FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State football head coach Matt Entz announced the addition of 18 transfers and a class of 25 high school additions for the 2026 roster as the February signing period opened on Wednesday.
The February high school additions include:
RB Maddox Merrill
TE Sylas Austin
TE Brayden Ford
TE Zane Gerbo
LB Bo Ausmus
ATH Robert Lucero
By the numbers
43 Additions
25 High school additions
18 Transfers
28 Mid-year additions
10 Valley natives
26 California natives
23 Offensive additions
18 Defensive additions
2 Specialist additions
Class of 2026 Signing Class:
OFFENSE
POS NAME HT WT HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL SIGNING PERIOD
QB Jacob Chambers 6-1 170 Fontana, CA Rancho Cucamonga December*
QB Deagan Rose 6-2 210 Clovis, CA Clovis December*
RB Jhadis Luckey 5-9 180 Hayward, CA Clayton Valley Charter December
RB Maddox Merrill 5-8 195 Clovis, CA Clovis February
TE Bryce McDaniel 6-3 205 Hughson, CA Hughson December*
TE Dallas Gaius-Anyaegbu 6-5 220 Omaha, NE Millard South December*
TE Sylas Austin 6-4 225 Atwater, CA Atwater February
TE Brayden Ford 6-6 240 Rancho Murieta, CA Elk Grove February
TE Zane Gerbo 6-4 230 Modesto, CA Grace M. Davis February
OL Alex Rivera 6-4 300 Lovington, NM Lovington December
OL Efren Siuloa 6-2 305 Laie, HI West December
WR Xavier Owens 6-3 165 Los Angeles, CA Edna Karr December*
WR Maxwell Young 6-0 175 Los Angeles, CA Western December*
DEFENSE
POS NAME HT WT HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL SIGNING PERIOD
DL Solomon Baker 6-3 260 Omaha, NE Millard South December*
DL Brendan Huddleston 6-3 255 St. Louis, MO Ladue Horton Watkins December*
DL Jake Plummer-First 6-6 220 Florissant, MO Christian Brothers December
DL Cooper Willoughby 6-2 245 Farmington, UT Viewmont December
LB Zephaniah Sesay 6-1 220 Hanford, CA Redwood December
LB Jaydon Sutko 6-1 220 Omaha, NE Elkhorn South December
LB Bo Ausmus 6-0 205 Redondo Beach, CA Redondo Union February
DB Truly Bell 6-0 180 Antioch, CA Pittsburg December*
DB Franklin Lockard 6-2 190 Tulare, CA Tulare Union December
DB Isaiah Lucero 6-1 180 West Covina, CA Northview December*
DB Chase Perino 6-0 180 Modesto, CA Central Catholic December
ATH Robert Lucero 6-4 200 West Covina, CA Northview February
* Enrolled in January
In addition to the high school signees, Fresno State added 18 mid-year transfers.
OFFENSE/SPECIALIST TRANSFER ADDS
POS NAME HT WT HOMETOWN PREVIOUS SCHOOL(S)
QB Khristian Martin 6-4 230 Highland Springs, VA Maryland
WR Darrian Anderson 5-9 187 Waipahu, HI Oregon
WR Tyler Becker 6-1 180 San Diego, CA Southwestern JC
RB Jalen Harris 6-0 170 Brekeley, CA Merritt College
RB Tariq Thomas 5-11 185 Springfield, MA Bucknell
RB Andrew Chavez 6-0 190 Fresno, CA Fresno City
TE Jake Appleget 6-4 250 Lincoln, NE Nebraska/Northern Illinois
OL Patrick Barnett 6-6 305 Key West, FL UCF
OL Bode Stoddard 6-7 290 Carmel, CA San Diego Mesa
OL Oscar Weigel 6-4 285 Carmel, CA San Diego
LS Ethan Rossetti 6-0 200 Clovis, CA Fresno City
K Manaki Watanabe 6-0 182 Novi, MI Ashland
DEFENSE TRANSFER ADDS
POS NAME HT WT HOMETOWN PREVIOUS SCHOOL(S)
DL Dylan Hampsten 6-3 245 Santa Clarita, CA San Jose State/Sacramento State
DL Micah Mosley 6-4 235 San Jose, CA Sacramento State
DL Maverick Noonan 6-4 250 Omaha, NE Nebraska
DB Preston Okafor 6-2 185 Omaha, NE Nebraska
DB Taylor Powell 6-4 200 Belleville, IL Northern Illinois
DB Croix Stewart 6-2 205 Vallejo, CA UCLA
Notables
Fresno State head coach Matt Entz signed his second class as the Bulldogs' head coach
Fresno State signed 19 high school student-athletes in December, and added six in the February signing period
The Bulldogs announced the addition of 18 transfers in February, all joining the program for the spring
Fresno State has 10 high school early enrollees that began workouts with the program in January. It is the most mid-year high school enrollees that the program has seen
The breakdown of the complete class of 43 athletes is: 23 offensive, 18 defensive and two specialists
The Bulldogs boasted their defensive line and defensive back rooms with seven additions to both rooms for 2026
Also of note, the Bulldogs added six tight ends to the roster for 2026, joining the five returners
The quarterback room returns just two players from the 2025 roster, and has added three this spring (one transfer, two freshmen)
In its transfer class, Fresno State signed transfers from five Power 5 programs
QB signee Deagan Rose and RB signee Maddox Merrill were high school teammates at nearby Clovis High School
WR signee Xavier Owens grew up in Los Angeles, Calif. but played his senior season of football in New Orleans, Louisiana (Edna Karr)
Fresno State signed a pair of brothers in DB Isaiah Lucero and ATH Robert Lucero
UCLA transfer defensive back Criox Stewart and current Bulldog nickelback Simeon Harris grew up together, and attended Benicia High School
Merritt College addition Jalen Harris has a long lineage of Fresno State ties, being the grandson of Bulldog great Carl Ray Harris Sr. (1969-70) and nephew of Lee Harris who was a Bulldog wide receiver (1990-93). Is also the nephew to Bulldog basketball star, Carl Ray Harris Jr. Harris ran track for one season at Merritt, and has not played collegiate football
As Fresno State builds its roster for 2026, the Bulldogs lost just three players to the transfer portal that played 150+ offensive or defensive snaps in 2025. Fresno State is one of 12 FBS programs with three or fewer portal losses of players with that impact
Fresno State also had just one coach from 2025 leave the program, but refilled the position internally
