Eastern Michigan Athletics
2005 Football Roster
Sep 20 (Sat)
3:30 p.m.
Roster
Kevin Minor
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Flint, Mich.
- High School:
- Powers
PERSONAL: Full name: Kevin James Minor...Son of Steven and Phyllis Minor ...Born 12-7-83...Secondary education major...Has three brothers, Matthew, Jacob and Michael....EMU: Has been a valuable part of the team who has played tight end, H-back and offensive line...2005: Earned a starting role at offensive left tackle for all 11 games...Singled out by the coaching staff for Winning Performances in four games, against Louisiana Lafayette (Sept. 10), Central Michigan (Sept. 24), Kent State (Oct. 1), Toledo (Oct. 8) and Western Michigan (Nov. 5)...Also chosen as the Offensive Eagle of the Week and earned a Championship Performance award for the Louisiana Lafayette game ...2004: Played in five games, against Florida (Sept. 11), Eastern Illinois (Sept. 25), Idaho (Oct. 2), Ball State (Oct. 9) and Western Michigan (Oct. 16)...Named one of the Most Outstanding Practice Players twice during the year, for the Idaho (Oct. 2) and Western Michigan (Oct. 16) games... 2003: Played in one game as a backup tight end/H-back, against Ball State (Nov. 15)...Practiced with the team the entire season and was singled out by the coaching staff as one of the Backup Players of the Week five times for outstanding effort in practice before the East Tennessee State (Aug. 28), Navy (Sept. 20), Toledo (Oct. 11), Central Michigan (Nov. 1) and UCF (Nov. 8) games...2002: Joined the team as a walk-on and practiced all season but did not play in any games...Named Backup Defensive Player of the Year by the coaching staff after outstanding effort on the preparation teams...Singled out as one of the Backup Eagles of the Week five times for outstanding effort in the week of practice leading up to the Southern Illinois (Sept. 28), Ohio (Oct. 12), WMU (Nov. 9), Northern Illinois (Nov. 16) and Bowling Green (Nov. 23) games....HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Flint Powers Catholic where he played football for Head Coach Jack Pratt...Senior Year: Unanimous first-team All-Conference and special mention All-State as a football player on a Powers team that won the league championship...Also earned letters in basketball and baseball, playing on a league champion baseball squad...Junior Year: Lettered in football, basketball and baseball...Football and basketball teams won conference and regional titles while the basketball team captured the district championship...Sophomore Year: Earned a varsity letter on the conference championship football team.
