2016 Football Roster
Ernest Calhoun
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Akron, Ohio
- High School:
- Buchtel
Career
• Made 81 catches for 896 yards and eight touchdowns
2016Â Senior Season
• Led team with four touchdown catches
• Made 20 catches for 311 yards
• Returned six kickoffs for 101 yards
• Had touchdown catches of over 50 yards in back-to-back games
• Became first Kent State wideout with over 100 receiving yards in a game since 2014Â
• Made four catches for 60 yards against NC A&T
• Caught an 18-yard touchdown pass against Akron
2015 Junior Season
• Caught 20 passes for 224 yards and team-high three touchdowns
• Led the team with 57 yards on punt returns
• Returned 11 kickoffs for 211 yards
• Led the team with 4 catches against Marshall, including third quarter touchdown
2014 Sophomore Season
• Had a team-high 1,033 all purpose yards
• Returned 34 kickoffs for 708 yards
• Caught 33 passes for 319 yards and one touchdown
• Made first career start versus Ohio
• Caught his first career touchdown against Toledo
• Career-high 11 catches for 62 yards versus Ohio
• Made first career start versus Ohio
• Played in all 11 games, started 8
2013 Redshirt Freshman Season
• Played in all 12 games
• Returned 29 kickoffs for 514 yards
• Caught eight passes for 42 yards
• Had five carries for 59 yards with a long of 29 yards against Bowling Green
• Caught four catches at LSU
• Returned 12 punts for 62 yards
2012 Freshman Season
• Redshirted
Prior To Kent State
• All-Region and All-District Honors as a junior and senior
• All-City as a senior
• Part of state runner-up team his junior season (11-4)
• City Champions his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons
• Also lettered in baseball and track
Personal
• Born July 30, 1994
• Son of Melissa and Ricky Powers
• Has four siblings, two brothers, Ricky, 20, and Chase, 12, and two sisters, India, 14, and Israel, 5
• Plans to major in Journalism
