2012-13 Football

Brian Winters
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hudson, Ohio
- High School:
- Hudson
Career
• Set a Kent State record for starting 50 career games every game since joining the team in 2009
• Three-time all-conference selection
2012 Senior Season
• One of three Mid-American Conference players selected to play in Senior Bowl and second in program history
• Named to All-MAC First Team
• Voted Offensive Team Captain by teammates and coaches
• Third player in program history to participate in NFL Combine
• Named to Phil Steele's postseason & midseason First team All-MAC squads
• Named to Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List
• Named to Phil Steele's 2012 Preseason All-MAC First Team and Athlon All-MAC First Team
2011 Junior Season
• Named to All-Mid-American Conference Second Team
• Named to Phil Steele's All-MAC Third Team and Preseason All-MAC Third Team
• Named to OhioCollegeFootball.com All-Ohio Second Team
• Started all 12 games
2010 Sophomore Season
• Earned All-MAC Third Team honors
• Started every game at tackle
2009 Freshman Season
• Started all 12 games at right tackle as a true freshman
Prior To Kent State
• Garnered second-team all-tournament honors as a part of the winning United States team at the inaugural IFAF Junior World Championship
• Named All-Ohio and All-Northeast Ohio Conference his senior season with the Hudson Explorers
• Also named all-conference his sophomore and junior years
• Besides lettering in football twice, also lettered three times in wrestling
• Named All-NOC in wrestling his freshman and sophomore years
• Coached by Tom Narducci
Personal
• Born July 10, 1991
• Son of Stefani and Bill Winters