NFF National Scholar-Athletes

Jordan Italiano

  • School
    Kent State
  • Induction
    2015

Kent State – Safety
Biochemistry – 3.98 GPA
Head Coach: Paul Haynes
Athletics Director: Joel Nielsen

-Two-time Academic All-American and a 2014 MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete

-Two-time Academic All-MAC honoree has highest GPA among Kent State football upperclassmen and received Gerald and Victoria Reed Award for hard work and dedication

-Team captain led Golden Flashes in interceptions and forced turnovers in 2014

-Participated in Kent State Leadership Academy and earned Green Dot certification to become a violence prevention instructor

-The Canfield, Ohio, native becomes the first NFF National Scholar-Athlete from Kent State