2014 Football Roster
Nate Vance
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Stow, Ohio
- High School:
- Stow-Munroe Falls
2014 Senior Season
โข Earned MACย Distinguished Scholar Athlete award
โข Named to Academic All-MAC Team
โข One of 62 FBS semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy
โข Team captain
โข One of 82 FBS nominees for the Wuerffel Trophy
โข Recorded 25 tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss
โข One of 88 FBS nominees for Allstate AFCA Good Works Team
โข Named to Hampshire Honor Society
โข Forced and recovered a fumble against Ohio
โข Played in 10 games, started nine
2013 Junior Season
โข Earned Medal of Excellence from Mid-American Conference
โข Tied for team lead with 3.5 sacks
โข Recorded 46 total tackles, tying for most among Kent Stateโs defensive linemen
โข Named to Academic All-MAC Team
โข Played in all 12 games, starting 10 at Leo position
โข Was awarded postgraduate scholarship by Northeast Ohio Chapter of the National Football Foundation
2012 Sophomore Season
โข Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention
โข Played in 10 games
โข Made four tackles
2011 Redshirt Freshman Season
โข Played in one game
2010 Freshman Season
โข Redshirted
Prior to Kent State
โข Named Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention
โข Named all-conference in fooball as a senior and baseball as a junior
โข Had 75 tackles and 12 sacks for the Bulldogs in 2009
โข Three-year letterwinner in baseball and football
Personal
โข Born Dec. 27, 1991
โข Son of Zane and Debbie Vance
โข His father, Zane, played football at East Tennessee St.
โข Has four younger siblings, Taylor, Isaac, Seth and Luke
โข Majoring in sports administration
