2023-24 Worcester State University Football Roster
#0
Melke
Shabo
- Position: Quarterback/Tight End
- Class: Gs.
- Height: 6'2"
- Hometown: Paxton, Mass.
- Highschool: Wachusett Regional
#2
Dylan
Hall
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5'11"
- Hometown: Plainville, Conn.
- Highschool: Plainville
#3
Mason
Broyles
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: Gs.
- Height: 5'9"
- Hometown: Millbury, MA
- Highschool: Millbury Memorial Jr./Sr.
#4
Curt
Marshall
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: Sr./Jr.
- Height: 5'8"
- Hometown: Taunton, Mass.
- Highschool: Taunton
#5
Deion
Osei-Sarpong
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Class: Sr./Jr.
- Height: 6'1"
- Hometown: Holden, Mass.
- Highschool: Wachusett Regional
#6
Cam
Ayotte
- Position: Quarterback
- Class: So.
- Height: 6'2"
- Hometown: Millbury, MA
- Highschool: Millbury
#8
Ryan
Justin
- Position: Defensive Line
- Class: GS./Sr.
- Height: 6'1"
- Hometown: Fitchburg, Mass.
- Highschool: Fitchburg
#9
Aidan
Bean
- Position: Quarterback
- Class: Sr.
- Height: 6'2"
- Hometown: East Longmeadow, Mass.
- Highschool: East Longmeadow
#10
Mike
Loveless
- Position: Quarterback
- Class: Sr.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Nashua, N.H.
- Highschool: Nashua North
#11
John
McMasters III
- Position: Linebacker
- Class: Sr./Jr.
- Height: 5'11"
- Hometown: Raynham, Mass.
- Highschool: Bridgewater-Raynham
#12
MJ
Bakaysa
- Position: Quarterback
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Plainville, CT
- Highschool: Plainville
#13
Adam
Hill
- Position: Quarterback
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6'3"
- Hometown: Lunenburg, Mass.
- Highschool: Lunenburg
#14
Conor
McTigue
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6'0"
- Hometown: Shrewsbury, MA
- Highschool: Shrewsbury High School
#15
Harley
Philippe
- Position: Linebacker
- Class: So.
- Height: 6'0"
- Hometown: Lowell, MA
- Highschool: Lowell
#16
Jordan
Maurice
- Position: Tight End
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6'0"
- Hometown: Salem, Mass.
- Highschool: Bishop Fenwick
#17
Jayden
Caron
- Position: Linebacker
- Class: Sr./Jr.
- Height: 5'11"
- Hometown: Woonsocket, RI
- Highschool: Bellingham
#18
Parke
Hardesky
- Position: Quarterback
- Class: So.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: East Greenwich, RI
- Highschool: East Greenwich
#19
Sete
Deletoile
- Position: Kicker
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'8"
- Hometown: Taunton, MA
- Highschool: Taunton
#20
Caleb
Thompson
- Position: Running Back
- Class: So.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Sturbridge, MA
- Highschool: Tantasqua Regional
#21
Drew
von Klock
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Class: Sr.
- Height: 5'9"
- Hometown: Walpole, Mass.
- Highschool: Walpole
#22
Tyler
Chaves
- Position: Linebacker
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Hudson, Mass.
- Highschool: Hudson
#23
James
Azzinaro
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'6"
- Hometown: Ashaway, RI
- Highschool: Chariho
#24
Lance
Williams
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Westerly, RI
- Highschool: Westerly
#25
Alex
Thibeault
- Position: Linebacker
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6'2"
- Hometown: Hudson, Mass.
- Highschool: Assabet Valley
#26
Damian
Mitchell
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: Jr./Fy.
- Height: 5'11"
- Hometown: Lancaster, PA
- Highschool: Algonquin Regional
#27
Jamison
Metcalf
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Leicester, Mass.
- Highschool: Leicester
#28
Noah
Jodoin
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'0"
- Hometown: Agawam, MA
- Highschool: Agawam
#29
Tridell
Sharpe
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'11"
- Hometown: Pawtucket, RI
- Highschool: Tolman
#30
Collin
Fitts
- Position: Running Back
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'1"
- Hometown: Richmond, RI
- Highschool: Chariho
#31
Nolan
Legere
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Dudley, MA
- Highschool: Shepherd Hill Regional
#32
Alex
Chouinard
- Position: Running Back
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Clinton, MA
- Highschool: Clinton
#33
Nico
Holmes
- Position: Running Back
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Mansfield, Mass.
- Highschool: Mansfield
#34
Bryan
Aguilar
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Leominster, MA
- Highschool: Leominster
#35
Jermaine
Norfleet Jr.
- Position: Running Back
- Class: So./Fy.
- Height: 5'11"
- Hometown: Agawam, MA
- Highschool: Agawam
#36
Griffin
Metcalf
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Leicester, MA
- Highschool: Leicester
#37
Ben
Klein
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'11"
- Hometown: Woodcliff Lake, NJ
- Highschool: Pascack Hills
#38
Jax
Christman
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'2"
- Hometown: Lancaster, MA
- Highschool: Nashoba Regional
#39
Oliver
Sciascia
- Position: Kicker/Punter
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'9"
- Hometown: Middleborough, MA
- Highschool: Middleborough
#40
Nas
Jackson
- Position: Linebacker
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'0"
- Hometown: Bronx, NY
- Highschool: Bloomfield
#41
Day-Von
London
- Position: Running Back
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'1"
- Hometown: Providence, RI
- Highschool: Rogers
#42
Aidan
Breen
- Position: Linebacker
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'0"
- Hometown: Peabody, MA
- Highschool: Bishop Fenwick
#43
Brenden
Santos
- Position: Linebacker
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Seekonk, Mass.
- Highschool: Seekonk
#44
Romeo
Holland
- Position: Running Back/Linebacker
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'11"
- Hometown: Webster, MA
- Highschool: Shepherd Hill Regional
#45
Zach
Russell
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'2"
- Hometown: Warren, MA
- Highschool: Quaboag
#46
Jayden
Roby
- Position: Linebacker
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'9"
- Hometown: North Haven, CT
- Highschool: North Haven
#47
Micah
Haynes
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: So.
- Height: 6'2"
- Hometown: Worcester, MA
- Highschool: Burncoat
#48
Nathan
Winco
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: So.
- Height: 6'3"
- Hometown: Sturbridge, MA
- Highschool: Tantasqua Regional
#49
Ty
Hartford
- Position: Running Back
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Winter Park, FL
- Highschool: Winter Park
#50
Jeffrey
Watson
- Position: Tight End/Linebacker
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'0"
- Hometown: Sterling, MA
- Highschool: Wachusett Regional
#51
Jack
DeSimone
- Position: Linebacker
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Framingham, MA
- Highschool: Framingham
#52
Brian
Melendez
- Position: Linebacker
- Class: So./Fy.
- Height: 5'11"
- Hometown: Lunenburg, MA
- Highschool: Lunenburg
#53
Nodesnky
Vincent
- Position: Defensive Back
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'1"
- Hometown: Lowell, MA
- Highschool: Lowell
#54
Turnbull
Sturgis
- Position: Linebacker
- Class: So.
- Height: 5'9"
- Hometown: Auburn, MA
- Highschool: Auburn
#55
Jiovanni
Roman
- Position: Defensive Line
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Leominster, MA
- Highschool: Leominster
#56
Antonio
Sforza
- Position: Offensive Line
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'0"
- Hometown: Byfield, MA
- Highschool: Triton
#58
Zach
Stewart
- Position: Offensive Line
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'0"
- Hometown: Coral Springs, FL
- Highschool: Coral Springs Charter
#60
Jake
Ambrose
- Position: Offensive Line
- Class: So.
- Height: 6'3"
- Hometown: Middleboro, MA
- Highschool: Bristol-Plymouth
#62
Matthew
Noonan
- Position: Offensive Line
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5'9"
- Hometown: Salem, MA
- Highschool: Salem
#63
Dylan
McCabe
- Position: Offensive Line
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'0"
- Hometown: Walpole, MA
- Highschool: Walpole
#64
Wafic
Ellakis
- Position: Defensive Line
- Class: Jr./So.
- Height: 6'0"
- Hometown: Fall River, MA
- Highschool: B M C Durfee High School
#65
Justin
Sneed
- Position: Defensive Line
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6'1"
- Hometown: Harwich, Mass.
- Highschool: Monomoy Regional
#66
Kellan
Rahming
- Position: Offensive Line
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'2"
- Hometown: Nassau, Bahamas
- Highschool: Boost Academy
#68
Mitch
Robinson
- Position: Offensive Line
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'9"
- Hometown: Pawtucket, RI
- Highschool: Bridgton Academy
#69
Trever
Johnson
- Position: Offensive Line
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6'1"
- Hometown: Oxford, Mass.
- Highschool: Shepherd Hill Regional
#70
Jason
Zelaya
- Position: Offensive Line
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6'2"
- Hometown: Somerville, MA
- Highschool: Somerville
#71
Sean
Daly
- Position: Offensive Line
- Class: So.
- Height: 6'2"
- Hometown: Westfield, MA
- Highschool: Westfield
#73
Kainen
Sullivan
- Position: Offensive Line
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6'1"
- Hometown: Leominster, Mass.
- Highschool: Leominster
#74
Gavin
LePage
- Position: Defensive Line
- Class: So.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Auburn, ME
- Highschool: Edward Little
#76
Sam
Branco
- Position: Offensive Line
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6'0"
- Hometown: Rehoboth, MA
- Highschool: Dighton-Rehoboth Regional
#77
Christopher
Talbot
- Position: Offensive Line
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'4"
- Hometown: Millbury, MA
- Highschool: Millbury Memorial Jr./Sr.
#78
TJ
Famiglietti
- Position: Defensive Line
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'2"
- Hometown: Walpole, MA
- Highschool: Walpole
#79
Austin
Michaelson
- Position: Offensive Line
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6'3"
- Hometown: Charlton, Mass.
- Highschool: Shepherd Hill Regional
#80
Calvin
Polchlopek
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Class: So.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Bellingham, MA
- Highschool: Bellingham
#81
Matthew
Gibeau
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Class: So.
- Height: 6'
- Hometown: Burrillville, RI
- Highschool: Burrville
#82
Dan
DiVerdi
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Class: Sr./Jr.
- Height: 6'0"
- Hometown: Sterling, Mass.
- Highschool: Wachusett Regional
#83
Kyle
Areias
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'7"
- Hometown: Hudson, MA
- Highschool: Hudson
#84
Griffin
Kiniry
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'0"
- Hometown: Farmington, CT
- Highschool: Farmington
#85
Amir
Phillips
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'9"
- Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
- Highschool: Maloney
#86
Javen
Nazario
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Sutton, MA
- Highschool: Sutton
#87
Joey
Christian
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 5'11"
- Hometown: Vernon, CT
- Highschool: Rockville
#88
Collin
Lyons
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6'3"
- Hometown: Norton, MA
- Highschool: Norton
#89
Patrick
Dyer
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5'8"
- Hometown: Spencer. MA
- Highschool: Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical
#90
Alex
Dipre
- Position: Defensive Line
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6'3"
- Hometown: Fitchburg, MA
- Highschool: Leominster
#91
Wil
Vogel
- Position: Defensive Line
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'3"
- Hometown: Groton, MA
- Highschool: Groton-Dunstable Regional
#92
Tyler
Mayer
- Position: Tight End/ Linebacker
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'1"
- Hometown: Millbury, MA
- Highschool: Blackstone Valley Tech
#93
Aaron
Becker
- Position: Defensive Line
- Class: So.
- Height: 6'1"
- Hometown: Natick, MA
- Highschool: Natick
#94
Ebenezer
Ankomah Gyau
- Position: Defensive Line
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6'
- Hometown: Worcester, MA
- Highschool: Doherty Memorial
#95
Matt
O'Connor
- Position: Defensive Line
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6'1"
- Hometown: Selkirk, N.Y.
- Highschool: Ravena Coeymans Selkirk
#96
Tyler
Duggan
- Position: Offensive Line
- Class: Fy.
- Height: 6'0"
- Hometown: Burlington, MA
- Highschool: Burlington
#97
Zach
Collman
- Position: Defensive Line
- Class: So.
- Height: 5'11"
- Hometown: Dracut, MA
- Highschool: Dracut
#98
Frank
Opoku
- Position: Defensive Line
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5'11"
- Hometown: Leominster, MA
- Highschool: Leominster
#99
Santiago
Rodriguez-D'Atri
- Position: Kicker/Punter
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5'10"
- Hometown: Leominster, MA
- Highschool: Leominster
Coaching Staff
Lazaro Mitjans Jr.
Head Coach
Christian Taylor
Assistant Coach- Defensive Line
Corey Stefanik
Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Grady Roadman
Assistant Coach- Running Backs/ Tight Ends
Nic Emerson
Assistant Coach- Wide Receivers
Rob Orell
Assistant Coach- Offensive Line
Ryan Tigges
Assistant Coach- Defensive Backs
- Lazaro Mitjans Jr. - Head Coach
- Christian Taylor - Assistant Coach- Defensive Line
- Corey Stefanik - Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
- Grady Roadman - Assistant Coach- Running Backs/ Tight Ends
- Nic Emerson - Assistant Coach- Wide Receivers
- Rob Orell - Assistant Coach- Offensive Line
- Ryan Tigges - Assistant Coach- Defensive Backs