{"id":213362,"date":"2026-03-31T18:27:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213362\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:27:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:27:27","slug":"ucf-releases-2026-football-roster-with-jersey-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213362\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF releases 2026 football roster with jersey numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/tag\/ucf-knights\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UCF<\/a> has updated its football roster on the eve of spring football camp, adding 47 new players this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-one of those players arrived via the transfer portal, with 16 coming from the Knights\u2019 2026 signing class.<\/p>\n<p>The school released its fall roster with uniform numbers on Monday, with the caveat that those numbers are subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a look at those numbers listed <a href=\"https:\/\/ucfknights.com\/sports\/football\/roster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>CHANGED NUMBERS<br \/>(Previous number in parentheses)<\/p>\n<p>9 \u2014 Waden Charles, WR (19)<br \/>27 \u2014 Nicholas Antoine, DB (46)<br \/>55 \u2014 Jacob Maiava, OL (73)<\/p>\n<p>FRESHMEN<\/p>\n<p>2 \u2014 Tyren Hornes, WR<br \/>8 \u2014 Rocco Marriott, QB<br \/>15 \u2014 Preston Hall, LB<br \/>16 \u2014 Dante Carr, QB<br \/>20 \u2014 Kaj Baker, RB<br \/>22 \u2014 Amarion Queen, DB<br \/>24 \u2014 Arthur Lewis IV, RB<br \/>26 \u2014 Elijah Keys, DB<br \/>32 \u2014 Matthew Occhipinti, LB<br \/>55 \u2014 Noah Mercer, DT<br \/>71 \u2014 Amahn Williams, OL<br \/>77 \u2014 Kasiyah Charlton, OL<br \/>87 \u2014 Brooks Hall, TE<br \/>98 \u2014 Alhassan Iddrissu, EDGE<\/p>\n<p>TRANSFERS<\/p>\n<p>3 \u2014 Jonathan Bibbs, WR<br \/>10 \u2014 Kaleb Annett, QB<br \/>11 \u2014 Landen Chambers, RB<br \/>11 \u2014 Ken Talley, EDGE<br \/>12 \u2014 Keyone Jenkins, QB<br \/>13 \u2014 Josh Derry, WR<br \/>14 \u2014 Alonza Barnett II, QB<br \/>14 \u2014 Kahmel Johnson, DB<br \/>15 \u2014 Will Stone, K<br \/>16 \u2014 TJ Branch, DB<br \/>17 \u2014 Jailen Duffie, DB<br \/>18 \u2014 Caleb Flagg, DB<br \/>19 \u2014 Rashad Henry, LB<br \/>21 \u2014 Ty Bartrum, DB<br \/>24 \u2014 Tackett Curtis, LB<br \/>26 \u2014 Duke Watson, RB<br \/>28 \u2014 Matt Irwin, DB<br \/>34 \u2014 Jahleel Culbreath, LB<br \/>41 \u2014 Bruno Dall, EDGE<br \/>42 \u2014 Artavius Jones, DT<br \/>43 \u2014 Kyle Hicks, LS<br \/>49 \u2014 Atticus Bertrams, P<br \/>54 \u2014 Cooper Terpstra, OL<br \/>66 \u2014 Brady Wayburn, OL<br \/>73 \u2014 Henry Tabansi, OL<br \/>75 \u2014 Tyler Gibson, OL<br \/>88 \u2014 Grayson Brousseau, TE<br \/>93 \u2014 Brad Gurley, DT<br \/>94 \u2014 L A Jesse Harrold, EDGE<br \/>97 \u2014 Josh Schell, DT<br \/>99 \u2014 Thomas Collins, DT<\/p>\n<p>Matt Murschel can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/03\/30\/ucf-releases-2026-football-roster-with-updated-jersey-numbers\/mailto:mmurschel@orlandosentinel.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mmurschel@orlandosentinel.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UCF has updated its football roster on the eve of spring football camp, adding 47 new players 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