NOTE: The following is a list of NCAA college football players from News-Herald coverage area high schools. Area natives who attended non-coverage area high schools are not included. A player should be included as long as they’re listed as being from the area on their college’s roster.

FBS (28)

Akron: RB Sean Patrick (RFr., Kenston), RB Luke Reed (RFr., Benedictine), WR Luke Sivon (Fr., Perry)

Boston College: WR Duke Brennan (Fr., University), OL Robert Smith IV (Fr., VASJ)

Central Michigan: DB Trey Liebhardt (RSo., Chardon)

East Carolina: LS Triston O’Brien (RSr., NDCL)

Iowa State: DL Myles Mendeszoon (RSr., Chardon)

James Madison: LB Jayden Studio (So., Perry)

Kent State: DL Antonio Bottiggi (RFr., Riverside), OL Max Gembus (Fr., VASJ), K Nathan Tager (RSo., Chardon)

Memphis: K Gianni Spetic (Jr., NDCL)

Miami (Ohio): DB Leo Colombi (RFr., Chardon)

Michigan: WR C.J. Charleston (Gr., Gilmour)

Northwestern: OL Jack Bailey (Gr., Kirtland)

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

Ohio State: RB Bo Jackson (Fr., VASJ), DE Dominic Kirks (So., Riverside)

Penn State: TE Brian Kortovich (Fr., VASJ)

Pittsburgh: OL Ryan Baer (RJr., North)

Toledo: QB Walter Moses (Fr., Perry), OL Ethan Spoth (Jr., North)

Wake Forest: OL Cale Doyle (RJr., Kenston), OL George Sell (RSr., Kenston)

West Virginia: QB Scotty Fox Jr. (Fr., Mentor)

Western Kentucky: TE Cross Nimmo (Fr., Lake Catholic)

Wisconsin: CB Nyzier Fourqurean (Gr., Mentor)

FCS (19)

Albany: LB Chris Gales (Sr., Benedictine)

Butler: OL Cameron Beiswenger (RSo., University)

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

Cornell: WR Matheson Pich (Sr., University), OL Manan Raina (Fr., Hawken)

Dayton: DE Josh Grambo (RFr., NDCL)

Duquesne: WR Joey Isabella (Gr., Mayfield), DL Alex Reese III (Sr., Euclid)

Hampton: DL Chris Jackson (RSo., University)

Maine: Anthony Iliano (RSo., Benedictine)

Mercyhurst: RB Brian Trobel (Sr., Mentor)

Penn: DB Andrew Bruce (So., Chardon)

Robert Morris: P Mack Flynn (Sr., VASJ), QB Cooper Panteck (Fr., Gilmour)

Tarleton State: OL Antonio Heath (RFr., Brush)

Youngstown State: LS Byron Floyd (Sr., Mentor), DL Thomas Jolly (Sr., Benedictine), TE Alex McDonald (Jr., Chardon), LB Grant Woods (Jr., Mayfield)

DIVISION II (48)

Allen: QB Carlton Yarboro Jr. (So., Benedictine)

Ashland: S Aidan Arth (RSo., Mayfield), TB Jamere Church (Fr., Benedictine), OL Hunter Colao (RSr., Mentor), TB Chris Maloney (Fr., Benedictine), CB Delond Moss (RFr., South), TB Tyrone Singleton (Jr., South), T Nico Traczyk (So., Mayfield)

Central State: DB Marlon Nesbitt (Fr., Brush), DL Israel Powers (Fr., Brush)

Charleston: WR J.J. Baldwin (Fr., Benedictine)

Clarion: WR Austin VanHuss (Fr., Mentor)

Davenport: OL Zach Slapnicker (Gr., West Geauga)

Fairmont State: OL Mitchell Lindsey (RFr., Wickliffe)

Gannon: DB Jamir Francis (Sr., Riverside)

Hillsdale: DL Jake Evans (Fr., Chagrin Falls), DB Ryan Niksa (Jr., NDCL)

Lake Erie: DL Jack Bunn (Jr., Wickliffe), QB Cal Ciminello (Fr., Cardinal), OL Dylan Jenkins (RSo., Chardon), WR Keyshawn Johnson (Sr., Brush), LB Chase Simak (RJr., Cardinal), WR Rico Small (Gr., South), WR Curtis Thomas (RSo., North), K Salvatore Vargas (RSo., Berkshire)

Lane: OL Maliek Williams (Sr., Brush)

Ohio Dominican: DB Donell Jackson Jr. (RJr., Wickliffe), OL Jaysa Kelly (Fr., Benedictine)

Saginaw Valley State: LS Brendon O’Brien (RJr., NDCL)

Slippery Rock: LB Spencer Barninger (Fr., Mentor), WR Evan Harper (So., Mentor), LB Jacob Snow (Jr., Mentor)

Tiffin: LB Jaymon Caldwell (So., Beachwood), Braylon Jessie (Fr., VASJ), LB Ryan Konyecsni (RSo., Benedictine), DL Uzonna Nzekwe (RSo., Beachwood), Isaiah Parker (Fr., Brush), Tyshawn Wilson (Fr., Benedictine)

Walsh: DB Marvin Conkle (Sr., Benedictine), Jayson Cummings (Fr., Lake Catholic), LB Alexander Davis (Fr., Madison), WR Sean Dillard (Fr., Gilmour), DB Terrell Grier (RJr., Benedictine), DB Connor Zgrebnak (RJr., Perry)

West Liberty: DL Chase Lawrence (Jr., Brush), OL Brandon McBride (Fr., VASJ), WR Kevin Powell (Fr., Brush), DL Corey Smith (RFr., VASJ)

DIVISION III (109)

Adrian: LB Macguire Boyd (So., Kirtland)

Allegheny: DB Shamar Darling (So., Benedictine)

Baldwin Wallace: WR Grant Cerny (Fr., Mentor), WR Holden Cerny (Fr., Mentor), DB Christian Chase (Fr., VASJ), LB Caiden Clair (Fr., Mentor), P Brian Cox (Jr., Perry), DB T.J. Gibbons (Jr., Lake Catholic), OL Nick Lulow (Jr., Riverside), WR Colin Quinlan (Jr., South), DL Zya’r Scott (Fr., Kenston), TE D.J. Sears Jr. (Fr., Lake Catholic), DB Darion Taylor (Fr., VASJ), WR Mark Tomei Jr. (Sr., NDCL), QB Frankie Trinetti (Fr., Lake Catholic), LB Dom Tromba (Sr., Riverside)

Bethany: RB Richard Buchannon (So., Euclid), DL Tristan Tubbs (So., Kenston), WR Tymir Cardona (Fr., Kenston)

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

Capital: DL A.J. Adams (Jr., Riverside), OL Keith Frazier (Jr., Mayfield), DL Robbie Hatcher (So., Kenston), CB Johnathon Owens (Fr., Beachwood)

Carnegie Mellon: WR D.J. Johnson (Jr., Hawken)

Case Western Reserve: DB Noah Barnes (So., Madison), LB Henry Busch (Sr., Riverside), OL Sean DiDona (So., VASJ), LB Tim Gonakis (So., VASJ), RB Andy Kavcic (So., Gilmour), DB Jake Kavcic (So., Gilmour), LB Phil LaVerde (Jr., Kirtland), RB Mitchell Waite (Jr., Mentor)

Catholic: LB Michael Hopkins (Sr., Gilmour)

Colby: OL Jackson Hedin (Fr., Hawken)

Denison: RB Mikey Malone (Fy., University)

Depauw: OL Gavin Ippolito (Jr., University)

Heidelberg: WR Knolan Albert (Fr., Madison), RB Carson Alley (So., Madison), LB Javon Gilmore (Fr., Euclid), DB Gabriel Hanslik (So., South), RB Justin Phillips (Fr., Berkshire)

Hiram: TE James Hammonds (Jr., West Geauga), TE Dylan Hargas (Jr., North), DL Ayden Smith (Jr., Chardon), DB Abram Southern (Fr., Agape Christian/Berkshire), DL Elijah Southern (Jr., Agape Christian/Berkshire), WR Jordan Stapleton (So., Mentor), DL Janado Taylor (So., VASJ), OL Jesse Zinnerman (Fr., Brush)

John Carroll: K-P Ben Amos (Fy., Madison), LB Davon Badley (So., Harvey), TE Maximus Barnes (Fy., Lake Catholic), DB Gino Blasini (So., Kirtland), S Jimmie Clemis Jr. (Fy., Euclid), LB Theo Davis (Fy., Brush), QB Nikko Georgiou (Jr., Kenston), DB J.P. Germano (Sr., Kenston), DL Samson Kanuch (Fy., North), K-P Paul Kilroy (Fy., VASJ), LB Owen McClintock (5th year, Chagrin Falls), LB Bernard McDonald (Fy., Gilmour), LB Sawyer Piasecki (Fy., North), DB Caleb Pohto (Jr., Mentor), OL George Prusock III (Jr., Kirtland), LB Mason Rus (Sr., Kirtland), RB Josh Styles (So., Lake Catholic)

Marietta: OL Jack Knisely (So., Perry), OL David Piekarski (So., West Geauga), WR John Sierputowski (Sr., Mentor), OL Jorden Watt (Sr., Madison), DL Bryant Young (Jr., North)

Middlebury: OL Will Lazzaro (Jr., Gilmour)

Mount Union: TE Brandon Bell (So., Kenston), OL Tylen Bryant (Fr., VASJ), OL Prentice Edwards (Fr., Harvey), WR Jace Ellis (So., Benedictine), WR Edward Flakes (So., Brush), LB Calvin Gore (Fr., Benedictine), RB Dare’on Howard (Fr., Perry), RB Jordan Johnson (Fr., Hawken), QB Mikey Maloney (Fr., Riverside), OL Levi Mullen-Zurbrugg (Fr., Harvey), SPUR Maverrick Piotrowski (Fr., Fairport), WR Amani Powell (Fr., VASJ), LB Darnell Randle (Fr., VASJ), LB Henry Schenk (So., Mentor), DL Julian Solis (Fr., Mentor), DL Braden Stewart (Fr., Brush), OL Isaiah Walter (So., Cornerstone Christian/Riverside)

Muskingum: WR Jordan Heiser (So., University), DB Myron Pronty (So., South)

Ohio Northern: DB Daryus Barrett (Sr., Benedictine), OL Jacob Marjak (Sr., Perry)

Ohio Wesleyan: CB A.J. Hanslik (Sr., South), DE Jack Novak (Jr., Kenston)

Otterbein: WR Drew Vilk (Fr., South)

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

Saint Vincent: LB Nick Donofrio (Jr., West Geauga)

Trine: RB Darius Forrest (So., University), WR Reese Soltis (Fr., Cardinal)

Washington & Jefferson: OL Jack Felder (So., Beachwood)

Williams: DB Lucas Brandt (So., Hawken), LB Luke Mangini (So., Hawken)

Wisconsin-Whitewater: DB Gavin Briggs (Fr., Mentor), DL Lucas Sadler (Sr., West Geauga), ST Dylan Tackett (Fr., Mentor)

Wooster: TE Michael O’Brien (Sr., Madison), DB Brock Sivon (Sr., Perry)

TOTAL: 204

TOTAL BY SCHOOL

Mentor
21

Benedictine
17

VASJ
17

Brush
12

Kenston
11

Perry
9

Riverside
9

Chardon
8

Gilmour
8

South
8

University
8

Lake Catholic
7

Madison
7

North
7

Hawken
6

Kirtland
6

NDCL
6

Mayfield
5

West Geauga
5

Beachwood
4

Berkshire
4

Cardinal
4

Chagrin Falls
4

Euclid
4

Harvey
3

Wickliffe
3

Cornerstone Christian
1

Fairport
1

Geneva
0

Richmond Heights
0