Teams UTEP 2018 Roster ← 2017 2019 → 2018 UTEP roster 116 players: 18 freshmen, 8 sophomores, 24 juniors, 15 seniors, 51 with no class listed. From 16 states and 2 other countries; the most from Texas (62) and California (24). The 2018 season .
Quarterbacks 6 Running backs 12 Receivers 17 Tight ends 3 Offensive line 17 Defensive line 19 Linebackers 15 Defensive backs 20 Specialists 7
Running backs 12 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 4 Quadraiz Wadley RB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′0″ 220 Kennedale, TX 627 rushing yards, 7 TD 19 Treyvon Hughes RB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′1″ 235 Carrollton, TX 320 rushing yards, 1 TD 21 Joshua Fields RB 3★ 3-star recruit So. 5′9″ 195 El Paso, TX 57 rushing yards 22 Ronald Awatt RB 6′0″ 213 Lubbock, TX 4 tackles 31 James Tupou FB 5′10″ 230 Allen, TX 3 tackles 35 Forest McKee FB 6′1″ 245 Las Cruces, NM 1 return, 1 yard 38 Winston Dimel FB Sr. 6′1″ 242 Manhattan, KS −3 rushing yards 3 Reynaldo Flores RB RS 5′11″ 205 El Paso, TX 23 T.K. Powell RB Jr. 5′11″ 195 Fort Worth, TX 25 Jonathan Millan FB 5′9″ 217 El Paso, TX 27 Kriston Davis RB 5′9″ 180 St. Louis, MO 48 Robert Pufahl FB Jr. 5′11″ 245 Westlake Village, CA
Receivers 17 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 10 Warren Redix WR Sr. 5′10″ 185 El Paso, TX 36 catches, 442 yards 2 Terry Juniel WR Sr. 5′10″ 180 Surprise, AZ 21 catches, 281 yards, 3 TD 5 Keynan Foster WR 5′9″ 165 Mill Creek, WA 17 catches, 295 yards, 2 TD 11 Erik Brown WR Sr. 6′1″ 175 12 catches, 201 yards, 2 TD 11 Tre’Shon Wolf WR Fr. 6′0″ 170 Victoria, TX 10 catches, 144 yards 9 Alan Busey WR Jr. 6′1″ 195 Anchorage, AK 4 catches, 50 yards 26 Walter Dawn Jr. WR 2★ 2-star recruit 5′6″ 178 Mesquite, TX 4 catches, 57 yards 7 Kavika Johnson WR 2★ 2-star recruit 6′1″ 215 Las Cruces, NM 2 catches, 5 yards 14 Richie Rodriguez WR Fr. 5′9″ 190 El Paso, TX 1 tackle 21 Eddie Sinegal WR Jr. 6′1″ 175 El Paso, TX 1 tackle 2 Justin Garrett WR Fr. 6′1″ 200 Compton, CA 3 Mark Torrez WR 6′0″ 195 El Paso, TX 8 Miles Banks WR RS 6′1″ 165 Missouri City, TX 13 Andrew Nwachukwu WR 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ 205 Wylie, TX 80 Camryn Curtis Dozier WR Jr. 6′1″ 175 Houston, TX 81 Jorge Hernandez WR 5′5″ 150 El Paso, TX 82 Erin Portillo WR 5′7″ 170 El Paso, TX
Tight ends 3 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 18 David Lucero TE 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′5″ 240 Holtville, CA 20 catches, 322 yards, 2 TD 86 Josh Weeks TE 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′3″ 250 Show Low, AZ 8 catches, 153 yards 45 Trent Thompson TE 6′1″ 248 Houston, TX 1 catch, 2 yards
Offensive line 17 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 55 Gamaliel Barboza OL RS 6′4″ 295 Castroville, TX 60 Sheldon Benson OL 6′2″ 305 Schertz, TX 61 Ruben Guerra OL 2★ 2-star recruit Jr. 6′4″ 310 Bakersfield, CA 63 Josiah Gray OL 2★ 2-star recruit 6′4″ 305 Rancho, CA 64 Nathan O’Quin OL 6′4″ 280 Clayton, NY 65 Derron Gatewood OL Jr. 6′2″ 300 Odessa, TX 67 Solomon Polk OL 2★ 2-star recruit 6′7″ 290 El Paso, TX 68 Zuri Henry OL 6′6″ 293 Wylie, TX 69 Greg Long OL Fr. 6′4″ 295 El Paso, TX 69 Markos Lujan OL Jr. 6′3″ 310 El Paso, TX 70 Robert Lazarin OL Fr. 6′3″ 300 El Paso, TX 72 Jerrod Brooks OL 6′6″ 312 Dallas, TX 72 Tank Jenkins OL 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ 320 El Paso, TX 73 Bobby DeHaro OL RS 6′4″ 310 El Paso, TX 74 Bijan Hosseini OL Jr. 6′3″ 300 Upland, CA 76 Darta Lee OL Fr. 6′3″ 315 Fresno, TX 78 Jaime Perales OL RS 6′2″ 290 El Paso, TX
Defensive line 19 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 11 Denzel Chukwukelu DT Jr. 6′4″ 290 Rockwall, TX 40 tackles, 2 sacks 55 Mike Sota DE Sr. 6′5″ 280 Placentia, CA 31 tackles, 4.5 sacks 95 Trace Mascorro DE 2★ 2-star recruit 6′1″ 260 Refugio, TX 27 tackles, 2.5 sacks 99 Chris Richardson DL Jr. 6′3″ 298 Oak Hills, CA 31 tackles 94 C.J. Reese DE Sr. 6′2″ 270 San Antonio, TX 24 tackles 97 Josh Ortega DT 6′3″ 270 El Paso, TX 8 tackles 23 Praise Amaewhule DE 6′3″ 250 Katy, TX 3 tackles 32 Christian Johnson DE 6′2″ 275 El Paso, TX 2 tackles 33 Nathan Logoleo DL 6′0″ 245 Garden Grove, CA 2 tackles 44 Jenson Misaalefua DT Fr. 6′2″ 335 Carson, CA 0 rushing yards 15 Tiano Tialavea DT So. 6′3″ 315 Seattle, WA 40 Anthony Ulmer DE Fr. 6′3″ 235 El Paso, TX 48 Blake Thompson DT RS 6′0″ 289 Houston, TX 50 Jimmy Quemado DT Jr. 5′11″ 260 Honolulu, HI 59 Dedrick Simpson DT 6′3″ 320 Houston, TX 85 Sani Buckingham DT So. 6′4″ 292 Tafuna, American Samoa 87 Christian Buckingham DL Jr. 6′4″ 280 Tafuna, American Samoa 90 Dakari Bickham DE So. 6′3″ 280 Grand Rapids, MI 93 Chuck Tuiolemotu DE 6′2″ 245 Wahiawa, HI
Linebackers 15 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 45 A.J. Hotchkins LB Sr. 6′1″ 230 Portland, OR 126 tackles, 7 sacks 29 Jamar Smith LB Sr. 5′10″ 230 Lyons, GA 80 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT 55 Sione Tupou LB 6′0″ 250 Allen, TX 61 tackles, 1 sack 6 Dylan Parsee LB Jr. 6′2″ 220 San Angelo, TX 21 tackles, 2 sacks 7 Kalaii Griffin LB Jr. 6′1″ 215 Bethesda, MD 13 tackles 47 Stephen Forester LB 6′2″ 230 Dallas, TX 7 tackles 8 Elijah Ruiz LB Fr. 6′3″ 225 El Paso, TX 1 tackle 34 Thomas Lash LB Jr. 6′3″ 230 Santa Barbara, CA 1 tackle 1 Joe Jay Smith LB So. 6′3″ 230 Bethlehem, PA 9 Jayson VanHook LB 6′3″ 210 Moreno Valley, CA 16 Gabriel Flynn LB So. 6′1″ 220 Tucson, AZ 19 D.J. Turner LB Fr. 5′11″ 215 Bellflower, CA 32 Sergio Gonzalez LB 5′10″ 230 El Paso, TX 43 Uelese Buckingham LB 5′11″ 220 Tafuna, American Samoa 57 Barron Wortham Jr. LB So. 5′11″ 230 Fort Worth, TX
Defensive backs 20 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 24 Kahani Smith DB Sr. 6′1″ 190 Los Angeles, CA 81 tackles 5 Nik Needham DB 2★ 2-star recruit Sr. 6′0″ 203 Buena Park, CA 60 tackles, 1 INT 13 Justin Rogers DB Jr. 5′11″ 195 Los Angeles, CA 52 tackles, 1 INT 1 Kalon Beverly DB 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′1″ 195 New Orleans, LA 42 tackles, 2 INT 2 Michael Lewis DB Jr. 6′0″ 192 Trinity, TX 50 tackles 1 Broderick Harrell DB 5′11″ 200 Lubbock, TX 15 tackles 22 Josh Caldwell DB Fr. 6′0″ 170 Long Beach, CA 5 tackles 8 Juleion Bowers DB Fr. 5′9″ 170 Midland, TX 3 tackles 12 Adrian Hynson DB Jr. 5′10″ 195 Corpus Christi, TX 2 tackles 1 Tyson Wilson S 5′10″ 180 Mckinney, TX 1 tackle 20 Ray Walters DB 2★ 2-star recruit 6′0″ 180 Los Angeles, CA 1 tackle 3 Ty’reke James S RS 5′10″ 199 Richmond, CA 5 Dy’Vonne Inyang DB Fr. 6′1″ 180 Missouri City, TX 18 Jerrell Brown DB Jr. 6′1″ 195 Perris, CA 18 Robert Corner III DB Fr. 6′1″ 175 Compton, CA 26 Joshua Forester DB RS 6′1″ 195 Dallas, TX 28 Justin Prince DB RS 5′10″ 205 Inglewood, CA 29 Duron Lowe CB Fr. 5′11″ 185 Shawnee, KS 30 Deaumonjae Banks DB Fr. 6′1″ 195 El Paso, TX 39 Robert Escobedo DB 5′10″ 200 El Paso, TX
Mark Torrez, Reynaldo Flores, Elijah Ruiz, Warren Redix, Ryan Metz, Richie Rodriguez, Eddie Sinegal, Joshua Fields, Jonathan Millan, Deaumonjae Banks, Christian Johnson, Sergio Gonzalez, Izaiah McCormick, Robert Escobedo, Anthony Ulmer, Jason Filley, Solomon Polk, Greg Long, Markos Lujan, Robert Lazarin, Tank Jenkins, Bobby DeHaro, Jaime Perales, Jorge Hernandez, Erin Portillo, Josh Ortega Justin Garrett, Robert Corner III, D.J. Turner, Josh Caldwell Trent Thompson, Blake Thompson, Dedrick Simpson, Camryn Curtis Dozier Denzel Chukwukelu, Andrew Nwachukwu, Zuri Henry Justin Rogers, Ray Walters, Kahani Smith Joshua Forester, Stephen Forester, Jerrod Brooks Broderick Harrell, Ronald Awatt Tyson Wilson, Gavin Baechle Dy’Vonne Inyang, Miles Banks Nik Needham, Mike Sota Kavika Johnson, Forest McKee Brandon Jones, Ruben Guerra T.K. Powell, Barron Wortham Jr. James Tupou, Sione Tupou Joe Jay Smith Kai Locksley Kalon Beverly Gavin Hardison Michael Lewis Terry Juniel Ty’reke James Quadraiz Wadley Keynan Foster Dylan Parsee Kalaii Griffin Brady Viles Juleion Bowers Alan Busey Isaiah Bravo Jayson VanHook Tre’Shon Wolf Adrian Hynson Tiano Tialavea Alex Fernandes Gabriel Flynn David Lucero Jerrell Brown Treyvon Hughes Jake Sammut Praise Amaewhule Walter Dawn Jr. Kriston Davis Justin Prince Duron Lowe Jamar Smith Nathan Logoleo Thomas Lash Winston Dimel Jenson Misaalefua A.J. Hotchkins Robert Pufahl Jimmy Quemado Ryan Warren Gamaliel Barboza Sheldon Benson Josiah Gray Nathan O’Quin Derron Gatewood Bijan Hosseini Darta Lee Josh Weeks Dakari Bickham Chuck Tuiolemotu C.J. Reese Trace Mascorro Chris Richardson TX 62 CA 24 AZ 6 NM 3 HI 2 Hometowns of the 2018 UTEP 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 Texas 62 California 24 Arizona 6 New Mexico 3 American Samoa 3 Maryland 2 Washington 2 Kansas 2 Top counties El Paso County, Texas pop. 871,000 26 Los Angeles County, California pop. 9.8 million 11 Collin County, Texas pop. 1.2 million 6 Harris County, Texas pop. 4.8 million 5 Dallas County, Texas pop. 2.6 million 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’ 2018 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.
