Player Dossier

2012-2016

Kent State

Ernest Calhoun

WR • 5'6" • Akron, OH, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Ernest Calhoun reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

11%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

35

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

30

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

56

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Kent State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Kent State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Player Story

Ernest Calhoun built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a wide receiver from Akron, OH wearing No. 25, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Ernest Calhoun's career was his receiving role: 80...

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Ernest Calhoun, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Kent State. Ernest Calhoun reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
896
Receptions
80
Touchdowns
8

Quick Answers

Ernest Calhoun quick answers

Latest team and position
Kent State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
896
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 46 games
Best season
2014 Regular Season · Kent State
Top game
Bowling Green
Latest roster
No. 25 · Class 2016
2016 Receiving yards rank
311 receiving yards · WR 352nd (top 36%) · Mid-American 40th (top 24%) · National 424th (top 22%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonKent State0-00-
2013 Regular SeasonKent State12842026.6
2014 Regular SeasonKent State1133319167.5
2015 Regular SeasonKent State1119224361.9
2016 Regular SeasonKent State1220311460.1

Related Context

Ernest Calhoun played WR for Kent State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ernest Calhoun recorded 51 rushing yards, 896 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Kent State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season

Kent State paired 319 primary output with 67.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 67 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2016 Regular Season · Kent State

Games

12

Receiving Yards / G

25.9

Efficiency

67

Usage

16.8

Consistency

20.1

Best Game by takeover score

Bowling Green

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 4. North Carolina A&T: 60. Monmouth: 0. Alabama: 0. Akron: 27. Buffalo: 7. Miami (OH): 7. Ohio: 11. Central Michigan: 6. Western Michigan: 0. Bowling Green: 112. Northern Illinois: 77

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 1 by 26.7. North Carolina A&T: 4 by 100. Akron: 2 by 90. Buffalo: 1 by 46.7. Miami (OH): 1 by 46.7. Ohio: 1 by 73.3. Central Michigan: 2 by 20. Bowling Green: 5 by 100. Northern Illinois: 3 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins4.3 · Games = 3 · -28.8 vs Losses
Losses33.1 · Games = 9 · +28.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Bowling Green

Best efficiency game

100 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Fri 11/25vs Northern IllinoisL 21-3137725.725.70157
Wed 11/16@ Bowling Green100 receiving yardsL 7-42511222.422.40156
Wed 11/9vs Western MichiganL 21-37
Sat 10/29@ Central MichiganW 27-24263313
Sat 10/22vs OhioL 10-141111111011
Sat 10/15@ Miami (OH)L 14-18177707
Sat 10/8@ BuffaloW 44-20177707
Sat 10/1vs AkronL 27-3122713.513.50118
Sat 9/24@ AlabamaL 0-48
Sat 9/17vs MonmouthW 27-73
Sat 9/10vs North Carolina A&TL 36-394601515024
Sat 9/3@ Penn StateL 13-33144404

Player Story

Ernest Calhoun story

Ernest Calhoun built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a wide receiver from Akron, OH wearing No. 25, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Ernest Calhoun's career was his receiving role: 80 catches, 896 receiving yards, 8 touchdowns, and 51 rushing yards across 46 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Kent State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 51 rushing yards, 2 tackles, and 1,683 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 46 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kent State.

The arc is straightforward: Ernest Calhoun moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Kent State

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20122013201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonKent State0
2013 Regular SeasonKent State4235.614.842
2014 Regular SeasonKent State31967.112.8277
2015 Regular SeasonKent State22472.415.1-95
2016 Regular SeasonKent State3116716.887

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Bowling Green

Week 12 · L 7-42 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

112

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

112 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Akron

Week 13 · L 0-20 · Conference game

46

Receiving Yards

92.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

46 receiving yards with a 76.7 efficiency score.

#3

vs South Alabama

Week 2 · L 13-23

57

Receiving Yards

83.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

57 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Northern Illinois

Week 13 · L 21-31 · Conference game

77

Receiving Yards

80 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

77 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Ohio

Week 1 · L 14-17 · Conference game

62

Receiving Yards

79.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

62 receiving yards with a 37.6 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2014 Regular Season · Kent State

319 primary output · 67.1 efficiency · 12.8 usage

67.5

#2

2015 Regular Season · Kent State

61.9

224 primary · 72.4 efficiency · 15.1 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Kent State

60.1

311 primary · 67 efficiency · 16.8 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games