Gentz Hilburn holds the WR-SL · Depth spot in Akron Zips’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Gentz Hilburn is a 5'10", 195-pound wide receiver from Jersey City, NJ who attended Cheney High School before transferring through Tyler Junior College. At Tyler JC in 2025, Hilburn appeared in 11 games, recording 53 receptions for 638 yards and five touchdown catches while averaging 12 yards per reception. He also contributed 111 rushing yards on 16 attempts with one rushing touchdown. Hilburn now joins Akron as a transfer sophomore.