BEREA, Ohio — Luke Floriea is 23 years old, and for nearly all of his life, he has been in love with football. The passion started young for the Mentor native.

"Shoot, probably when I was two or three years old. I have an older brother that's five years older than me... he started playing football when he was seven. So, once I was going to all his games, I'm like, 'I want to do that. I want to play football,'" he said.

Floriea remained in Northeast Ohio after high school, playing for the Kent State Golden Flashes for the past five years. After COVID-19 ended the 2020 season early, Floriea's production increased over the next four years, this past season bringing in 44 receptions with 699 yards and seven touchdowns. He contributed to special teams as well, notching 107 kick return yards o

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