Kent State coach Paul Haynes surprised all of Northeast Ohio when he started Junior then-running back Nick Holley at quarterback against Akron on Saturday. Holley—who hadn't played quarterback since his senior year of high school in 2012—didn't let his coach down, as he threw for 285 yards and ran for 117 yards in Kent's 31-27 loss to Akron, a offensive outpouring was good enough for Holley to be named the Mid-American Conference East Division Offensive Player of the Week.
"I think (Nick) played unbelievable," Paul Haynes said. "...(You want) your best player touching the ball as much as possible, and that's what we did.