American football player and coach (born 1991)
Kenny Guiton
(born June 27, 1991) is a former
American football
quarterback
who is the
wide receivers
coach for the
Wisconsin Badgers
. He most recently was the interim
offensive coordinator
for the
Arkansas Razorbacks
. After being an
undrafted free agent
in the
2014 NFL Draft
, he was invited to mini-camp with the
Buffalo Bills
in 2014.
[1]
He played
college football
at
Ohio State University
. He became a coach in 2015 and has also held positions at
Houston
,
Texas
, and
Louisiana Tech
.
College career
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2012 season
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Kenny Guiton would see his first meaningful playing time in the eighth game of the 2012 season. Trailing Purdue 14?20 late in the third quarter, Guiton was brought in to replace injured
Braxton Miller
.
[2]
Down 14?22 with less than a minute remaining, Guiton lead the Buckeye offense on 61 yard drive, capped off with a touchdown pass to Chris Fields and a game tying two-point conversion pass to
Jeff Heuerman
. The Buckeyes would prevail 29?22 in overtime, preserving an unblemished 8?0 record in a season that Ohio State would finish
12?0
.
2013 season
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In the second game of the season against San Diego State, Guiton was again called upon to replace an injured Braxton Miller. Guiton played the remainder of the game and would start the subsequent next two games, all Buckeye victories.
In his second start, Guiton set an Ohio State single-game record with a six touchdown pass first-half performance against Florida A&M.
[3]
Statistics
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Season
|
Passing
|
Rushing
|
Comp
|
Att
|
Yards
|
Pct.
|
TD
|
Int
|
QB Rating
|
Att
|
Yards
|
Avg
|
TD
|
2009
|
Redshirt
|
2010
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
50.0
|
0
|
1
|
-29.0
|
4
|
12
|
5.3
|
1
|
2011
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
--
|
0
|
0
|
--
|
0
|
0
|
--
|
0
|
2012
|
13
|
23
|
139
|
56.5
|
2
|
1
|
127.3
|
9
|
32
|
3.6
|
0
|
2013
|
75
|
109
|
749
|
68.8
|
14
|
2
|
165.2
|
40
|
330
|
8.3
|
5
|
Career
[4]
|
89
|
134
|
893
|
66.4
|
16
|
4
|
155.8
|
53
|
383
|
7.2
|
6
|
Professional career
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After failing to earn a contract with the
Buffalo Bills
following their mini-camp, Guiton was assigned to the
Los Angeles KISS
of the
Arena Football League
.
[5]
Guiton started his first game for the KISS on July 6, 2014, against the
San Jose SaberCats
.
[6]
Guiton was reassigned by the KISS on December 4, 2014.
Coaching career
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Houston
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Following his playing career Guiton entered the coaching profession, serving as a
graduate assistant
at the
University of Houston
under his former offensive coordinator at Ohio State and Houston head coach,
Tom Herman
. On December 29, 2016, he followed Herman to the
University of Texas
, where he served as an offensive quality control assistant in charge of wide receivers. However in April 2017, Guiton returned to Houston as the team’s wide receivers coach.
[7]
Stephen F. Austin
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After two seasons with Houston, he was first hired in the offseason by
Stephen F. Austin
to be their outside wide receivers coach, but was lured to
Louisiana Tech
to serve in the same role.
[8]
Louisiana Tech
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He spent the 2019 season with Louisiana Tech as the team’s wide receivers coach.
Colorado State
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In 2020 he was hired by
Colorado State
to be their pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach.
Arkansas
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In 2020, Guiton was hired as the Arkansas Razorback's wide receiver's Coach for the 2021 season.
On October 22, 2023 Arkansas head coach
Sam Pittman
fired offensive coordinator
Dan Enos
eight games into the season. Guiton was named interim offensive coordinator for the remainder of the 2023 season.
References
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Mike Rodak (May 16, 2014).
"Kenny Guiton among Bills' rookie tryouts"
.
www.espn.go.com
. ESPN Internet Ventures
. Retrieved
June 23,
2014
.
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"Purdue vs Ohio State - Game Summary - October 20, 2012"
.
www.espn.com
. ESPN
. Retrieved
October 5,
2018
.
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"Florida A&M vs Ohio State - Game Summary - September 21, 2013"
.
www.espn.com
. ESPN
. Retrieved
October 5,
2018
.
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"Kenny Guiton"
.
www.sports-reference.com
. USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties
. Retrieved
October 27,
2014
.
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Hayden Grove (June 4, 2014).
"Former Ohio State quarterback Kenny Guiton signs with AFL's LA KISS"
.
www.thelantern.com
. The Lantern
. Retrieved
June 23,
2014
.
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"KISS receives no quarter in SaberCats' blowout - LosAngelesRegister.com"
. Archived from
the original
on July 27, 2014
. Retrieved
July 17,
2014
.
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UH parts ways with Darrell Wyatt, hires Kenny Guiton
by Joseph Duarte. Houston Chronicle, April 21, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
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"Kenny Guiton - Football Coach"
.
External links
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