Teams Rutgers 2025 Roster ← 2024 2026 → 2025 Rutgers roster 133 players: 31 freshmen, 33 sophomores, 35 juniors, 23 seniors, 11 with no class listed. From 19 states and 5 other countries; the most from New Jersey (54) and Florida (14). The 2025 season .
Quarterbacks 4 Running backs 8 Receivers 16 Tight ends 8 Offensive line 24 Defensive line 25 Linebackers 14 Defensive backs 25 Specialists 9
Quarterbacks 4 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 16 QB 4★ 4-star recruit Sr. 6′3″ 212 Antioch, IL 3,124 passing yards, 20 TD 10 A.J. Surace QB 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′2″ 210 Pennington, NJ 58 passing yards, 2 TD 6 Sean Ashenfelder QB Fr. 6′1″ 205 St. Johns, FL 11 passing yards 15 Rocco Rainone QB So. 6′0″ 200 Glen Cove, NY
Running backs 8 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 3 RB So. 5′11″ 205 Montreal, QC 1,241 rushing yards, 13 TD 20 Ja’shon Benjamin RB Jr. 5′9″ 205 Pahokee, FL 328 rushing yards, 2 TD 0 C.J. Campbell RB Transfer from Florida Atlantic 5′10″ 200 Kaplan, LA 119 rushing yards 27 Samuel Brown V RB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′1″ 215 Philadelphia, PA 38 rushing yards 23 Edd Guerrier RB So. 5′8″ 195 Port Charlotte, FL 25 rushing yards 26 Terrell Mitchell RB Fr. 5′8″ 200 Somerville, NJ 14 rushing yards 28 Xavier Williams RB Fr. 5′8″ 205 West Orange, NJ 30 Remi Rodriguez RB Fr. 5′9″ 175 Cape May, NJ
Receivers 16 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 8 WR 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′6″ 225 Riverhead, NY 60 catches, 1,084 yards, 7 TD 9 Ian Strong WR Jr. 6′4″ 215 Coram, NY 52 catches, 762 yards, 5 TD 0 D.T. Sheffield WR Transfer from North Texas Sr. 5′10″ 175 Corinth, MS 44 catches, 577 yards, 5 TD 2 Ben Black WR So. 6′0″ 190 Charlotte, NC 7 returns, 125 yards 5 Vernon Allen III WR Fr. 6′2″ 200 Baltimore, MD 1 catch, 18 yards 80 Michael Thomas III WR 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 5′11″ 205 Barnegat, NJ 1 catch, 25 yards, 1 TD 83 Dino Kaliakmanis WR Jr. 6′1″ 200 Antioch, IL 1 catch, 9 yards, 1 TD 1 Famah Toure WR Jr. 6′3″ 220 Pleasantville, NJ 4 Jourdin Houston WR Fr. 6′1″ 200 Bronx, NY 7 Dylan Braithwaite WR Jr. 5′9″ 180 Valley Stream, NY 14 Sah’nye Degraffenreidt WR Fr. 6′1″ 210 Atlantic City, NJ 25 Trent Osborn WR So. 6′3″ 205 Mount Laurel, NJ 39 Salomon Ealey WR Fr. 5′8″ 175 Piscataway, NJ 81 Sha’zir Sullivan WR Sr. 5′11″ 196 Perth Amboy, NJ 82 Dane Pardridge WR Transfer from Northern Illinois 6′1″ 190 Dekalb, IL 85 Ben Rosenblatt WR Jr. 5′11″ 192 New York, NY
Tight ends 8 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 12 Kenny Fletcher TE Sr. 6′3″ 252 Delran, NJ 26 catches, 236 yards 18 Colin Weber TE Transfer from Charlotte Sr. 6′4″ 258 Hopkins, MI 17 catches, 102 yards 11 Logan Blake TE Jr. 6′6″ 265 Frenchtown, NJ 1 catch, 6 yards 82 Jackson Gister TE So. 6′6″ 250 Baltimore, MD 1 catch, 11 yards 24 Ben Rothhaar TE Fr. 6′3″ 240 Norwalk, OH 84 Ryan Bayoumy TE Fr. 6′2″ 235 Monroe Township, NJ 86 Liam Kilcomons TE So. 6′5″ 238 Millstone, NJ 88 Mike Higgins TE Jr. 6′5″ 255 Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
Offensive line 24 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 54 Taj White OL Jr. 6′5″ 310 Jersey City, NJ 1 tackle 51 Raymond Giacobbe OL So. 6′4″ 285 Rahway, NJ 53 Hank Zilinskas OL Transfer from Colorado Jr. 6′3″ 305 Englewood, CO 55 Nick Oliveira OL 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′4″ 320 Mullica Hill, NJ 56 Tyler Needham OL Jr. 6′4″ 305 Newton, PA 58 Carter Kadow OL So. 6′8″ 315 Middleton, WI 58 Joseph Lakatos OL So. 6′1″ 280 South River, NJ 59 Gus Zilinskas OL Sr. 6′2″ 305 Englewood, CO 60 Moses Gbagbe-Sowah OL Sr. 6′1″ 304 Newark, NJ 61 Emir Stinette OL Jr. 6′5″ 335 Philadelphia, PA 65 Bryan Felter OL 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′3″ 307 Westfield, NJ 67 Chris Vigna OL Fr. 6′5″ 310 Glen Ridge, NJ 68 Ryder Langsdale OL Transfer from Lafayette Jr. 6′7″ 305 Ridgewood, NJ 69 Kwabena Asamoah OL Jr. 6′2″ 310 Pickerington, OH 70 Zach Aamland OL Transfer from Illinois Jr. 6′7″ 300 South Brunswick, NJ 72 Jayden Elijah OL Fr. 6′6″ 305 Matawan, NJ 73 Terrence Salami OL Jr. 6′2″ 310 Willingboro, NJ 74 Moshood Giwa OL Transfer from LIU Post Jr. 6′6″ 320 Brooklyn, NY 75 Raynor Andrews OL So. 6′6″ 320 Nassau, Bahamas 76 Dantae Chin OL Jr. 6′4″ 320 Weston, FL 76 John Stone OL 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′2″ 300 Sewell, NJ 77 Kenny Jones OL So. 6′4″ 315 Delran, NJ 78 Miron Gurman OL Fr. 6′6″ 290 Rochester, NY 79 Justin Cesaire OL Transfer from New Haven Jr. 6′4″ 315 Orange, NJ
Defensive line 25 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 99 Eric O’Neill DL Transfer from James Madison 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′3″ 261 Staten Island, NY 37 tackles, 2.5 sacks 94 Bradley Weaver DL Transfer from Ohio Sr. 6′4″ 267 Hilliard, OH 28 tackles, 2.5 sacks 10 Jordan Walker DE Jr. 6′5″ 285 Rochester, NY 25 tackles, 1 sack 14 Jordan Thompson DL 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′2″ 272 Parsippany, NJ 25 tackles, 1 sack 55 Zaire Angoy DL 6′3″ 300 Irvington, NJ 14 tackles 90 Farell Gnago DL So. 6′4″ 270 Montreal, QC 7 tackles, 1 INT 96 Keshon Griffin DL 6′4″ 300 Sicklerville, NJ 12 tackles 91 Djibril Abdou Rahman DL So. 6′4″ 257 Montreal, QC 5 tackles, 1 sack 92 Darold Dengohe DL Transfer from James Madison So. 6′2″ 312 Philadelphia, PA 8 tackles 97 Oliver Billotte DL Transfer from Kent State 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′4″ 298 Clearfield, PA 6 tackles 42 D.J. Allen DL Jr. 6′7″ 275 Leo, IN 4 tackles 95 Henry Hughes Jr. DL Sr. 6′5″ 290 Tampa, FL 1 tackle 0 Douglas Blue-Eli DL Transfer from South Florida 6′3″ 300 Paulsboro, NJ 8 Wydeek Collier-Johnson DL 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′7″ 225 Philadelphia, PA 14 R.J. Johnson Jr. DL Fr. 6′4″ 255 Bear, DE 30 Elijah King DL So. 6′5″ 260 Gahanna, OH 41 Riley Wingate DL Fr. 6′2″ 264 Piscataway, NJ 47 Canaan Edwards DL So. 6′3″ 235 Atlanta, GA 48 Raedyn Bruens DL Fr. 6′5″ 280 Martinsville, IL 56 Anthony Morales DL So. 6′0″ 250 Whippany, NJ 56 Sean Cooper DL Sr. 6′5″ 262 Stanhope, NJ 87 Monte Keener DL So. 6′6″ 245 Linden, MI 88 Jyon Simon DL Fr. 6′1″ 280 Jacksonville, FL 95 Joshua Blackston DL Fr. 6′3″ 300 Baltimore, MD 98 Braxton Kyle DL 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 300 Suwanee, GA
Linebackers 14 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 8 Dariel Djabome LB Sr. 6′2″ 237 Longueuil, QC 67 tackles, 2 sacks 6 Abram Wright LB Jr. 6′1″ 220 Jacksonville, FL 53 tackles 2 Moses Walker LB 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′2″ 230 Staten Island, NY 17 tackles 7 Sam Robinson LB Fr. 6′3″ 225 Tallahassee, FL 12 tackles 13 D.J. McClary LB 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′1″ 235 Jersey City, NJ 6 tackles 36 Kamar Archie LB Fr. 6′1″ 235 Ewing, NJ 3 tackles 33 John Insinga LB Fr. 6′1″ 230 Greenwich, CT 1 tackle 17 M.J. Johnson LB So. 6′3″ 230 Detroit, MI 23 Isaiah Deloatch LB Fr. 6′0″ 225 Durham, NC 40 Matthew Sales LB Sr. 6′0″ 220 Madison, NJ 47 Austin Dean LB Sr. 6′2″ 228 Tampa, FL 50 Joe Nwachukwu LB So. 6′0″ 230 Somerset, NJ 59 Liam Gilmore LB So. 6′4″ 230 Medford, NJ 99 Talibi Kaba LB Fr. 6′2″ 235 Newark, NJ
Defensive backs 25 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 9 Jett Elad DB Transfer from UNLV Sr. 6′0″ 202 Mississauga, ON 77 tackles, 2 INT 1 Kaj Sanders DB 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′1″ 200 Newark, NJ 64 tackles 5 Bo Mascoe DB 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 5′11″ 199 Kissimmee, FL 48 tackles, 1 INT 7 Cam Miller DB Transfer from Penn State 4★ 4-star recruit Sr. 6′0″ 192 Fernandina Beach, FL 43 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT 10 Jacobie Henderson CB Transfer from Marshall 5′11″ 198 Charlotte, NC 39 tackles 21 Al-Shadee Salaam DB Sr. 5′10″ 188 East Orange, NJ 9 tackles 20 Chris Joines DB Transfer from Mercer 6′2″ 200 Winston-Salem, NC 6 tackles 7 Kevin Levy DB So. 6′0″ 190 West Palm Beach, FL 5 tackles 16 Jessie Ofurie DB Jr. 6′2″ 215 Salem, MA 5 tackles 38 Timmy Ward DB Sr. 6′0″ 195 Canton, PA 5 tackles 29 Sebastian Jusma DB Jr. 6′1″ 200 Teaneck, NJ 4 tackles 8 Michael Robinson II DB 5′11″ 200 Montclair, NJ 3 tackles 15 Zilan Williams DB 6′1″ 195 Martinsburg, WV 2 tackles 27 Sage Clawges DB Jr. 6′4″ 200 Westover, WV 2 tackles 26 Isaiah Crumpler DB So. 6′0″ 205 Simpson, NC 1 tackle 3 Latrell Noel DB Fr. 6′3″ 210 Naples, FL 6 Renick Dorilas DB RS 5′11″ 168 Newark, NJ 9 D.K. Gilley DB So. 6′2″ 205 Jacksonville, FL 19 Davoun Fuse DB Jr. 6′4″ 220 Washington, PA 22 Michael Clayton DB Fr. 6′0″ 190 Warner Robins, GA 24 Steven Murray DB Fr. 6′0″ 185 Gibsonville, NC 28 Cannon Marshall DB Fr. 6′0″ 185 Rolesville, NC 34 Noah Shaw DB So. 6′1″ 195 Asheville, NC 44 Tariq Hayer DB 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′0″ 195 PG County, MD 45 Shawn Purcell DB Jr. 6′0″ 185 Manville, NJ
Specialists 9 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2025 44 Jai Patel PK Jr. 5′9″ 180 Monmouth Junction, NJ 13 of 18 field goals 94 Jakob Anderson P So. 6′2″ 195 Melbourne, VIC 33 punts, 44.2 average 29 Dane Pizzaro PK So. 6′2″ 200 Bensalem, PA 0 of 1 field goal 21 Riley McCann PK Jr. 6′3″ 210 Gillette, NJ 46 Sammy El Hadidi LS Sr. 5′11″ 200 Bridgewater, NJ 49 Evan Ward LS Sr. 6′4″ 235 Rutherford, NJ 58 Michael OConnor LS Jr. 6′1″ 215 Middletown, NJ 68 Matthew Murri LS Jr. 6′0″ 200 Fair Lawn, NJ 93 Jack Scullion PK So. 6′4″ 205 Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
Kaj Sanders, Renick Dorilas, D.J. McClary, Al-Shadee Salaam, Taj White, Moses Gbagbe-Sowah, Ben Rosenblatt, Talibi Kaba Michael Robinson II, Xavier Williams, Matthew Sales, Zaire Angoy, Anthony Morales, Justin Cesaire Wydeek Collier-Johnson, Kenny Fletcher, Samuel Brown V, Emir Stinette, Kenny Jones, Darold Dengohe Sebastian Jusma, Evan Ward, Matthew Murri, Ryder Langsdale Salomon Ealey, Riley Wingate, Raymond Giacobbe, Bryan Felter Moses Walker, Sha’zir Sullivan, Eric O’Neill Vernon Allen III, Jackson Gister, Joshua Blackston Abram Wright, D.K. Gilley, Jyon Simon Trent Osborn, Liam Gilmore, Terrence Salami Terrell Mitchell, Shawn Purcell, Sammy El Hadidi Famah Toure, Sah’nye Degraffenreidt Ben Black, Jacobie Henderson A.J. Surace, Kamar Archie Jordan Walker, Miron Gurman Athan Kaliakmanis, Dino Kaliakmanis Elijah King, Kwabena Asamoah Jai Patel, Zach Aamland Austin Dean, Henry Hughes Jr. Hank Zilinskas, Gus Zilinskas Michael OConnor, Jayden Elijah C.J. Campbell D.T. Sheffield Douglas Blue-Eli Latrell Noel Jourdin Houston Bo Mascoe Sean Ashenfelder Cam Miller Dylan Braithwaite Kevin Levy Sam Robinson K.J. Duff Ian Strong Logan Blake Jordan Thompson R.J. Johnson Jr. Rocco Rainone Zilan Williams Jessie Ofurie M.J. Johnson Colin Weber Davoun Fuse Chris Joines Ja’shon Benjamin Michael Clayton Edd Guerrier Isaiah Deloatch Ben Rothhaar Steven Murray Cannon Marshall Dane Pizzaro Remi Rodriguez John Insinga Noah Shaw D.J. Allen Canaan Edwards Joe Nwachukwu Nick Oliveira Tyler Needham Carter Kadow Moshood Giwa Dantae Chin John Stone Michael Thomas III Dane Pardridge Ryan Bayoumy Liam Kilcomons Monte Keener Mike Higgins Bradley Weaver Keshon Griffin Oliver Billotte Braxton Kyle NJ 54 FL 14 NY 11 PA 9 NC 8 Hometowns of the 2025 Rutgers 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 New Jersey 54 Florida 14 New York 11 Pennsylvania 9 North Carolina 8 PQ 4 Maryland 4 Illinois 4 Top counties Essex County, New Jersey pop. 863,000 10 Middlesex County, New Jersey pop. 871,000 7 Bergen County, New Jersey pop. 962,000 5 Burlington County, New Jersey pop. 468,000 5 Somerset County, New Jersey pop. 350,000 5 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.
Athan Kaliakmanis QB4-star recruit
Antwan Raymond RB
K.J. Duff WR4-star recruit