2023 UTEP Miners Roster

No Name Pos Yr Ht Wt Hometown Last School
4 Kelly Akharaiyi WR JR 6-1 194 Irving, TX MacArthur HS / Tyler JC
22 Josiah Allen DB JR 5-10 179 Elk Grove, CA Franklin HS / Sacramento City College
23 Praise Amaewhule DE SR 6-3 250 Katy, TX Katy Taylor HS
56 Luis Carlos Aranda OL FR 6-1 295 El Paso, TX Franklin HS
0 Jeremiah Ballard WR SO 6-3 205 Houston, TX Dobie HS
77 AJ Barton OL FR 6-5 280 Garland, TX Lakeview Centennial HS
7 Marcus Bellon WR JR 5-9 180 Truckee, CA Truckee HS / Santa Barbara CC
63 Rolando Beltran OL FR 6-3 295 El Paso, TX Eastlake HS / NMHU
40 Chase Bibler DL JR 6-4 260 Fresno, CA Buchanan HS / Fresno City College
81 Jalile Bost WR FR 5-11 180 El Paso, TX Pebble Hills HS
84 Elijah Boyd TE SO 6-4 250 Fairfield, CA Armijo HS / Contra Costa College
14 Amier Boyd-Matthews CB FR 6-1 180 Tempe, AZ Mountain Pointe HS
24 McKel Broussard S JR 6-0 192 Sherman Oaks, CA Notre Dame HS
5 Torrance Burgess Jr. RB SO 5-6 175 Pearland, TX Dawson HS / Tyler JC
27 Davis Burns S SO 6-0 192 El Paso, TX Coronado HS / Coronado HS
18 John Burris III CB SO 6-0 176 Mesquite, TX Mesquite Horn HS
20 Kenny Byrd LB JR 6-0 225 York, SC Myrtle Beach HS / NE Mississippi CC
89 Juan Camacho Jr. TE SO 6-6 248 El Paso, TX Bowie HS
21 Stefan Cameron CB JR 5-11 185 St. Louis, MO Kirkwood HS / Foothill College
9 Jostein Clarke WR JR 6-3 195 Prosper, TX Prosper HS / Tyler JC
53 Valentino Diaz DE FR 6-2 228 Boca Raton, FL Boca Raton HS
46 Justin Duff LS JR 6-4 235 San Pablo, CA Armijo HS / Contra Costa College
21 Aaron Dumas RB SO 5-9 208 El Paso, TX Americas HS / Washington
62 Jael Duran OL FR 6-2 275 El Paso, TX El Paso HS
27 Joshua Dye RB FR 5-11 202 Gilbert, AZ Williams Field HS
25 Josiah Dye S FR 6-1 185 Gilbert, AZ Williams Field HS
30 Nate Dyman LB JR 6-2 223 Missouri City, TX Westbury Christian HS / Blinn College
53 Ivan Escobar OL SO 6-2 289 El Paso, TX Montwood HS / NM State
35 Zachary Essih FB FR 5-8 213 Arlington, TX Mansfield Timberview HS
17 Judah Ezinwa TE SO 6-3 240 Fontana, CA Etiwanda HS / Mt. SAC
36 Buzz Flabiano K FR 6-0 175 Plano East, TX Plano East HS
86 Lucas Flores WR SO 6-2 184 El Paso, TX Ysleta HS
24 Mike Franklin RB JR 6-2 225 Daphne, AL Daphne HS / Contra Costa College
87 Zach Fryar TE SR 6-1 240 Venice, FL NMMI
12 Javoni Gardere WR SO 6-0 195 Dublin, CA Dublin HS / Diablo Valley College
65 Jagves Garnett DL SR 6-5 358 Cedar Rapids, IA Ellsworth CC
18 Ryan Gonzales WR SO 5-8 169 El Paso, TX Eastwood HS
92 Dante Granados DT FR 6-0 283 El Paso, TX Chapin HS
35 Jaime Guerrero S FR 6-1 185 El Paso, TX Eastlake HS
42 Jake Hall LB JR 6-2 230 San Juan Capistrano, CA San Juan HS / Orange Coast College
39 Josh Hancock LS SO 5-9 185 El Paso, TX Coastal Christian Homeschool
3 Deion Hankins RB JR 6-0 226 El Paso, TX Parkland HS
2 Gavin Hardison QB SR 6-3 215 Hobbs, NM Hobbs HS / NMMI
19 Caden Harris WR FR 5-10 170 Round Rock, TX Stony Point HS
32 Kheagian Heckaman TE FR 6-1 220 Hampshire, TX Hamshire-Fannett HS / NM State
74 Azizi Henry OL SO 6-4 297 Wylie, TX Wylie HS
68 Zuri Henry OL SR 6-6 293 Dallas, TX Wylie HS
54 Steven Hubbard OL SR 6-3 314 Houston, TX Benjamin O. Davis HS / Kilgore College
12 Trejon Hugue S SR 6-0 181 Mansfield, TX Lake Ridge HS / Cisco College
13 Jayce Hunter S JR 6-0 185 Mission Viejo, CA Capistrano Valley HS / Saddleback College
10 Kevin Hurley QB JR 6-3 233 Walnut, MS Walnut HS / NE Mississippi CC
2 Kobe Hylton S JR 6-0 205 Snellville, GA South Gwinnett HS / Louisiana
60 Joseph Immediato OL SO 6-4 338 El Paso, TX Eastwood HS
32 Ilijah Johnson CB SO 5-11 170 Maricopa, AZ Maricopa HS
7 KD Johnson DL JR 6-1 300 Houston, TX Hightower HS / Kilgore College
34 Xavier Johnson RB FR 5-11 205 El Paso, TX Hanks HS
22 Ezell Jolly RB FR 6-1 175 Missouri City, TX Ridge Point HS
79 Elijah Klein OL SR 6-4 319 Mt. Baldy, CA Upland HS
10 Tyrice Knight LB SR 6-2 235 Lakeland, FL Lake Gibson HS / Independence CC
76 Eduardo Licon OL FR 6-4 290 El Paso, TX Chapin HS
34 Kiante Liggins LB SO 6-0 236 El Paso, TX Andress HS
69 Joey Lightfoot DL FR 6-4 300 College Station, TX A&M Consolidated
43 Julian Lopez TE JR 6-1 246 El Paso, TX Chapin HS
64 Sedrick Luke OL JR 6-2 309 North Highlands, CA Woodcreek HS / American River College
44 Dimitri Madden DL JR 6-3 287 Lewisham London, United Kingdom NMMI
41 Dylan Mauro P FR 6-3 175 Allen, TX Allen HS
66 Justin Mayers OL JR 6-3 309 Frisco, TX Reedy HS
11 Cade McConnell QB SO 6-1 195 Los Alamitos, CA Los Alamitos HS / Cerritos College
72 Tyrone Durant McDuffie III OL FR 6-4 300 El Paso, TX Parkland HS
33 Dresden McIver-Brown DT SO 6-0 259 Selma, TX Veterans Memorial HS
6 Jake McNamara QB FR 5-11 189 Franklin, TN Page HS
23 Kyle McNamara WR FR 5-8 184 Nashville, TN Lipscomb Academy / WKU
48 Julian Melucci K FR 5-7 160 El Paso, TX Eastlake HS
75 Andrew Meyer OL SR 6-3 302 San Marcos, CA San Marcos HS
11 Oscar Moore S JR 6-1 208 Eaton, TX V.R. Eaton HS / Kilgore College
9 Trez Moore CB JR 6-1 192 St. Louis, MO Cardinal Ritter / Iowa Western CC
16 Seth Mouser QB FR 6-5 210 Bastrop, TX Bastrop HS
29 Atiq Muhammad CB FR 6-2 187 Rockford, IL Guilford HS
83 Jamal Muhammad WR FR 6-2 170 Fort Worth, TX Dunbar HS
5 James Neal LB JR 6-0 223 Paris, TX Paris HS / Tyler JC
78 Aluma Nkele OL SO 6-6 355 Gardena, CA Serra HS / Long Beach City College
38 Yamil Oaxaca WR FR 6-0 185 El Paso, TX Montwood HS / UTPB
1 AJ Odums CB JR 5-11 175 Houston, TX Westfield HS / New Mexico
17 Josh Phillips LB JR 6-3 220 Grenada, MS Grenada HS / Mississippi Gulf Coast
59 Otis Pitts III OL JR 6-3 345 Grand Prairie, TX South Grand Prairie HS / Cisco College
55 TangiTangi Pongia OL JR 6-3 290 San Diego, CA St. Augustine HS / Cisco College
49 Mark Ramos K JR 5-8 194 El Paso, TX Andress HS
8 Torey Richardson CB JR 6-0 183 Tomball, TX Memorial HS / Blinn JC
19 Viontay Robinson DE JR 6-1 250 Waco, TX La Vega HS / Navarro College
14 Zach Rodriguez QB SO 6-3 195 El Paso, TX El Paso HS
6 Jalen Rudolph DT JR 6-0 266 Baton Rouge, LA Junipero Serra HS
26 Lantz Russell S JR 6-3 197 Riverside, CA Notre Dame HS / Mt. SAC (San Antonio College)
71 Nick Scalise OL JR 6-6 308 El Dorado Hills, CA Oak Ridge HS / Sierra College
88 Luke Seib TE FR 6-4 222 Blue Springs, MO Blue Springs South HS
39 Brandon Shivers CB JR 6-1 192 Scottsdale, AZ Saguaro HS / NM State
28 Xavier Simmons LB SO 6-1 220 Prince George, MD Parkland HS
13 Joshua Sloan P JR 6-2 189 Melbourne, Australia Mackillop College / ProKick Australia
1 Tyrin Smith WR SR 5-7 170 Cibolo, TX Cibolo Steele HS / Cisco College
15 Dre Spriggs WR SO 6-2 180 San Antonio, TX Harlan HS / UTSA
54 Keenan Stewart DT SR 6-1 294 Cedar Rapids, IA Jefferson HS / Iowa Western CC
50 Tevita Tafuna DT SR 6-1 277 East Palo Alto, CA Menlo-Atherton HS / College of San Mateo
43 Osaiasi Taueli DE SO 6-1 234 Mesa, AZ Mesa HS
37 Angelo Tejada LS JR 5-11 222 San Antonio, TX Converse Judson HS
15 Bryton Thompson DE SR 6-1 246 Harker Heights, TX Atascocita HS / Blinn College
90 RaQuan Thompson DL JR 6-3 285 Killeen, TX Killeen HS / Blinn JC
58 Jaquan Toney OL JR 6-4 301 Huntsville, AL Mae Jemison HS / NE Mississippi CC
99 Sione Tonga’uiha DT JR 6-0 295 Tempe, AZ Tempe HS
20 Daryon Triche RB SO 5-9 190 Cedar Hill, TX Cedar Hill HS / Sam Houston
70 Jake Utley OL FR 6-6 315 College Station, TX College Station HS
97 Kanious Vaughn DE SO 6-2 223 San Clemente, CA San Clemente HS / Saddleback College
98 Logologo Va’a DT FR 6-3 292 Santa Barbara, CA Bishop Garcia HS
82 Marcus Vinson TE SO 6-4 255 Duncanville, TX Duncanville HS / Kilgore College
28 Cartraven Walker RB JR 5-6 175 Mansfield, TX Lake Ridge HS / Cisco College
31 Matt Wann DE JR 6-2 235 Fullerton, CA Troy HS / Santa Ana College
80 Jackson Weng WR FR 6-2 195 Orange, CA Orange Lutheran HS
0 Maurice Westmoreland DE JR 6-2 235 Houston, TX Klein Forest HS / Kilgore College
30 Michael Whitaker WR FR 5-9 170 Katy, TX James E. Taylor HS
8 Emari White WR SO 6-0 185 Antelope, CA Center / Sierra College
16 Tyler Williams S SO 6-0 195 Santa Maria, CA St. Joseph HS
3 Jaleal Williams-Evans S SO 6-1 200 Berkeley, CA Berkeley HS / College of San Francisco
4 Jerome Wilson Jr. LB SO 6-2 229 Etiwanda, CA Etiwanda HS