Eastern Michigan Athletics
2007 Football Roster
Sep 20 (Sat)
3:30 p.m.
Roster
Ken Bohnet
- Position:
- TE
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Grand Ledge, Mich.
- High School:
- Grand Ledge
PERSONAL: Full name: Kenneth Joseph Bohnet...Son of Scott and Patti Bohnet...Born 7-13-85...Accounting major...Father, Scott, played football at Alma College from 1974-78, and brother, Matt, was the starting quarterback on the EMU football squad in 2004 and 2005...EMU: Has earned three letters in the past four seasons for the Eagles...Started his career as a quarterback, playing that position in his first season on the team in 2003...Redshirted in 2004 and came back in 2005 and 2006 as a tight end...Has caught 20 passes for 151 yards during his career...Has played in 21 games, starting 11 times during his career...2006: Played in nine games and started seven times before missing the final three games with a broken leg...Caught nine passes for 87 yards during the year and was a valuable performer as a blocking tight end...Singled out by the coaching staff for outstanding effort in five games...Earned Winning Performance awards four times, for the Central Michigan (Sept. 23), Bowling Green (Oct. 14), Toledo (Oct. 21) and Western Michigan (Oct. 28) games...Also earned a Championship Special Teams Award for the Northwestern (Sept. 16) game...2005: Played in six games, starting once, against Louisiana Lafayette (Sept. 10) at tight end after playing his first year as a quarterback...Broke his hand in the ULL game and missed five games before returning to action...Caught 11 passes for 64 yards...Turned in his best outing against Ball State (Nov. 12) with four receptions for 36 yards...2004: Sat our the season as a redshirt sophomore and will have three more years of eligibility remaining...Switched from quarterback to tight end for 2005 spring drills...2003: Saw action in six games...Came on in relief of starting quarterback Chinedu Okoro during the Toledo game (Oct. 11) and completed two passes in two attempts for five yards...Also came off the bench against Bowling Green (Oct. 18) and Central Michigan (Nov. 1) before starting the final three games, against UCF (Nov. 8), Ball State (Nov. 15) and Northern Illinois (Nov. 22)...Completed 39-of-68 passes for 400 yards with one touchdown and five interceptions during his six-game playing streak...Led EMU to two wins in his three starts, against UCF and Ball State...Connected with wide receiver Alonzo Harris for a 15-yard touchdown pass in the first offensive series of the game against UCF...Scored on a one-yard run against Ball State...Turned in three games with more than 100 yards through the air, with 102 versus Bowling Green, 116 against UCF and 120 at Northern Illinois...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Grand Ledge High School in Grand Ledge, Michigan where he was a member of the National Honor Society with a 3.98 GPA...Played football for head coach Pat O’Keefe...Earned three varsity football letters and two each in basketball and baseball...Senior Year: Played both quarterback and defensive back...On offense he completed 121-of-198 passes for 1,537 yards and 14 touchdowns...Recorded 37 tackles, with 15 pass deflections, and seven interceptions as a senior defensive back...Missed the first three games of the season with a broken hand...Grand Ledge High School’s nominee for the 2003 11th Annual Michigan Scholar-Athletes list which has one student-athlete for each school in Michigan...Was also a first-team All-Conference selection...Named the team’s Most Valuable Player......Detroit Free Press: Dream Team selection and chosen No. 48 on Mick McCabe’s Fab 50 list of top seniors in the state of Michigan...The Detroit News: First-team Class A All-State...Named No. 47 on the Blue Chip List of top 60 players in the state of Michigan...The Lansing State Journal: Named to the Dream Team...Junior Year: Lettered in football, basketball and baseball...First-team All-Conference in football and honorable mention All-Conference in basketball...Sophomore Year: Lettered on the football team that won the Division I state football title.
