2022 Football Roster
Isaac Vance
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 182
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Las Cruces, N.M.
- High School:
- Mayfield
Career
- Four-time Academic All-MAC (2018, 2019,2020,2021)
- Recipient of the Lou Holtz Scholarship Endowment (2019-2020)
- 2021 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
- 2021 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Humanitarian Award recipient
- 2022 AFCA All-State Good Works Team nominee
- President of Kent State Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
- Member of College Football Division-I Competition Commitee
2022 Season
- Elected Team Captain
- Started season opener at Washington
2021 Season
• Saw his first action of the year against Bowling Green
• Saw time in the primetime win against Buffalo
• Saw time at Ohio
• Saw action against NIU
• Saw time at Central Michigan
• Saw action at Akron
• Saw action against Miami
2020 Season
• Played in all four games
• Third on the team in receptions (17) and yards (148)
• Saw action as team's primary punt returner
2019 Season
• Named to Academic All-MAC Team
• Played in 13 games
• Recovered a fumble off a muffed punt against Buffalo
• Saw action primarily on special teams
2018 Redshirt Freshman Season
• Named to Academic All-MAC Team
• Played in 11 games
• Made first career appearance against Illinois
• Saw action primarily on special teams
2017 Freshman Season
• Redshirted
• Earned Arthur Family Endowed Athletic Scholarship
Prior to Kent State
• Two-time all-state first team selection as both a running back and defensive back
• Named District 3-6 Player of the Year
• Three-time all-district first team selection at running back
• Helped Mayfield to back-to-back state runner-up finishes
• Holds seven school record and two state records
• Junior season ran for 2,067 rushing yards and 32 touchdowns and in sophomore campaign ran for 1,098 yards and 17 touchdowns
• Two-year team captain
• Also played basketball and baseball at Mayfield
Personal
• Born August 1, 1998
• Son of Zane and Debbie Vance
• Has four siblings, Nate, Taylor, Seth and Luke
• Brother of former Kent State defensive end Nate Vance
• Son of former Kent State assistant coach Zane Vance, who played at East Tennessee State and is now defensive coordinator at Charleston Southern
• Grandfather played major league baseball for the New York Yankees
• Majoring in Sports Administration
