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