ROLLA, MO  --  Missouri S&T Football welcomed 37 new members to the team on signing day, with 32 recruits and 5 transfers coming to Rolla. Of the 37 newcomers, 21 one of them are defensive, with the Miners bringing in 12 defensive backs.


TRANSFERS
Josh Baker-Mays | DB | 5'11 | St. Louis, MO
- High School: Duchesne
- Previous School: Emporia State

Bryce Giesler | RB | 5'9 | Ste. Genevieve, MO
- High School: Valle Catholic
- Previous School: Lindenwood

Hendrick Lusk | DB | Seaside, CA
- High School: Monterey
- Previous School: Minot State 

Jake Ryan | QB | 6'2 | Columbia, MO
- High School: Father Tolton
- Previous School: Truman State

Charlie Woleben | DL | 6'4 | Lenexa, KS
- High School: DeSoto
- Previous School: Iowa State
- High School Highlights: top-15 player in Kansas... 2024 Uniter Kansas Conferene Defensive Player of the Year... 2024 & 2023 First Team All-Conference
- Academic Highlights: Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll

RECRUITS
Abram Allensworth | DB | 6'0 | St. Louis, MO
- High School: Marquette
- High School Highlights: All-District and All-Conference

Max Borgerding | WR | 6'0 | Washington, MO
- High School: St. Francis Borgia
- High School Highlights: First Team All-Metro, First Team All-District, & Third Team All-State
- Academic Highlights: Honor Roll... 3.9 GPA... National Honors Society

Hunter Collier | DE | 6'2 | Broken Arrow, OK
- High School: Holland Hall
- High School Highlights: District Defensive Lineman of the Year... First Team All-District... Prep Nation All-State... Prep Nation Lineman of the Year
- Academic Highlights: Head of School Honor School... Honor Roll... Spanish Honor Society

Braxton Degase | OL | 6'2 | Ozark, MO
- High School: Ozark
- High School Highlights: All-Region
- Academic Highlights: Two-Time Academic All-State

Paxton Ghidotti | OL | 6'4 | Bella Vista, AR
- High School: Bentonville
- High School Highlights: First Team All-Conference

Jerrod Grissom Jr. | DB | 5'11 | Mobile, AL
- High School: Baker
- Academic Highlights: A/B Honor Roll

Logan Guilford | LB | 6'3 | Surprise, AZ
- High School: Sunrise Mountain
- High School Highlights: Three-Time All-Region... Two-Time Team Captain
- Academic Highlights: 4.0 unweighted GPA... 33 ACT

Jayden Harrison | DB | 5'11 | Cincinnati, OH
- High School: Aiken
- High School Highlights: All-Conference... All-District... All-City
- Academic Highlights: National Honors Society

Alex Hernandez | RB | 5'11 | Dixon, IL
- High School: Boylan Catholic
- High School Highlights: NIC-10 All-Conference
- Academic Highlights: Three-Time NIC-10 Scholar Athlete

Cole Hofer | DB | 6'0 | Basehor, KS

Sirkhyri Hudgens | DB | 5'10 | Houston, TX
- High School: Klein Collins
- High School Highlights: Second Team All-District
- Academic Highlights: A/B Honor Roll

Patrick Hutchcraft | QB | 6'4 | Eureka, MO
- High School: Eureka
- High School Highlights: Eureka Offensive Player of the Year and Leadership Award
- Academic Highlights: Academic All-State

Gabriel Jackson | OL | 6'2 | Grandview, IN
- High School: Heritage Hills
- High School Highlights: Two-Time All-State, Three-Time All-Conference, & All-District
- Academic Highlights: Academic All-State... National Merit Scholar

Coen Johnson | DB | 6'0 | Peoria, IL
- High School: Sunrise Mountain
- High School Highlights: Three-Time All-Region
- Academic Highlights: 4.0 weighted GPA... 29 ACT

Maison Johnson | DB | 5'8 | Baltimore, MD
- High School: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute

Dylan Jones | DB | 6'0 | Bixby, OK
- High School: Bixby
- High School Highlights: Three-Time State Champion... Three-Time State Track Qualifier
- Academic Highlights: Three-Time Academic State Champion for football and Two-Time Academic State Champion for Track

Joe Kopp | DL | 6'1 | St. Louis, MO
- High School: Christian Brothers Collage
- High School Highlights: First Team All-Conference

Carson Luebbering | DL | 6'2 | Wardsville, MO
- High School: Blair Oaks
- High School Highlights: Three-Time First Team All-State... Three-Time First Team All-Conference... Three-Time First Team All-District... Defensive Player of the Year
- Academic Highlights: 4.03 GPA... Three-Time Academic All-State... Four-Time A Honor Roll

Fritz Manda | DL | 6'0 | Pleasant Hill, MO
- High School: Pleasant Hill
- High School Highlights: All-State...Two-Time All-Conference... Two-Time All-District
- Academic Highlights: Three-Time Academic All-State... Three-Time Academic All-Conference... Four-Time Academic Letter

Wyatt McMillian | OL | 6'3 | Cuba, MO
- High School: Cuba
- High School Highlights: Two-Time First Team All-District... First Team All-Conference

Jack Mrozowicz | DB | 5'11 | Rolla, MO
- High School: 
- High School Highlights: All-State... Three-Time All-District... Two-Time MVP... Two-Time All-Region DB... 312 career tackles are second-most in Rolla High history
- Academic Highlights: Three-Time Academic All-State... 4.0 GPA... National Honor Society

Traejan Mueller | WR | 6'0 | Lewisville, TX
- High School: Lewisville
- High School Highlights: First Team All-District

Andrew Nelson | DB | 5'10 | Crawfordville, FL
- High School: Wakulla
- High School Highlights: First Team FACA... Second Team All Big Bend
- Academic Highlights: 4.2 GPA... National Honor Society... Scholar Athlete by Fox49

Brodie Roessler | WR | 6'0 | Pineville, MO
- High School: McDonald County
- High School Highlights: First Team All-Conference... First Team All-District... SWMFCA Class 4 All-Region... Team Captain
- Academic Highlights: First Team All-Conference Academics

Owen Schertz | OL | 6'5 | Bettendorf, IA
- High School: Bettendorf
- High School Highlights: Three-Time Varsity Letter
- Academic Highlights: Academic All-State... National Honor Society Executive Board... 4 Year High Honor Roll/Academic Letter... 34 ACT

Zane Smith | TE | 6'3 | Alvord, TX
- High School: Alvord
- High School Highlights: Second Team All-State... Two-Time First Team All-District... Football and Powerlifting MVP...  Two-Time State Powerlifting Qualifier... Two-Time Second Place Region Powerlifter
- Academic Highlights: Three-Time National Honor Society First Team All-District

Drew Watson | WR | 5'11 | Macomb, IL
- High School: Macomb
- High School Highlights: All-State... Three-Time All-Conference

Yale Weaver | QB | 6'3 | Edwardsville, IL
- High School: Edwardsville
- High School Highlights: First Team All-Conference
- Academic Highlights: Two-Time Academic All-Conference... 4.315 GPA

Abram Wildrick | DL | 6'1 | Tallahassee, FL
- High School: Maclay
- High School Highlights: Two-Time First Team All-Big Bend... First Team FACA... Pylon MVP
- Academic Highlights: Nine-Time Scholar Athlete

William Yeldell | TE | 6'6 | Olathe, KS
- High School: Olathe South

Blaine Yother | DL | 6'3 | Soddy Daisy, TN
- High School: Soddy Daisy
- High School Highlights: Three-Time First Team All-Region... Two-Time All-State
- Academic Highlights: Academic All-Region... National Honor Society

Henry Zeitzmann | LB | 6'1 | Washington, MO
- High School: St. Francis Borgia
- High School Highlights: Two-Time All-State... Three-Time All-District... All-Metro... Kent Skornia Leadership Award
- Academic Highlights: Three-Time Academic All-State... 4.0 GPA... National Merits Scholar


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