Teams Dayton 2025 Roster ← 2024 2026 → 2025 Dayton roster 110 players: 38 freshmen, 28 sophomores, 41 juniors, 3 seniors. From 16 states; the most from Ohio (54) and Illinois (19). The 2025 season .
Quarterbacks 5 Running backs 12 Receivers 12 Tight ends 7 Offensive line 21 Defensive line 16 Linebackers 9 Defensive backs 20 Specialists 8
Running backs 12 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 25 Luke Hansen RB Jr. 5′11″ 222 Indianapolis, IN 650 rushing yards, 9 TD 27 Mason Hackett RB Jr. 5′8″ 211 Granville, OH 338 rushing yards, 2 TD 43 Tyler Brown RB So. 5′11″ 189 Lothian, MD 106 rushing yards 26 Levi Moell RB Jr. 5′7″ 189 West Liberty, OH 85 rushing yards, 1 TD 45 Mikey Hess RB Fr. 5′10″ 190 Newark, OH 15 rushing yards 42 Dillon Fitzpatrick RB So. 5′9″ 214 North Barrington, IL 23 rushing yards 28 Will Cohen RB Jr. 5′10″ 181 Fairfax, VA 8 rushing yards 30 Grayson Thomas RB So. 6′0″ 196 New Palestine, IN 3 rushing yards 9 Sean Banks RB Jr. 5′11″ 215 Lombard, IL 27 Darius Cherry RB Fr. 5′9″ 190 Natrona Heights, PA 35 Noah Spencer RB Fr. 6′0″ 189 Jackson, TN 42 Dillon Fitzparick RB Fr. 5′9″ 214 North Barrington, IL
Receivers 12 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 12 Gavin Lochow WR Jr. 6′0″ 185 Proctorville, OH 61 catches, 731 yards, 8 TD 1 Michael Mussari WR Jr. 6′1″ 196 Kings Mills, OH 34 catches, 621 yards, 7 TD 9 Paul Kelly WR So. 5′10″ 186 Kings Mills, OH 14 returns, 185 yards 5 Ethan Thulin WR Jr. 5′11″ 182 Downers Grove, IL 21 catches, 303 yards, 1 TD 24 Dominic Vrbancic WR Jr. 6′1″ 203 Louisville, KY 18 catches, 180 yards, 2 TD 3 LeRoy Lewis IV WR So. 5′9″ 185 Indianapolis, IN 6 returns, 120 yards 29 Jackson Turner WR So. 5′10″ 175 Toledo, OH 1 catch, 10 yards 19 Jack Tess WR Jr. 6′0″ 194 Homer Glen, IL 80 R.J. Shepherd WR Fr. 6′0″ 170 Hamilton, OH 87 Brevin Holubar WR Fr. 6′1″ 187 Greenwood, IN 88 Ryan Martin WR Jr. 6′0″ 196 River Forest, IL 89 Ryan Mooney WR Fr. 5′9″ 165 Columbus, OH
Tight ends 7 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 2 Donovan Weatherly TE Jr. 6′1″ 219 Clinton Township, MI 17 catches, 239 yards, 5 TD 85 Carson Labensky TE Jr. 6′4″ 255 Spring Valley, OH 5 catches, 43 yards 86 Bryce Cowgill TE So. 6′4″ 236 Centerville, OH 3 catches, 17 yards 84 Andrew Vrbancic TE Fr. 6′4″ 230 Louisville, KY 1 catch, 0 yards 84 Brown Norton TE Jr. 6′3″ 229 Nashville, TN 1 catch, 3 yards 15 Austin Cline TE Fr. 6′3″ 232 East Liverpool, OH 81 Harrison Forestal TE Fr. 6′3″ 232 Indianapolis, IN
Offensive line 21 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 52 Lucas Shallal OL Jr. 6′3″ 262 West Bloomfield, MI 54 Ben Huefner OL Jr. 6′3″ 277 Powell, OH 55 Declan Boutross OL Fr. 6′4″ 299 Evanston, IL 56 Ryan Iiams OL Sr. 6′3″ 278 Springboro, OH 57 Chris Biel OL 2★ 2-star recruit Fr. 6′4″ 288 New Lenox, IL 58 Zachary McDowell OL Jr. 6′4″ 307 Westerville, OH 59 Ben Meehan OL Jr. 6′2″ 274 Orland Park, IL 60 Charlie Olds OL So. 6′4″ 281 Spring Valley, OH 62 Wade Shellhause OL Fr. 6′4″ 292 Springboro, OH 64 Jack Plattner OL Sr. 6′7″ 307 Cincinnati, OH 65 Matthew Barnes OL Jr. 6′4″ 280 St. Louis, MO 66 Drew Jennings OL Fr. 6′3″ 271 Naperville, IL 68 Lazar Babic OL 2★ 2-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 280 Park Ridge, IL 70 Matthew Appel OL Transfer from Navy So. 6′4″ 271 Lebanon, OH 71 Ryan Barker OL Fr. 6′5″ 255 Westfield, IN 72 Landon Evans OL Fr. 6′4″ 313 Wheelersburg, OH 73 Albert Murillo OL 2★ 2-star recruit Fr. 6′4″ 312 Highland Park, IL 74 Rob Wierzbicki OL Fr. 6′3″ 265 Canton, MI 76 Drew Flaherty OL So. 6′9″ 342 St. Louis, MO 77 Alex Walton OL So. 6′3″ 311 West Bloomfield, MI 78 Brady Courtney OL So. 6′4″ 309 Chicago, IL
Defensive line 16 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 40 Ben Thompson DL Fr. 6′2″ 240 Pickerington, OH 50 Owen Trick DT Jr. 6′1″ 268 Clarksville, OH 55 Gus Dammann DT So. 6′1″ 278 Arlington Heights, IL 67 Joel Allen DT So. 6′1″ 270 Cincinnati, OH 75 Mirko Jaksic DT Jr. 6′2″ 284 Norridge, IL 83 Andrew Yanoshak DE Transfer from Notre Dame Jr. 6′2″ 232 Bedford, PA 90 Collin Ansel DE Jr. 6′1″ 246 Columbus, OH 91 Martin Wantong DE So. 6′0″ 255 Edison, NJ 92 A.J. Schuller DE Jr. 6′1″ 247 Toledo, OH 93 Brandon Martin DE Fr. 6′0″ 241 Cincinnati, OH 93 Josh Grambo DE So. 6′2″ 250 Chardon, OH 94 Griffin Suren DE Fr. 6′5″ 215 Lincolnshire, IL 95 Vito Paonessa DT So. 6′5″ 285 Kent, OH 96 Elliott Braun DT Jr. 6′3″ 269 Dayton, OH 96 Zane Plattner DT So. 6′5″ 277 Cincinnati, OH 97 Filip Rolek DE 2★ 2-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 220 Palatine, IL
Linebackers 9 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 23 Vincent Firenze LB So. 6′4″ 221 Syracuse, NY 3 INT 8 Sam Schmiesing LB Jr. 6′1″ 222 Piqua, OH 1 return, 11 yards 4 Sam Mitchell LB So. 6′2″ 210 Dayton, OH 6 Joe Kingsbury LB Jr. 6′0″ 226 Frankfort, IL 15 Sawyer Muchmore LB Fr. 6′2″ 210 Loveland, OH 17 David Curl III LB Fr. 6′1″ 215 West Lafayette, IN 33 Brayden Allen LB Fr. 6′2″ 216 Milton, GA 44 Jack Yenichek LB So. 5′8″ 213 Huntersville, NC 51 Ryan Schapker LB Fr. 5′11″ 200 Columbus, OH
Defensive backs 20 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 24 Josh Williams DB Jr. 5′10″ 190 Dayton, OH 6 INT 10 Mac Grant III S Jr. 6′0″ 193 Richmond, VA 2 INT 34 Tehron Spencer Jr. CB Fr. 6′0″ 180 Pataskala, OH 2 INT 19 Eli Kirk S Jr. 6′1″ 195 Milford, OH 1 INT 4 Luke Mitchell S Jr. 6′1″ 188 Dayton, OH 11 Steven McCalmont CB So. 6′1″ 183 Mason, OH 13 Pat McLaughlin CB Fr. 5′11″ 170 Liberty Township, OH 17 Noah Nordhaus CB Jr. 5′11″ 165 Burke, VA 18 Bennett Lawrence S Jr. 6′0″ 201 Galena, OH 20 Parker Chaney S So. 5′11″ 199 Lexington, KY 21 Emmanuel Hardrick CB So. 6′0″ 188 Damascus, MD 22 Dan Calicari S Jr. 5′10″ 203 Hazlet, NJ 23 Jordan McKie S Fr. 5′10″ 190 Gurnee, IL 24 Cam Cope CB Jr. 5′11″ 188 Cincinnati, OH 24 Moe Wynn CB Fr. 5′11″ 185 Cleveland, OH 26 Javawn Brooks S So. 6′1″ 190 Indianapolis, IN 28 Elazar Hood CB Fr. 5′11″ 165 Westerville, OH 31 Bryson Carter S Fr. 6′2″ 192 Newport, RI 37 Paul Knapke S Fr. 6′3″ 176 Hilliard, OH 38 Tallen Hulvey S Fr. 5′11″ 180 Medina, OH
Specialists 8 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 94 Logan Forcum P Jr. 5′10″ 186 Cincinnati, OH 42 punts, 40.0 average 97 Robby Smart PK Jr. 5′10″ 163 North Canton, OH 2 of 3 field goals 29 Trevor Henkle PK So. 5′8″ 164 Zionsville, IN 1 of 3 field goals 39 Cameron Stoltz PK Fr. 6′1″ 180 Troy, OH 0 of 1 field goal 49 David Maurer PK Jr. 6′4″ 229 Cincinnati, OH 0 of 1 field goal 87 Ben Lavelle P Jr. 6′2″ 214 Westlake, OH 2 punts, 41.5 average 48 Thomas Thakady LS So. 5′11″ 205 Farmington Hills, MI 70 Austin Yeager LS Sr. 6′5″ 212 Mission Viejo, CA
Cam Cope, David Maurer, Jack Plattner, Joel Allen, Brandon Martin, Logan Forcum, Zane Plattner Michael Mussari, Paul Kelly, Steven McCalmont, Pat McLaughlin LeRoy Lewis IV, Luke Hansen, Javawn Brooks, Harrison Forestal Luke Mitchell, Sam Mitchell, Josh Williams, Elliott Braun Paul Knapke, Ryan Schapker, Ryan Mooney, Collin Ansel Declan Boutross, Lazar Babic, Mirko Jaksic, Ryan Martin Bennett Lawrence, Elazar Hood, Zachary McDowell Thomas Thakady, Lucas Shallal, Alex Walton Gus Dammann, Griffin Suren, Filip Rolek Charlie Olds, Carson Labensky, Bryce Cowgill Ethan Thulin, Sean Banks Sam Schmiesing, Cameron Stoltz Luke Pennington, Parker Chaney Sawyer Muchmore, Eli Kirk Julian Patti, Ben Lavelle Dominic Vrbancic, Andrew Vrbancic Jackson Turner, A.J. Schuller Ryan Iiams, Wade Shellhause Matthew Barnes, Drew Flaherty Donovan Weatherly Joe Kingsbury Bryce Schondelmyer Mac Grant III Drew VanVleet Gavin Lochow Liam Poronsky David Curl III Noah Nordhaus Jack Tess Emmanuel Hardrick Dan Calicari Jordan McKie Vincent Firenze Moe Wynn Levi Moell Darius Cherry Mason Hackett Will Cohen Trevor Henkle Grayson Thomas Bryson Carter Brayden Allen Tehron Spencer Jr. Noah Spencer Tallen Hulvey Ben Thompson Tyler Brown Jack Yenichek Mikey Hess Owen Trick Ben Huefner Chris Biel Ben Meehan Drew Jennings Austin Yeager Matthew Appel Ryan Barker Landon Evans Albert Murillo Rob Wierzbicki Brady Courtney R.J. Shepherd Andrew Yanoshak Brown Norton Brevin Holubar Martin Wantong Josh Grambo Vito Paonessa Robby Smart OH 54 IL 19 IN 10 MI 5 KY 4 Hometowns of the 2025 Dayton roster; the five states sending the most labeled with their players. Hover a dot for names. Map: us-atlas (public domain).
Where the roster comes from By state Ohio 54 Illinois 19 Indiana 10 Michigan 5 Kentucky 4 Virginia 3 Maryland 2 New Jersey 2 Top counties Cook County, Illinois pop. 5.2 million 8 Hamilton County, Ohio pop. 831,000 8 Franklin County, Ohio pop. 1.3 million 6 Montgomery County, Ohio pop. 536,000 6 Warren County, Ohio pop. 250,000 6 Hometowns placed in their counties with the US Census Bureau’s Gazetteer files. Populations from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. Which states send the most FBS players for their size .
Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2025 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.
