Dante Cephas
American football wide receiver (born 2001)
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Dante Lamar Cephas (born January 15, 2001) is an American college football wide receiver for the Kansas State Wildcats. He previously played for the Kent State Golden Flashes and the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
.jpg) Cephas with Kent State in 2021 | |
| No. 14 – Kansas State Wildcats | |
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| Position | Wide receiver |
| Class | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | January 15, 2001 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 191 lb (87 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Penn Hills (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| College |
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| Awards and highlights | |
| Stats at ESPN | |
Early life
Cephas grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attended Penn Hills High School.[1] He was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Kent State.[2]
College career
Kent State (2019–2022)
Cephas played in three games and had four receptions for 19 yards as a true freshman before redshirting the season.[3] He caught 11 passes for 136 yards over four games during Kent State's COVID-19-shortened 2020 season. Cephas was named first-team All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) as a redshirt sophomore after catching 82 passes for 1,240 yards and nine touchdowns as a redshirt sophomore.[4] Cephas repeated as a first-team All-MAC selection after finishing the 2022 regular season with 48 receptions for 744 yards and three touchdowns.[5] Following the end of the season he entered the NCAA transfer portal.[6]
Penn State (2023)
On January 15, 2023, Cephas announced his intent to transfer to Penn State following completion of his undergraduate degree at Kent State.[7] On November 4, 2023, Cephas had a season high 6 receptions for 53 yards and two touchdowns against Maryland.[8]
Kansas State (2024–present)
On January 4, 2024, Cephas announced he was going to enter the transfer portal again.[9] On January 20, he announced that he would transfer to Kansas State.[10]
Statistics
| Season | Team | Games | Receiving | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2019 | Kent State | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 2020 | Kent State | 4 | 3 | 11 | 136 | 12.4 | 0 |
| 2021 | Kent State | 14 | 13 | 82 | 1,240 | 15.1 | 9 |
| 2022 | Kent State | 9 | 8 | 48 | 744 | 15.5 | 3 |
| 2023 | Penn State | 12 | 6 | 22 | 146 | 11.2 | 2 |
| 2024 | Kansas State | 13 | 6 | 15 | 184 | 12.3 | 0 |
| Career | 55 | 37 | 182 | 2,569 | 14.1 | 14 | |
Professional career
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 0+1⁄4 in (1.84 m) | 191 lb (87 kg) | 4.58 s | 4.33 s | 6.94 s | 37.5 in (0.95 m) | 10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) | 7 reps | |||||
| All values from Pro Day[11][12] | ||||||||||||
