2020-21 Defiance Football Roster
#1
Devon
Hewitt Jr.
- Position: SB
- Class: Sr.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Trenton, N.J.
- Highschool: Lawrence
#2
Thomas
Coltrain
- Position: ILB
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Leslie, Mich.
- Highschool: Leslie
#3
Amin
Shaheed
- Position: WR
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Fayetteville, Ga.
- Highschool: Sandy Creek
#4
Terry
Geiger
- Position: WR
- Class: Sr.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
- Highschool: Columbus Crusaders
#5
Machari
Bighams
- Position: WR
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Homerville, Ga.
- Highschool: Clinch County
#6
John
Edwards
- Position: WR
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Wethersfield, Conn.
- Highschool: Capital Preparatory Magnet School
#6
Rigo
Villa
- Position: DT
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Fort Myers, Fla.
- Highschool: Lehigh
#7
Michael
Martin
- Position: WR
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Nashville, Tenn.
- Highschool: John Overton
#8
Carlens
Elisias
- Position: CB
- Class: Sr.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Lake Worth, Fla.
- Highschool: John I. Leonard
#9
Jordan
Ambrose
- Position: QB
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Houston, Texas
- Highschool: Klein
#10
Ronald
Wu
- Position: WR
- Class: Sr.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
- Highschool: Moanalua
#11
Daylon
Lange
- Position: QB
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Celina, Ohio
- Highschool: St. Henry
#12
Anthony
Amison
- Position: WR
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6-4
- Hometown: Holland, Ohio
- Highschool: Toledo Rogers
#13
Travon
Greene
- Position: CB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Folkston, Ga.
- Highschool: Charlton County
#13
Cole
Recker
- Position: QB
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Monument, Colo.
- Highschool: Lewis Palmer
#14
Gabriel
Melvin
- Position: WR
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Jacksonville, Fla.
- Highschool: Atlantic Coast
#14
Logan
Wright
- Position: QB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Winter Haven, Fla.
- Highschool: Santa Fe Catholic
#15
Salah
Edwards
- Position: WR
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.
- Highschool: Alliance (Ohio)
#16
Daniel
Budwah
- Position: CB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- Highschool: South Plantation
#16
Jahlani
Hall
- Position: WR
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.
- Highschool: North Atlanta
#17
Reggie
Pace
- Position: OLB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
- Highschool: Gahanna Lincoln
#17
Seth
Pearson
- Position: QB
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Fort Wayne, Ind.
- Highschool: Northrop
#18
Franklin
Williams
- Position: WR
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Hampton, Ga.
- Highschool: Lovejoy
#19
Jehlani
Warren
- Position: QB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Wesley Chapel, Fla.
- Highschool: Cypress Creek
#20
Derrell
Walker
- Position: CB
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Upper Marlboro, Md.
- Highschool: Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr.
#21
Malique
Lawson
- Position: FS
- Class: Sr.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Washington, D.C.
- Highschool: Potomac (Md.)
#22
Steven
Lucas
- Position: SS
- Class: Sr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Warren, Mich.
- Highschool: Center Line
#23
V'Sean
Palmer
- Position: CB
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Dayton, Ohio
- Highschool: Thurgood Marshall
#23
Kevin
Ulmer
- Position: QB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Inkster, Mich.
- Highschool: Westland John Glenn
#24
Terence
Williams
- Position: CB
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Virginia Beach, Va.
- Highschool: Green Run
#25
Michael
Slade
- Position: CB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: East Hampton, Conn.
- Highschool: East Hampton
#26
Ja'qway
Janvier
- Position: CB
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-6
- Hometown: Miami Gardens, Fla.
- Highschool: Mater Academy Charter
#27
Nazavious
Williams
- Position: SB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Hudson, Fla.
- Highschool: Fivay
#28
DaShaun
Davis
- Position: SB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Lawton, Okla.
- Highschool: MacArthur
#29
Brian
Murat
- Position: OLB
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Kissimmee, Fla.
- Highschool: Haines City
#30
Marcell
Maxwell
- Position: SS
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Kingsland, Ga.
- Highschool: Charlton County
#31
Maurice
Brewer
- Position: DL
- Class: Sr.
- Height: 6-5
- Hometown: Cordova, Tenn.
- Highschool: Drew Central (Ark.)
#32
Brandon
Hayes Jr.
- Position: SB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-7
- Hometown: Bellefontaine, Ohio
- Highschool: Bellefontaine
#33
Dajuan
Bethel
- Position: OLB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Miami Gardens, Fla.
- Highschool: Palm Bay Magnet
#34
Alijah
Fleming
- Position: ILB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Dayton, Ohio
- Highschool: Huber Heights Wayne
#35
Damon
Thomas
- Position: OLB
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
- Highschool: Mar Vista
#36
Tyshaun
Freeman
- Position: SB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Macon, Ga.
- Highschool: Westside
#37
Isaiah
Villa
- Position: SS
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Boca Raton, Fla.
- Highschool: West Boca Raton
#38
Justin
Caballero
- Position: ILB
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Riverview, Fla.
- Highschool: East Bay
#39
Jeremiah
Benton
- Position: DB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Stone Mountain, Ga.
- Highschool: Redan
#40
Coi
Gossett
- Position: OLB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Gahanna, Ohio
- Highschool: Lincoln
#41
Ben
Agyemang
- Position: OLB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Grand Prairie, Texas
- Highschool: South Grand Prairie
#42
Richard
Pope IV
- Position: DL
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Daytona Beach, Fla.
- Highschool: Atlantic
#43
Malcom
McNeil
- Position: FS
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Kingston, N.Y.
- Highschool: Kingston
#44
Quantrez
Pittman
- Position: DT
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Detroit, Mich.
- Highschool: Livonia Churchill
#46
Gashawn
Moody
- Position: ILB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
- Highschool: Mastery Charter North
#48
Ethen
Hughes
- Position: FS
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Rockdale, Texas
- Highschool: Rockdale
#49
Charles
Taylor
- Position: OLB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Harbor City, Calif.
- Highschool: Orange Vista
#50
Hunter
Stettner
- Position: ILB
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Holladay, Tenn.
- Highschool: Camden Central
#51
Andre
Almore
- Position: OT
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Mableton, Ga.
- Highschool: Pebblebrook
#52
De'Von
Taylor
- Position: ILB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Toledo, Ohio
- Highschool: Bowsher
#53
Fabian
Santa Maria
- Position: OLB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-3
- Hometown: Tucson, Ariz.
- Highschool: Salpointe Catholic
#54
Hunter
Smith
- Position: ILB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Kodak, Tenn.
- Highschool: Northview Academy
#55
Dominic
Fannin
- Position: OT
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6-4
- Hometown: Wakeman, Ohio
- Highschool: Western Reserve
#56
D'Angelo
Espinal
- Position: ILB
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Opa-locka, Fla.
- Highschool: Mater Academy Charter
#57
Dylan
Malissa
- Position: ILB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Cumming, Ga.
- Highschool: South Forsyth
#58
Marquis
Valentine
- Position: ILB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
- Highschool: Hyde Park Academy
#59
Kameron
Cocherl
- Position: OT
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Marion, Ohio
- Highschool: River Valley
#60
Te'Von
Carson-Payton
- Position: C
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Loganville, Ga.
- Highschool: Riverside Military Academy
#61
Ryland
Fuller
- Position: OG
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Fayetteville, Ga.
- Highschool: Sandy Creek
#63
Austin
Lilley
- Position: OG
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Gallatin, Tenn.
- Highschool: Gallatin
#65
Kendrick
Blackmon
- Position: C
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Mableton, Ga.
- Highschool: Pebblebrook
#67
Aaron
Sommers
- Position: OG
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-3
- Hometown: Corfu, N.Y.
- Highschool: Pembroke
#74
Eric
Moultrie Jr.
- Position: OG
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Snellville, Ga.
- Highschool: South Gwinnett
#76
Izaiah
Robinson
- Position: OG
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Maumee, Ohio
- Highschool: Maumee
#77
Dalton
Bassett
- Position: OT
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-4
- Hometown: Big Sandy, Tenn.
- Highschool: Camden Central
#80
Jalen
Warren
- Position: WR
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Wesley Chapel, Fla.
- Highschool: Cypress Creek
#81
Adrien
Harris
- Position: WR
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Douglasville, Ga.
- Highschool: Chapel Hill
#82
Antoine
Dennis Jr.
- Position: WR
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Dayton, Ohio
- Highschool: Huber Heights Wayne
#83
Jarvis
DeCoursey
- Position: WR
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Alachua, Fla.
- Highschool: Santa Fe
#84
Deveion
Gibbs
- Position: WR
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Tallahassee, Fla.
- Highschool: Florida A&M University
#86
Colton
Hines
- Position: LS
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Ansonia, Ohio.
- Highschool: Mississinawa Valley
#87
Noah
Pistory
- Position: LS
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: New Bavaria, Ohio
- Highschool: Holgate
#88
Mathew
Bolanos
- Position: K/P
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Lake Elsinore, Calif.
- Highschool: Temescal Canyon
#90
Jamel
McIver
- Position: OLB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: McDonough, Ga.
- Highschool: Luella
#91
Marquez
Abercrombie-Williams
- Position: ILB
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Toledo, Ohio
- Highschool: St. John's Jesuit
#94
Marvon
Knabbs
- Position: DL
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Pickerington, Ohio
- Highschool: Pickerington North
#97
Kevyn
Matos
- Position: K/P
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-4
- Hometown: Fairfield, Conn.
- Highschool: Warde
#98
Branden
Durkee
- Position: DT
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: New Orleans, La.
- Highschool: De La Salle
#99
Miguel
Gomez
- Position: DT
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-7
- Hometown: Wauseon, Ohio
- Highschool: Wauseon
Jaylen
Redd
- Position: FS
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Memphis, Tenn.
- Highschool: Germantown
Isiah
Watts
- Position: QB
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-3
- Hometown: Detroit, Mich.
- Highschool: Osborn
Coaching Staff
Bill Nickell
Head Coach
Dave Taynor
Offensive Coordinator/Associate Head Coach
Joseph Webb
Defensive Coordinator
Nick Lopez
Special Teams Coordinator/LBs Coach
Cole Recker
Tight Ends/Fullbacks Coach
Ikeem Allen
Defensive Line Coach
Kyriq McDonald
Wide Receivers Coach
Eric Moultrie
Offensive Line Coach
- Bill Nickell - Head Coach
- Dave Taynor - Offensive Coordinator/Associate Head Coach
- Joseph Webb - Defensive Coordinator
- Nick Lopez - Special Teams Coordinator/LBs Coach
- Cole Recker - Tight Ends/Fullbacks Coach
- Ikeem Allen - Defensive Line Coach
- Kyriq McDonald - Wide Receivers Coach
- Eric Moultrie - Offensive Line Coach