2022 NCAA college football players from News-Herald coverage area schools list

Oct. 6—NOTE — The following is a list of NCAA college football players who graduated from News-Herald coverage area high schools only. Area natives who attended non-area high schools are not included. A student-athlete should be listed provided they're rostered by their college as being from the area.

FBS (34)

Akron: S Joe Malchesky (So., Lake Catholic), OL Alex Robarge (RSo., Kenston)

Army West Point: P Billy Boehlke (Jr., Benedictine)

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

Cincinnati: CB Arquon Bush (Sr., Euclid), LS Triston O'Brien (RFr., NDCL), DL Noah Potter (RJr., Mentor)

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

Indiana: TE Ryan Miller (Fr., Kenston)

Iowa State: LB Myles Mendeszoon (RFr., Chardon)

Kent State: OL Jack Bailey (RJr., Kirtland), WR Luke Floriea (Jr., Mentor), LB Chase Fortkamp (So., Wickliffe),

Michigan State: C Nick Samac (Sr., Mentor), DE Brandon Wright (Sr., Euclid)

Middle Tennessee: P Kyle Ulbrich (RSr., Lake Catholic)

Ohio: WR Carson Gebeau (Fr., Kenston), OL Aidan MacDonald (RJr., NDCL)

Ohio State: CB Lloyd McFarquhar (Gr., Brush)

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

Purdue: S Chris Jefferson (5th year, Benedictine)

Temple: OL Sam Davis (RFr., Geneva)

Texas State: ILB Owen McClintock (RFr., Chagrin Falls)

Toledo: OLB Derell Bedingfield Jr. (Fr., Benedictine), S Chris Gales (RFr., Benedictine), OL Ethan Spoth (Fr., North)

Troy: WR Markus Ferrell (Jr., Beachwood)

Vanderbilt: WR Hutch Baird (So., Mentor)

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

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

FCS (26)

Albany: WR Julian Hicks (Gr., Mayfield)

Brown: DL Jack Kosar (Sr., Gilmour)

Butler: RB Joey Suchy (RSo., Mayfield), DL Sam Urbanski (RSo., NDCL), P Luka Zurak (RSr., Lake Catholic)

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

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

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

Duquesne: LB Ty Howard (Fr., VASJ), WR Joey Isabella (So., Mayfield), DL Alex Reese III (Fr., Euclid), K-P Andrew Smith (So., Mentor)

Houston Christian: RB Deandre Malone (So., Perry), S Desmond Malone (So., Perry)

Howard: LB Terrance Hollon (So., Benedictine)

Marist: DL Dominic Dutton (RSo., NDCL), DL Max Zart (RSo., NDCL), DL Grady Zeigler (RFr., Chagrin Falls)

Robert Morris: OL Luke Beltavski (So., Benedictine), P Mack Flynn (Fr., VASJ)

Youngstown State: WR C.J. Charleston (So., Gilmour), OL Ryan Johnson (So., Euclid), TE Alex McDonald (Fr., Chardon), LB Nathanael Sulka (Fr., Chardon), LB Grant Woods (Fr., Mayfield)

DIVISION II (65)

Alderson Broaddus: WR Zachary Dixon (RFr., Brush), WR Mar'Shawn Taylor (Fr., Brush)

Ashland: OL Hunter Colao (RFr., Mentor), S Alexis Pacheco-Rodriguez (Fr., Lake Catholic), K Anna Sanders (So., Kenston), LB Nathan Stuck (So., North)

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

California (Pa.): QB Noah Mitchell (Sr., Euclid), LB Israel Xavier (Sr., Mayfield)

Central State: WR Kenyadus Hollins Jr. (Sr., Euclid)

Charleston: OL Steve Hall (RFr., Euclid), DB Uchenna Nzekwe (Fr., Benedictine)

Edinboro: LB Clay Cunningham (RSo., Mayfield), LB Nick Cunningham (RSo., Mayfield)

Findlay: WR Devon Holbert (So., Perry), OL Ryan Nocero (Sr., Lake Catholic)

Fort Lewis: WR Markel Toney (RFr., Brush)

Gannon: QB Nick Demchuk (RSo., Benedictine), DB Jamir Francis (So., Riverside), WR Bransen Stanley (RJr., Kenston), DB Ty Tiggs (Jr., Mayfield), OL Jake Vasko (RFr., Benedictine), OL Dylan Yowell (So., Riverside)

Grand Valley State: DB Nyzier Fourqurean (So., Mentor), DL Thomas Jolly Jr. (RFr., Benedictine)

Hillsdale: DB Ryan Niksa (Fr., NDCL), DB Josh Peroni (Sr., NDCL), TB Jack Robinson (So., NDCL), LB Zach Urda (Jr., NDCL)

Kentucky State: DL Tyrone Chambers (Sr., Brush)

Lake Erie: DL Jack Bunn (Fr., Wickliffe), DL Nick Fay (So., Chardon), LB Omari Howard (So., Euclid), LB Raylan McGuire (Sr., Euclid), WR Chris Molica (So., North), DL Daquan Ross (So., Brush), LB Chase Simak (Fr., Cardinal), WR Emmanuel Sims (Fr., Richmond Heights), K Nathan Tager (Fr., Chardon), DL Charlie Taylor (So., Geneva), WR Andre Terry (Fr., VASJ)

Lane: OL Maliek Williams (Fr., Brush)

Notre Dame College: DB Darrius Alston (Sr., Lake Catholic), DL Isaiah Black (Fr., Brush), OL Vincent Lester (So., Brush), WR Michael Norwood (RFr., Mentor), LB Ira Sampson (Fr., South), OL Zachary Slapnicker (So., West Geauga), WR Rico Small (RFr., South), OL Marco Tramontano (RSo., Mayfield)

Ohio Dominican: DB Godwin Joe (Sr., Brush)

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

Seton Hill: OL Ashawn Berry (Sr., Euclid)

Walsh: OLB Jadynn Anderson (Fr., Perry), LB Kyle Bischof (Jr., Mentor), LB Kyle Bunnaman (Sr., Brush), S Marvin Conkle (Fr., Benedictine), OL Jacob Glass (Jr., Madison), CB-WR Terrell Grier (Fr., Benedictine), WR Keyshawn Johnson (RSo., Brush), LB Brayden Johnston (RSo., Madison), TE Mark Primer (RJr., Madison), QB Ceejay Yarboro (Fr., Benedictine), LS-CB Connor Zgrebnak (Fr., Perry)

West Liberty: DL John Brown (So., Euclid)

DIVISION III (107)

Allegheny: RB Christian Bolden (So., Brush), WR Jaden Debevec (So., Harvey), OL Blake Harmon (Jr., Mentor), DB Antonio Patterson (Fr., Benedictine)

Amherst: DL Manni Malone (Sr., NDCL)

Baldwin Wallace: WR Andrew Bortz (Sr., Lake Catholic), DL Zak Esteves (So., Wickliffe), RB Gino Fornaro (Sr., West Geauga), RB DJ Griffus (Sr., Lake Catholic), DL Nick Kalb (Jr., Riverside), K-P Dylan Kooyman (Jr., Chardon), OL Nick Messenger (Fr., Riverside), OL Dylan Simpson (Fr., Riverside), LB Mack Simpson (Sr., Riverside), DL Jordan Smith (Jr., Riverside), DL Frank Soukup (Sr., Riverside), RB Mark Tomei (Fr., Chagrin Falls), LB Dom Tromba (Fr., Riverside), DB Will Tropp (So., Chagrin Falls), OL Stan Zalewski (So., Mentor)

Bethany: LB Rondell Lewis (Jr., Beachwood), DB Jecory Upshaw (Fr., South)

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

Capital: RB Ashton Gotham (Fr., NDCL)

Carnegie Mellon: OLB Ryan Zucker (Fr., NDCL)

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

Catholic: LB Michael Hopkins (Fr., Gilmour)

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

Grove City: FB Robert Tamburrino (Jr., NDCL)

Heidelberg: TE Devon Conyer (Sr., VASJ), LB Chase Harden (Sr., VASJ), WR Joey Korzunowski (So., Mentor), WR Glenn Pearson (Gr., Benedictine)

Hiram: LB Dylan Baliker (Jr., West Geauga), OL Branden Black (So., Benedictine), DL Devin Burch-Williams (Sr., Brush), TE Umar Qasim (Sr., South), S Kwame Stewart (Sr., Brush)

Hobart: DB Charlie Brennan (Jr., University)

John Carroll: DB Mason Bala (So., Wickliffe), DB Kevin Doyle (So., Chardon), QB Kevin Eiseman (So., VASJ), WR Sean Fitzgerald (Sr., Lake Catholic), WR Daniel Gallagher Jr. (Jr., South), WR J.P. Germano (Fr., Kenston), P Jake Hite (Fr., Lake Catholic), WR Michael Huss (So., Mayfield), WR Tyler Mintz (Jr., Kenston), RB Andrew Osagie-Erese (Fr., South), DB Justin Renner (Sr., West Geauga), LB Mason Rus (Fr., Kirtland), OL Noah Schroeder (Jr., Lake Catholic), WR Salvatore Stazzone (Fr., West Geauga), WR Gage Sullivan (Fr., Kirtland), RB Mason Sullivan (So., Kirtland), TE Tadas Tatarunas (5th, Mentor), QB Jon Tomcufcik (Jr., Kenston), WR Joe Torok (Sr., Kirtland)

Marietta: DB Steven Daugherty (Fr., Mayfield), DL Joe DiLalla (Fr., Mayfield), WR John Sierputowski (So., Mentor), OL Raysean Stewart (Gr., Brush), OL Jorden Watt (Fr., Madison), DE Reese Worship (Sr., Euclid)

Mount Union: WR Brandon Boyd (Fr., Benedictine), K-P Joseph DiLalla (Fr., West Geauga), DL Johnny Geiger (So., Lake Catholic), OL Michael Milano (Jr., Mayfield), QB A.J. Shorts (So., Brush)

Muskingum: DB Jaylin Coleman (Fr., Kirtland), LB Tristan Howell (Sr., Riverside)

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

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

Ohio Wesleyan: CB A.J. Hanslik (Fr., South), SS Zoran Vujaklija (Fr., Chardon)

Otterbein: RB Ahjay Cody (So., Euclid)

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

Saint Vincent: RB D.J. Gray Jr. (So., Beachwood)

Thiel: WR Andre Rodgers (So., Benedictine)

Trinity: LB Khari Tidmore (So., University)

UMass-Dartmouth: DL Chinedu Obi (Fr., Hawken)

Washington and Jefferson: WR Anthony Rosati (Jr., Perry), QB Drew Schiano (Jr., Perry), DB Johntez Strozier (Fr., Brush)

Williams: K Ivan Shuran (So., Benedictine)

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

Wooster: WR Vinny Baioni (So., Brush), DB Lorenzo Casanova (Fr., North), LB Domenic DeMuth (Jr., Mayfield), QB Michael O'Brien (Fr., Madison), LB Aiden Sample (Fr., Madison), DB Brock Sivon (Fr., Perry), DB Dorion Talley (Sr., Kenston)

TOTAL: 232

TOTAL BY SCHOOL

Benedictine

21

Mentor

20

Brush

19

Mayfield

16

Euclid

14

NDCL

14

Lake Catholic

13

Kenston

12

Riverside

12

Perry

10

Chardon

9

Madison

8

VASJ

8

Chagrin Falls

7

South

7

West Geauga

7

Kirtland

6

North

5

Wickliffe

5

Beachwood

4

University

4

Gilmour

3

Cardinal

2

Geneva

2

Harvey

2

Hawken

1

Richmond Heights

1

Berkshire

0

Fairport

0