YELLOW JACKETS · MOUNTAIN EAST · 2026 ROSTER
2026 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets Football Roster
All 112 players on the 2026 WVSU football roster: jersey numbers, positions, class, height, weight and hometown. The roster spans 20 positions and averages 6'0" and 219 lb.
2026 ROSTER
112 PLAYERS · 20 POSITIONS · AVG 6'0", 219 LB
| # | NAME | POS | CLASS | HT | WT | HOMETOWN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Bryan Johnson | QB | SR | 6'0" | 185 | Logan Township, N.J. |
| 10 | Kaleb Jackson | QB | SR | 6'1" | 185 | Grovetown, Ga. |
| 17 | Joe Dailey | QB | RS FR | 6'2" | 200 | West Palm Beach, Fla. |
| TBD | Reece Lilly | QB | FR | 6'5" | 205 | Saint Albans, W.Va. |
| 0 | Shoka Griffin II | RB | JR | 5'10" | 210 | Muncie, Ind. |
| 2 | Devin Cox | RB | SO | 5'8" | 179 | Waldorf, Md. |
| 3 | Jojo Restall | RB | SR | 5'10" | 190 | Orange Park, Florida |
| 5 | Justin Pessoa | RB | GR | 5'10" | 190 | Clayton, N.J. |
| 25 | Jordan Robertson | RB | RS FR | 6'0" | 180 | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 28 | Kaden Murphy | RB | FR | 5'9" | 200 | Coal Grove, Ohio |
| 29 | Dane Thompkins | RB | SO | 5'9" | 190 | Clermont, Florida |
| 34 | Marquevion Smith | RB | JR | 5'7" | 175 | Lexington, Ky. |
| 37 | Elijah Burke | RB | FR | 6'1" | 210 | Middletown, Del. |
| 52 | Isaiah Ray | RB | SO | 5'11" | 300 | Lorain, Ohio |
| 82 | Preston Feagins | HB | FR | 5'9" | 225 | Bristol, Tenn. |
| TBD | Chris Brownlee | RB | FR | 6'1" | 225 | Swartz Creek, Mich. |
| 1 | Malik Baker | WR | SR | 5'11" | 190 | Mitchellville, Md. |
| 4 | Semaj Demps | WR | JR | 5'7" | 160 | South Bay, Fla. |
| 6 | Osama Hurst | WR | SR | 6'5" | 190 | Winston-Salem, N.C. |
| 8 | Tony Richardson | WR | SO | 5'9" | 155 | Riviera Beach, Florida |
| 9 | Amare Ary | WR | SR | 5'10" | 180 | Laurel, Md. |
| 11 | Malik Leggett | WR | SO | 6'0" | 170 | Mableton, Ga. |
| 80 | Duane Manor Jr. | WR | FR | 6'1" | 175 | Opa Locka, Fla. |
| 83 | Amauri Patterson | WR | FR | 5'8" | 160 | Baltimore, Md. |
| 85 | Jayvion Watson | WR | FR | 5'10" | 180 | Waldorf, Md. |
| 86 | Bobby Groves | WR | FR | 6'1" | 180 | Taunton, England |
| 87 | Preston Clary | WR | FR | 6'2" | 185 | Beckley, W.Va. |
| TBD | Dwayne Roberts | WR | FR | 6'0" | 190 | Roanoke, Va. |
| TBD | King Whisenton | WR | FR | 5'8" | 160 | Chicago, Ill. |
| 15 | Marshall Humphrey | TE | GR | 6'0" | 200 | Zanesville, Ohio |
| 47 | Preston Cooper | TE | RS FR | 6'0" | 215 | Madison, W.Va. |
| 84 | Tytan Parsons | TE | FR | 6'4" | 220 | Parkersburg, W.Va. |
| 89 | Benji Adkins | TE | FR | 6'6" | 245 | Harts, W.Va. |
| TBD | Phillip Thacker | TE | FR | 6'3" | 210 | Chesapeake, Ohio |
| 50 | Benen Lo | OL | SO | 6'3" | 300 | Louisville, Ky. |
| 51 | Jameaze Hollis | OL | SO | 6'2" | 260 | Louisville, Ky. |
| 54 | Christopher Davis | OL | RS FR | 6'0" | 305 | Gainesville, Fla. |
| 56 | Kane Whipp | OL | FR | 6'0" | 270 | Martinsburg, W.Va. |
| 60 | Yeye Stroud | OL | FR | 6'0" | 265 | Dayton, Ohio |
| 65 | Dalton Hall | OL | SR | 6'6" | 300 | Reynoldsburg, Ohio |
| 70 | Cooper Quinton | OL | FR | 6'2" | 275 | East Lake, Fla. |
| 72 | Desmon Self | OL | SR | 6'4" | 290 | West Palm Beach, Fla. |
| 74 | Jase Vaughan | OL | SO | 6'2" | 250 | Lexington, Kentucky |
| 78 | Brody Sipple | OL | SR | 6'2" | 290 | Huntington, W.Va. |
| 79 | Israel Russell | OL | JR | 6'3" | 345 | Deptford, New Jersey |
| TBD | Jonathan Carter | OL | FR | 6'3" | 300 | Portsmouth, Ohio |
| TBD | Xzayvion Brown | OL | FR | 5'11" | 270 | Frankfort. Ky. |
| 68 | Sam Golding | OT | FR | 6'6" | 320 | Rosharon, Texas |
| 77 | Jack Owens | OT | FR | 6'5" | 290 | New Braunfels, Texas |
| 0 | Keontavius McGrew | DL | JR | 6'3" | 300 | Gilbertown, Ala. |
| 9 | Dwight Fialor | DL | JR | 6'2" | 280 | Stafford, Va. |
| 19 | Gemel Smith | DL | JR | 6'3" | 225 | Louisville, Ky. |
| 58 | Dontae Harris | DL | JR | 5'11" | 330 | South Point, Ohio |
| 90 | Connor Lowe | DL | JR | 6'0" | 295 | Plantation, Fla. |
| 91 | Zyan Hill | DL | RS FR | 6'1" | 230 | Richmond, Va. |
| 98 | Dalton Kessinger | DL | SO | 6'2" | 265 | Van, W. Va. |
| TBD | Tyrell Ellis | DL | FR | 5'7" | 254 | Dunbar, W.Va. |
| 43 | Tonio Simpson | DE | FR | 6'1" | 220 | Pahokee, Fla. |
| 55 | Willie DeSantis IV | DE | FR | 6'3" | 245 | Phoenix, Md. |
| 88 | Mason Shepherd | DE | FR | 6'4" | 235 | Coolville, Ohio |
| 92 | Joseph Ojo | DE | FR | 6'4" | 235 | Odenton, Md. |
| 97 | Jojo Paul | DE | FR | 6'3" | 235 | Belle Glade, Fla. |
| TBD | Bradley Edens | DT | FR | 5'11" | 315 | Ona, W.Va. |
| 1 | Keyshon Washington | ILB | RS FR | 6'0" | 220 | Washington, D. C. |
| 8 | Demary Toney | OLB | SO | 6'3" | 250 | Dallas, Georgia |
| 13 | DJ Harmon Jr. | MLB | FR | 5'11" | 205 | West Palm Beach, Fla. |
| 14 | Daesean Jackson | OLB | SO | 6'3" | 225 | Upper Marlboro, Md. |
| 16 | Rama Nsungula | OLB | FR | 6'2" | 215 | Pickerington, Ohio |
| 18 | Malik Brown | OLB | SR | 6'3" | 225 | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 22 | Ashton Bolston | ILB | RS FR | 6'0" | 210 | Atlanta, Ga. |
| 35 | Otis Guyton Jr. | OLB | FR | 6'0" | 200 | Miami, Fla. |
| 36 | Bryce Ford | ILB | SO | 5'10" | 220 | Beckley, W. Va. |
| 40 | Peyton Coulter | ILB | JR | 5'8" | 190 | Charleston, W.Va. |
| 42 | Jovanny Gonzalez | MLB | FR | 5'9" | 200 | Roanoke, Va. |
| 44 | Justin Kalitsnik | LB | SO | 6'2" | 220 | Milford, Pa. |
| 45 | JeJuan Hutchins | LB | FR | 6'0" | 215 | Chesterfield, Va. |
| 48 | Zashawn Davis | ILB | JR | 5'9" | 200 | Charleston, W.Va. |
| 49 | Jacob Jackson | LB | RS SO | 5'10" | 225 | Covington, Ga. |
| 53 | Damari Brinson | OLB | SO | 6'2" | 230 | Kennesaw, Ga. |
| 57 | Maurice Butler | LB | FR | 6'2" | 225 | Baltimore, Md. |
| TBD | Kayden McDuffie | MLB | FR | 6'0" | 205 | Fort Meade, Md. |
| 2 | Quan Floyd | CB | JR | 6'0" | 185 | Kingsland, Ga. |
| 3 | Lee Levingston III | CB | SR | 5'11" | 175 | Monroe, La. |
| 26 | Ka'Nard Bouchard | CB | FR | 5'11" | 170 | Miami Gardens, Fla. |
| 30 | Amir Muhammad | CB | JR | 5'11" | 196 | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 39 | Julian Whitfield | CB | FR | 6'0" | 170 | Goose Creek, S.C. |
| TBD | Khayyam Smith | CB | RS FR | 5'10" | 170 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 6 | Jaylen Geter | S | SR | 5'11" | 195 | Newnan, Ga. |
| 7 | Mike Fontaine | S | SR | 6'1" | 200 | Upper Marlboro, Md. |
| 24 | Manny Toussaint | FS | FR | 6'0" | 180 | West Palm Beach, Fla. |
| 41 | Jo Fleming | S | FR | 6'1" | 175 | Roanoke, Va. |
| TBD | Blake Lawton | S | FR | 5'10" | 175 | Odenton, Md. |
| TBD | Deleon Otero-Gray | S | FR | 6'1" | 180 | Waldorf, Md. |
| 4 | Gregory Deloach | DB | JR | 5'11" | 180 | Capitol Heights, Md. |
| 5 | Eric McGuire | DB | JR | 5'8" | 170 | Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| 21 | Davion Gaither | DB | JR | 5'10" | 190 | Atlanta, Ga. |
| 23 | Ja'Juan Bradshaw | DB | JR | 5'9" | 188 | Miami, Fla. |
| 27 | DayShaun Day | DB | SO | 6'2" | 175 | Glassboro, N.J. |
| 31 | Lance Dakiyia | DB | FR | 5'10" | 180 | Smyrna, Del. |
| 32 | Elijah Pratt | DB | SO | 5'8" | 185 | Hurricane, West Virginia |
| 33 | Colton Mathis | DB | JR | 5'8" | 170 | Wayne, W.Va. |
| TBD | CJ Handcox | DB | FR | 6'3" | 185 | Chicago, Ill. |
| TBD | Curtis McRay | DB | SR | 6'0" | 185 | New Haven, Conn. |
| 38 | Joseph Shrader | K | SO | 5'11" | 190 | Point Pleasant, West Virginia |
| 46 | William Sites | LS | SO | 6'0" | 210 | Marietta, Ohio |
| 16 | Derian Cunningham | TBD | RS FR | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 20 | Trevyn Smith | TBD | JR | 5'10" | 195 | Duval, Fla. |
| 62 | Colton Scott Lewis | TBD | FR | 6'6" | 325 | Louisville, Ky. |
| 73 | Makhi Morris | TBD | FR | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 81 | Zion-Eternal Shiloh Baskerville | TBD | FR | 6'3" | 195 | Roanoke, Va. |
| 99 | Cedric Mickens Jr. | TBD | FR | 6'2" | 300 | West Palm Beach, Fla. |
| TBD | Raszir Phelps | TBD | FR | 5'10" | 165 | Palatka, Fla. |