“It’s a blessing to be able to carry the load, to be able to get the ball each rep. To be the main carrier for this team has been everything for me,” junior running back Marquez Cooper said.
Cooper has been the nucleus of the Golden Flash offense the last two seasons as he has become the fourth player in program history to eclipse 1,000 rushing yards in back-to-back seasons. The junior from Gaithersburg, Maryland continues to etch his name into the Kent State record books as he has climbed to 6th on the school’s all-time rushing leaderboard with 2,673 career yards and 27 touchdowns.