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2025 offered players will be posted below. Outstanding Portal Offers: Artis Cole - WR - Louisiana-Monroe (5.5) 3 ⭐️ - 1/2/2025 Alex Atcavage - OL - FAU (NR) - 12/7/2024 J’Shun Bodiford - OL - Middle Tennessee State (5.5) 3 ⭐️ - 12/31/2024 Thomas Inge - OL - VMI (NR) - 1/13/2025 Javirea Moore - OL - East Texas A&M (NR) - 4/11/25 Nick Reimer - OL - Bowling Green (NR) - 12/9/2024 Isaac Tavo - OL - West Liberty (NR) - 12/24/2024 Davis Watson - OL - Cornell (5.5) 3 ⭐️ - 10/25/2024 Amaury Wiggins - OL - Arkansas (5.5) 3 ⭐️ - 12/10/2024 Jamall Thompson - DE - Samford (NR) - 4/5/2025 Stephon Wright - DE - Texas Southern (NR) - 12/9/2024 Macyo “Taz” Williams - DT - Utah State (5.4) 2 ⭐️ - 4/4/2025 JUCO Offers: Makai Sat - OL (NR) - 1/23/25 Shefon Boyd - DT (NR) - 1/10/25 Damien Burgueno - DT (NR) - 1/10/25 Darien Jackson - DT (NR) - 1/6/25 Tyson Toscano - DT (NR) - 1/14/25 Rudy Vargas - DT (NR) - 12/14/24 Removed 2025: Chase Belcher - RB - West Georgia (5.4) ⭐️ = Kennesaw State Hahsaun Wilson - RB - Charlotte (5.6) 3 ⭐️ = UTEP DJ Black - WR - DII (NR) = UCF Tim Grear - WR - Fresno State (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = AKRON TJ McWilliams - WR - Minnesota (NR) = Louisville Tyshawn Russell - WR - South Carolina (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Syracuse Levi Wentz - WR - Albany (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Kansas JaQuan Adams - OL East Tennessee State (5.7) 3 ⭐️ = Tulsa Christian Anderson -OL - Alabama A&M (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Southern Miss Trey Bedosky - OL - UAB (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Liberty Mason Bowers - OL - Kennesaw State (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Charlotte Nevell Brown - OL - Alabama A&M (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = New Mexico Travis Burke - OL - FIU (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Memphis Isaiah Cook - OL - Delaware State (NR) = Withdrew Peyton Ellis - OL - East Texas A&M (NR) = Marshall James Faminu - OL - Temple (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = UNLV Will Flowers - OL - Valdosta State (NR) = App State Shamarr Jackson OL - New Mexico State (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = App State DJ Johnson- OL - Western Kentucky (NR) = AKRON Gregory Allen Jones - OL - West Alabama (NR) = AKRON Kyrik Mason - OL - Georgia State (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Kent State Jeremiah Mawali - OL - Valdosta State (NR) = James Madison Patrick Methlie - OL - DII (NR) = Delaware Rene Miller - OL - Alcorn State (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Kennesaw State Nikola Milovac - OL - South Florida (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Kennesaw State Cole Morgan - OL - Michigan (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Rice Jacob Otts - OL - Rhose Island (NR) = Middle Tennessee State Cooper Sheehan - OL - New Mexico State (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Northern Arizona Jack Dunkley - DE - Duquesne (5.6) 3 ⭐️ = Withdrew Cyrus Durham - DE - Arizona (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = AKRON Lacota Dippre - DE - Charlotte (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = James Madison Dawan Martin - DE - Youngstown State (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Wyoming Jacob Psyk - DE - Harvard (5.6) 3 ⭐️ = UC Davis Dylan Fisher - DT - Ohio Dominican (NR) = Central Michigan Rushawn Lawrence - DT - Stony Brook (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Minnesota Hunter Sloan - DT - Cornell (NR) = Monmouth Qwyn Williams - DT - DII (NR) = Hawaii Sascha Garcia - CB - William & Mary (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Wake Forest Ben Kamara - CB - Upper Iowa (NR) = AKRON Zach Lewis - CB - Northern Arizona (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = North Dakota Alex McLaughlin - CB - Northern Arizona (5.6) 3 ⭐️ = Washington Tyrell Raby - CB - Middle Tennessee State (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Grambling Ed Rhambo - CB - Bowling Green (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Nevada Kaelin Drakeford - S - Eastern Illinois (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Chattanooga DaSheen Jackson - S - Alabama State (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = UAB Dwight Lewis - S - NAIA (NR) = Mississippi State Kevin Gallic - LS - New Hampshire (NR) = Nebraska Josiah Kennard - LS - East Texas A&M (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = James Madison JUCO Devin Ellison - WR (5.7) 3 ⭐️ = Washington State John Gayer - DE (5.8) 4 ⭐️ = California Andrew Marshall - DE (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Eastern Michigan Kenton Simmons - DE (NR) = FIU Micah Wing - DE (NR) = Ball State Jakwon McGinney - DT (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Arkansas State Desean Watts - DT (NR) = Sacramento State Removed 2024: Zevi Eckhaus - QB - Bryant (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Jacksonville State Ben Finley - QB - California (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = AKRON Dylan Downing - RB - Purdue (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Miami (OH) Jawarn Howell - RB - SC State (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = South Carolina Antwain Littleton - RB - Maryland (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Temple Marquese Williams - RB - Minnesota (5.6) 3 ⭐️ = AKRON Cortez Braham - WR - West Virginia (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Nevada Jaylen Varner - WR - Emporia State (NR) = Minnesota Dariyan Wiley - WR - ULM (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Nevada DeShawn Hanika - TE - Iowa State (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Kansas Logan Kyle - TE - Vanderbilt (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = James Madison Thomas Buxton - OL - Stonehill (5.2) 2 ⭐️ = Rhode Island Eli Fields - OL - Southern (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = AKRON Alex Foster - OL - Utah Tech (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Colorado State Kyle Frazier - OL - Savannah State (NR) = Georgia Southern Zach Greenberg - OL - Muhlenberg (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = North Carolina Jemeil Jackson - OL - Fort Valley State (NR) = Central Michigan CJ James - OL - New Mexico (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = UTSA Quincy Jenkins - OL - Campbell (NR) = James Madison Tyler McMillan - OL - Northwestern State (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = SEMO Connor Meadows - OL - Tennessee (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Tennessee State Kamar Missouri - OL - Rutgers (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = UTSA Jordan Moko - OL - Texas A&M (5.6) 3 ⭐️ = Charlotte Daniel Ogundipe - OL - UTSA (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = FIU Tolu Olajide - OL - Stonehill (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = New Hampshire James Pogorelc - OL - Stanford (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Duke Malachi Preciado - OL - Purdue (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = South Alabama Melvin Priestly - OL - Grambling (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Illinois Nick Reimer - OL - Merrimack (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Bowling Green Brayden Rohme - OL - California (5.6) 3 ⭐️ = UMASS Dayne Shor - OL - UCONN (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = AKRON DJ Wesolak - DE - Missouri (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Oregon State Kendy Charles - DT - Liberty (5.6) 3 ⭐️ = Duke Miguel Jackson - DT - Charlotte (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Utah State Nathan Kapogno - DT - New Hampshire (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = AKRON Sulaiman Kpaka - DT - Purdue (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Mississippi State Terry Lockett - DT - Syracuse (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = James Madison Dion Washington - DT - Nevada (5.7) 3 ⭐️ = Hawaii Rich Benenge - LB - Army (NR) = AKRON Bryquice Brown - CB - Georgia State (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Boston Collge Jermarian Jackson - CB - Robert Morris (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = FIU James Monds - CB - Indiana (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Middle Tennessee State Doug Newsome - CB - Charlotte (5.2) 2 ⭐️ = UT Martin Micah Robinson - CB - Furman (5.6) 3 ⭐️ = Tulane Anthony Romphf - CB - Western Michigan (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Charlotte Khalil Baker - S - NC Central (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Elon CJ Brown - S - Northern Illinois (5.2) 2 ⭐️ = Bowling Green SaVeon Brown - S - Western Michigan (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Buffalo Eltayeb Bushra - S - Fairmont State (NR) = Charlotte Malcolm Folk - S - Syracuse (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Kent State Andreas Keaton - S - Western Carolina (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Temple Keyshawn Cobb - S - West Virginia (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Nevada Davis Mallinger - S - West Virginia (5.2) 2 ⭐️ = Nevada Blake Ruffin - S - Eastern Illinois (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Louisville Da’Quan Thomas - OL - NC Central (NR) = AKRON Carson Heidecker - OL - Notre Dame College = Ohio Braxton Hicks - WR - Georgia (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Austin Peay Christopher Fitzgerald - DT - Youngstown State (5.5) 3 ⭐️ = Eastern Michigan D’Andre Richard - OL - Northwestern State (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = Southern Ardell Banks - WR - Kentucky (5.6) 3 ⭐️ = Kent State Jude Okolo - DT - FAU (NR) = Marshall Dimitri Madden - DT - UTEP (NR) = AKRON Jayden Bass - OL - Syracuse (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = UCONN Xavier Jennings - OL - Lenoir-Rhyne (NR) = Mercer Anthony Chideme-Alfaro - CB - Cornell (5.2) 2 ⭐️ = North Dakota State Jordan Hall - OL - Monmouth (NR) = Liberty Zy Brockington - DT - Memphis (5.4) 2 ⭐️ = AKRON Marquez Dortch - WR - California - NR (4/29/2024) Steven Mahar - TE - Syracuse (5.5) 3 ⭐️ (12/22/2023) Cole Birdow - OL - Merrimack (5.4) 2 ⭐️ (12/19/2023) Jake Wilson - DE - Penn State (5.4) 2 ⭐️ (3/11/2024) Ryan Williams - DT - Western Kentucky (5/2/2024) Dave Herard - CB - Virginia (5.5) 3 ⭐️ (12/12/2023) Deshawn Jones - CB - Bowling Green (5.5) 3 ⭐️ (12/7/2023) Terrence Spence - CB - Holy Cross (5.6) 3 ⭐️ (11/28/2023) Ray Gallagher - LS - Stony Brook - NR (4/29/2024) Removed 2023: Diondre Glover - DB - Central Missouri (NR) = Gardner-Webb Tyler Manoa - OL/DL - UCLA (3 ⭐️) = Arizona Jack Daly - DT - Bryant (NR) = FIU Darius Swanson - DB - Nebraska-Kearney (NR) = Tulane Gavin Pringle - DB - Bucknell (2 ⭐️)= Georgia State Jordan Vincent - DB - Eastern Illinois (3 ⭐️)= New Mexico State Nathan Carter - RB - UCONN (3 ⭐️)= Michigan State Alijah Huzzie - DB - East Tennessee State (NR) = UNC Marques Sigle - DB - North Dakota State (3 ⭐️)= Kansas State Jack Forsyth - OL - Howard (2 ⭐️) = Northern Arizona Arsheen Jiles - DB - Sacred Heart (NR) = Sacred Heart Donnell Brown - DL - St. Francis (3 ⭐️)= Maryland Austin Goffney - DB - Lamar (2 ⭐️) = Louisiana-Monroe Terray Jones - DT - Tennessee State (3 ⭐️)= AKRON Lorenzo Lingard - RB - Florida (3 ⭐️) = AKRON Malone Mataele - DB - Utah (3 ⭐️) = Utah State Ahmad Rabah - DE - American International College (3 ⭐️) = AKRON Courtney Jackson - WR - Syracuse (3 ⭐️) = Arkansas State Ches Jackson - OL - Colorado State (2 ⭐️) = Ohio Elijah McAllister - DL - Vanderbilt (3 ⭐️) = Auburn Joey Hunter - DB - South Carolina (2 ⭐️)= AKRON Bilhal Kone - DB - Indiana State (2 ⭐️)= Western Michigan Eric Weaver - DT - VMI (NR) = Kent State Lemuel Watley-Neely - DB - Indiana (2 ⭐️) = Kent State Chris Mayo - OL - West Virginia (3 ⭐️)= Eastern Michigan Keyshawn “Key” Cobb - DB - Buffalo (3 ⭐️) = West Virginia Dakota Thomas - WR - Western Kentucky (2 ⭐️) = AKRON Jimmy Holiday - WR - Tennessee (3 ⭐️) = Western Kentucky Shamari Simmons - DB - Austin Peay (3 ⭐️)= Arizona State Noah Plack-Tallerico - S - Delaware (2 ⭐️) = UCONN Ugonna Nnanna - OL - Houston (2 ⭐️) = Virginia Kevin Williams Jr. - OL - Nebraska (2 ⭐️) = Charlotte Jayden Gray - Edge - Iowa State (2 ⭐️) = Louisiana Tech Mattheus Carroll - Edge - Virginia Tech (2 ⭐️) = Kent State Hayden Harris - Edge - UCLA (2 ⭐️) = Montana Sebastian Benjamin - Edge - St. Francis (NR) = Western Kentucky DeMarcus Griffin-Taylor - DB - Houston (NR) = Louisiana Tech Lideatrick “Tulu” Griffin - WR - Mississippi State (NR) = Mississippi State Ben Frank - OT - Hobart College (NR) = AKRON Judson Tallandier - S - Pittsburgh (2 ⭐️) = AKRON Keonte Glinton - DB - Wyoming (2 ⭐️) = New Mexico State Jasper Parks - OL - Sioux Falls (NR) = Charlotte Shemar Hobdy-Lee - OL - FIU (NR) = Houston Courtney Eubanks - CB - North Dakota State (NR) = Coastal Carolina AJ George - OL - Cincinnati (NR) = AKRON Tyrell Raby - DB - Memphis (NR) = Middle Tennessee State Matt Lawson - DT - Fresno State (2 ⭐️)= Northwestern Richie Hagarty - DE - SIU (3 ⭐️)= Northwestern Quae Drake - LB - Louisiana-Monroe (NR) = Jacksonville State Joshua Wiggins - CB - Colorado (NR) = Liberty Nyzier Fourqurean - CB - Grand Valley State (NR) = Vanderbilt Keon Kindred - OT - Maryland (3 ⭐️) = AKRON Lama Lavea - DT - New Mexico State (NR) = AKRON Joshua Blanchard - OL - South Florida (NR) = AKRON Tristan Cox - DE - Purdue (3 ⭐️) = Ohio Jaylon Tillman - WR - Grand Valley State (NR) = Bowling Green Jude Okolo - DT - Illinois State (NR) = FAU Trevor Timmons - IOL - Charlotte (NR) = Georgia State Nate Martey - DT - Princeton (NR) = Arkansas State Michael Shanahan - OL - Texas Tech (2 ⭐️) = Western Michigan Finn Dirstine - OL - Boston College (NR) = Texas A&M Ty Robinson - WR - Colorado (2 ⭐️) = Ball State Phaizon Wilson - WR - Grambling (NR) = AKRON Keveion’ta Spears - DT - Louisiana Tech (NR) = Memphis Josh Castro - OL - Cal Lutheran (D3) (NR) = Nevada Danny Valenzuela - IOL - Arizona State (2 ⭐️) = Texas State Trevell Mullen - CB - Indiana (3 ⭐️) = Liberty Jesus Gibbs - DE - Towson (NR) = N/A Anthony Bauer - OL - Louisiana-Monroe (NR) = N/A

Hankerson is a good defender. He is also coachable and should fit in with Groce's system. Those are Groce's priorities.

If we were Malone or Walsh we'd be fine, but presently we only have 2 players on the team over 6'6"

I don’t know much about either of them. Morgan’s track record makes me question what’s going on with him. 2 years at MSU, transfers to UK for a year, transfers to Miami of Ohio, and now in the portal again. Chandler led a Big 12 team in tackles last year with 110 total, so I’d like to think he’d be able to step right in and produce here. I’m certain there will be some more transfer activity after spring ball. This staff sounds determined to reshape this roster one way or another - by internal development or bringing in more portal players.

I'm only familiar with Josh Chandler (McKinley) and Tre'Von Morgan (Massillon). I'd love to see us land Josh Chandler. I think I tagged one of the Zips coaches in a retweet from him when I saw he was entering the Portal. He's a good LB & I think would make an excellent MAC LB. Tre'Von Morgan, who originally signed with Michigan State, is... underwhelming. He's a physical specimen (6-6. 225?) but hasn't yet produced much between the lines. It was sort of the same way in high school; he was definitely recruited because of his potential, not because of actual on-field production. In high school he was clearly a man amongst boys, but he doesn't really have the greatest hands in the world. He would typically make one spectacular, eye-popping, highlight-film-making catch per game... but drop a couple easier catches. And he's a bit of a tweener - a little too big, i.e., not quite explosive enough, for WR and doesn't seem quite strong enough for TE (at the D-1 college level). Maybe he's added some weight. Idk. But either way, I like it when local products are on the team. Fun Fact on Tre'Von: his uncles (I believe that's the relation) played at Akron: Christian Morgan (6-4, 220) was a RB at Akron for one year and Marco Morgan (6-9) was a C/PF on the basketball team for two years. The genes in that family are obviously amazing. Bonus Fun Fact on Christian Morgan: man was I hyped when Lee Owens signed him. He's one of the most gorgeous athletes I've ever seen put pads on. I thought he'd be a 3-year All-MAC caliber player. But we also signed another RB that year out of the Pittsburgh area named Brandon Payne. End of story. Payne went on to become one of the greatest Zips RB of all time. (I think Christian also had academic issues as I don't believe he ever graduated.)

As long as they're not "sawing logs" when they're supposed to be "sawing wood", I'm OK with it.