Teams North Carolina 2026 Roster ← 2025 2026 North Carolina roster 111 players: 57 freshmen, 19 sophomores, 22 juniors, 13 seniors. From 27 states and 4 other countries; the most from North Carolina (13) and Florida (13). The 2026 season .
Quarterbacks 6 Running backs 8 Receivers 13 Tight ends 7 Offensive line 19 Defensive line 17 Linebackers 13 Defensive backs 21 Specialists 7
Running backs 8 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 7 Benjamin Hall RB Jr. 5′11″ 235 Acworth, GA 283 rushing yards 0 RB So. 5′11″ 215 Jacksonville, NC 192 rushing yards, 6 TD 27 Jaylen McGill RB 3★ 3-star recruit So. 5′10″ 200 Spartanburg, SC 172 rushing yards, 2 TD 26 Jo Jo Troupe RB Fr. 5′8″ 200 Tampa, FL 20 rushing yards 23 Charleston French RB Jr. 5′9″ 205 Amory, MS 4 rushing yards 5 Kaleb Jackson RB Transfer from LSU 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′0″ 234 Baton Rouge, LA 1 rushing yard 20 Crew Davis RB Fr. 5′11″ 199 Fairfield, CT 3 rushing yards 47 Henry Martello FB Fr. 6′4″ 250 Culver, IN
Receivers 13 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 1 Jordan Shipp WR 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′2″ 190 Charlotte, NC 33 catches, 441 yards, 1 TD 2 Trech Kekahuna WR Transfer from Wisconsin 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 5′10″ 185 Honolulu, HI 10 catches, 129 yards 14 C.J. Sadler WR 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 5′9″ 183 Detroit, MI 8 catches, 113 yards 24 Jaden Jefferson WR Fr. 5′9″ 165 Oakland, CA 3 tackles 4 Mason Humphrey WR Transfer from Lehigh Sr. 6′4″ 215 Loganville, GA 3 catches, 38 yards 16 Zamaurious Robertson WR Fr. 6′0″ 167 Dillon, SC 1 catch, 4 yards 6 Dayton Sneed WR Jr. 6′0″ 196 Hermitage, TN 11 Nathan Leacock WR 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′3″ 217 Rolesville, NC 17 Nyqir Helton WR Fr. 5′11″ 182 Sicklerville, NJ 81 Kymistrii Young WR Fr. 6′2″ 192 Parrish, FL 82 Keeyun Chapman WR 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 209 Jackson, AL 83 Carnell Warren WR 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 208 Bluffton, SC 86 Madrid Tucker WR Fr. 5′10″ 170 Lehigh Acres, FL
Tight ends 7 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 45 Jelani Thurman TE Transfer from Ohio State 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′6″ 250 Fairburn, GA 26 catches, 314 yards, 4 TD 84 Shamar Easter TE 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′5″ 215 Ashdown, AR 7 catches, 137 yards, 2 TD 87 Carson Sneed TE Fr. 6′6″ 242 Nashville, TN 1 catch, 11 yards 19 Jaxxon Warren TE Transfer from Colorado State So. 6′8″ 245 Flower Mound, TX 80 Jordan Washington TE Transfer from Texas 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′4″ 264 Houston, TX 85 Dream Rashad TE Fr. 6′5″ 222 Buford, GA 88 Deems May TE Sr. 6′2″ 230 Charlotte, NC
Offensive line 19 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 71 JacQawn McRoy OL 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′8″ 335 Bessemer, AL 1 tackle 51 Peter Pesansky OL So. 6′2″ 290 Tampa, FL 52 Rowan Byrne OL Transfer from Clemson Fr. 6′5″ 296 Bronxville, NY 54 Jonah Rodriguez OL 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′4″ 294 San Diego, CA 55 Brandon Homady OL Transfer from West Virginia Fr. 6′3″ 298 Cleveland, OH 56 Christo Kelly OL Sr. 6′4″ 305 Wilmette, IL 57 Will Conroy OL Fr. 6′2″ 290 Valley View, OH 60 Cristian Alvarez OL Fr. 6′4″ 285 Woodcliff Lake, NJ 65 Zion Smith OL Fr. 6′3″ 320 Townsend, DE 66 Jordan Hall OL Jr. 6′8″ 336 Columbus, OH 67 Dujuan Davis OL Fr. 6′9″ 380 Clearwater, FL 68 Aidan Banfield OL Jr. 6′3″ 300 Buford, GA 70 Byron Nelson OL Fr. 6′3″ 300 Katy, TX 72 Eidan Buchanan OL So. 6′9″ 330 Montgomery Village, MD 73 J.B. Shabazz OL 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′5″ 333 Winston-Salem, NC 74 Nick Fiumara OL Fr. 6′4″ 297 Foxborough, MA 75 Andrew Threatt OL Transfer from Charleston Southern Sr. 6′3″ 315 Chesterfield, SC 77 Trey Blue OL Fr. 6′6″ 330 Cary, NC 79 Anthony Hall OL Fr. 6′3″ 356 Brookline, MA
Defensive line 17 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 90 Xavier Lewis DL So. 6′0″ 250 Raleigh, NC 31 tackles, 7 sacks 91 Leroy Jackson DL So. 6′1″ 290 Leesburg, GA 37 tackles, 1 sack 11 Jaylen Harvey DL Transfer from Penn State 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′2″ 246 Gaithersburg, MD 18 tackles, 2 sacks 0 Isaiah Johnson DL Sr. 6′2″ 320 Camden, NJ 12 tackles 5 Donovan Hoilette DL Transfer from Richmond Sr. 6′4″ 245 West Palm Beach, FL 7 tackles, 1 sack 9 Melkart Abou-Jaoude DL Sr. 6′5″ 260 Newton, NJ 7 tackles, 1 sack 96 Nicco Maggio DL Fr. 6′1″ 290 Buford, GA 10 tackles 97 Trey Giddens DL Fr. 6′3″ 275 Virginia Beach, VA 4 tackles 89 Emmanuel Nwaiwu DL Fr. 6′4″ 250 Chateauguay, QC 3 tackles 94 David Jackson III DL Fr. 6′0″ 208 Washington, DC 1 tackle 14 Tarvorise Brown DL Transfer from Florida Jr. 6′7″ 296 Miami, FL 25 Joseph Mupoyi DL 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′5″ 261 Kinshasa, Congo 29 Zavion Griffin-Haynes DL Fr. 6′5″ 235 Rolesville, NC 56 Viliami Moala DL Fr. 6′2″ 357 West Valley City, UT 88 Vodney Cleveland DL 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 320 Montgomery, AL 92 Jimmy-Phrisco Alo-Suliafu DL 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 271 Hauula, HI 93 Trashawn Ruffin DL 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 350 Calypso, NC
Linebackers 13 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 15 LB Transfer from Syracuse Sr. 6′4″ 230 Atlanta, GA 55 tackles 10 Peyton Seelmann LB Transfer from Richmond Jr. 6′1″ 225 Mechanicsville, VA 53 tackles, 0.5 sacks 8 Jonathan Agumadu LB So. 6′2″ 220 Dallas, TX 27 tackles 54 Timir Hickman-Collins LB So. 6′2″ 215 Fort Mill, SC 14 tackles, 0.5 sacks 12 Calvin Thomas LB 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 207 Houston, TX 4 tackles 44 Jake Bauer LB Fr. 6′1″ 225 West Chester, PA 3 tackles 26 D.Q. Forkpa LB 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′1″ 226 Plymouth, MN 1 tackle 33 Tyler Houser LB Fr. 6′2″ 220 Sparta, NJ 35 Ashton Blatt LB Fr. 6′3″ 230 Pittsburgh, PA 36 Jayden Griffin-Haynes LB Fr. 6′2″ 198 Rolesville, NC 42 Jordan Avinger LB Fr. 6′1″ 221 Orangeburg, SC 43 Lantz Pascal LB Fr. 6′1″ 225 Fort Lauderdale, FL 95 Daniel Anderson LB So. 6′1″ 245 Memphis, TN
Defensive backs 21 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 1 Gregory Smith DB 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′4″ 215 Riverview, FL 39 tackles, 3 INT 18 Jaiden Patterson DB 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′1″ 195 Dacula, GA 26 tackles 7 Peyton Waters DB 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′1″ 185 Northridge, CA 22 tackles 21 Kenton Dopson III DB 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′0″ 190 Miami, FL 14 tackles, 1 INT 2 Kaleb Cost DB Sr. 5′11″ 195 Atlanta, GA 16 tackles 6 Tre Miller DB Jr. 5′10″ 180 Birmingham, AL 9 tackles, 1 INT 16 Coleman Bryson DB Sr. 6′2″ 210 Waynesville, NC 13 tackles 3 Ade Willie DB Transfer from Michigan State Sr. 6′1″ 190 Baltimore, MD 8 tackles 24 Javion Butts DB Fr. 6′1″ 175 Gray, GA 6 tackles 30 Jaziel Hart DB Fr. 5′11″ 180 Roanoke, VA 5 tackles 4 Jalon Thompson DB Jr. 5′11″ 185 Orlando, FL 3 tackles 23 Khristian Dunbar-Hawkins DB So. 5′11″ 185 Inland Empire, CA 3 tackles 28 Jamarrion Gordon DB Fr. 5′11″ 202 Jackson, AL 3 tackles 17 Jakob Weatherspoon DB 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 5′11″ 165 Avon, OH 2 tackles 20 Xavier Jackson DB Fr. 6′1″ 188 Willingboro, NJ 1 tackle 19 Reggie Love II DB Jr. 5′8″ 175 Raleigh, NC 27 Graham Reintjes DB Fr. 6′1″ 185 Austin, TX 31 Julian Peterson DB Fr. 6′2″ 183 Sicklerville, NJ 32 Jermaine Anderson DB Fr. 6′2″ 195 Fredericksburg, VA 34 David Davis DB Fr. 6′0″ 191 Pittsburgh, PA 38 Julian Burns DB Fr. 6′3″ 194 Monroe, LA
Kaleb Cost, D.J. Mazzone, Derek McDonald Travis Burgess, Mason Humphrey, Jaiden Patterson Nathan Leacock, Zavion Griffin-Haynes, Jayden Griffin-Haynes Tarvorise Brown, Andres Miyares Jr., Kenton Dopson III Reggie Love II, Trey Blue, Xavier Lewis Jo Jo Troupe, Roman Wazni, Peter Pesansky Aidan Banfield, Dream Rashad, Nicco Maggio Jordan Shipp, Deems May Melkart Abou-Jaoude, Tyler Houser Calvin Thomas, Jordan Washington Nyqir Helton, Julian Peterson Jamarrion Gordon, Keeyun Chapman David Davis, Ashton Blatt Gannon Burt, Timir Hickman-Collins Demon June Isaiah Johnson Gregory Smith Trech Kekahuna Ade Willie Jalon Thompson Donovan Hoilette Kaleb Jackson Dayton Sneed Tre Miller Benjamin Hall Peyton Waters Jonathan Agumadu Miles O’Neill Billy Edwards Au’Tori Newkirk Peyton Seelmann Jaylen Harvey C.J. Sadler Coleman Bryson Zamaurious Robertson Jakob Weatherspoon Jaxxon Warren Crew Davis Xavier Jackson Charleston French Jaden Jefferson Javion Butts D.Q. Forkpa Graham Reintjes Jaylen McGill Jaziel Hart Jermaine Anderson Julian Burns Jordan Avinger Lantz Pascal Jake Bauer Jelani Thurman Henry Martello Rowan Byrne Jonah Rodriguez Brandon Homady Christo Kelly Viliami Moala Zion Smith Jordan Hall Dujuan Davis Byron Nelson JacQawn McRoy Eidan Buchanan J.B. Shabazz Nick Fiumara Andrew Threatt Anthony Hall Kymistrii Young Carnell Warren Shamar Easter Madrid Tucker Carson Sneed Vodney Cleveland Leroy Jackson Aeron Burrell Jimmy-Phrisco Alo-Suliafu David Jackson III Daniel Anderson David Green Trey Giddens FL 13 GA 13 NC 13 SC 7 NJ 7 Hometowns of the 2026 North Carolina 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 North Carolina 13 Florida 13 Georgia 13 New Jersey 7 South Carolina 7 Texas 6 Virginia 6 Alabama 5 Top counties Wake County, North Carolina pop. 1.2 million 6 Gwinnett County, Georgia pop. 980,000 5 Hillsborough County, Florida pop. 1.5 million 4 Fulton County, Georgia pop. 1.1 million 4 Harris County, Texas pop. 4.8 million 3 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’ 2026 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.
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Derek McDonald LBTransfer from Syracuse