2023 NCAA college football players from News-Herald coverage area high schools

Oct. 23—NOTE — The following is a list of NCAA college football players from News-Herald coverage area high schools. It does not include area natives who attended non-coverage area high schools. Players should be listed as long as they're listed as being from the area on their college team's roster.

FBS (31)

Akron: OL Alex Robarge (RJr., Kenston), OL Brian Underwood (Fr., Benedictine)

Army: P Billy Boehlke (Sr., Benedictine)

Bowling Green: OLB Charles Rosser (Jr., Benedictine)

Central Michigan: DB Alex Henry (Fr., Chardon), DB Trey Liebhardt (Fr., Chardon)

Cincinnati: LS Triston O'Brien (RSo., NDCL)

Colorado: G Jack Bailey (Gr., Kirtland)

Eastern Michigan: LB Chase Kline (Sr., Chardon), DB Cameron Smith (Jr., Euclid)

Iowa State: DE Myles Mendeszoon (RSo., Chardon)

Kent State: WR Luke Floriea (Sr., Mentor), LB Chase Fortkamp (Jr., Wickliffe), S Damari Williams (Fr., Brush)

Michigan State: C Nick Samac (RSr., Mentor), DL Brandon Wright (RSr., Euclid)

NC State: DL Noah Potter (Gr., Mentor)

Notre Dame: DL Brenan Vernon (Fr., Mentor)

Ohio: K Gianni Spetic (Fr., NDCL)

Pittsburgh: OL Ryan Baer (RFr., North), LS Byron Floyd (RJr., Mentor), OL Ryan Jacoby (RSr., Mentor)

Rice: CB Lloyd McFarquhar (Gr., Brush)

Texas State: LB Owen McClintock (RSo., Chagrin Falls)

Toledo: S Chris Gales (So., Benedictine), OL Ethan Spoth (RFr., North)

Vanderbilt: WR Hutch Baird (Jr., Mentor)

Wake Forest: OL Cale Doyle (RFr., Kenston), OL George Sell (RSo., Kenston)

West Virginia: RB Jaylen Anderson (RSo., Perry)

Wisconsin: CB Nyzier Fourqurean (Jr., Mentor)

FCS (27)

Albany: WR Julian Hicks (Gr., Mayfield)

Butler: RB Joey Suchy (RJr., Mayfield), DL Sam Urbanski (RJr., NDCL), K-P Luka Zurak (RJr., Lake Catholic)

Charleston Southern: K-P Sam Babbush (RJr., Beachwood)

Colgate: OL Nick Dalessandro (So., Chagrin Falls)

Cornell: WR Matheson Bossick (So., University), CB Rick Coleman Jr. (So., Harvey)

Duquesne: LB Ty Howard (So., VASJ), DL Alex Reese III (So., Euclid), K-P Andrew Smith (Jr., Mentor)

Hampton: DL Chris Jackson (Fr., University)

Howard: LB Terrance Hollon (Jr., Benedictine)

Maine: OL Anthony Iliano (Fr., Benedictine)

Marist: DL Dominic Dutton (RJr., NDCL), DL Max Zart (RJr., NDCL)

Robert Morris: OL Luke Beltavski (Jr., Benedictine), OL Sam Davis (RSo., Geneva), P Mack Flynn (So., VASJ), DB Jeremiah Jackson (So., Mayfield), S Joe Malchesky (RSo., Lake Catholic)

South Dakota: WR Curtis Thomas (Fr., North)

Stony Brook: LB Derell Bedingfield Jr. (RFr., Benedictine)

Youngstown State: WR CJ Charleston (Jr., Gilmour), OL Ryan Johnson (Sr., Euclid), TE Alex McDonald (RFr., Chardon), LB Grant Woods (RFr., Mayfield)

DIVISION II (64)

Ashland: S Aidan Arth (Fr., Mayfield), WR Isaiah Beard (Fr., Brush), OL Hunter Colao (RSo., Mentor), S Alexis Pacheco-Rodriguez (So., Lake Catholic), K Anna Sanders (Sr., Kenston)

Bemidji State: WR Dhel Duncan-Busby (Sr., Madison)

California (Pa.): LB Israel Xavier (RSr., Mayfield)

Charleston (W.Va.): OL Steve Hall (RSo., Euclid)

Edinboro: LB Clay Cunningham (RJr., Mayfield), OL William Fazekas (Fr., Fairport)

Erskine: DB Myles Byrd (Fr., Benedictine)

Findlay: RB Duwann Gray Jr. (So., Beachwood), WR Devon Holbert (Jr., Perry)

Gannon: RB Blaise Collins (Fr., Harvey), QB Nick Demchuk (RSr., Benedictine), DB Jamir Francis (Jr., Riverside), OL AJ Kifus (Fr., Perry), OL George Prusock III (Fr., Kirtland), LB Matthew Spofford (RFr., Riverside), WR Bransen Stanley (RSr., Kenston), DB Ty Tiggs (Sr., Mayfield), OL Jake Vasko (RSo., Benedictine)

Grand Valley State: DL Thomas Jolly (So., Benedictine)

Hillsdale: DB Ryan Niksa (RFr., NDCL), DL Luke Peroni (Fr., NDCL), TB Jack Robinson (Jr., NDCL)

Lake Erie: DT Rayshawn Black (Fr., VASJ), DE Jack Bunn (So., Wickliffe), OL Eric Davis (Jr., Mentor), DT Phillip Hawkins (Sr., Euclid), TE Omari Howard (Jr., Euclid), OL Dylan Jenkins (Fr., Chardon), LB Ryan Merrill (Fr., Cornerstone Christian), DT Daquan Ross (Jr., Brush), S Chase Simak (So., Cardinal), WR Emmanuel Sims (So., Richmond Heights), DT Charlie Taylor (Jr., Geneva), K Salvatore Vargas (Fr., Berkshire)

Lane: OL Maliek Williams (Fr., Brush)

Notre Dame College: DL Isaiah Black (So., Mayfield), OL Antonio Golemovic (Fr., North), WR Keyshawn Johnson (Jr., Brush), OL Vincent Lester (RJr., Brush), WR Michael Norwood (RFr., Mentor), OL Zachary Slapnicker (Jr., West Geauga), WR Rico Small (RSo., South), OL Marco Tramontano (RJr., Mayfield)

Ohio Dominican: DB Donell Jackson Jr. (Fr., Wickliffe)

Pittsburg State: S Michael Lacey (Sr., Benedictine)

Seton Hill: OL Ashawn Berry (Gr., Euclid), DL Alex Kisley (Fr., Chardon), WR Jalen Minter (So., VASJ)

Slippery Rock: LB Jacob Snow (Fr., Mentor)

Tiffin: WR Evan Harper (Fr., Mentor), LB Ryan Konyecsni (Fr., Benedictine), DL Uzonna Nzekwe (Fr., Beachwood)

Walsh: LB Kyle Bischof (RSo., Mentor), S Marvin Conkle (So., Benedictine), OL Jacob Glass (Sr., Madison), CB Terrell Grier (RFr., Benedictine), QB CeeJay Yarboro (So., Benedictine), S Connor Zgrebnak (RFr., Perry)

West Liberty: DL John Brown (Jr., Euclid), DB Jahi Hairston (So., Brush)

DIVISION III (110)

Allegheny: RB Christian Bolden (Jr., Brush), OL Blake Harmon (Sr., Mentor), DL Chase Smith (Fr., Euclid), DB Ja'Karri Young (Fr., Euclid)

Baldwin Wallace: K Joseph Evans (Fr., Chardon), DL Collin Fairbanks (Fr., Riverside), DB T.J. Gibbons (Fr., Lake Catholic), RB DJ Griffus (Sr., Lake Catholic), OL Nick Kalb (Sr., Riverside), P Dylan Kooyman (Sr., Chardon), OL Nick Lulow (Fr., Riverside), TE Elija Maldonado (Fr., West Geauga), OL Nick Messenger (So., Riverside), WR Colin Quinlan (Fr., South), OL Dylan Simpson (So., Riverside), RB Tyrone Singleton (Fr., South), DL Jordan Smith (Sr., Riverside), RB Mark Tomei Jr. (So., NDCL), LB Dom Tromba (So., Riverside)

Bethany: LB Rondell Lewis (Sr., Beachwood)

Bluffton: DL Maxwell Moore (So., Chagrin Falls)

Capital: DE AJ Adams (Fr., Riverside), OL Keith Frazier (Fr., Mayfield)

Carnegie Mellon: RB DJ Johnson (Fr., Hawken), LB Ryan Zucker (So., NDCL)

Case Western Reserve: LB Henry Busch (So., Riverside), WR Noah Coyne (Jr., NDCL), WR Bryce Hodge (So., University), QB Ian Kipp (Jr., Mentor), DB Sonny Oddo (Sr., Mentor), LB Marco Toth (Sr., Mentor), RB Mitchell Waite (Fr., Mentor), WR Michael Wojkowski (Sr., Riverside), DB DJ Wolf (Gr., Mentor)

Catholic: LB Michael Hopkins (So., Gilmour)

Denison: WR Billy Guzzo (Jr., Mayfield), DL Connor Kratzert (Sr., Kenston)

Depauw: OL Gavin Ippolito (Fr., University)

Grove City: FB Elijah Southern (Fr., Berkshire), FB Robert Tamburrino (Sr., NDCL)

Heidelberg: WR Joey Korzunowski (Jr., Mentor)

Hiram: LB Dylan Baliker (Sr., West Geauga), OL Branden Black (Jr., Benedictine), DL Cameron Dimos (Fr., Cardinal), S Zakary Hambor (Fr., Fairport), TE James Hammonds (Fr., West Geauga), QB Gabriel Lawson (Fr., Fairport), TE Umar Qasim (Sr., South), DL Ayden Smith (Fr., Chardon)

John Carroll: WR Mason Bala (Jr., Wickliffe), DB Kevin Doyle (Jr., Chardon), DB Bryce Figler (Fr., South), DB Daniel Gallagher Jr. (Sr., South), QB Nikko Georgiou (Fr., Kenston), WR JP Germano (So., Kenston), WR Tyler Mintz (Sr., Kenston), LB Collin Orosz (Fr., Mentor), LB Austin Pascoe (Fr., West Geauga), DB Xavier Perez (So., Chagrin Falls), DB Caleb Pohto (Fr., Mentor), LB Mason Rus (So., Kirtland), CB Torry Stazzone (So., West Geauga), WR Gage Sullivan (So., Kirtland), RB Mason Sullivan (Jr., Kirtland), TE Jon Tomcufcik (Sr., Kenston), WR Joe Torok (Gr., Kirtland), DB Levi VeVerka (Jr., West Geauga),

Marietta: OL Alex Azre (Fr., South), DB Steven Daugherty (So., Mayfield), DL Joe Dilella (So., Mayfield), DL Kaleb Puckett (Fr., Harvey), WR John Sierputowski (Jr., Mentor), OL Jorden Watt (So., Madison), LB Bryant Young (Fr., North)

Middlebury: TE Will Lazzaro (Fr., Gilmour)

Mount Union: RB Carter Cantrell (Fr., Lake Catholic), WR Jace Ellis (Fr., Benedictine), OL Michael Milano (Sr., Mayfield), OL Scotty Purchase (Fr., West Geauga)

Muskingum: WR Jordan Heiser (Fr., University)

Norwich: ILB Simon Taraska (Jr., Lake Catholic)

Ohio Northern: WR Daryus Barrett (So., Benedictine), TE Colin Cusack (Jr., Chagrin Falls), WR Jordan Dean (Jr., VASJ), OL Jacob Marjak (So., Perry), LB Mikey Moon (Jr., Wickliffe), RB Jamir Nunley (Sr., Mayfield), OL Aidan Thompson (Sr., Madison)

Ohio Wesleyan: WR Jackson Beavers (Fr., Chagrin Falls), CB AJ Hanslik (So., South), DE Jack Novak (Fr., Kenston), QB Drew Schiano (Jr., Perry), LB Grant Sellars (Fr., Chagrin Falls), LB Zoran Vujaklija (Jr., Chardon)

Otterbein: RB Ahjay Cody (Jr., Euclid), DB Dori Flowers (Fr., Gilmour),

Rose-Hulman: OL John Avalon (So., Cardinal)

Saint Vincent: OLB Nick Donofrio (Fr., West Geauga)

Thiel: LB Jason Panich (Fr., South)

Washington and Jefferson: WR Anthony Rosati (Jr., Perry), DB Johntez Strozier (So., Brush)

Williams: K Ivan Shuran (Jr., Benedictine)

Wisconsin-Whitewater: DL Griffin Carr (Fr., West Geauga), DL Lucas Sadler (So., West Geauga)

Wittenberg: DE David Clossin (Fr., Kenston), K Thomas Funk (Jr., South)

Wooster: DB Vince Baioni (Jr., Brush), DL Domenic DeMuth (Sr., Mayfield), QB Michael O'Brien (So., Madison), DB Brock Sivon (So., Perry)

TOTAL: 232

TOTAL BY SCHOOL

Mentor

25

Benedictine

21

Mayfield

17

Chardon

12

Euclid

12

Kenston

12

NDCL

12

Riverside

12

Brush

11

West Geauga

11

South

10

Perry

8

Chagrin Falls

7

Lake Catholic

7

Kirtland

6

Madison

5

North

5

University

5

VASJ

5

Wickliffe

5

Beachwood

4

Gilmour

4

Cardinal

3

Fairport

3

Harvey

3

Berkshire

2

Geneva

2

Cornerstone Christian

1

Hawken

1

Richmond Heights

1