Teams Southern Illinois 2022 Roster ← 2021 2023 → 2022 Southern Illinois roster 114 players: 38 freshmen, 17 sophomores, 11 juniors, 14 seniors, 34 with no class listed. From 21 states; the most from Illinois (25) and Missouri (16). The 2022 season .
Quarterbacks 6 Running backs 9 Receivers 15 Tight ends 8 Offensive line 20 Defensive line 19 Linebackers 15 Defensive backs 17 Specialists 5
Running backs 9 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2022 15 Javon Williams Jr. RB Jr. 6′2″ 245 Centralia, IL 415 rushing yards, 9 TD 1 Romeir Elliott RB 2★ 2-star recruit 5′6″ 190 Indianapolis, IN 476 rushing yards, 3 TD 43 Jacob Garrett FB Jr. 6′2″ 245 Sellersburg, IN 32 catches, 332 yards, 6 TD 28 Shaun Lester RB 5′10″ 210 Summerville, GA 157 rushing yards, 1 TD 6 Justin Strong RB 2★ 2-star recruit 6′0″ 215 Fairview Heights, IL 142 rushing yards, 3 TD 9 Pop Jones III RB Fr. 5′11″ 195 Boynton Beach, FL 40 rushing yards 28 Lashaun Lester RB Fr. 5′10″ 210 Summerville, GA 31 Cade Stephenson RB Fr. 6′1″ 193 Kingfisher, OK 31 Tony Williams RB RS 5′10″ 207 Sparta, IL
Receivers 15 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2022 2 D’Ante’ Cox WR Jr. 5′11″ 182 Rochester, IL 46 catches, 696 yards, 3 TD 11 Avante’ Cox WR Sr. 5′10″ 170 Rochester, IL 45 catches, 613 yards, 8 TD 19 Bryce Miller WR Sr. 5′10″ 180 Saint Petersburg, FL 37 catches, 394 yards, 2 TD 81 T.J. Atkins Jr. WR 6′1″ 187 Saint Louis, MO 3 returns, 54 yards 82 Dayton Mitchell WR 5′11″ 185 Platte City, MO 5 catches, 44 yards, 1 TD 14 Zach Gibson WR 2★ 2-star recruit Fr. 6′4″ 201 Romeoville, IL 4 catches, 22 yards 13 Jathen Jones WR Fr. 6′4″ 210 Saint Louis, MO 2 catches, 60 yards 12 Izaiah Hartrup WR 5′11″ 180 O’ Fallon, MO 17 Stanley Bryant III WR Fr. 6′2″ 190 Naples, FL 36 Venson Newsom WR Fr. 6′3″ 190 Marion, IL 40 LaDaria Leggett WR Fr. 6′3″ 255 Fort Valley, GA 80 Brian Brown Jr. WR Fr. 6′1″ 150 Saint Louis, MO 80 Sean Larkin WR Fr. 6′0″ 174 Naperville, IL 83 Mike King WR Fr. 6′1″ 182 Memphis, TN 88 Devin Walton WR Fr. 5′11″ 182 Lafayette, LA
Tight ends 8 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2022 3 Tyce Daniel TE Sr. 6′4″ 240 Paducah, KY 10 catches, 188 yards, 1 TD 86 Remington Lutz TE Transfer from Abilene Christian 2★ 2-star recruit Sr. 6′6″ 240 Temple, TX 3 catches, 25 yards 41 Aidan Quinn TE Fr. 6′1″ 245 Greenbrier, TN 1 catch, 9 yards 47 Miles Marshall TE RS 6′5″ 260 Kansas City, MO 61 J.D. Czech TE So. 6′1″ 230 Chippewa Falls, WI 84 Brown Norton TE RS 6′3″ 229 Nashville, TN 84 Ryan Schwendeman TE 2★ 2-star recruit RS 6′4″ 254 O’ Fallon, MO 87 John Volmert TE 2★ 2-star recruit Fr. 6′4″ 223 Washington, MO
Offensive line 20 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2022 62 Chase Evans OG So. 6′3″ 277 Mason, OH 1 tackle 76 Beau Branyan OT 2★ 2-star recruit Jr. 6′4″ 300 Decatur, IL 1 tackle 79 Jake Green OT So. 6′4″ 315 Alpharetta, GA −3 rushing yards 53 Rahyiem Rowe OL Fr. 6′3″ 300 Fairburn, GA 59 Peyton Mazur OL Fr. 6′5″ 335 Christopher, IL 60 Sam Neuman OT Jr. 6′5″ 320 Athens, TX 61 Logan Robinson OL Fr. 6′3″ 282 Du Quoin, IL 65 Calvin Francis Jr. OG Sr. 6′1″ 328 Orlando, FL 66 Jackson Sailliez OG So. 6′4″ 296 West Frankfort, IL 67 Logan Black OG Fr. 6′3″ 270 Norwalk, IA 68 Derek Harden Jr. OG RS 6′3″ 330 Lawrenceville, GA 70 Abdou Toure OT So. 6′5″ 302 Marietta, GA 71 Ethan Tyla OL Fr. 6′3″ 300 Fairfield, OH 71 Sam Buck OL Fr. 6′3″ 295 Highland, IL 73 Coleon Smith OT RS 6′6″ 310 Romulus, MI 73 Jimmy Wormsley C Jr. 6′2″ 295 Carpentersville, IL 74 Harris Hagan OL Fr. 6′7″ 245 Germantown, TN 75 Jon Nalley OT Fr. 6′6″ 290 Utica, KY 76 Jimmy Lansing OT 3★ 3-star recruit RS 6′7″ 320 St. Louis, MO Jacob Caughell OL Jr. 6′0″ 268 Apopka, FL
Defensive line 19 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2022 15 Dewey Greene IV DL 2★ 2-star recruit 6′3″ 260 Columbia, SC 1 tackle, 1 sack 52 Richie Hagarty DL 6′3″ 250 New Palestine, IN 3 tackles 56 Keenan Agnew DT Sr. 6′0″ 275 Chesterfield, MO 2 tackles 45 Raquan Lindsey DE Sr. 6′2″ 245 Portage, IN 1 tackle 94 Quinton Lee DE Sr. 6′3″ 256 Lee’s Summit, MO 1 tackle 96 Kameron Bowdry DT 6′2″ 300 Saint Louis, MO 1 tackle 50 Jaylen Banks DL 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′4″ 280 Saint Louis, MO 51 Caeleb Washington DT Transfer from Massachusetts Sr. 6′2″ 285 Melbourne, FL 51 Josh Boatright DT Fr. 6′3″ 287 Joliet, IL 57 Zaid Hamdan DL 6′0″ 270 Mason, OH 58 Chucky Sullivan DE Sr. 6′3″ 237 Vernon Hills, IL 65 Devin Love DT Fr. 6′3″ 300 Woodbury, NJ 89 Adam Hundemer DL So. 6′2″ 272 Liberty Township, OH 90 Peyton Reeves DT Fr. 6′2″ 305 Basehor, KS 92 R.J. Orebo DL Transfer from Texas A&M So. 6′7″ 275 Dayton, TX 92 Ryan Chandley II DT RS 6′4″ 295 Canton, GA 93 Dante Cleveland DT 6′4″ 290 Hoffman Estates, IL 95 Tylan Driver DT Jr. 6′2″ 295 Mandeville, LA 99 Caden Reeves DE Fr. 6′3″ 285 Basehor, KS
Linebackers 15 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2022 21 Branson Combs LB So. 6′3″ 222 Evansville, IN 5 tackles, 2 INT 10 Zach Burrola LB So. 6′1″ 225 Las Vegas, NV 4 tackles, 1 INT 5 Chris Harris Jr. LB Sr. 6′1″ 235 Savannah, GA 8 tackles 1 Leslie Smith LB 5′10″ 197 Miami, FL 2 tackles, 1 sack 20 George Douglas LB Transfer from Central Michigan Sr. 6′1″ 222 Ypsilanti, MI 3 tackles 11 Nick Okeke LB Transfer from Louisville Sr. 6′3″ 240 Smyrna, TN 2 tackles 22 Louis Wilbert LB 6′2″ 220 Memphis, TN 2 tackles 7 Jakari Patterson LB 6′2″ 210 Cincinnati, OH 8 Makel Calhoun LB Sr. 6′2″ 220 Clearwater, FL 26 Kaniji Chandler LB Fr. 5′11″ 184 Birmingham, AL 38 Stephen Green LB RS 5′11″ 200 Collinsville, IL 39 Samuel Edwards LB Jr. 6′0″ 212 Williamston, MI 44 Ben Bogle LB RS 6′1″ 226 Ponte Vedra, FL 55 Cory McCalip LB Fr. 6′3″ 210 Jacksonville, FL 91 Nate Thurman LB 2★ 2-star recruit So. 6′1″ 221 Saint Louis, MO
Defensive backs 17 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2022 4 P.J. Jules CB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ 191 Orlando, FL 11 tackles, 1 sack 7 Antonio Fletcher S Transfer from Arkansas State Jr. 5′10″ 200 Lithonia, GA 10 tackles 3 David Miller CB So. 5′9″ 170 Columbus, OH 3 tackles, 1 INT 21 Clayton Bush DB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′1″ 210 Bowling Green, KY 1 tackle, 1 INT 9 D.J. Johnson CB 6′0″ 195 Indianapolis, IN 4 tackles 17 Mark Davis CB 6′2″ 196 Bradenton, FL 3 tackles 1 Desman Hearns S RS 6′0″ 190 Clearwater, FL 1 Iverson Brown S 2★ 2-star recruit 6′1″ 190 Fairview Heights, IL 2 La’Andre Thomas CB Jr. 6′1″ 185 Jackson, MS 5 Cejai Parson S Fr. 6′2″ 195 Memphis, TN 13 Collin Heard CB 5′10″ 170 West Bloomfield, MI 19 Easton Wolf S So. 6′3″ 200 Waverly, OH 21 Jeffrey Wells S Fr. 5′10″ 195 Indianapolis, IN 24 Dre Newman CB So. 5′11″ 170 Abbeville, AL 25 Jay Welch CB So. 5′10″ 173 Chicago, IL 29 Leviticus McAffee CB 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′2″ 175 Tampa Bay, FL 31 Charles Young III CB Fr. 6′1″ 170 St. Peters, MO
Jathen Jones, Tre Baker, Jaylen Banks, Jimmy Lansing, Brian Brown Jr., T.J. Atkins Jr., Nate Thurman, Kameron Bowdry Iverson Brown, Justin Strong, Stephen Green Romeir Elliott, D.J. Johnson, Jeffrey Wells D’Ante’ Cox, Nic Baker, Avante’ Cox Cejai Parson, Louis Wilbert, Mike King Zaid Hamdan, Chase Evans, Adam Hundemer Desman Hearns, Makel Calhoun P.J. Jules, Calvin Francis Jr. Stone Norton, Brown Norton Michael Lindauer, Branson Combs Nick Okeke, Thomas Burks Izaiah Hartrup, Ryan Schwendeman Lashaun Lester, Shaun Lester Peyton Reeves, Caden Reeves Leslie Smith La’Andre Thomas David Miller Tyce Daniel Chris Harris Jr. Antonio Fletcher Jakari Patterson Pop Jones III Zach Burrola Zach Zebrowski Collin Heard Zach Gibson Dewey Greene IV Javon Williams Jr. Mark Davis Stanley Bryant III Bryce Miller Easton Wolf George Douglas Clayton Bush Dre Newman Jay Welch Kaniji Chandler Cade Stephenson Charles Young III Tony Williams Samuel Edwards LaDaria Leggett Aidan Quinn Ben Bogle Ross Pedro Raquan Lindsey Miles Marshall Matt Durham Caeleb Washington Josh Boatright Richie Hagarty Rahyiem Rowe Cory McCalip Keenan Agnew Chucky Sullivan Sam Neuman J.D. Czech Logan Robinson Devin Love Logan Black Derek Harden Jr. Abdou Toure Ethan Tyla Sam Buck Coleon Smith Jimmy Wormsley Harris Hagan Beau Branyan Jake Green Sean Larkin Dayton Mitchell Remington Lutz John Volmert Devin Walton R.J. Orebo Ryan Chandley II Dante Cleveland Quinton Lee Tylan Driver Jacob Caughell IL 25 MO 16 FL 14 GA 10 TN 9 Hometowns of the 2022 Southern Illinois 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 Illinois 25 Missouri 16 Florida 14 Georgia 10 Tennessee 9 Indiana 8 Ohio 7 Michigan 4 Top counties St. Louis city, Missouri pop. 289,000 8 Shelby County, Tennessee pop. 919,000 4 Cook County, Illinois pop. 5.2 million 3 Orange County, Florida pop. 1.5 million 3 Marion County, Indiana pop. 976,000 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’ 2022 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.
