Teams San José State 2023 Roster ← 2022 2024 → 2023 San José State roster 106 players: 28 freshmen, 22 sophomores, 11 juniors, 16 seniors, 29 with no class listed. From 9 states and 3 other countries; the most from California (88) and Hawaii (5). The 2023 season .
Quarterbacks 4 Running backs 6 Receivers 15 Tight ends 6 Offensive line 22 Defensive line 15 Linebackers 16 Defensive backs 16 Specialists 6
Quarterbacks 4 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 2 QB Sr. 6′1″ 187 Honolulu, HI 2,773 passing yards, 20 TD 9 Jay Butterfield QB Transfer from Oregon 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′6″ 223 Brentwood, CA 80 passing yards, 1 TD 2 Walker Eget QB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ 235 Santa Clarita, CA 18 Tyler Voss QB Fr. 6′3″ 190 Simi Valley, CA
Running backs 6 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 32 Kairee Robinson RB Sr. 5′7″ 189 Antioch, CA 1,191 rushing yards, 18 TD 7 Quali Conley RB Transfer from Utah Tech Jr. 5′10″ 210 Fresno, CA 842 rushing yards, 9 TD 6 Jabari Bates RB 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 5′7″ 180 Compton, CA 9 returns, 163 yards 21 Kayden Collins RB Fr. 6′0″ 164 Canoga Park, CA 9 rushing yards 20 Viliami Teu RB RS 5′10″ 210 East Palo Alto, CA 28 Jakob Galloway RB 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 5′10″ 226 Carson, CA
Receivers 15 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 3 Nick Nash WR 6′3″ 195 Irvine, CA 48 catches, 728 yards, 8 TD 4 Charles Ross WR 6′1″ 165 Culver City, CA 26 catches, 347 yards, 1 TD 12 Malikhi Miller WR 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′4″ 211 Oakland, CA 23 catches, 280 yards, 1 TD Isaac Jernigan WR 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 5′10″ 185 Bakersfield, CA 13 catches, 133 yards, 2 TD 2 Matthew Coleman WR Fr. 6′0″ 173 Carson, CA 12 catches, 119 yards 2 Branden Alvarez WR 3★ 3-star recruit So. 5′11″ 180 Corona, CA 3 catches, 35 yards, 1 TD 18 Keynan Higgins WR 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′4″ 180 Oakland, CA 1 return, 19 yards 1 Anthony Garcia WR Fr. 6′2″ 200 Sacramento, CA 11 Justin Lockhart WR 6′3″ 183 Palmdale, CA 13 Cooper Hoch WR 3★ 3-star recruit RS 6′3″ 200 Costa Mesa, CA 24 Sebastian Macaluso WR Jr. 6′0″ 179 Westlake Village, CA 30 Assani Berkeley WR So. 6′0″ 179 San Luis Obispo, CA 80 Trevor Voss WR Fr. 6′2″ 176 Simi Valley, CA 82 Nicholas Williams WR Fr. 5′11″ 181 Lancaster, CA 87 Joseph Hernandez Jr. WR Fr. 6′2″ 185 Santa Clara, CA
Tight ends 6 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 81 Dominick Mazotti TE 3★ 3-star recruit 6′4″ 223 Pleasanton, CA 23 catches, 322 yards, 2 TD 84 Sam Olson TE 6′3″ 231 Visalia, CA 22 catches, 310 yards, 3 TD 86 Skylar Loving-Black TE Jr. 6′3″ 240 San Jose, CA 4 catches, 41 yards 83 Kamaehu Kopa-Kaawalauole TE 3★ 3-star recruit RS 6′4″ 225 Ewa Beach, HI 84 Joshua Scott TE Fr. 6′4″ 226 Long Beach, CA 85 Jackson Canaan TE 6′2″ 227 Sacramento, CA
Offensive line 22 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 91 Quincy Likio OL So. 6′2″ 282 Honolulu, HI 9 tackles 50 Gafa Faga OL So. 6′2″ 304 American Samoa, Samoa 6 tackles 94 Mata Hola OL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′2″ 265 Sandy, UT 2 tackles 55 Fernando Carmona OL So. 6′5″ 325 Las Vegas, NV 1 tackle 78 Malik Williams OL So. 6′4″ 302 Hayward, CA 1 tackle 54 Jaime Navarro OT Sr. 6′3″ 297 Temecula, CA 55 James McNorton OL 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′5″ 257 Brentwood, CA 55 Nathan Hale OL Fr. 6′4″ 315 Orange, CA 58 Denaris DeRosa Jr. OL Fr. 6′3″ 285 Redwood City, CA 58 Ryan Stewart OL So. 6′4″ 305 Frankfort, IL 60 Hudson Mesa OL So. 6′1″ 293 Mountain View, CA 61 Marist Talavou OL 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′3″ 338 Norwalk, CA 64 Nathan Balestrieri OL RS 6′1″ 300 Walnut Creek, CA 67 Kai Davison OL So. 6′1″ 273 Novato, CA 68 Jake Steele OL So. 6′4″ 302 Temecula, CA 69 Uluakinofo Taliauli OL Fr. 6′3″ 294 Millbrae, CA 71 Tyler Ostrom OL Sr. 6′2″ 299 Ventura, CA 73 Laakea Kapoi OL Transfer from San Diego State Fr. 6′3″ 295 Makakilo, HI 74 Anthony Pardue OL 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′4″ 314 Murrieta, CA 75 Joseph Harbert OL Fr. 6′3″ 290 San Francisco, CA 77 Luke Griskey OL RS 6′5″ 290 Huntley, IL 95 Tangata Tuitupou OL So. 6′4″ 236 Los Banos, CA
Defensive line 15 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 3 Tre Smith DL 6′5″ 265 Mesa, AZ 67 tackles, 6.5 sacks 4 Noah Lavulo DL Sr. 6′2″ 255 Burlingame, CA 49 tackles, 3.5 sacks 96 Jay Kakiva DL Sr. 6′4″ 307 Las Vegas, NV 43 tackles, 2.5 sacks 42 Soane Toia DL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′0″ 278 Nuku’alofa, Tonga 35 tackles, 4 sacks 57 Justin Stearns DL Fr. 6′2″ 250 San Diego, CA 8 tackles 48 Dejon Roney DL 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′1″ 295 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 6 tackles 92 Natano Woods DL So. 6′6″ 247 Kent, WA 3 tackles, 1 sack 56 Jairus Satele DL 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′0″ 295 Carson, CA 3 tackles 98 Vaka Hansen DL 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′0″ 323 Orange, CA 2 tackles 99 Nate Lewis DL 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′5″ 260 Carmichael, CA 1 return, 0 yards 11 Dylan Hampsten DL RS 6′4″ 250 Santa Clarita, CA 40 Tavarius Pitts DL Jr. 6′1″ 260 Atlanta, GA 55 Charlie Leota DL Fr. 6′2″ 325 Auckland, New Zealand 90 Akio Martinson DT RS 6′2″ 304 Loomis, CA 99 Kaleb Peleki DL Transfer from Missouri State Fr. 6′1″ 244 Fairfield, CA
Linebackers 16 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 6 Bryun Parham LB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′11″ 223 Long Beach, CA 106 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 INT 1 Jordan Pollard LB So. 6′1″ 202 Los Angeles, CA 79 tackles, 2 INT 4 Taniela Latu LB So. 6′2″ 231 San Mateo, CA 44 tackles 9 Matthew Tago LB 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′2″ 222 Palmdale, CA 27 tackles, 1 INT 8 Jordan Cobbs LB 6′1″ 235 Oakland, CA 22 tackles 35 Charles Rogers LB Sr. 6′1″ 223 Loomis, CA 10 tackles 5 Jaylan Lawson LB Sr. 6′1″ 194 Monmouth Junction, NJ 9 tackles 97 John Norwood LB Fr. 6′3″ 220 Milpitas, CA 6 tackles, 1 sack 4 Dylan Lee LB 6′1″ 220 French Camp, CA 3 tackles 6 Ethan Powell LB 6′2″ 230 San Bernardino, CA 3 tackles 24 Justin Eklund LB 6′2″ 235 Rocklin, CA 3 tackles 5 Jordan Allen LB Jr. 6′1″ 225 San Diego, CA 9 Noah McNeal-Franklin LB So. 6′0″ 210 Vallejo, CA 14 Elijah Wood LB 6′2″ 200 Elk Grove, CA 41 Alexander Cobbs LB RS 6′3″ 235 Long Beach, CA 53 Brady Van Bennekum LB RS 6′2″ 215 Santa Clarita, CA
Defensive backs 16 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 22 Tre Jenkins S Sr. 5′11″ 219 Stockton, CA 67 tackles, 2 INT 8 Jay’Vion Cole CB Transfer from Cal Poly 5′10″ 190 Oakland, CA 38 tackles, 1 sack, 3 INT 1 Chase Williams DB 4★ 4-star recruit Sr. 6′1″ 199 Corona, CA 49 tackles, 1 INT 7 Kenyon Reed CB Jr. 5′10″ 171 Concord, CA 33 tackles, 1 sack 2 D.J. Harvey CB Transfer from Virginia Tech 4★ 4-star recruit 5′10″ 190 Palmdale, CA 28 tackles 25 Michael Dansby DB So. 5′11″ 181 Oakland, CA 15 tackles, 1 INT 27 Andrew Jenkins S Sr. 5′9″ 187 Stockton, CA 10 tackles, 1 INT 7 Jalen Apalit-Williams DB 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′1″ 193 Martinez, CA 8 tackles 17 Zavion Reese DB 6′0″ 193 San Marcos, CA 3 tackles 20 Isiah Revis DB So. 5′10″ 194 Las Vegas, NV 2 tackles 15 Jalen Bainer CB So. 5′10″ 186 San Marcos, CA 1 tackle 38 Elisha Guidry DB Sr. 6′0″ 196 Long Beach, CA 1 tackle 5 Kejuan Bullard CB Fr. 6′1″ 200 Watts, CA 1 catch, 24 yards 31 Hunter Nowell S RS 6′1″ 200 Huntington Beach, CA 32 Caleb Womack CB Fr. 5′10″ 180 Santa Cruz, CA 36 Jeremiah Zamora DB Fr. 5′10″ 177 Tracy, CA
Bryun Parham, Jabari Bates, Elisha Guidry, Alexander Cobbs, Marist Talavou, Joshua Scott Jay’Vion Cole, Jordan Cobbs, Malikhi Miller, Keynan Higgins, Michael Dansby, Joseph Harbert Dino Beslagic, Davis Salom, Hudson Mesa, Skylar Loving-Black, Joseph Hernandez Jr., John Norwood Nick Nash, Cooper Hoch, Nathan Hale, Vaka Hansen Chase Williams, Branden Alvarez, Taren Schive Chevan Cordeiro, Kyler Halvorsen, Quincy Likio D.J. Harvey, Matthew Tago, Justin Lockhart Matthew Coleman, Jakob Galloway, Jairus Satele Walker Eget, Dylan Hampsten, Brady Van Bennekum Taniela Latu, Viliami Teu, Denaris DeRosa Jr. Jay Butterfield, Kairee Robinson, James McNorton Isiah Revis, Fernando Carmona, Jay Kakiva Jaime Navarro, Jake Steele, Anthony Pardue Anthony Garcia, Jackson Canaan Jordan Pollard, Kejuan Bullard Noah Lavulo, Uluakinofo Taliauli Jordan Allen, Justin Stearns Jalen Apalit-Williams, Noah McNeal-Franklin Jalen Bainer, Zavion Reese Tyler Voss, Trevor Voss Tre Jenkins, Andrew Jenkins Charles Rogers, Akio Martinson Tre Smith Charles Ross Jaylan Lawson Ethan Powell Kenyon Reed Quali Conley Elijah Wood Kayden Collins Justin Eklund Sebastian Macaluso Assani Berkeley Hunter Nowell Caleb Womack Jeremiah Zamora Tavarius Pitts Dejon Roney Andrew Gonneville Ryan Stewart Nathan Balestrieri Kai Davison Tyler Ostrom Luke Griskey Malik Williams Dominick Mazotti Nicholas Williams Kamaehu Kopa-Kaawalauole Sam Olson Natano Woods Mata Hola Tangata Tuitupou Alex Weir Kaleb Peleki Nate Lewis Isaac Jernigan CA 88 HI 5 NV 3 IL 2 Hometowns of the 2023 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 88 Hawaii 5 Nevada 3 Illinois 2 Arizona 1 New Jersey 1 Georgia 1 Tonga 1 Top counties Los Angeles County, California pop. 9.8 million 21 Alameda County, California pop. 1.6 million 7 Orange County, California pop. 3.2 million 6 Riverside County, California pop. 2.5 million 6 Santa Clara County, California pop. 1.9 million 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’ 2023 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.
Chevan Cordeiro QB