Biography
• At Navy: Enters the fall battling Luke Hutchison for the starting wide receiver job ... a starter in 11 games during his career (0 Fr // 0 So // 11 Jr) ... has world class speed ... an excellent blocker on the perimeter ...has earned 3 varsity letters in football, 3 in indoor track & field and 3 in outdoor track & field.
• 2024-25 (Indoor & Outdoor Track): Indoor: Named the Patriot League Men’s Track Athlete of the Meet and scored the most points in the meet for the second-straight year at the conference championship … he ran the second-fastest time in the 200m time (20.98) and the fourth-best 400m time (46.93) in program history to win both events at the league championship … was a member of the 4x400m relay team that repeated as Patriot League champions with the a time of 3:11.39, which is the fourth-fastest time in school history … won the 200m (21.52) and 400m (49.70) at the Army-Navy Indoor Star Meet to help Navy secured its sixth-straight indoor star … clocked a career-best 60m sprint time of 6.88 at the Wesley A. Brown Invitational … Outdoor: Kent earned 2025 Second-Team Outdoor All-America honors in the 400m for the second-straight season as he clocked the fourth-fastest time in program history (45.46) to place third in his semifinal heat and 10th overall ... Kent punched his ticket to the NCAA Championship when he broke Navy’s 400m record of 45.32, which he previously set at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials last June when he ran 45.23 and placed fourth ... was also a member of the 4x400m relay team that qualified for the for nationals as it clocked a school-record 3:04.05 ... member of the 4x100m relay team that won the event at the IC4A Championship with a time of 39.68 … named the Patriot League Men’s Track Athlete of the Meet for the second-consecutive outdoor league championship … broke the school record in the 200m when he clocked a 20.56 at the Patriot League Championship to win the event for the second-straight season … registered the ninth-best 400m in Navy history and set a meet record time (46.19) to win the event at the league championship … his big championship weekend continued in the relay events as a member of the 4x100m relay team that tied the school record time of 39.64 to take gold and help the 4x400m relay team clock a winning time of 3:08.11 ... helped Navy win three events at the Army-Navy Outdoor Star Meet when he placed first in the 200m with a time of 20.82, contributed to a school-record performance in the 4x100m relay (39.64) and aided the 4x400m relay team to victory with a time of 3:13.50 … was a member of the 4x400m relay team that placed fifth at the Penn Relays with the third-best time in school history with a time of 3:06.23.
• 2024: A starter in 11 of the 13 games in which he played, he closed out the year with 10 receptions for 222 yards (22.2 yds/catch, 17.1 yds/gm) and 2 touchdowns ... also had 2 carries for 51 yards (25.5 yds/carry, 3.9 yds/gm) and a TD ... caught a 32-yard pass in Navy’s win over Oklahoma in the Armed Forces Bowl ... caught a 6-yard pass in the Mids’ victory over #19 Army ... caught 2 passes for 68 yards at East Carolina, including a 61-yard touchdown pass from Braxton Woodson ... caught 2 passes for 14 yards at Rice, while also making a touchdown-saving tackle on a Blake Horvath interception on the Mids’ first possession ... his lone reception against #12 Notre Dame was good for a 7-yard gain ... caught a 5-yard pass in Navy’s Homecoming win over Charlotte ... on 4th-and-3, took a reverse 34 yards for a touchdown in the win over Air Force ... caught a career-long 77-yard touchdown pass from Blake Horvath at UAB for his first receiving touchdown of the season and second of his career ... gained 17 yards on his lone carry of the game against Temple ... it was his first rush since his freshman year ... made his first-collegiate start in the opener against Bucknell where he caught a pass for 13 yards.
• 2023-24 (Indoor & Outdoor Track): Indoor: Named the Patriot League Men’s Track Athlete of the Meet after winning 3 events at the conference championship … placed first in the 200m (20.88), 400m (46.83) and 4x400m Relay (3:11.04) … set a new school record in the 200m with his time at the conference championship and broke the Patriot League Championship 400m meet record … claimed victories in the 200m (21.22) and 400m (47.45) at the Army-Navy Indoor Star Meet. Outdoor: Competed at the United States Olympic Trials in the 400 meters as one of the top 35 400-meter runners in the country ... ran a school record 45.42 in his first race at the Olympic Trials, advancing to the semifinals ... ran a school-record 45.32 in the 400-meter semifinals finishing 12th out of 27 runners at the Trials ... garnered Second-Team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the 400m for placing 13th in the race (45.85) … clocked in the second-best 400m time in school history (45.69) at the NCAA East Regional to qualify for nationals … also a member of the 4x400m relay team that broke the program record at regionals with a time of 3:04.59 … was named the IC4A Men’s Athlete of the Meet for winning the 200m (21.06) and 400m (46.41) … earned the Patriot League Men’s Track Athlete of the Meet accolade for winning three events at the conference championship … claimed first place in the 200m (20.98), 400m (47.26) and 4x400m Relay (3:09.76) … posted victories in the 200m (20.84) and 400m (47.31) at the Army-Navy Outdoor Star Meet … set a new school record in the 100m at the Ross and Sharon Irwin Invitational with a time of 10.35.
• 2023: Played in 9 games where he caught 5 passes for 86 yards (17.2 yds/catch, 9.6 yds/gm) and a touchdown ... caught a 9-yard pass against Army ... caught a 26-yard touchdown pass (his first receiving TD) from Tai Lavatai with 43 seconds remaining in the opening half to give the Mids the lead for good in their win over North Texas ... had a 6-yard catch in Navy’s AAC opener at Memphis ... caught 2 passes for 45 yards in the win over Wagner, including a 35-yarder that helped set up Navy’s touchdown just before the half.
• 2022-23 (Indoor & Outdoor Track): Indoor: Member of Navy’s 4x400m relay team that placed first at the Patriot League Indoor Championship with a time of 3:10.96 ... the time broke the indoor championship meet and Navy record ... he also placed second in the 200m with a time of 21.42 and third in the 400m with a time of 47.44 as Navy won the championship for the third-straight year. Outdoor: Named the men’s rookie of the meet at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship ... he won the 200m with a time of 21.17 and placed second in the 400m with a time of 47.81 ... also helped Navy post a winning time in the 4x400m relay at 3:10.79 ... helped the Mids claim second place in the 4x100m relay with a time of 40.46, the eighth-best time in program history, as he helped lead Navy to a fifth-straight championship.
• 2022: Appeared in 6 contests, including making his collegiate debut (1 play) against Memphis ... missed the last 3 games of the season due to injury ... caught a 32-yard pass from Maasai Maynor on 4th-and-5 at Cincinnati, the first reception of his career ... recorded his first-collegiate tackle in the contest against Houston ... carried the ball once for a 7-yard gain at SMU ... scored on a 70-yard reverse (2:25, 1Qtr) on just his second-collegiate play against Tulsa ... it was the second-longest play of the season for the Mids.
• High School / Personal: A 2022 graduate of Rocklin High School in Rocklin, Calif., Kent was a two-sport athlete who earned letters in football (3) and track & field (4) ... garnered Third-Team All-State (Calif.) football honors his senior year ... a First-Team CIF Sac-Joaquin Section selection as a senior, he was named the league’s offensive MVP ... set school records his junior year in the 100, 200 and 400 meters ... also received offers from 7 other schools, including Army, BYU and UNLV ... high school teammate of Rice redshirt sophomore offensive lineman Brad Baur ... father, Roosevelt Jr., was a three-time NAIA All-American jumper for the Azusa Pacific track & field team (1983-86) ... he was less than a foot away from winning a national championship in the triple jump, finishing as runner-up with a leap of 49-feet, 4-inches ... he was Azusa Pacific’s first NAIA All-American in the triple jump ... mother, Maura, was also a member of Azusa Pacific’s track & field team (1983-86) ... son of Roosevelt Jr. and Maura Kent ... majoring in foreign area studies - Middle East ... carries a 3.11 grade-point average.
