSt. Louis, MOHigh school—Active

Special Teams7

41Gus GoodellLS6' 1"215—SRStafford, VAPortal—Active
48Chase MantoothLS6' 0"160—FRPickerington, OHHigh school—Active
42Kolten FordP6' 2"195—SRQueen Creek, AZPortal—Active
97Jake StoeckelP6' 1"190—FRRenmark, AustraliaHigh school—Active
39Eli TuckerPK5' 11"205—SOWheeling, WVPortal—Active
49Tommy NewcombPK5' 11"185—SOLagrange, ILPortal—Active
96Sean LeonardPK6' 3"230—FRXenia, OHHigh school—Active

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Kent State Golden Flashes are 2-4 in the MAC. The offense is Spread 11 and the defense is 4-2-5 nickel. Play-callers are Clay Patterson / Cherokee Valeria.

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