Bowl Bound - 2026 Appalachian State Mountaineers Roster

	Appalachian State Team Roster
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Quarterbacks
#	POS	NAME	HT	WT	YR	GPA	WE	INT	STATUS	High School	OVR	POT
19	QB	Tyler Capps (S)	6-4	185	Jr	3.52	71	72	OK	Southwest Onslow (Jacksonville, NC)	2	4
17	QB	Jason Denney	6-3	217	(Jr)	3.47	84	66	OK	Desert Vista (Phoenix, AZ)	2	3
09	QB	Tony St. Clair	6-3	200	Fr	3.55	95	57	OK	St. David's (Raleigh, NC)	1	2
11	QB	Charles Thornhill	6-4	187	Sr	3.44	99	88	OK	Steamboat Springs (CO)	2	3
04	QB	Kevin Van Horn	6-1	205	So	3.48	95	71	OK	Thomas Jefferson (Denver, CO)	2	4

Running Backs
#	POS	NAME	HT	WT	YR	GPA	WE	INT	STATUS	High School	OVR	POT
31	RB	Billy Espinosa	6-0	202	So	2.02	47	47	OK	Franklin (Franklin, PA)	1	3
37	RB	Jeff Fletcher	5-9	177	Sr	2.00	55	53	OK	Salisbury School (Salisbury, CT)	1	3
35	RB	Gordon Goldstein	5-8	198	Jr	3.27	71	94	OK	Creswell (Creswell, NC)	1	1
39	RB	Austin Keaton	5-9	192	Jr	3.58	58	94	OK	Southern Nash (Bailey, NC)	1	2
41	RB	Michael Poindexter (S)	5-8	198	So	3.24	97	51	OK	Sallisaw (Sallisaw, OK)	1	3
38	RB	Mark Warlick	5-11	184	Jr	3.77	57	82	OK	New Brunswick (New Brunswick, NJ)	1	2
29	FB	Virgil Culbertson (S)	6-2	225	Jr	3.40	62	64	OK	Woodrow Wilson (Dallas, TX)	2	4
26	FB	Chris Fitzgerald	5-10	224	So	3.23	67	67	OK	North Sanpete (Mt. Pleasant, UT)	2	3
44	FB	Cesar Beamer	5-11	219	Jr	3.41	97	85	OK	Asheboro (Asheboro, NC)	1	2

Receivers
#	POS	NAME	HT	WT	YR	GPA	WE	INT	STATUS	High School	OVR	POT
89	WR	James Drayton	6-0	181	(Sr)	3.14	79	60	OK	Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC)	1	3
03	WR	Nate Cash	6-0	194	Fr	3.42	80	71	OK	Bunker Hill (Claremont, NC)	1	3
06	WR	Jermaine Givens (S)	6-2	200	So	2.43	88	38	OK	Kingswood Regional (Wolfeboro, NH)	1	3
86	WR	Caleb Hayden	5-11	173	Jr	3.97	75	75	OK	Northeastern (Elizabeth City, NC)	1	3
81	WR	Ben Nastase	6-5	195	Jr	2.59	99	47	OK	Northwest (Germantown, MD)	1	3
87	WR	Dave Sanchez (S)	6-0	183	Jr	2.59	67	54	OK	Lewiston (Lewiston, ME)	1	4
85	WR	Alberto Simmons	5-11	214	So	2.73	56	62	OK	Polytech (Woodside, DE)	1	2
88	TE	Joe Paul	6-2	244	Sr	3.93	90	92	OK	Hawkinsville (Hawkinsville, GA)	1	3
82	TE	Kevin Buchanan (S)	6-5	231	Jr	3.92	58	92	OK	Trinity (Trinity, NC)	1	4
80	TE	Alexander Clark	6-2	232	Fr	3.43	45	71	OK	Normal Community (Normal, IL)	1	3
84	TE	Pat Duggan	6-3	234	Jr	3.61	74	59	OK	Carver (Winston-Salem, NC)	1	2
83	TE	Ahmaad Cho	6-4	217	Fr	1.98	85	46	OK	Morgan Park (Chicago, IL)	1	3

Offensive Lineman
#	POS	NAME	HT	WT	YR	GPA	WE	INT	STATUS	High School	OVR	POT
78	OT	Juan Rice	6-7	303	Sr	3.70	83	97	OK	South Brunswick (NJ)	1	3
77	OT	Nick Sanders (S)	6-3	318	Jr	3.67	93	74	OK	Parkland (Allentown, PA)	2	4
68	OT	Hector Cobb (S)	6-3	305	Jr	2.80	84	54	OK	Mt. Anthony Union (Bennington, VT)	2	4
69	OT	Adalberto Thomas	6-7	288	Fr	3.70	82	67	OK	Currituck (Barco, NC)	1	2
72	OT	Colby Washington	6-0	289	Sr	3.37	71	83	OK	East Gaston (Mount Holly, NC)	1	3
74	OT	Michael Wolfe	6-1	295	Sr	3.91	84	99	OK	Hoke County (Raeford, NC)	1	2
63	OG	Phil Howland	6-0	281	So	1.98	62	43	OK	Salisbury School (Salisbury, CT)	1	3
70	OG	Clint Kearse (S)	6-4	295	So	3.32	96	85	OK	Fike (Wilson, NC)	1	3
76	OG	Julian Ford	6-7	291	Jr	2.53	66	62	OK	Green Hope (Morrisville, NC)	1	2
61	OG	Jon Smass (S)	6-2	280	So	3.04	89	50	OK	Uniontown Area (Uniontown, PA)	1	3
79	OG	Mickey Taylor	6-7	275	So	2.67	59	62	OK	Deep Run (Glen Allen, VA)	1	4
66	OG	Derron Troup	6-2	290	Jr	2.22	64	48	OK	North Stanly (New London, NC)	1	2
65	C	Jake Hutchison (S)	6-0	283	(Jr)	2.10	48	51	OK	Winslow Township (Atco, NJ)	2	4
73	C	Jordan Hall	6-1	272	Fr	3.35	76	82	OK	Southern Alamance (Graham, NC)	1	1
71	C	Elvin Fogle	6-0	283	Jr	2.08	67	54	OK	Libertyville (Libertyville, IL)	2	4

Defensive Lineman
#	POS	NAME	HT	WT	YR	GPA	WE	INT	STATUS	High School	OVR	POT
91	DE	Javon Nelson (S)	6-1	268	Jr	3.55	94	74	OK	Manheim Township (Lancaster, PA)	1	3
97	DE	Chester Harris	6-7	266	Jr	3.35	66	85	OK	Ben Smith (Greensboro, NC)	1	2
96	DE	Sylvester Furr	6-2	276	Jr	3.80	85	89	OK	Lake Norman (Mooresville, NC)	1	2
94	DE	Nathan Delvalle	6-0	275	So	3.28	89	99	OK	Kahuku (Kahuku, HI)	1	3
92	DE	David Hoover (S)	6-7	272	Jr	3.59	92	72	OK	Kempsville (Virginia Beach, VA)	1	4
95	DT	Alfred McAfee (S)	6-6	270	So	2.00	64	49	OK	Middletown South (Middletown, NJ)	1	3
99	DT	Austin Moya (S)	6-7	286	So	3.67	71	75	OK	Chartiers Houston (Houston, PA)	1	4
90	DT	Danny Nolan	6-0	280	Jr	2.50	55	58	OK	Fike (Wilson, NC)	1	2
93	DT	Edwin Perry	6-5	275	Jr	3.97	82	73	OK	Richmond County (Rockingham, NC)	1	2
98	DT	Clint Billups	6-4	293	Jr	3.64	59	79	OK	Rockbridge (Lexington, VA)	1	2

Linebackers
#	POS	NAME	HT	WT	YR	GPA	WE	INT	STATUS	High School	OVR	POT
43	ILB	Ron Miller	5-11	229	Jr	3.60	62	77	OK	Southeast Halifax (Halifax, NC)	1	1
45	ILB	Matt Rogers (S)	5-10	235	Jr	2.01	62	44	OK	North Hunterdon (Annandale, NJ)	1	3
59	ILB	Jaxson Haas	5-10	232	Sr	3.50	68	80	OK	Hanover (Hanover, NH)	2	3
55	ILB	Austin Benton	5-11	238	Jr	2.16	61	48	OK	Mohonasen (Schenectady, NY)	1	3
57	ILB	Dylan Bradley (S)	6-0	236	Sr	2.62	85	47	OK	Bellows Falls Union (VT)	3	4
52	OLB	Gary Nickel	5-10	213	Fr	3.36	85	99	OK	Graham (Graham, NC)	1	2
49	OLB	Nathan McKie	6-2	239	Jr	3.10	63	71	P (3-5 wks)	Winston Churchill (Potomac, MD)	2	4
56	OLB	Ty Hughes	6-1	213	So	3.63	99	81	OK	Jay M. Robinson (Concord, NC)	1	2
53	OLB	Darwin Barnes (S)	6-1	241	Sr	3.18	89	57	OK	Long Beach Polytechnic (CA)	4	6
50	OLB	Hunter Carson (S)	5-9	229	Jr	2.32	86	51	OK	Laney (Wilmington, NC)	2	3

Defensive Backs
#	POS	NAME	HT	WT	YR	GPA	WE	INT	STATUS	High School	OVR	POT
32	CB	Leo Peters	5-8	172	Fr	3.54	97	75	OK	Lewis & Clark (Spokane, WA)	1	3
30	CB	Alexander Mayo (S)	5-10	172	So	2.36	97	35	OK	Concord (Concord, NC)	1	3
36	CB	Brant Owens	5-11	185	Jr	2.64	71	59	OK	Cherry Hill East (Cherry Hill, NJ)	1	3
28	CB	Jordan Brown	5-11	172	Fr	3.85	99	91	OK	East Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)	1	4
40	CB	Kendall Kessler	6-1	178	Jr	3.40	85	60	OK	North Lenoir (LeGrange, NC)	1	3
42	CB	Matthew Ekwerekwu (S)	6-0	170	Jr	3.77	77	61	OK	Davie County (Mocksville, NC)	2	4
48	FS	Chad Irvin (S)	5-11	165	Jr	3.12	47	74	OK	Duquesne (Duquesne, PA)	2	5
27	FS	Aaron Leigh	5-10	185	Jr	3.31	62	88	OK	Wyoming Area (Exeter, PA)	1	3
24	FS	Kyle Bland	6-0	184	Fr	3.69	82	77	OK	Wallace-Rose Hill (Teachey, NC)	1	2
21	FS	Christian Marshall	6-0	192	Jr	3.88	96	76	OK	Lumberton (Lumberton, NC)	1	3
23	FS	JoJuan Baker	6-0	189	Jr	2.94	46	70	OK	T.C. Roberson (Asheville, NC)	1	4
46	FS	Barton Jones	5-10	180	Sr	3.30	74	57	OK	Pine Forest (Fayetteville, NC)	1	2
33	FS	Eddie Yates	6-2	203	So	3.33	81	91	D (4-6 wks)	Jordan-Matthews (Siler City, NC)	1	3
25	SS	Travian Andruzzi (S)	6-0	184	Sr	2.93	59	63	OK	Springdale (Springdale, AR)	1	3
22	SS	Robert Evans	6-0	175	Jr	3.43	93	62	OK	Big Spring (Newville, PA)	1	4

Special teams
#	POS	NAME	HT	WT	YR	GPA	WE	INT	STATUS	High School	OVR	POT
13	K	Dominique Stith	5-8	182	Fr	3.43	92	76	OK	Northside (Warner Robins, GA)	3	4
10	K	David Lechler (S)	6-1	192	Fr	2.70	63	59	OK	Portales� (Portales, NM)	4	5
15	P	Graham Gray (S)	6-3	175	Jr	2.83	50	64	OK	Meadowbrook (Richmond, VA)	3	5
01	P	Demetri Milan	5-8	191	So	2.79	61	59	OK	East Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)	1	1