Teams Yale 2026 Roster ← 2025 2026 Yale roster 93 players: 20 freshmen, 22 sophomores, 31 juniors, 20 seniors. From 28 states and 2 other countries; the most from Texas (19) and California (10). The 2026 season .
Quarterbacks 4 Running backs 5 Receivers 13 Tight ends 5 Offensive line 15 Defensive line 18 Linebackers 11 Defensive backs 18 Specialists 4
Receivers 13 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 18 Jaxton Santiago WR 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′3″ 211 Bakersfield, CA 38 catches, 584 yards, 8 TD 1 Lucius Anderson WR So. 6′3″ 205 Saratoga Springs, NY 34 catches, 417 yards, 2 TD 4 Reid Jones WR So. 6′3″ 197 Brooklyn, NY 13 catches, 130 yards 16 Garon Kemp WR Sr. 6′1″ 193 Driftwood, TX 4 catches, 57 yards, 1 TD 8 Chase Collyer WR Sr. 5′10″ 180 Windsor, CT 10 Kyle Maltarich WR Jr. 6′2″ 193 Millersburg, OH 11 Donovan McKoy WR Sr. 6′5″ 220 Englewood Cliffs, NJ 17 Robby Tattersall WR Sr. 6′6″ 230 Wilmington, DE 19 Evan Morton WR Fr. 6′1″ 200 Sandy, UT 21 Brice June WR Sr. 6′3″ 195 Potomac, MD 25 Clayton Sobecki WR Jr. 6′1″ 185 Southlake, TX 81 Thomas Bacon Jr WR Jr. 6′4″ 215 Westbury, NY 86 Davis Wong WR Jr. 6′1″ 185 Los Angeles, CA
Offensive line 15 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 53 John Prokapus OL So. 6′3″ 290 Medford, NJ 54 Jackson Aubyn OL Sr. 6′5″ 295 Colorado Springs, CO 55 Dylan Garrity OL Sr. 6′4″ 295 Old Tappan, NJ 59 Zavier Avera OL 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′5″ 300 Orlando, FL 62 Jimmy Randazzo OL So. 6′5″ 285 Matthews, NC 65 Cruz Trujillo OL Fr. 6′5″ 285 San Jose, CA 69 Quinton Lewis OL Sr. 6′4″ 310 Warner Robins, GA 71 Kevin Cassidy OL Jr. 6′6″ 305 Beaverton, OR 72 Bennett Anderson OL 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′5″ 290 Morgan Hill, CA 73 Gray McGown OT So. 6′6″ 310 Oxford, MS 74 Chris Layman OL Fr. 6′4″ 290 Arlington, VA 75 Elijah Brown OL Fr. 6′3″ 285 San Antonio, TX 76 Thomas Hoey OL So. 6′4″ 295 Sutton, MA 77 Aderian Adelabu OT 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′5″ 320 Chattanooga, TN 79 Tru Kendrick OT 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′5″ 300 Fairfield, CA
Defensive line 18 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 96 Jaylin Tate DL Sr. 6′4″ 295 Atlanta, GA 28 tackles 33 James Cave DL Jr. 6′5″ 250 Dallas, TX 17 tackles 1 Zairion Jackson-Bass DL Sr. 6′3″ 265 Charlotte, NC 14 tackles, 0.5 sacks 93 Mack Johnson DL Jr. 6′3″ 285 High Point, NC 15 tackles 23 Xavier Coleman DE So. 6′2″ 244 Fort Worth, TX 9 tackles, 1 sack 54 Babawale Fadeyibi DL Sr. 6′3″ 270 Lagos, Nigeria 9 tackles 97 Lota Ugokwe DL Jr. 6′2″ 250 Marietta, GA 8 tackles 45 Jevidi Hutton DE So. 6′2″ 230 Fishers, IN 4 tackles, 1 sack 99 Cooper Austin DL Sr. 6′2″ 290 Pittsburgh, PA 4 tackles 56 Xavier Rivers DL Jr. 6′1″ 250 Darnestown, MD 3 tackles 98 Jordan Ohakawa DL Fr. 6′2″ 283 Stafford, TX 1 tackle 22 Jackson Boone DL Jr. 6′4″ 250 Lawrence Township, NJ 30 Major Taylor DL Fr. 6′1″ 240 Irmo, SC 41 Liam Marley DL Fr. 6′3″ 270 Fort Lauderdale, FL 51 Atticus Snow DL Fr. 6′3″ 240 Longmeadow, MA 90 Max Ruedebusch DE So. 6′5″ 260 Lake Mills, WI 91 Jamel Dew DL Fr. 6′2″ 245 Ypsilanti, MI 95 Erik Ekens DT So. 6′3″ 295 Louisville, KY
Linebackers 11 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 8 Phoenix Grant LB Sr. 6′2″ 225 Sherman, TX 43 tackles 50 Jesse Schutzman LB Jr. 6′2″ 227 Norwalk, CT 24 tackles 12 Steven Partin LB Jr. 6′1″ 230 Flat Lick, KY 10 tackles, 0.5 sacks 10 Alex Kraus LB So. 6′3″ 230 Coppell, TX 4 tackles 13 Lucas Price LB So. 6′2″ 225 Commerce Township, MI 2 tackles 20 Tyler Cunningham LB Fr. 6′1″ 220 Paso Robles, CA 26 Jason Mathews LB Fr. 6′2″ 225 Southington, CT 34 Joseph Barry LB Jr. 6′3″ 240 Saddle River, NJ 42 Joe McCord LB Jr. 6′1″ 230 Knoxville, TN 44 Eddie Palumbo LB Jr. 6′3″ 230 Yorktown Heights, NY 57 Cooper Gentle LB Fr. 5′11″ 230 Chattanooga, TN
Defensive backs 18 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 0 Osize Daniyan DB 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′0″ 205 Mount Juliet, TN 22 tackles, 1 INT 4 Abu Kamara DB Sr. 6′0″ 208 Prospect Park, PA 22 tackles, 1 INT 15 J.P. Schmidt DB Jr. 6′0″ 200 Elmhurst, IL 20 tackles 5 Billy Eastep DB 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′2″ 210 Phoenix, AZ 19 tackles 14 Charles Barkley-Smith DB Jr. 5′11″ 185 Loganville, GA 15 tackles 7 Brandon Webster DB Sr. 6′0″ 190 Cleveland, OH 14 tackles 2 Chris White DB Jr. 6′1″ 195 San Diego, CA 6 tackles 9 Brandon Banks DB Jr. 5′11″ 185 Aliquippa, PA 3 tackles 6 Dillon Rickenbacker DB 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′1″ 205 Los Angeles, CA 2 tackles 3 Chenna Onwuasoanya DB So. 6′0″ 187 North Haven, CT 16 P.J. Hartsfield DB So. 6′2″ 185 Raleigh, NC 21 Ty Ingram-Eiser DB Jr. 6′2″ 205 Austin, TX 29 John Kemp DB Sr. 5′11″ 190 Chicago, IL 32 Cameron Nelson S So. 6′2″ 205 Houston, TX 35 Malachi Igharo DB Fr. 6′3″ 190 Dripping Springs, TX 38 Andruw Gist DB Fr. 6′1″ 195 Suwanee, GA 39 Jalaal Abdullah DB Fr. 6′1″ 186 Frisco, TX 82 Brady Carson S So. 6′1″ 200 Van Alstyne, TX
Specialists 4 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 36 Noah Piper PK So. 6′2″ 180 Flower Mound, TX 7 of 8 field goals 27 Reese Keeney PK Jr. 5′11″ 190 Knoxville, TN 20 punts, 40.1 average 52 Colby Connell LS Jr. 5′10″ 190 San Antonio, TX 55 Joey Fortner LS Sr. 6′2″ 235 Tinley Park, IL
Brady Wagner, Clayton Sobecki, Noah Piper Zairion Jackson-Bass, Jimmy Randazzo Chenna Onwuasoanya, Adam Pandolfi Dillon Rickenbacker, Davis Wong Graham Smith, J.P. Schmidt Brice June, Xavier Rivers Ty Ingram-Eiser, Vann Hopping Reese Keeney, Joe McCord James Cave, Hutch Chipman Joseph Barry, Dylan Garrity Colby Connell, Elijah Brown Cooper Gentle, Aderian Adelabu Osize Daniyan Lucius Anderson Chris White Callum Schweitzer Abu Kamara Reid Jones Billy Eastep Cuttler Adams Brandon Webster Charlie Hewitt Chase Collyer Phoenix Grant Brandon Banks Alex Kraus Kyle Maltarich Donovan McKoy Lucas Price Charles Barkley-Smith Brayden Knight P.J. Hartsfield Robby Tattersall Jaxton Santiago Evan Morton Tyler Cunningham Xavier Coleman Brennan Wack Jason Mathews John Kemp Major Taylor Cameron Nelson Malachi Igharo Andruw Gist Jalaal Abdullah Liam Marley Eddie Palumbo Jevidi Hutton Jesse Schutzman Atticus Snow John Prokapus Jackson Aubyn Joey Fortner Zavier Avera Cruz Trujillo Quinton Lewis Kevin Cassidy Bennett Anderson Gray McGown Chris Layman Tru Kendrick Thomas Bacon Jr Brady Carson Colton Sanders Max Ruedebusch Jamel Dew Mack Johnson Erik Ekens Jaylin Tate Lota Ugokwe Jordan Ohakawa Cooper Austin TX 19 CA 10 CT 5 GA 5 NC 5 Hometowns of the 2026 Yale 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 19 California 10 Tennessee 5 North Carolina 5 Connecticut 5 New Jersey 5 Georgia 5 New York 4 Top counties Cook County, Illinois pop. 5.2 million 3 Dallas County, Texas pop. 2.6 million 3 Tarrant County, Texas pop. 2.2 million 3 Santa Clara County, California pop. 1.9 million 3 Bergen County, New Jersey pop. 962,000 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’ 2026 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.
