2020 Football Roster
Hayden Junker
- Position:
- Tight End
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 247
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Massillon, Ohio
- High School:
- Massillon Jackson
2023 Season
Played in 11 games this year hauling in 3 receptions for 37 yards and 1 touchdown
- Scored his second touchdown of his collegiate career against Bowling Green
2022 Season
- Played in season opener at Washington
- Saw action at #7 Oklahoma
- Saw time in home opener against LIU
- Saw action at #1 Georgia
- Got playing time in MAC opener against Ohio
- Saw action at Miami
- Saw time at Toledo
- Got minutes against Akron
- Saw action against Ball State
- Saw the field against Eastern Michigan
- Saw action at Buffalo
2021 Season
• Saw time against Buffalo
• Saw time at Ohio
• Saw action against NIU
• Saw time at Central Michigan
• Saw action at Akron
• Saw time against Miami
2020 Season
• Saw action in two games, primarily on special teams
2019 Season
• Saw action against Wisconsin during redshirt season
Prior to Kent State
• Earned All-Ohio Second Team recognition
• Named All-Stark County, All-Federal League and All-Canton Repository First Teams his senior year
• Helped Massillon Jackson to a 2018 state final appearance
• Named to the Northeast Inland All-District Division I First Team as a defensive lineman
• Named an all-district selection as a junior
• Rated a two-star prospect by 247sports
Personal
• Grandson of former Kent State head coach Ron Blackledge
• Uncle is Todd Blackledge who played quarterback at Penn State and is now a lead college football analyst at ESPN
