Army football brings in 73 newcomers, 46 from the prep school

A total of 73 newcomers have been added to the Army football roster for the 2024 season.

Forty-six of the freshmen played for the U.S. Military Academy Prep School football team and 27 are direct admits from high school.

“We are thrilled to welcome the next generation of leaders into the Army football Brotherhood,’’ said head coach Jeff Monken, who is entering his 11th season at West Point. “The Class of 2028 will contribute to our program’s success this fall and in seasons to come. This is a talented group of athletes who are outstanding students and young leaders that are committed to serving our nation as Army officers.’’

The newcomers hail from 28 different states – there are none from New York state, and nine hail from Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas.

"Our coaching staff did an exceptional job recruiting young men of high character from across the nation,’’ Monken said.

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The newcomers arrived for the annual Reception Day and were immediately thrust into summer cadet training.

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The football preseason should get underway in the final week of July, a month ahead of the August 30 season opener with visiting Lehigh.

The current Army roster has 52 sophomores (out of 84 introduced as freshmen in July 2023), 29 juniors (out of 68 introduced as plebes in July 2022) and 29 seniors (out of 75 introduced as first-year players in July 2021) for a total of 183 players.

The incoming freshmen, by position (asterisk marks player from U.S. Military Academy Prep School):

Offense

QB – Luke Knight (Wesley Chapel, Fla.); Nehemiah Vann (Lecanto, Fla.); Ethan Washington* (Suwanee, Ga.)

RB – Ty Brown-Stauffer* (Danville, Pa.); Brennan Fisher* (Perkasie, Pa.); Tim Kloska* (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Randall Nauden (Olympia Fields, Ill.); Aden Self (Spring, Texas); Trey Tremba (Slatington, Pa.); Jayden Walker (McKinney, Texas); Bill Young* (Lake Worth, Fla.)

TE – Grayson Baker (Worcester, Mass.); Te Brannan (South Arlington, Va.); Landon Laskey* (Edinboro, Pa.); Mack O’Halloran* (Downers Grove, Ill.); Noah Prior (Bishop, Ga.); James Rothstein* (Pleasanton, Calif.); Max Stober* (Redondo Beach, Calif.); Ryan Vanscoy (Lake Worth, Fla.)

WR – Bradyn Anderson* (Edina, Minn.); Dom Esposito* (Queen Creek, Ariz.); Josh Horton* (Marietta, Ga.); Chace Knox (Wilmington, Del.); Nolan Munroe (Orlando, Fla.)

OL – Xavier Archawski* (Ardmore, Pa.); Everett Champlin (Spring, Texas); Andrew Hardwick* (Danville, Ky.); Braeden Helmkamp (Washington, Pa.); Chuck Johnson* (Fort Worth, Texas); Joseph Johnson* (Snohomish, Wash.); Tyler Klambara* (Springfield, Pa.); Josh Manecke (Downers Grove, Ill.); Wes Shaw* (Tampa, Fla.); Nollenn Tabaska* (Milwaukee, Wis.); Sam Waters* (Boerne, Texas)

SB – Pookie Arterberry* (Klein, Texas); Briggs Bartosh* (Riverside, Mo.); Ben Gibbs* (Maiden, N.C.); Jack Kayser (Austin, Texas)

Defense

DL – Ben Britton (Mount Pleasant, S.C.); Nick Buchys* (Langhorne, Pa.); Sean Donovan* (Danbury, Conn.); Matt Gemma* (Flemington, N.J.); Aiden Jones* (Florence, Ky.); Peyton Ledford* (Frankfort, Ky.); Liam McKenna (Cincinnati, Ohio); Javon Smith* (Kansas City, Mo.); Russ Woodward* (Evergreen, Colo.)

NB – C.J. Martin* (Ironton, Ohio); Cole Searight (Waxhaw, N.C.)

ILB – A.J. Barbat (Franklin, Tenn.); Caleb Moran* (Milton, Ga.); Sam Oppenheimer* (Johns Creek, Ga.); Luke Sutphen (Bordentown, N.J.); Khalid Waliagha* (Angie, La.); Elijah Walton (San Antonio, Texas); Sam Zagame* (Clermont, Fla.)

OLB – Ryan Dunfee (Claremont, Calif.); Josh Modupe (Fernandina Beach, Fla.); Cael Newton* (Punta Gorda, Fla.); Campbell Sager* (Portland, Ore.)

S – Carlos Griffin* (Phoenix, Ariz.); Daniel Ogordi (Laurel, Md.); Larry Pickett Jr.* (Raleigh, N.C.); Caleb Williams (Canton, Mich.)

CB – Rob Houston* (Cincinnati, Ohio); Devan Moss* (Birmingham, Ala.); Ish Taylor* (Dallas, Texas)

Special teams

K – Bryson Hosea* (Roswell, Ga.); Jake Hulstein* (Cedar Falls, Iowa); Dawson Jones (Waxhaw, N.C.)

P – Matthew Faulk* (Mill Creek, Wash.)

LS – Ryan Snipes* (Roswell, Ga.)