Teams San José State 2012 Roster ← 2011 2013 → 2012 San José State roster 109 players. From 5 states; the most from California (97) and Arizona (7). The 2012 season .
Quarterbacks 5 Running backs 14 Receivers 10 Tight ends 9 Offensive line 18 Defensive line 18 Linebackers 12 Defensive backs 18 Specialists 5
Running backs 14 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 2 De’Leon Eskridge RB 5′11″ San Francisco, CA 1,025 rushing yards, 11 TD 7 Tyler Ervin RB 2★ 2-star recruit 5′10″ Colton, CA 205 rushing yards, 1 TD 42 Ina Liaina RB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′1″ Oxnard, CA 98 rushing yards, 1 TD 45 David Freeman RB 5′8″ Inglewood, CA 72 rushing yards, 1 TD 32 Jason Simpson RB 6′0″ Redwood City, CA 26 rushing yards 30 Josh Brown RB 5′7″ Stockton, CA 15 rushing yards 27 Ben Thompson RB 6′2″ Temecula, CA 3 rushing yards 8 Jalynn McCain RB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′10″ 220 Houston, TX 24 Cedric Simmons RB 6′1″ 214 Gilbert, AZ 40 Jarrod Lawson RB 5′8″ San Jose, CA 44 Tony Zizzo RB 5′11″ 223 Morgan Hill, CA 46 Ray Rodriguez RB 6′1″ Hacienda Heights, CA 49 Shane Smith RB 6′2″ Los Gatos, CA 90 Nick Marini RB 6′2″ 255 Mission Viejo, CA
Receivers 10 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 23 Noel Grigsby WR 5′11″ Los Angeles, CA 82 catches, 1,307 yards, 9 TD 1 Jabari Carr WR 6′0″ San Jose, CA 62 catches, 639 yards, 4 TD 89 WR 5′11″ Los Angeles, CA 54 catches, 691 yards, 11 TD 19 Kyle Nunn WR 3★ 3-star recruit 6′2″ Carson, CA 26 catches, 244 yards, 2 TD 17 Daniel Bradbury WR 6′1″ Los Angeles, CA 2 catches, 15 yards 35 Hansel Wilson WR 5′10″ El Cajon, CA 2 catches, 52 yards, 1 TD 2 Tim Crawley WR 5′7″ Santa Clara, CA 11 Chris Kearney WR 5′11″ Laguna Niguel, CA 86 K.C. Pearce WR 6′2″ Visalia, CA Jake Wilson WR 5′11″ 160 San Jose, CA
Tight ends 9 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 82 Ryan Otten TE 2★ 2-star recruit 6′6″ Loomis, CA 47 catches, 742 yards, 4 TD 15 Peter Tuitupou TE 6′4″ Orem, UT 9 catches, 154 yards 88 Travis Lorius TE 6′5″ San Jose, CA 1 catch, 9 yards 18 Billy Freeman TE 6′3″ Mesa, AZ 33 Brad Kuh TE 6′2″ San Jose, CA 37 Sam Tomlitz TE 6′3″ 234 San Jose, CA 80 Max Miller TE 6′6″ 228 Stuart, IA 83 Jordan Thiel TE 2★ 2-star recruit 6′4″ Simi Valley, CA 85 Keenan Brown TE 6′5″ 256 San Bernardino, CA
Offensive line 18 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 50 Nick Diaz OG 6′3″ 299 Downey, CA 51 David Peterson C 3★ 3-star recruit 6′5″ 291 Redlands, CA 54 Reuben Hasani OG 6′3″ 284 Los Angeles, CA 56 Doug Blacksill C 6′5″ 286 Bakersfield, CA 60 Michael Talafus C 6′3″ 282 Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 61 Amar Pal OT 6′4″ 282 Santa Monica, CA 62 Jeff Grattan OL 6′4″ 282 Campbell, CA 63 Jake Peterson OL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′4″ 315 El Cajon, CA 70 Fernando Villanueva OT 6′7″ 308 San Jose, CA 71 Keith Bendixen OG 6′4″ 286 Santa Maria, CA 72 Wes Schweitzer OT 6′5″ 314 Scottsdale, AZ 73 Kyle Hart C 6′3″ 275 Ridgecrest, CA 74 Ryan Jones OG 6′4″ 292 San Francisco, CA 75 Nicholas Kaspar C 6′4″ 290 Dana Point, CA 76 David Quessenberry OT 6′6″ 295 Carlsbad, CA 77 Evan Sarver OT 6′5″ Queen Creek, AZ 78 Oscar Barron OG 6′4″ 285 Buena Park, CA 79 Jon Meyer OT 6′5″ 275 San Jose, CA
Defensive line 18 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 93 Foloi Vae DT 6′3″ Stockton, CA 1 INT 3 Travis Raciti DT 6′5″ 285 Pleasant Hill, CA 41 David Tuitupou DE 6′5″ 260 Orem, UT 43 Travis Johnson DE 2★ 2-star recruit 6′3″ 244 Sunnyvale, CA 45 Lemaki Musika DE 6′1″ 265 Milpitas, CA 48 Niko Kittrell DT 6′2″ 262 Tucson, AZ 53 Vincent Abbott DE 6′0″ 233 Long Beach, CA 57 Nate Falo DT 2★ 2-star recruit 6′1″ 255 Sacramento, CA 86 Christian Hill DE 6′4″ 259 Fresno, CA 90 Nick Oreglia DE 6′3″ San Jose, CA 91 Joe Nigos DT 6′1″ 278 San Jose, CA 92 David Catalano DT 6′4″ 274 Tucson, AZ 94 Eugene Taylor DE 6′3″ San Jose, CA 95 Sean Bacon DE 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ 244 Inglewood, CA 96 Cedric Lousi DE 6′3″ 261 Fremont, CA 96 Marcus Howard DT 3★ 3-star recruit 6′2″ 300 Inglewood, CA 97 Anthony Larceval DT 6′2″ 284 Spring Valley, CA 98 Tony Popovich DT 6′2″ 285 Kentfield, CA
Linebackers 12 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 22 Hector Roach LB 6′1″ Stockton, CA 1 INT 31 Keith Smith LB 6′1″ Covina, CA 1 INT 4 Christian Tago LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′1″ Palmdale, CA 11 Josh Fasavalu LB 5′11″ 225 Long Beach, CA 15 Doug Parrish LB 6′0″ 223 San Francisco, CA 34 Derek Muaava OLB 6′0″ San Jose, CA 36 Vince Buhagiar LB 6′4″ 252 Concord, CA 42 Simon Poti LB 6′2″ 230 Fullerton, CA 51 Shannon Penn LB 6′2″ 235 Los Angeles, CA 55 Moses Saucedo LB 6′0″ 220 Los Angeles, CA 55 Ryan McAleenan LB 6′1″ 210 Glendale, CA 99 Nick Brown LB 6′2″ 210 Burbank, CA
Defensive backs 18 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 21 Bené Benwikere CB 6′0″ 192 Los Angeles, CA 7 INT 25 CB 5′10″ San Diego, CA 15 returns, 42 yards 12 Forrest Hightower S 5′10″ Concord, CA 6 returns, 180 yards 6 Damon Ogburn Jr. CB 5′11″ 181 San Bernardino, CA 1 INT 8 Jimmy Pruitt CB 6′0″ San Diego, CA 1 INT 39 Cullen Newsome S 5′10″ Roseville, CA 1 INT 81 James Orth S 6′2″ Modesto, CA 1 INT 26 Travis Talianko S 2★ 2-star recruit 6′1″ Sierra Madre, CA 1 return, 0 yards 9 Sean Linton CB 6′1″ La Mesa, CA 1 catch, 4 yards 5 Dasheon Frierson CB 5′10″ Fresno, CA 14 Ralph Jackson CB 5′10″ 175 Morgan Hill, CA 16 Miles Milner CB 5′11″ 179 San Marcos, CA 24 Rob Fiscalini III S 5′11″ 210 San Jose, CA 25 Akeem King S 6′3″ 212 Nipomo, CA 28 Simon Connette S 5′11″ Corona, CA 29 Chris Hill CB 5′10″ 185 Carson, CA 38 Arthur Gilbreath S 5′10″ 205 Oxnard, CA 40 Ryan Harper S 6′2″ 200 Phoenix, AZ
Jabari Carr, Tim Crawley, Harrison Waid, Jason Habash, Rob Fiscalini III, Brad Kuh, Derek Muaava, Sam Tomlitz, Jarrod Lawson, Travis Johnson, Lemaki Musika, Fernando Villanueva, Jon Meyer, Travis Lorius, Nick Oreglia, Joe Nigos, Eugene Taylor, Jake Wilson Daniel Bradbury, Bené Benwikere, Noel Grigsby, Shannon Penn, Reuben Hasani, Moses Saucedo, Chandler Jones Joe Gray, David Freeman, Amar Pal, Sean Bacon, Marcus Howard De’Leon Eskridge, Doug Parrish, Ryan Jones Travis Raciti, Forrest Hightower, Vince Buhagiar Sean Linton, Hansel Wilson, Jake Peterson Josh Fasavalu, Nick Diaz, Vincent Abbott Dasmen Stewart, Arthur Gilbreath, Ina Liaina Hector Roach, Josh Brown, Foloi Vae Dasheon Frierson, Christian Hill Damon Ogburn Jr., Keenan Brown Tyler Ervin, David Peterson Jimmy Pruitt, Ronnie Yell Ralph Jackson, Tony Zizzo Peter Tuitupou, David Tuitupou Miles Milner, David Quessenberry Billy Freeman, Wes Schweitzer Kyle Nunn, Chris Hill Cedric Simmons, Evan Sarver Akeem King, Keith Bendixen Simon Poti, Oscar Barron Niko Kittrell, David Catalano Shane Smith, Jeff Grattan Ryan McAleenan, Nick Brown Michael Talafus, Nick Marini Christian Tago Jalynn McCain David Fales Chris Kearney Austin Lopez Blake Jurich Travis Talianko Ben Thompson Simon Connette Keith Smith Jason Simpson Cullen Newsome Ryan Harper Jeffrey Telles Ray Rodriguez Ryan DiSalvo Doug Blacksill Nate Falo Kyle Hart Nicholas Kaspar Max Miller James Orth Ryan Otten Jordan Thiel K.C. Pearce Cedric Lousi Anthony Larceval Tony Popovich Alex Anastasi CA 97 AZ 7 TX 2 UT 2 Hometowns of the 2012 San José State roster; the four 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 California 97 Arizona 7 Texas 2 Utah 2 Iowa 1 Top counties Los Angeles County, California pop. 9.8 million 24 Santa Clara County, California pop. 1.9 million 22 San Diego County, California pop. 3.3 million 7 Orange County, California pop. 3.2 million 6 Maricopa County, Arizona pop. 4.6 million 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’ 2012 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.
Chandler Jones WR
Ronnie Yell CB