College Football 25 Dynasty - Kent State Golden Flashes

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PLAYOFFS / BOWL INVITES

 

 

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Year 1 - Myrtle Beach Bowl

 

 

This game was a total shootout, really fun game to play. Troy could move the ball I couldn't stop them. QB Ulatowski went nuts in his likely finally game as the team's starting QB. 489 passing yards with 6 TDs and only 1 INT. He has been a really good QB for me this season. HB Garcia had 67 yards rushing. WR McCray couldn't be stopped, he had 252 receiving yards and 3 TDs. 108 of those yards were after the catch, he shredded them. I couldn't do much on defense. CB Jaylen Dotson sealed the game on the final drive with an INT, really the only play the defense made all day. 

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COACHING CAROUSEL 

Kent State Staff Changes

Kent State DC Darren Gardner (Lvl 18) has left to take the DC Position at Minnesota. 

Kent State hired DC Leonardo (Lvl 23) to be new Defensive Coordinator. 

 

HC Marsellus Wallace Job Offers

HC offers from Bowling Green (75), Louisville (85), North Texas (80), and Toledo (79)

 

 

[MKnight82]

YEAR 1 PLAYOFF RESULTS AND FINAL 25 POLL 

 

Edited July 18 by MKnight82

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End of the Year Player Stats - Year 1
Passing
Name	Completions	Attempts	Comp %	Yards	TDs	INTs	AVG	LONG	Sacks	Fumbles
QB T Ulatowski	266	373	71.3%	4019	34	3	10.8	77	33	1
Rushing
Name	Attempts	Yards	AVG	TDs	LONG	YPG	YAC	20+	Broken Tak	Fumbles
HB G Garcia	172	806	4.7	15	39	57.6	297	6	30	1
HB K Thomas	79	405	5.1	4	23	33.8	147	2	18	0
QB T Ulatowski	98	84	0.9	6	16	6	42	0	4	0
Receiving
Name	Receptions	Yards	AVG	TDs	LONG	YPG	YAC	Drops
WR C McCray	77	1479	19.2	16	69	105.6	478	6
WR L Floriea	76	1004	13.2	6	68	71.7	444	5
WR I Batton	42	885	21.1	9	77	63.2	387	3
TE H Junker	40	383	9.6	2	29	27.4	111	4
HB G Garcia	17	196	11.5	1	26	14	104	0
Offensive Lineman
Name	Sacks Allowed	Games Played	Downs Played
LT G Masterson	8	10	308
RG K Toth	5	14	829
LT J Obidegwu	4	14	823
RG C Farrell	1	14	826
OC D Doulong	1	11	635
Defensive Stats
Name	Tackles	TFL	Sacks	INTs	Pass Def	Catches Allowed	FF	FR	Safety	TDs
SS E Watkins	81	5	0	1	9	15	0	0	0	0
FS M Folk	81	1	0	2	5	10	1	0	0	0
CB D Branch	70	5	0.5	1	3	17	1	0	0	0
MLB N Giacolone	69	7	3	0	4	9	0	0	0	0
LE S Daley	63	18	12.5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
CB J Dotson	56	2	0	1	5	18	2	0	0	0
SS J Griffin	55	6	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
CB Naim Muhammad	46	3	1	1	4	3	0	1	0	0
LE A Campbell Jr.	43	11	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
ROLB S Abuhamdeh	39	4	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0
LOLB R Nichol	37	9	1.5	1	2	5	0	1	0	0
DT O Billotte	26	7	1.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Kicking
Name	FGM	FGA	FG%	LONG	XPM	XP%	FGM 50+	FGA 50+	Kickoffs	Touchbacks
K A Glass	12	15	80%	53	59	93%	2	3	88	42
Punting
Name	Attempts	AVG	NET AVG	Down in 20	Touchbacks	LONG
P J Smith	34	45	38.6	7	4	64
Kick Return
Name	Attempts	Yards	AVG	TD	LONG
WR J Etheridge	17	439	25.8	1	96
Punt Return
Name	Attempts	Yards	AVG	TD	LONG
WR L Floriea	38	372	9.8	0	34

 

- QB Ulatowski really had an amazing year. I'm pretty shocked how few INTs I threw. 

- WR McCray was #2 in the country with 1,479 receiving yards. His 16 TDs was 7th. 

- LE Stephen Daley won all of those defensive awards, but he did not lead the country in sacks with 12.5. In fact he was 7th in sacks. His combination of tackles (which was unusually high for a Dlineman) and TFL must have put him over the top.

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Team Stats - Year 1
Offense
OFF Yards	Passing Yards	Rushing Yards	PPG	PassTD	RushTD	First Downs	Penalties	Penalty Yards
5651 (9)	4168 (8)	1426 (30)	33.8 (11)	35 (33)	27 (4)	264 (1)	35 (134)	263 (133)
Efficiency
3rd Down %	4th Down %	Turnovers	INTs Thrown	Fumbles	Takeaways	INTs	FR	Differential
51% (18)	72% (26)	6 (6)	4 (7)	2 (43)	9 (109)	7 (99)	3 (97)	0 (T67)
Defense
Total Allowed	PaY Allowed	RuY Allowed	Pts Allowed	Sacks	INTs
4504 (64)	3065 (35)	1429 (112)	267 (3)	32 (23)	7 (103)

Edited July 18 by MKnight82

[MKnight82]

Players Transferring

QB Devin Kargman (72) - He was the primary backup last year, he has no chance of playing this year with Ulatowski returning for another season and the wonder kid coming in. 

WR Dontrell Bennett (58) - He sucks so who cares

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NFL DRAFT

No Kent State football players were drafted.  

Edited August 3 by MKnight82

[MKnight82]

NATIONAL SIGNING DAY

 

National Signing Day - Players Committed to Kent State

#

National Rank

Star

Position

Archetype

Name

Height

Weight

Hometown

Class

OVR

Mental 1

Mental 2

Mental 3

Dev Trait

1

100

4

DT

Run Stopper

Anthony Shields

6''3"

331

Roanoke, AL

High School

74

The Natural

N/A

N/A

Normal

2

141

3

WR

Deep Threat

Chris Parker

6'3"

195

Saginaw, MI

Transfer (SR)

77

N/A

N/A

N/A

Normal

3

169

4

TE

Possession

Gideon Muamba

6'6"

240

Charleston, WV

High School

74

Road Dog

N/A

N/A

Elite

4

259

3

LOLB

Power Rusher

Siale Esera

6'3"

250

Provo, UT

Transfer (JR)

74

N/A

N/A

N/A

Impact

5

392

3

RE

Speed Rusher

Milton Hopkins Jr.

6'4"

226

Seattle, WA

Transfer (SR)

72

N/A

N/A

N/A

Impact

6

536

2

CB

Man to Man

Zion Allen

6'1"

170

Stockton, CA

Transfer (JR)

67

N/A

N/A

N/A

Normal

7

583

3

WR

Physical

John French

6'5"

213

Georgetown, TX

High School

64

Team Player

N/A

N/A

Normal

8

589

3

RE

Run Stopper

Lonnie Griffen

6'5"

268

Fort Lauderdale, FL

High School

69

Road Dog

N/A

N/A

Normal

9

658

3

CB

Slot

Marshall Redman

6'2"

190

Pickerington, OH

High School

67

Team Player

N/A

N/A

Normal

10

669

1

RT

Agile

Griffin Hart

6'6"

310

Leesburg, VA

Transfer (SO)

54

N/A

N/A

N/A

Normal

11

681

3

FB

Blocking

Stephen Cave

6'2"

236

San Bernardino, CA

High School

65

Clearheaded

N/A

N/A

Normal

12

686

3

OC

Power

Clayton Leonhardt

6'1"

318

North Versailles, PA

JUCO (SO)

66

Clearheaded

Fan Fav

N/A

Impact

13

695

3

CB

Man to Man

AJ Heflin

6'2"

199

Mobile, AL

High School

67

Legion

N/A

N/A

Star

14

711

3

P

Power

Virgil Moses

6'1"

197

Jacksonville, FL

High School

67

Road Dog

N/A

N/A

Impact

15

728

3

ATH

Scrambler

Evan Turbin

6'2"

209

Fort Wayne, IN

High School

The Natural

Team Player

N/A

Impact

16

918

3

MLB

Pass Coverage

Zach Hess

6'2"

223

Massillon, OH

High School

64

Road Dog

N/A

N/A

Normal

17

946

3

ATH

Possession

Jeremiah Ismail

6'5"

223

Westerville, OH

High School

Road Dog

Fan Fav

N/A

Normal

18

1009

3

LG

Power

Alex Kozlowski

6'3"

303

Upper Marlboro, MD

High School

66

The Natural

OL Rally

N/A

Normal

19

1043

3

FS

Hybrid

Brian Parker

6'0"

215

Dayton, OH

High School

69

Team Player

Legion

N/A

Normal

20

1057

3

ATH

Agile

Bernard Shelby

6'4"

290

Pittsburgh, PA

High School

Clearheaded

N/A

N/A

Normal

21

1574

3

TE

Possession

Sammy Abram

6'5"

249

Cincinnati, OH

High School

65

The Natural

N/A

N/A

Normal

22

1958

2

WR

Physical

Maurice Hook

6'2"

204

Conway, SC

JUCO (SO)

58

Road Dog

N/A

N/A

Normal

23

3143

1

WR

Physical

Brenton Burton

6'2"

207

Pickerington, OH

High School

53

N/A

N/A

N/A

Impact

24

3212

1

WR

Physical

Jaren Norwood

6'4"

180

Coatesville, PA

JUCO (JR)

52

N/A

N/A

N/A

Normal

 

I added 24 new players to the roster which included 5 transfers. I had the best recruiting class in the MAC, not sure that means much. 

 

TRANSFERS

#141 - 3 STAR - WR Chris Parker

 

I grabbed Parker in the transfer portal because I was desperate for a WR who can play right away this year. I had like 5 of my top WRs graduate. At 77 OVR he's the highest OVR player I brought to the roster this recruiting cycle. He's a big bodied WR with only 87 SPD, 87 ACC, but he should be my #2 WR this year behind McCray. 

 

#259 - 3 STAR - LOLB Siale Esera

 

At only 74 OVR Esera is the highest OVR linebacker on my entire roster lol. He has some power pass rush moves and the size to move to DE if I wanted, but I have much bigger needs at linebacker than DE. Almost all of my linebackers are pass coverage guys so Esera gives me something at the position I don't currently have. He will likely start right away at LOLB. 

 

#392 - 3 STAR - DE Milton Hopkins Jr. 

 

I was concerned about my DE depth but ended up adding several pass rushers in the class so it worked out. Hopkins is a little light at only 226 lbs but he has 82 finesse moves with 77 SPD and 88 ACC. I have returning starters at both DE spots so he will just be part of the rotation, which will likely always be his role. Solid depth pickup. 

 

#536 - 2 STAR - CB Zion Allen

 

I wasn't able to get Allen scouted during the recruiting process, but I know now that he has 94 SPD, 95 ACC and 93 AG. He's pretty much the most athletic CB I have on the roster. At 6'1" and with that speed, he should start as my #2 boundary CB outside, which allowed me to move some of the slower CBs inside to the slot. 

 

#669 - 1 STAR - RT Griffin Hart

 

I don't know why I signed this guy. I heavily recruited OTs but missed out on all of them so I guess I grabbed him out of desperation. I was hoping he'd be somewhat serviceable but he's terrible. He's 54 OVR and already a SO (RS). He will likely be a bottom of the depth chart his entire career and risks getting cut at some point. 

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NATIONAL SIGNING DAY CONTINUED - HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITS

 

#100 - 4 STAR - DT Anthony Shields 

 

Shields is my highest rated recruit in this class, just barely breaking the top 100. He's a huge (literally) get for my program so early on. At 6'3" 331 lbs he's a massive upgrade from my starting DT last year, who was 6'5" 254 lbs. I plan on continuing the 3-3-5 defense look for now so he will man the nose for me up front. Day 1 starter. 

 

#169 - 4 STAR - TE Gideon Muamba

 

Muamba was my other 4 star signing and he's the only recruit I landed with the Elite development trait. That combined with his current 74 OVR should mean that he will be the most talented recruit from this class. He has 85 SPD, 82 ACC and 86 AG. He is a massive upgrade from the TEs I had last season. Should be a 4 year starter. 

 

#583 - 3 STAR - WR John French

 

I grabbed French late in the process and he brings good size to my roster. He's pretty slow, 84 SPD, 86 ACC, 79 AG, so he will be a possession type WR. He's only a 64 OVR but somehow that is the 4th highest OVR WR on my roster. I don't see the point in redshirting someone with limited upside like him, so he will likely play as my #4 WR this year. I play quite a bit 5 wide sets on offense, usually the 5th option is a TE or RB, but the #4 WR should get quite a bit of playing time. 

 

#589 - 3 STAR - DE Lonnie Griffin

 

Griffin has good size at 6'5" 268 lbs but he's quite slow at 67 SPD. Speed isn't everything for DEs, and he does have 81 ACC, but it may limit his potential upside. He's a run stopper archetype which means he doesn't have a lot of pass rushing moves yet. I have 4 legitimate options at DE ahead of him on the depth chart so I will seriously consider redshirting him this season. If he develops maybe he becomes a starter down the line. Regardless he should be good depth. 

 

#658 - 3 STAR - CB Marshall Redman

 

I had a huge need at CB as all of my top ones were graduating. Redman will help in the slot as his 87 SPD, 86 ACC wouldn't be a great idea on the outside. He will start in the slot immediately as a rookie. 

 

#681 - 3 STAR - FB Stephen Cave

 

I didn't have a FB on the roster last year so I grabbed one to help out in some running packages and maybe as a blocking TE. 

 

#686- 3 STAR JUCO SO - OC Clayton Leonhardt

 

Leonhardt was the first recruit I signed and I was excited because as a JUCO SO I figured he'd come in with a relatively high OVR and could be a day 1 contributor for the team. That is why I was quite surprised to see he is only 66 OVR. It really seems like they shifted OVRs for recruits way downward from NCAA 14. But if they are going to start off so low then I have to question the benefit of adding a JUCO with less amount of years on the roster. I hope this is something they look at and possibly patch because it makes JUCOs really undesirable IMO. 

 

#695- 3 STAR - CB AJ Heflin

 

More CB Depth. Heflin is 6'2" with 92 SPD, 86 ACC and a 74 MC rating. It'll be between him and the transfer Zion Allen for the #2 starting role on the outside. Whoever gets a higher boost in offseason training camp will likely get the spot. The other will be the #4 CB. One thing to note is that he does have Star development, so maybe I should just give him the playing time so he will develop faster. 

 

#711- 3 STAR - P Virgil Moses

 

I needed a Punter because mine graduated. With 82 kick power and 73 accuracy he's about as mediocre as you can get but I didn't have a lot of resources to spend on a Punter this recruiting cycle. He will start right away. 

 

#728- 3 STAR - ATH Evan Turbin

 

I don't know what his OVR is yet because for some reason it isn't showing the ATHs on my roster yet. Weird. I don't know how raw he will be but he should be a complete stud at QB. I'm hoping he can start Year 1 but if he needs to redshirt a year QB Ulatowski has proven quite capabale. Turbin should end up being one of the most important players from this recruiting class. 

 

#918- 3 STAR - MLB Zach Hess

 

With 90 SPD and 87 ACC Hess is instantly the most athletic linebacker I have on my roster. He's only 64 OVR though which is disappointing, although that's still the highest OVR MLB on my roster. He's going to start right away but may struggle as he's pretty raw. 

 

#946- 3 STAR - ATH Jeremiah Ismail

 

Again, for some reason I can't see ATHs OVRs yet so I don't know how useful Ismail will be yet. I also don't really even know what position he will play. He's listed as a Possession Archetype hinting that he's a TE recruit, but at 6'5" 223 he has the size to play a lot of positions. If he could move to linebacker he might help me more there as I already added two other recruits at the TE spot. Remains to be seen what his contribution will be. 

 

#1009- 3 STAR - LG Alex Kozlowski

 

Kozlowski was another recruit who I had hoped could come in and start right away but at only 66 OVR and two Seniors ahead of him on the depth chart I don't see how that happens. A solid 3 star in NCAA 14 was like 74-75 OVR so that was kind of where I thought these guys were going to be. Its obvious that most of these 3 stars are going to have to Redshirt as they are just not ready to play right away unless I'm desperate. He should develop into a solid starter but he isn't ready yet. 

 

#1043- 3 STAR - FS Brian Parker

 

Parker is a Hybrid Safety with 73 MC that will provide depth at Safety and CB this season. I have a returning Senior starter at FS so he will likely not start. If he develops he may start next year, but honestly I'd like to target someone with higher zone coverage who can start next year. Regardless he will fill a lot of roles on the depth chart and I actually think in the 3-3-5 scheme the 3rd Safety plays quite a lot. 

 

#1057- 3 STAR - ATH Bernard Shelby 

 

At 6'4" 290 lbs I want to put Shelby somewhere on the Oline, probably at one of the Tackle spots since I struck out there in recruiting. He will likely redshirt unless he's amazing after changing positions. 

 

#1574- 3 STAR - TE Sammy Abram

 

My TEs were pretty awful last year so I wanted to bring in multiple new ones. He's only 65 OVR and pretty raw so he will likely redshirt this year but provide quality depth down the line.  

 

#1958- 2 STAR JUCO SO - WR 

 

The bottom part of the recruiting list here is where I just grabbed bodies at WR. Hook is not very good and I doubt he ever contributes much of anything. Again, as a JUCO I was hoping he'd be more ready to contribute but he just isn't. I have to seriously target more WRs next as a point of emphasis. 

 

The final two recruits are 53 OVR and 52 OVR and aren't really mentioning. Not sure they'll even make the roster. 

Edited July 19 by MKnight82

[MKnight82]

PRESS RELEASE

Kent State leaves the MAC for the Big Ten. To balance both conferences, Toledo has followed them from the MAC to the Big Ten as well. 

[MKnight82]

I don't know if it was a glitch or what but it didn't give me the opportunity to change ATHs position at Position Changes. They weren't even shown on the roster and then suddenly 2 weeks later there they were on the roster. Bizarre. So it assigned Turbin a QB, Ismail is a TE and Shelby is an OC. 

Edited July 20 by MKnight82

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Year 2 Roster

Offense Skill Players

QB

OVR

Yr

HB

OVR

Yr

FB

OVR

Yr

WR

OVR

Yr

TE

OVR

Yr

T Ulatowski

80

SR (RS)

G Garcia

81

SR (RS)

S Cave

65

FR

C McCray

86

JR (RS)

G Muamba

74

FR

JD Sherrod

75

SO (RS)

C Douglas

74

JR

C Parker

77

SR (RS)

M Hazime

68

SR

E Turbin

72

FR

P Taylor

71

JR (RS)

J Kimbrough

70

JR

H Hopperton

67

SR

D DeShields

69

SO (RS)

M Hicks

61

SO (RS)

D Dorsey

69

SO (RS)

S Abram

65

FR

J Etheridge

68

SO

J Ismail

65

FR

P Jackson-Adam

65

FR (RS)

P Faulkner

56

SO (RS)

J French

64

FR

J Kelley

62

SO (RS)

plus 3 more

Offense Skill Players

LT

OVR

Yr

LG

OVR

Yr

C

OVR

Yr

RG

OVR

Yr

RT

OVR

Yr

J Obidegwu

83

SR (RS)

T Bittner

76

SR (RS)

A Page

76

JR

C Farrell

79

JR

C Wilson

71

SO (RS)

G Masterson

75

SR

D Morell

74

SR (RS)

D Doulong

76

JR (RS)

E Williams

74

FR (RS)

B Smith

66

SO (RS)

E Cooke

69

JR

A Kozlowski

66

FR

C Leonhardt

66

SO

G Hart

54

SO (RS)

B Shelby

58

FR

Defensive Players

LE

OVR

Yr

DT

OVR

Yr

RE

OVR

Yr

LOLB

OVR

Yr

ROLB

OVR

Yr

S Daley

87

SR

A Shields

74

FR

O Billotte

84

SR

S Esera

74

JR

S Abuhamdeh

73

JR

A Campbell Jr.

80

SR (RS)

J Jackson

74

SR

J Lowry

72

SO

H Kutcher

74

JR

M Woods

71

SR (RS)

B Sisak

72

SO (RS)

S Nelson

70

SO

M Hopkins Jr

72

JR (RS)

J Studio

74

SO

L Griffen

69

FR

K Beatty

64

SO (RS)

R Nicholl

73

SR

Defensive Players

MLB

OVR

Yr

CB

OVR

Yr

FS

OVR

Yr

SS

OVR

Yr

M Brackins

65

FR (RS)

J Dotson

79

SR (RS)

M Folk

76

JR (RS)

D Williams

78

SO (RS)

Z Hess

64

FR

J Boamah

75

SO (RS)

J Hinton

76

SO (RS)

J Griffen

77

SR (RS)

J Rawlison

75

FR (RS)

T Tucker

74

SO (RS)

C Young

76

JR

T Bivens

73

JR (RS)

B Parker

69

FR

M Redman

67

FR

A Heflin

67

FR

Z Allen

67

JR (RS)

Special Teams

K

OVR

Yr

P

OVR

Yr

W Hryszko

64

JR (RS)

C Durkin

71

JR (RS)

V Moses

67

FR

 

*Red color font means they are redshirting this season. 

- Incoming recruits don't benefit from offseason training, so after the roster improved it looks like most of my young recruits will be redshirting this season. The only major contributors this year will likely be TE Muamba and DT Shields. 

- At 72 OVR I decided to redshirt Turbin this year. He will be the starter next year. 

- My WRs are pretty terrible. 

- LT Masterson will likely start at RT. 

- New starter at RE Oliver Billotte was my starting DT last year. 

[MKnight82]

PRESEASON TOP 25 RANKINGS - YEAR 2

 

Kent State being ranked in the preseason is a headscratcher. 

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Year 2 Schedule
Week	Location	Opponent
1	@	Michigan
2	home	FCS Midwest
3	home	UL Monroe
4	@	FSU
5	home	Minnesota
6	home	USC
7		BYE
8	@	Rutgers
9		BYE
10	home	Wisconsin
11	@	Washington
12	home	Michigan State
13	@	Toledo
14	home	Maryland
15		BYE

 

The Week 1 matchup against Michigan on the road is a locked game as its an in conference game. That is a brutal matchup they are ranked #1 and just won the national title back to back.