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Dante Cephas Season 2023

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PositionWRHeight6-0Weight193 lbsClassRedshirt SeniorHometownPittsburgh, Pa.High SchoolPenn HillsPrevious SchoolKent State

2023 • REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON

Awards: Preseason: Named to theBiletnikoff Award and Reese's Senior Bowl watch lists.

Season: Has appeared in 12 games, making six starts...Owns 22 grabs for 246 yards and two touchdowns.

West Virginia (9/2): Made a 22-yard reception in the third quarter. Delaware (9/9): Posted two catches for 36 yards...Made a long grab of 26 yards. at Illinois (9/16): Recorded a 13-yard reception. Iowa (9/23): Made an 11-yard catch. at Northwestern (9/30): Hauled in two receptions for 21 yards, including a long reception of 15 yards on a fourth down conversion early in the game. at Ohio State (10/21): Recorded two catches for 28 yards, including a long grab of 19 yards. Indiana (10/28): Posted two catches for 15 yards. at Maryland (11/4): Recorded six catches for 53 receiving yards and two touchdowns...Hauled in a 6-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter and a 15-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter, the first two touchdown grabs of his career in a Penn State uniform. Michigan (11/11): Made two receptions for 11 yards. at Michigan State (11/24): Posted three grabs for 36 yards.

2019-22 • KENT STATE

Awards: 2022: Earned first-team All-MAC honors...Picked up MAC Offensive Player of the Week honors (Ohio, 10/1). 2021: Named first-team all-conference...Earned a spot on the Biletnikoff Award midseason watch list.

Season: 2022: Appeared in nine games, making eight starts...Posted 48 catches for 744 yards and three touchdowns. 2021: Played in 14 games, starting in 13...Made 82 grabs for 1,240 yards and 13 touchdowns...Became the first Kent State receiver to top 1,000 yards receiving since 1997. 2020: Played in four games for the Golden Flashes, making 11 receptions for 137 yards. 2019: Appeared in three games...Made four catches for 19 yards and recorded a blocked punt on special teams.

Rankings: 2022: Led the MAC and ranked 30th nationally in receiving yards per game (82.7). 2021: Finished third in the MAC in receptions (82), yards (1,240) and receiving yards per game (88.6), and was fourth in touchdowns (9).

2022: at Washington (9/3): Posted six receptions for 105 yards. at Oklahoma (9/10): Made four catches for 50 yards. LIU (9/17): Hauled in four receptions for 75 yards and a touchdown. at Georgia (9/24): Caught three passes for 25 yards. Ohio (10/1): Set a Kent State single-game receiving yards record with 246 on 13 grabs...The 246 yards were tied for the second-most in the FBS for the season. at Miami (Ohio) (10/8): Tallied nine receptions for 118 yards and a score. at Toledo (10/15): Made five grabs for 68 yards. Akron (10/22): Had 44 receiving yards on three catches. at Bowling Green (11/9): Made a 13-yard reception.

2021: at Texas A&M (9/4): Made three receptions for 21 yards. VMI (9/11): Posted two catches for 54 yards. at Iowa (9/18): Tallied eight yards on a pair of receptions. at Maryland (9/25): Made 10 receptions for 151 yards and a touchdown. Bowling Green (10/2): Caught six passes for 64 yards. Buffalo (10/9): Made 13 receptions for 186 yards and three touchdowns. at Western Michigan  (10/16): Posted five receptions for 96 yards and a touchdown. at Ohio (10/23): Tallied 103 yards receiving on nine grabs with one score. Northern Illinois (11/3): Posted 124 yards on five receptions. at Central Michigan (11/10): Logged five receptions for 100 yards and a touchdown. at Akron (11/20): Made two catches for 36 yards. Miami (11/27): Hauled in nine catches for 79 yards and a touchdown. vs. Northern Illinois (12/4): Recorded 102 yards on seven receptions. vs. Wyoming (12/21): Logged four receptions for 116 yards and a touchdown.

2020: Eastern Michigan (11/4): Caught six passes for 47 yards. at Bowling Green (11/10): Made two catches for 55 yards, including a long reception of 50 yards. Akron (11/17): Tallied 27 yards on two catches. at Buffalo (11/28): Posted a 7-yard reception.

2019: at Toledo (11/5): Made four catches for 19 yards.

HIGH SCHOOL

Played for head coach Jon LeDonne at Penn Hills High School...Was high school teammates with Penn State cornerback Daequan Hardy and running back Tank Smith...Played both wide receiver and defensive back for the Indians...Helped Penn Hills win the 2018 PIAA Class 5A Championship, where he caught three passes for 144 yards and two touchdowns, earning Player of the Game honors...It marked the first state title for the Indians since 1995...Was selected to play in the Big 33 Football Classic...Earned PIAA All-State Class 5A honors as a senior, along with being named to the WPIAL Class 5A Northern Team, and the Big 56 Class 5A Northern Conference all-conference team...Earned WPIAL Class 6A Northern Seven honors as a junior...Posted 948 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns in his high school career... During his time at Penn Hills, he blocked two punts, intercepted three passes and returned a punt for a touchdown... Logged 26 catches for 585 yards his senior season...Rated a three-star recruit by 247sports.

PERSONAL

Full name is Dante Lamar Cephas...Son of Tamara Tucker and Darin Cephas...Earned his degree in educational studies at Kent State...Pursuing a second major at Penn State in telecommunications.

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