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Kent State graduate student Nico Bolden takes down Ball State's Carson Steele during the game Nov. 2.

Three former Flashes announce NFL signings as UDFA

Jacob Shondel, Reporter April 30, 2023

As the NFL draft ended, no player from Kent State’s football team heard their name called -- extending the program's streak to nine years without a player being drafted.  The last player to be selected...

Holley earns weekly award for the second time

Henry Palattella October 11, 2016

Two games into his quarterbacking career and junior Nick Holley is already rewriting the Kent State record books.Holley was named Mid-American Conference (MAC) East Division Offensive Player of the Week...

Kent State Flashes running back Trayion Durham sustained a concussion last football season that put him out of the game for two weeks. Concussion awareness is rising as more and more student athletes find it to be a life-altering issue.

The price of playing the game

Among the 18 intercolegiate sports at Kent State, football is one of the most risky and expensive. During the 2013 season, players sustained more than two dozen injuries. Football is the leading cause...

Kent State's former running back Dri Archer runs the ball at a game against Buffalo at Dix Stadium, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. At the NFL combine, Archer recently posted at 4.26 seconds in the 40-yard dash, marking the fastest time this year, and second fastest in the combine since 1999.

Dri Archer turns heads at NFL Combine

Tyler Kieslich February 23, 2014

As an undersized “slash” player from a non-BCS conference, it might have been easy for those unfamiliar with Dri Archer to overlook him going into this weekend’s NFL Draft Combine. But with one quick...