University is led by 6-0, 175-pound senior quarterback Thomas Keeling.
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A LOOK AT THE UNIVERSITY TROJANS
Coach: Scott Meyer (first year)
Last year’s overall, league record: 6-4, 2-3.
CIF playoffs: Did not advance.
Home stadium: University
CIF playoff division: 11
Expectations for this year’s team: “We have to stay healthy, don’t turn the ball over and play as a team,” said first-year Coach Scott Meyer, who takes over for long-time Trojans coach Mark Cunningham.
Top offensive players: Thomas Keeling, Andre Le, Ethan Bell, Austin Lake, Lucas Branton, Justin Morgan, Julius Juang and Austin White.
Top defensive players: Ethan Bell, Logan Niemann, Justin Morgan, Austin Lake, Brian Choobin, Mike Bush, Salah Balkis and Aryan Nikroo,
UNIVERSITY ROSTER
NO. NAME POS. YR. HT WT.
1 Branton Lucas RB-SS Jr. 5-6 160
2 Justin Morgan RB-DB Jr. 5-6 138
3 Austin White WR-DB Sr. 5-8 155
4 Austin Lake RB-DB Sr. 6-1 195
5 Ethan Bell LB-G Sr. 5-11 186
6 Thomas Keeling QB Sr. 6-0 175
7 Musab Elashegh WR-FS Sr. 6-0 180
10 Jason Ibrahim WR So. 5-5 130
11 Jared Harlan SB-DE Sr. 5-8 168
12 Jaylon Mclilly FB-LB Sr. 5-8 165
14 Daniel Fernandez WR-CB Sr. 5-10 145
15 David Shtilikind WR So. 5-6 141
16 Brian Bush QB-RB So. 5-6 160
17 Ali Fezian WR Jr. 5-9 165
18 Alex Omiya SS-FS Jr. 5-7 132
19 Damarian Ward TE-LB So. 5-11 172
21 Mathew Naranjo SS Sr. 6-1 175
22 Skyler Pouper WR-CB Jr. 5-10 170
23 Mike Bush LB-FB Sr. 5-7 174
24 Julio Baron WR-DB So. 5-7 150
25 Christian Rettberg WR So. NA NA
27 Sean Salah LB So. 5-10 180
28 Jet Jue SS-SB Sr. 5-6 142
30 Eddie Castillo FB-DE Sr. 5-8 150
32 Busher Alshahror DT-DE Jr. 5-10 162
34 Julius Juang RB-FS So. 5-8 150
40 Jayden Bonnafoux RB-LB Sr. 5-9 160
47 Elishah Hill-Thomas DE-TE Jr. 6-2 185
48 Brian Choobin QB Jr. 6-1 183
52 Isaiah Flores DE Jr. 5-10 173
55 Richard L’maurion TE-DE Jr. 5-9 169
56 Max Gayle OL So. 5-11 190
59 Noah Nejad G-DT Jr. 6-0 255
60 Samiz Bayan C Sr. 5-8 244
61 Azelei Ayaso C-DT So. 5-7 171
62 Connor Doornbos OL-DL So. 5-11 183
63 Adam Taha OL So. 6-0 146
65 Andre Le G-DE Sr. 5-10 192
66 Salah Balkis TE-DE Jr. 6-0 173
67 Joshua Cunningham OL Sr. 5-10 210
69 Joshua Thai OL-DL Jr. 5-8 195
70 Grant Park OL-DL So. 5-9 186
72 Logan Niemann T-DE Sr. 6-1 208
77 Nathan Alson T-NG Sr. 6-1 231
78 Jacob Min DT So. 5-11 211
80 Christian Ortiz DE So. 5-10 148
81 Juan Rodriguez WR-CB Jr. 5-6 150
87 Monzer Alyaghan TE-DB Jr. 6-0 153
92 James Wang DT-LS Sr. 6-1 213
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