Notre Dame made a move to bring in a wide receiver through the transfer portal. The Irish offered to transfer graduates on Monday afternoon.
Transfer of Kent State Wide Receiver Dante Kefas He announced on social media that he added an offer from Notre Dame. It came less than a day after he said he was entering the portal as a graduate school transfer.
The Cephas certification remains for two years. He redshirted as a freshman in 2019 and played his 6th season using his NCAA COVID-19 waiver granted to every player on his FBS roster for 2020. I can do it.
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In targeting Cephas, Notre Dame seeks out one of the receivers inside a statistically impressive and ornate portal. He was named to the All-Mid American Conference first team in each of the last two seasons. He has 48 receptions for 744 yards and three touchdowns in nine games this year. He missed three contests and was restricted to other contests due to injury. did not do it.
Cephas ranked 28th nationally in receiving yards heading into the game against Bowling Green. He made his 100-yard game his third, including his 246-yard outing on his October 1 game against Ohio. He started the season with a 6-catch, 105-yard performance for Washington, then had 4 catches for 50 yards against Oklahoma.
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In 2021, the 6-1, 186-pound Cephas became the first Kent State player since 1997 to record a 1,000-yard season. He scored his 1,240 yards and nine touchdowns on his 82 receptions, earning first-team All-League honors. He tied for his seventh in the nation with at least his 40 yards (8) catches. He had seven games with at least 100 yards, including a losing 151-yard, one-touchdown day in Maryland. Overall, he was 22nd in catches and 26th in yards.
Notre Dame is the fourth team to offer the Cephas since he announced his transfer plans, along with Penn State, Pittsburgh and West Virginia.
Cephas is from Pittsburgh and came to Kent from Penn Hills, Pennsylvania High School. He chose Golden his flush from his list of offers, which include his fellow MAC schools Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan and Toledo, among his three-star prospects.
