Teams Southern Miss 2021 Roster ← 2020 2022 → 2021 Southern Miss roster 117 players: 21 freshmen, 18 sophomores, 31 juniors, 13 seniors, 34 with no class listed. From 16 states and 1 other country; the most from Mississippi (53) and Florida (15). The 2021 season .
Quarterbacks 10 Running backs 9 Receivers 12 Tight ends 7 Offensive line 15 Defensive line 17 Linebackers 12 Defensive backs 23 Specialists 11 Athletes and others 1
Quarterbacks 10 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2021 24 Jake Lange QB Fr. 6′2″ 194 Jackson, MS 843 passing yards, 5 TD 5 Ty Keyes QB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′2″ 213 Taylorsville, MS 355 passing yards, 3 TD 8 Trey Lowe III QB 6′2″ 215 Collierville, TN 232 passing yards, 1 TD 9 Tee Webb QB Transfer from Louisville 6′4″ 185 Cartersville, GA 23 passing yards 14 Jack Walker QB 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′3″ 220 Madison, MS 1 rushing yard 18 Jason Goldstein QB So. 6′0″ 228 Salisbury, CT 0 passing yards 9 L.J. Leonard QB Fr. 6′2″ 174 Slidell, LA 11 Thomas Morton QB Jr. 6′4″ 232 Niceville, FL 12 Bennett Johnston QB Fr. 6′2″ 190 Birmingham, AL 15 Justin Carter QB Fr. 6′1″ 187 Pontotoc, MS
Running backs 9 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2021 3 Frank Gore Jr. RB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′8″ 195 Miami, FL 801 rushing yards, 5 TD 6 Dajon Richard RB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′11″ 206 Patterson, LA 447 rushing yards, 2 TD 11 Antavious Willis RB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′10″ 180 Camden, MS 97 rushing yards 2 Chandler Pittman RB 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 5′10″ 165 Magee, MS 65 rushing yards 7 Darius Maberry RB Jr. 5′9″ 196 Bolton, MS 21 rushing yards 24 Steven Anderson RB 6′2″ 269 Live Oak, FL 25 Chris Calvert RB Jr. 5′10″ 178 West Point, MS 26 Jimmy Haywood RB RS 5′9″ 220 Theodore, AL 27 T.J. Pope RB Fr. 5′11″ 180 Niceville, FL
Receivers 12 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2021 1 Jason Brownlee WR Jr. 6′3″ 202 West Point, MS 46 catches, 643 yards, 8 TD 2 Da’quan Bailey-Brown WR Jr. 5′9″ 170 Pompano Beach, FL 12 returns, 97 yards Demarcus Jones WR Jr. 6′0″ 202 Vicksburg, MS 22 catches, 185 yards, 2 TD 1 Jakarius Caston WR So. 6′0″ 204 Natchez, MS 16 catches, 239 yards, 1 TD 85 Brad Dennis WR Jr. 5′11″ 168 Florence, MS 10 catches, 79 yards 16 Antoine Robinson WR Jr. 6′1″ 186 Canton, MS 8 catches, 107 yards 4 Brandon Hayes WR 3★ 3-star recruit 6′2″ 205 Hattiesburg, MS 1 catch, 11 yards 1 Chris Scruggs WR Fr. 6′2″ 191 Clearwater, FL 20 Tyler Kennedy WR So. 5′10″ 185 Moreno Valley, CA 30 Matt Pleasant WR Jr. 5′4″ 150 Ocean Springs, MS 80 Cameron Williams WR Jr. 5′10″ 178 Prichard, AL 82 Jalen May WR So. 5′10″ 172 Houston, MS
Tight ends 7 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2021 89 Grayson Gunter TE Sr. 6′5″ 247 Madison, MS 15 catches, 182 yards, 1 TD 33 Cole Cavallo TE 6′2″ 232 Slidell, LA 5 catches, 19 yards 42 Avery White TE Fr. 6′4″ 231 Hurley, MS 1 tackle 33 Naricuss Driver TE Jr. 6′3″ 260 Griffin, GA 2 rushing yards 19 Jacob Prince TE So. 6′5″ 230 Oakdale, MN 48 Ray Ladner TE 6′4″ 240 Kiln, MS 88 Luke Baker TE 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′6″ 240 Naples, FL
Offensive line 15 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2021 51 Briason Mays OL Transfer from West Virginia So. 6′4″ 317 Bolivar, TN 2 tackles 60 Coker Wright OL 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′4″ 290 Brookhaven, MS 1 tackle 65 Gerquan Scott OL Fr. 6′4″ 330 Mobile, AL 1 tackle 68 Bryce Foxworth OL Sr. 6′3″ 307 Pinellas Park, FL 1 tackle 70 Khalique Washington OL Sr. 6′5″ 339 Lebanon, PA 1 tackle 71 Paul Gainer OL 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′3″ 290 Gautier, MS 1 catch, −7 yards 63 Arvin Fletcher OL Sr. 6′3″ 313 Madison, MS 66 Emanuel Rushing OL Fr. 6′5″ 300 Winter Springs, FL 71 Stefon Ward OL Fr. 6′5″ 320 Mobile, AL 72 Matt Ryals OL Fr. 6′8″ 335 Purvis, MS 73 Douglas Gearity OL So. 6′4″ 311 Saint Cloud, FL 74 Kameron King OL So. 6′2″ 291 Marshall, TX 77 Tanner Hawthorne OL Sr. 6′6″ 294 Peoria, AZ 78 Tre Johnson OL Sr. 6′7″ 303 Orlando, FL 79 Tykeem Doss OL Jr. 6′5″ 373 Aliceville, AL
Defensive line 17 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2021 2 Eriq Kitchen DL Sr. 6′2″ 286 Batesville, MS 28 tackles, 3.5 sacks 93 Josh Ratcliff DT So. 6′0″ 302 Belle Rose, LA 34 tackles, 0.5 sacks 3 Michael Pleas DL 6′3″ 240 Tallahassee, FL 23 tackles 5 Everitt Cunningham DE Transfer from Memphis Sr. 6′3″ 250 West Point, MS 17 tackles, 2 sacks 36 DaShawn Crawford DL Transfer from Virginia Tech Sr. 6′0″ 290 Bay Springs, MS 17 tackles, 1.5 sacks 3 Tahj Sykes DL Jr. 6′3″ 308 Columbus, MS 20 tackles 7 Dominic Quewon DL Jr. 6′3″ 254 Minneapolis, MN 7 tackles, 3 sacks 98 Andrew Cole DL 6′4″ 320 Somerville, TN 5 tackles, 0.5 sacks 94 Kristin Booth DE 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ 260 Oxford, AL 6 tackles 24 Terence Cherry DL Jr. 6′2″ 263 West Point, MS 45 Freddie Hartz DL So. 6′1″ 295 Morton, MS 75 Marvin Ross DL Jr. 6′2″ 248 Madison, MS 84 Mitchell Sellers DL 6′5″ 270 Paradise, TX 90 Wesley Thompson DL Jr. 6′4″ 220 Brandon, MS 91 De’Mikal Chesser DL Sr. 6′6″ 291 Forest, MS 96 Austin Todd DL So. 6′5″ 311 Hattiesburg, MS 99 Jacques Turner DL 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′1″ 247 D’lberville, MS
Linebackers 12 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2021 18 Joshua Carr Jr. LB 6′4″ 240 Houston, TX 55 tackles, 4 sacks, 1 INT 32 Hayes Maples LB 6′2″ 228 Hattiesburg, MS 60 tackles, 1.5 sacks 6 Santrell Latham LB 6′2″ 225 Meridian, MS 52 tackles, 1 sack 46 Averie Habas LB So. 6′3″ 242 Rice Lake, WI 33 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT 35 T.Q. Newsome LB 6′1″ 230 Gulfport, MS 30 tackles, 1.5 sacks 28 Swayze Bozeman LB 6′3″ 224 Flora, MS 20 tackles 37 Devin Thomas LB Jr. 6′1″ 222 Norcross, GA 6 tackles 6 Tyrese Hopkins LB 6′3″ 245 Macon, MS 1 tackle 19 Arian Gregory LB 6′0″ 216 Luverne, AL 1 tackle 26 John Pearsall LB Fr. 6′1″ 215 Boutte, LA 50 Kendrick Abney LB Jr. 56 Zach Portlock LB Jr. 6′1″ 235 Mobile, AL
Defensive backs 23 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2021 9 Malik Shorts DB 6′0″ 202 Bassfield, MS 89 tackles, 2 INT 7 Jay Stanley S Transfer from Ole Miss 6′2″ 215 Brandon, MS 56 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT 1 Lakevias Daniel S Transfer from Ole Miss Jr. 6′0″ 177 Louisville, MS 34 tackles, 2 INT 29 Camron Harrell DB Jr. 5′10″ 190 Bradley, IL 37 tackles 2 Eric Scott Jr DB Jr. 6′2″ 202 Basehor, KS 19 tackles, 2 INT 13 Tyrek Moody DB Jr. 5′10″ 191 Petal, MS 23 tackles Natrone Brooks DB Jr. 5′11″ 168 Starkville, MS 18 tackles, 1 INT 1 Rachuan Mitchell DB Sr. 5′11″ 179 Jacksonville, FL 14 tackles, 1 sack 0 Brendan Toles CB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′0″ 181 Oxford, MS 13 tackles 43 Khalen Leonard DB Fr. 6′3″ 175 Houston, TX 5 tackles 5 Jay Jones S 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′1″ 210 Demopolis, AL 4 tackles 8 Josh Perry DB 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′2″ 200 Amite, LA 3 tackles 22 Scott Rhea DB 6′0″ 190 Somerville, TN 2 tackles 13 Fred Smith DB 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′1″ 180 Hollandale, MS 1 tackle 23 Dee Baker CB 6′0″ 182 Flowood, MS 1 tackle 9 Jeremiah Robinson DB 6′0″ 190 Petal, MS −10 rushing yards 6 Tyler Barnes S 5′10″ 195 D’lberville, MS 14 J.D. Rutherford DB So. 5′10″ 186 Bay Saint Louis, MS 20 Vinson Brown DB Fr. 6′0″ 175 Manvel, TX 23 Aaron Catlin DB Fr. 5′10″ 180 Griffin, GA 27 Jermaine Roberson DB Fr. 6′0″ 180 Pahokee, FL 27 LaMarque Davis DB Jr. 6′2″ 180 Arlington, TX 39 Jalen Whisby DB Fr. 6′0″ 190 Sharpsburg, GA
Specialists 11 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2021 16 Mason Hunt P Jr. 6′2″ 217 Florence, SC 71 punts, 43.6 average 40 Briggs Bourgeois PK 6′1″ 192 Saint Amant, LA 8 of 14 field goals 59 Justin Hulett LS Sr. 6′0″ 194 Biloxi, MS 2 tackles 26 Tucker Barefoot PK RS 6′0″ 190 Clinton, MS 29 Dalton Melancon PK So. 5′11″ 182 Boutte, LA 49 Griffin Fleming P So. 6′1″ 200 Capalaba, QLD 56 T.J. Harvey LS 6′0″ 229 Columbus, GA 62 Seth Roberson LS So. 5′10″ 233 Oviedo, FL 81 Parker Colburn P Fr. 6′0″ 187 Trussville, AL 92 Payton Snyder P So. 6′3″ 181 New Albany, MS 98 Andrew Stein PK 5′9″ 185 Slidell, LA
Brandon Hayes, Jeremiah Robinson, Tyrek Moody, Hayes Maples, Austin Todd Jack Walker, Swayze Bozeman, Arvin Fletcher, Marvin Ross, Grayson Gunter Jason Brownlee, Everitt Cunningham, Terence Cherry, Chris Calvert Zach Portlock, Gerquan Scott, Stefon Ward, Cameron Williams L.J. Leonard, Cole Cavallo, Andrew Stein Dee Baker, Jake Lange, Tucker Barefoot Chris Scruggs, Bryce Foxworth Tyler Barnes, Jacques Turner Jay Stanley, Wesley Thompson Thomas Morton, T.J. Pope Joshua Carr Jr., Khalen Leonard Scott Rhea, Andrew Cole Aaron Catlin, Naricuss Driver John Pearsall, Dalton Melancon Seth Roberson, Emanuel Rushing Brendan Toles Jakarius Caston Lakevias Daniel Rachuan Mitchell Chandler Pittman Da’quan Bailey-Brown Eric Scott Jr Eriq Kitchen Frank Gore Jr. Michael Pleas Tahj Sykes Jay Jones Ty Keyes Dajon Richard Santrell Latham Tyrese Hopkins Darius Maberry Dominic Quewon Josh Perry Trey Lowe III Malik Shorts Tee Webb Antavious Willis Bennett Johnston Fred Smith J.D. Rutherford Justin Carter Antoine Robinson Mason Hunt Jason Goldstein Arian Gregory Jacob Prince Tyler Kennedy Vinson Brown Steven Anderson Jimmy Haywood LaMarque Davis Camron Harrell Matt Pleasant T.Q. Newsome DaShawn Crawford Devin Thomas Jalen Whisby Briggs Bourgeois Avery White Freddie Hartz Averie Habas Ray Ladner Briason Mays T.J. Harvey Justin Hulett Coker Wright Khalique Washington Paul Gainer Matt Ryals Douglas Gearity Kameron King Tanner Hawthorne Tre Johnson Tykeem Doss Parker Colburn Jalen May Mitchell Sellers Brad Dennis Luke Baker De’Mikal Chesser Payton Snyder Josh Ratcliff Kristin Booth Demarcus Jones Natrone Brooks MS 53 FL 15 AL 11 LA 9 GA 6 Hometowns of the 2021 Southern Miss 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 Mississippi 53 Florida 15 Alabama 11 Louisiana 9 Georgia 6 Texas 6 Tennessee 4 Minnesota 2 Top counties Madison County, Mississippi pop. 112,000 7 Mobile County, Alabama pop. 413,000 5 Forrest County, Mississippi pop. 78,272 5 Rankin County, Mississippi pop. 159,000 4 Clay County, Mississippi pop. 18,383 4 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’ 2021 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.
