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UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros Roster & Depth Chart 2026

UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros are 3-3 in the Southland.

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Scheme desk

Early-down identity stays on the cards. Open the call sheet for the snap, the motion, the shell, and how they pressure.

Offense

Spread 11

Offensive scheme type
Spread 11
Personnel
11 personnel · 1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR
Primary run scheme
Inside zone / RPO
Primary offensive line scheme
Zone

Offensive aggression

Attacking · 62

ConservativeBalancedAggressive

Defense

4-2-5

Defensive scheme type
4-2-5
Base front
4-2-5 nickel
Front
4-3
Defensive line technique
Man (one-gap)
Primary coverage
Cover 3
Primary press technique
Off

Defensive aggression

Disciplined · 52

ConservativeBalancedAggressive

112 players · ESPN · refreshes with transactions and injuries.

Path tags: High school high-school signing, JUCO junior college, Portal transfer portal. On3 HS is the Industry recruiting grade from the high-school cycle — stars, national rank, class year. Portal grades live on the player profile. Career logos run left to right from On3 transfer history and 247Sports — JUCO marks included when they actually went JUCO. Click a column to sort.

Offense55

50James BaileyUTROL6' 4"300—SRKaty, TXPortal—Active
55Abram NicklasOL6' 3"272—SRTomball, TXPortal—Active
57Nick HughesOL6' 4"311—JRSan Antonio, TXPortal—Active
59TK MinaOL6' 3"293—SRArlington, TXPortal—Active
60Griffin LauerOL6' 4"275—FRKoloa, HIHigh school—Active
64Cole MolinaOL6' 3"330—SOCypress, TXPortal—Active
65Qai SmithOL6' 3"322—SROakland, CAPortal—Active
66Christian AyalaOL6' 4"285—JRElsa, TXPortal—Active
70Frank MedinaOL5' 11"318—SRSan Benito, TXPortal—Active
71Luis BalliOL6' 4"295—FRSan Benito, TXHigh school—Active
72Tate DavisOL6' 4"300—JRNew Braunfels, TXPortal—Active
73Gannon LauerOL6' 4"303—SRKoloa, HIPortal—Active
74Grayson ZumaOL6' 5"250—SOBuda, TXPortal—Active
75Viliami MakahununiuOL6' 3"310—SRNorman, OKPortal—Active
76Jaden GriffinOL6' 5"300—FRCelina, TXHigh school—Active
77Thomas DomianOL6' 3"303—SRMcallen, TXPortal—Active
78Brenden JonesOL6' 6"302—JRSan Marcos, TXPortal—Active
79Wes ThompsonOL6' 6"324—SRMuscle Shoals, ALPortal—Active
2*Atzel Chavez Jr.QB6' 1"205—JRLaredo, TXPortal—Active
3*Aidan JakobsohnQB6' 0"188—JRIngleside, TXPortal—Active
9*Jaxon BaizeQB6' 0"192—SOBoerne, TXPortal—Active
13*Garret RangelQB6' 2"198—SRFrisco, TXPortal—Active
17*Jayden PaluseoQB5' 11"191—SOCorpus Christi, TXPortal—Active
4*TJ DementRB5' 8"190—JRBoerne, TXPortal—Active
5*Malachi LaneRB6' 0"220—SRSan Antonio, TXPortal—Active
6*Brennan CarrollRB5' 8"180—JRSan Antonio, TXPortal—Active
24Fabian GarciaRB5' 8"180—JRSan Benito, TXPortal—Active
26*Broderick TaylorRB5' 9"175—SOCorpus Christi, TXPortal—Active
28*Jamal PolleyRB5' 8"196—JREdinburg, TXPortal—Active
32Jackson ReganRB5' 11"205—FRNew Braunfels, TXHigh school—Active
44William GoodloeRB6' 2"180—FRMission, TXHigh school—Active
19*Reid MikeskaTE6' 6"261—SRHouston, TXPortal—Active
30Tyler DayTE6' 2"230—JRHouston, TXPortal—Active
85Nathan LuschenTE6' 4"240—JRCuero, TXPortal—Active
86Garrison CurryTE6' 4"245—SRTowson, MDPortal—Active
88Jaxson ShupeTE6' 2"218—JREdinburg, TXPortal—Active
89Mateo GrajedaTE6' 4"257—JREl Paso, TXPortal—Active
94Jacob GomezTE6' 3"225—FRHebbronville, TXHigh school—Active
0*Clint Thomas Jr.WR6' 1"180—SRChiefland, FLPortal—Active
1*Gunner NaivarWR6' 0"186—JRDallas, TXPortal—Active
7*Braden BaizeWR5' 11"202—SRBoerne, TXPortal—Active
8*Jaydon SmithUTRWR6' 0"198—JRIngleside, TXPortal—Active
10*Cameron GlennWR6' 0"173—JRHumble, TXPortal—Active
11Tavian CordWR5' 11"193—SRPflugerville, TXPortal—Active
12Kyran LeeWR5' 9"176—JRHumble, TXPortal—Active
14Alex GreenWR6' 0"195—JRHutto, TXPortal—Active
15Hunter LukeUTRWR5' 10"180—SRAustin, TXPortal—Active
18Keilan SweenyWR5' 8"160—SORichmond, TXPortal—Active
38WRKian JonesWR6' 0"170—FRSan Benito, TXHigh school—Active
80Corey HolmesWR6' 2"185—SOCorpus Christi, TXPortal—Active
81Christian SabsookWR6' 0"190—JRCorpus Christi, TXPortal—Active
82Kaileb PetersonWR6' 2"184—FRDickinson, TXHigh school—Active
83Kae'Andre SaylesWR6' 3"165—FRKilleen, TXHigh school—Active
84Zion BrownWR6' 0"190—JRAtascocita, TXPortal—Active
87Claudio TorresWR6' 0"170—SOBrownsville, TXPortal—Active

Defense49

1*Alijah ProsserDB5' 10"164—JRManor, TXPortal—Active
2*TJ NealDB5' 10"200—SRWichita, KSPortal—Active
3*Jordan FordDB6' 1"184—SRTyler, TXPortal—Active
4*Marcus Heard Jr.DB5' 10"196—SRBryan, TXPortal—Active
6*Keion BryantDB6' 0"185—SRCollege Park, GAPortal—Active
9*Dorian BlackwellUTRDB6' 2"178—SRFolsom, CAPortal—Active
10*Jaden AdkinsDB5' 10"173—JRCoppell, TXPortal—Active
13*Tyler ThomasDB6' 0"181—SRAtlanta, GAPortal—Active
17*DBKeamonie ArchieDB6' 4"180—SRHays, KSPortal—Active
19*Ife OhaleteDB6' 0"190—SRAustin, TXPortal—Active
20Aaron Andrews Jr.DB6' 2"190—SOKingwood, TXPortal—Active
21DJ ShawDB5' 11"170—SRAustin, TXPortal—Active
22Carter HewittDB5' 10"177—JRCastroville, TXPortal—Active
26*Jaden TurnerDB6' 0"185—SRNorth Chicago, ILPortal—Active
27Andrew EarlsDB5' 11"177—SOMurphy, TXPortal—Active
28*Jaden PettwayDB6' 2"197—JRRosharon, TXPortal—Active
29Alijah AlexisDB6' 2"163—FRKlein, TXHigh school—Active
31Gavin CollinsDB5' 9"187—JRLeague City, TXPortal—Active
36Nicholas PeaceDB5' 11"191—JRTexas City, TXPortal—Active
43*Kayden CooperDB6' 1"198—JRHouston, TXPortal—Active
7*DC ThompsonDE6' 1"252—JRFort Worth, TXPortal—Active
16*Ja'Marcus AndersonDE6' 2"243—JRHouston, TXPortal—Active
35Josh CashiolaDE6' 3"241—SRHouston, TXPortal—Active
41Connor CarriganDE6' 5"235—SRHouston, TXPortal—Active
51Tayshaun DavisDE6' 2"230—SOFarmersville, TXPortal—Active
53Seyyid SmithDE6' 3"265—SRVallejo, CAPortal—Active
58Abdon MataDE6' 3"262—JRCibolo, TXPortal—Active
91DEWithchiel FilamarUTRDE6' 4"255—SROrlando, FLPortal—Active
92David NwabuokuDE6' 3"233—SOPlano, TXPortal—Active
93Percy Jackson IIIDE6' 3"250—SRLos Angeles, CAPortal—Active
8*Jayden HouseDL6' 2"275—SRLas Vegas, NVPortal—Active
42Nathan HuertaDL6' 0"270—SRHarlingen, TXPortal—Active
47Anthony SantoscoyDL6' 5"270—SRSan Juan, TXPortal—Active
54Lathan MorseDL6' 5"250—SRLeonia, NJPortal—Active
61Abram GarciaDL6' 0"307—JRLa Joya, TXPortal—Active
90Jaden WincherDL6' 3"270—JRPearland, TXPortal—Active
95Marek WojnoDL6' 4"255—JRSan Diego, CAPortal—Active
98Jack HarwellDL6' 1"283—SOPlano, TXPortal—Active
99Nick JosephDL6' 4"250—JRMinneapolis, MNPortal—Active
0*Jaxson MaynardLB6' 2"232—JRBulverde, TXPortal—Active
23Jaiden HaygoodLB6' 0"215—JRConverse, TXPortal—Active
25Walker DiharceLB6' 2"220—JRSan Antonio, TXPortal—Active
33Landen GaskampLB6' 0"230—JRMont Belvieu, TXPortal—Active
40Caleb WarrenLB6' 3"236—JRLake Jackson, TXPortal—Active
45Spencer RichLB6' 2"232—SRNashville, TNPortal—Active
46Dax HebeisenLB6' 1"215—FRColleyville, TXHigh school—Active
48Trey BrightLB6' 2"230—JRMont Belvieu, TXPortal—Active
56Jackson WaidLB6' 0"230—JRLeague City, TXPortal—Active
34Chase AlexanderS5' 10"190—SRPhenix City, ALPortal—Active

Special Teams8

52Connor CortezLS6' 0"218—SRCollege Station, TXPortal—Active
5*Ty BushP5' 9"195—SOBoerne, TXPortal—Active
43*Will RogalinskiP5' 11"222—JRSan Antonio, TXPortal—Active
97Nathaniel Wallace-DillingP6' 2"190—SRCleveland, OHPortal—Active
16*Cash CazaresPK6' 2"195—FRMcallen, TXHigh school—Active
37Troop O'NealPK6' 0"183—JRPlano, TXPortal—Active
39Brysen GardnerPK5' 9"175—SRGlendale, AZPortal—Active
96JJ ContrerasPK5' 11"183—JRLos Fresnos, TXPortal—Active

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UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros are 3-3 in the Southland. The offense is Spread 11 and the defense is 4-2-5.

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