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Ronnie Ghent
86 Ronnie Ghent
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lakeland, Fla.
High School:
Lakeland
Height / Weight:
6-3 / 255
Position:
TE
Birthdate:
01/05/1980

  • 2003 Collegefootballnews.com All-America Honorable Mention
  • 2002 All-Conference USA First Team
  • 2002 Athlon Preseason All-America Second Team
  • 2001 All-Conference USA First Team
  • 2001 Preseason All-Conference USA
  • 2000 All-Conference USA First Team
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Three-time first team All-Conference USA selection who is bidding to become the first league player to earn first team all-conference honors in four consecutive seasons ... the No. 6-ranked tight end in the nation by The Sporting News ... was limited during spring drills while rehabbing a knee injury which cut short his junior campaign ... will be back at full speed by early summer and should once again be rated among the nation's top tight ends ... a mismatch waiting to happen for opposing defenses ... will be a key threat in the passing game ... should excel in the same offensive scheme which helped former Cardinal tight end Ibn Green establish numerous U of L and Conference USA records during the 1998 season ... will be a top candidate for the Lombardi and John Mackey awards ... has worked hard each offseason to add the size and strength needed to become an effective blocker.

2002: Named first team All-Conference USA for the third consecutive season despite suffering a season-ending knee injury six games into the season ... named to the Rotary Lombardi and John Mackey Award watch lists ... was leading the Cards and all Division I tight ends with 25 receptions at the time of the injury ... had a field day against Duke, hauling in a career-high 10 receptions for 72 yards and a pair of scores ... followed that with six catches for 69 yards at Colorado State ... pulled down four catches against Memphis before suffering the season-ending knee injury late in the fourth quarter on his final reception of the season.

2001: Earned his second consecutive first-team All-Conference USA selection, giving U of L the league's top tight end for the fifth straight year ... ranked third on the squad with 34 catches and 330 yards and second on the squad with five touchdowns despite missing nearly three games with a knee injury ... after recovering from the knee injury, he returned to his all-conference form as he pulled down 12 catches, including a team-high eight at TCU, for 102 yards and two scores over the final three games of the season ... hauled in four catches for 62 yards, including a 27-yard fourth-quarter touchdown that secured the Cards' 28-10 victory over BYU in the Liberty Bowl ... caught four passes for 39 yards and two touchdowns, including one in the decisive third quarter, in the win over Kentucky ... hauled in five passes for a season-high 72 yards in the season-opener against New Mexico State ... pulled down five passes for 34 yards and the Cards' only touchdown at Illinois.

2000: Twenty-seven catches for 392 yards and three touchdowns in his first season of college football ... first-team all-Conference USA choice ... averaged a team-high 14.5 yards per catch ... one of five Cardinals with 20 or more catches ... averaged more than 16 yards a grab in C-USA action ... opened career with three-catch night versus Kentucky ... seven grabs for 123 yards, including a 48-yarder, in loss at then No. 2 Florida State ... notched his first TD catch versus UAB ... three catches for 58 yards and a score in league win over Cincinnati ... big-time six-catch, 117-yard day in U of L's upset win at Southern Miss ... added a touchdown grab versus the Golden Eagles ... three catches for 23 yards in Liberty Bowl.

1999: Did not see game action.

High School: Prep team compiled 42-2 record in his three varsity seasons ... caught 15 passes for 234 yards and five touchdowns as a senior ... an all-Polk County first-team choice by Tampa Tribune ... a three-year letterwinner at Lakeland High ... caught nine passes including three scores as a junior as Lakeland advanced to state semifinals ... a two-year letter winner in basketball averaging a double-double ... participated in track and field as a discus and shot put athlete as well as running the 4x400 relay.

Ghent's Statistics 

Year	GP	Rec	Yds	TD	Yds/Rec	Yds/Gm	Long
2000	11	27	392	3	14.5	35.6	48
2001	10	34	330	5	9.7	33.0	28
2002	6	25	206	3	8.2	34.3	26
Totals	27	86	928	11	10.8	34.4	48

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