D3 · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

Concordia Chicago Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · River Forest, IL

Concordia Chicago (D3, Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference) lists 22 players on the 2026–27 roster; 12 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster22 players
New this season12
Transfer additions8
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2028
Most common home stateIL (13)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2028 — 16 ahead.

2027
Gblocked17 ahead
Fblocked5 ahead
2028
Gopening16 ahead
Fopening4 ahead
2029
Gopening8 ahead
Fopen2 ahead
2030
Gopen4 ahead
Fopen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (17)
Carson Knoll6′3″Jr
Jaydon Watts6′1″So
Qadar Copeland6′3″Fr
Honore Yangoua6′4″Jr
AJ Willard6′2″Jr
Jordan Lacey6′0″Jr
Rylan Jean-Baptiste6′1″So
Ryker Johnson6′5″Jr
Jacob Robinson5′11″So
Xavior Gonzalez5′9″Jr
Carson Brownfield6′3″Jr
Knyle Lundy6′6″Jr
Tadari Clark6′1″Fr
Brayden Ablin6′0″Fr
Adonys Christo5′9″So
Cameron Woods6′1″Fr
Shaun Nichols6′5″Sr
Forwards in that room (5)
Batuhan Goktas6′8″Jr
Matthew Guthrie6′8″So
Cameron Chandler6′6″Jr
Aaron Brown6′5″Sr
Luca Bade6′8″So
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Concordia Chicago

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (17 ahead), F blocked (5 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 12 arrivals, 4 came straight from high school and 8 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from IL, WI, FL.

0 of 22 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 22 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 22 players

Guards 17 of 22

Knyle Lundy6′6″Jr
Ryker Johnson6′5″Jr
Shaun Nichols6′5″Sr · final yr
Honore Yangoua6′4″Jr
Carson Knoll6′3″Jr
Qadar Copeland6′3″Fr
Carson Brownfield6′3″Jr
AJ Willard6′2″Jr
Jaydon Watts6′1″So
Rylan Jean-Baptiste6′1″So
Tadari Clark6′1″Fr
Cameron Woods6′1″Fr
Jordan Lacey6′0″Jr
Brayden Ablin6′0″Fr
Jacob Robinson5′11″So
Xavior Gonzalez5′9″Jr
Adonys Christo5′9″So

Frontcourt 5 of 22 · forwards + centers

Batuhan Goktas6′8″Jr · F
Matthew Guthrie6′8″So · F
Luca Bade6′8″So · F
Cameron Chandler6′6″Jr · F
Aaron Brown6′5″Sr · F · final yr
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

4from high school8via the portal

14 of 22 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 22

0 of 22 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

IL 13 · WI 4 · FL 3 · GA 2 · IN 1 · KY 1

2 international: Thessaloniki; Antalya, Turkey

High schools: Germantown ×2; Romeoville; Cincinnati Christian and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Batuhan Goktas
→Rylan Jean-Baptiste
→Cameron Chandler
→Xavior Gonzalez
→Carson Brownfield
→Knyle Lundy
→Adonys Christo
→Shaun Nichols

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Nathan Nano
←Sam Hillmann
←Carter Privatt

How this roster compares

Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (12 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureConcordia ChicagoConference
Average guard height6′2″6′2″
Average frontcourt height6′7″6′6″+1″
Roster size2220+2
Freshman share18%35%−17pp

Coaching staff

Rashaan SurlesHead men's basketball coach
Kevin DixAssistant men's basketball coach
Christian OrbitoAssistant men's basketball coach
Ken HowardHead strength and conditioning coach
Staff changes6 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2023–24, 2 before 2024–25, 2 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate93%

How this page is made: Rosters: official Concordia Chicago rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Concordia Chicago's 2026–27 roster is posted, so this page reads it; the conference comparison uses 2025–26, the newest season every program has on file. · New this season: players not listed on the 2025–26 roster; a newcomer who is not a freshman counts as a transfer addition · Openings: Depth Chart's roster projection from listed class years; confidence stated per year · Sample: among players who made a college roster — the data cannot see who didn't. Among players who made a college roster. Model judgments describe positions and cohorts, never a named player's future. Refreshed automatically when the rosters change. Corrections: research@mydepthchart.com.

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