Career Statistics
2014 (Senior): Team captain ... Played in all 12 games with 12 starts for third straight season ... Started his final 37 games in Colgate uniform out of 44 overall games played ... Named All-Patriot League Second Team by conference coaches for second straight year, and Patriot League All-Conference Third Team by CollegeSportsMadness.com ... Later named to Colgate's 2010-19 All-Decade Team ... Led Raiders in tackles for loss for third straight season, finishing with 12 for minus-52 yards ... Both of those figures were career-high totals ... For his career, posted 31 TFLs for minus-120 yards ... Also led team with 5½ sacks for minus-26 yards ... Two sacks in season finale at Bucknell, and added solo sacks against Ball State, Georgetown and Fordham ... Fourth on team with 84 tackles, and finished with 281 for his career ... Season-high 12 tackles at Yale ... Added trio of nine-tackle performances: at Ball State, and against Cornell and Holy Cross ... Third on team with four pass-breakups ... Contributed 43-yard interception return against Lafayette ... Both of his career interceptions came against Leopards ... Led Raiders with three forced fumbles ... Coach Dan Hunt on Kris: "Another good captain and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, kid. Came here as a defensive back, moved to will linebacker and has defined that position for us. He is the standard by which that position will be measured. He's always in the right place, plays through pain, finds a way to get to practice – even when he's a little banged up. He came back from a shoulder surgery and never missed a beat. Good captain; good player – what you want at that position."
2013 (Junior): Played in all 12 games with 12 starts ... First five were at weakside linebacker, and last seven were at strongside position ... Named to All-Patriot League Second Team by both conference coaches and College Football Performance Awards ... Led Raiders with 11 tackles for loss, resulting in minus-27 yards ... Finished second on team with 91 tackles ... Second straight year as No. 2 tackler ... Seventh in Patriot League in total tackles and fifth in solo stops (63) ... Best tackle games were 11 against Bucknell and 10 at Air Force ... Also made nine stops in games against Albany, New Hampshire, Yale and Lafayette ... Posted multiple tackles for lost yardage against Yale, Holy Cross and Bucknell ... TFLs totaled minus-9 yards at Holy Cross in 28-24 victory, and minus-5 yards against both Yale and Bucknell ... Contributed sack for 1-yard loss against Fordham ... Added two pass breakups, two quarterback hurries and one forced fumble ... Entered season on CFPA Linebacker Watch List.
2012 (Sophomore): Played in all 12 games with 12 starts at weakside linebacker position ... Team leader in tackles for loss with eight for minus-41 yards ... Second on team with 84 tackles, including 51 solo ... Third on squad with four sacks for minus-29 yards ... Career effort with 17 tackles in narrow loss at Stony Brook ... Eight of those stops were unassisted ... Added nine tackles, six solo, in 41-39 victory at Fordham ... Two solo TFLs including one sack among six tackles in 47-24 win at Yale ... Contributed 1½ sacks among six-tackle effort in 35-14 win over Sacred Heart ... Additional sacks against Yale, Holy Cross and Wagner (assisted) ... Garnered first career interception to go with six tackles in 65-41 win over Lafayette ... Posted at least six tackles in all but two games ... Pass breakups against Holy Cross, Georgetown and Bucknell.
2011 (First Year): Played in eight games with three starts ... Finished with 22 total tackles and four pass breakups on the season ... Had a season-high seven tackles and two pass break-ups against Bucknell ... Recorded five tackles against Georgetown ... Also recorded four tackles and two pass break-ups against Fordham, and made three tackles against both Cornell and Lafayette ... Member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and Colgate's Raider Academic Honor Roll.
Before Colgate: A 2011 graduate of Nazareth High School in Pennsylvania … Lettered one year … Team went 9-3 in senior year ... Coached by Rob Melosky ... Posted 23 catches for 206 yards with one touchdown and six interceptions ... First team All-Conference ... First team All-Area ... Selected to play in the 2011 McDonald's Lehigh Valley All-Star Game ... Also lettered in basketball and baseball ... National Honor Society member.
Personal: Full name is Kristopher Taylor Kent ... Parents are Bruce and Holly Kent ... Has two brothers … Born in Bethlehem, Pa.
