Kentucky State University Athletics

Men's Football

Kentucky State University

NCAA D2 · Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Frankfort, KYPortal active

$6.0k

Avg net price

32%

Grad rate

The program

Felton Huggins Jr., Head coach · felton.hugginsjr@kysu.edu

Assistants: Bruce Hall (Assistant Football Coach) · Craig Foley · Earl Chambers · Eli Tibbles · Felton Huggins Jr. · Lavell Meeks (Wide Receivers Coach) · Lavon Meeks · Marco Sanchez · Steve Wallace

The roster · 2026

90 on the roster26 Fr26 So22 Jr8 Sr6 Grad

Deshaun Jones

Fr. · DL

Cinicinnati, Ohio

Jaden Hale

Gr. · SLOT

East St. Louis, Ill.

Roman Hernandez

Sr.

Gary, Ind.

Leland Gantz

Fr. · K/P

Centerville, Ohio

Carlos Bazert

Jr. · TE

Mansura, La.

Jeremiah Swartz

So. · C

Missouri City, Texas

Deshun Tisdale Jr.

So. · Defensive Back

Lawrenceville, Ga.

Trey Spann

So. · WR

Benjamin Darough

Jr. · DE

East St. Louis, Ill.

Navy Curry

Jr. · DB

Athens, Ga.

Demarcus Elliot

Fr. · OL

Bowling Green, Ky.

Dominic Mottley

Fr. · DT

Houston, Texas

Timothy Pitts

Jr. · TE

East St. Louis, Ill.

Mike McGowan

Gr. · Running Back

Petal, Miss.

Lensley Dieujuste

Jr. · LB

Irvington, N.J.

Jasyia Richards

Fr. · Outside linebacker

Danville, Ky.

Jaylen Middleton

So. · RB

Houston, Texas

Nehemiah Mutangi

Fr. · DT

Louisville, Ky.

A sample of the roster.

Roster turnover

Players graduating after the 2026 season, by position.

RB2 of 7 graduating
DL2 of 15 graduating
WR2 of 10 graduating
SLOT1 of 1 graduating
Other1 of 3 graduating
ST1 of 3 graduating

Where they're from

Georgia 15Kentucky 13Louisiana 10Texas 7Ohio 6Florida 6Other 33

Cost & academics

Net cost after aid, by family income

Under $30k$10.2k/yr
$30-48k$6.7k/yr
$48-75k$5.3k/yr
$75-110k$2.0k/yr

In-state prices shown; out-of-state students pay about $4.3k/yr more (public school).

Grad rate

32%

Admit rate

96%

Enrollment

1k

Also in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

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