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Southern Utah Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #271 · 10–22 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Big Sky Conference · Cedar City, UT

Southern Utah finished 10–22 (WAC 7th, KenPom #271) in 2025–26. 14 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 9 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster14 players
New this season9
Transfer additions6
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2028
Most common home stateGA (4)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2028 — 4 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2029.

2027
Gblocked7 ahead · multi-yr
Fblocked5 ahead
2028
Gcrowded7 ahead
Fopening4 ahead
2029
Gopening5 ahead
Fopen2 ahead
2030
Gopen2 ahead
Fopen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (8)
Chase Degraffenried6′4″So
Zeplin Kidd6′7″So
Jordan Brown6′1″So
Dylan Sanders6′4″Jr
Brayden Johnson6′1″Jr
Rashaad Davis5′10″Fr
Anthony Breland6′2″So
DeZhon Hall6′3″Fr
Forwards in that room (6)
Juok Riak6′8″Jr
DJ Smith6′10″Fr
JaJuan Nicholls6′9″Jr
Jaiden Feroah6′9″Grad
Cale Barclay6′8″So
Jalik Nicholls6′6″So
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Southern Utah

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (7 ahead · multi-yr), F blocked (5 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 9 arrivals, 3 came straight from high school and 6 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from GA, UT, NV.

1 of 14 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 1 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

25% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 14 players

Guards 8 of 14

Zeplin Kidd6′7″So1.1 PPG
Chase Degraffenried6′4″So
Dylan Sanders6′4″Jr
DeZhon Hall6′3″Fr
Anthony Breland6′2″So
Jordan Brown6′1″So
Brayden Johnson6′1″Jr0.8 PPG
Rashaad Davis5′10″Fr

Frontcourt 6 of 14 · forwards + centers

DJ Smith6′10″Fr · F
JaJuan Nicholls6′9″Jr · F
Jaiden Feroah6′9″Grad · F · final yr13.5 PPG
Juok Riak6′8″Jr · F
Cale Barclay6′8″So · F4.6 PPG
Jalik Nicholls6′6″So · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

25%of recorded scoring returns
1 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Jaiden Feroah13.5 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Cale Barclay4.6 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Zeplin Kidd1.1 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 14 of 15 players on the 2025–26 roster with recorded stats; "returning" means listed on the 2026–27 roster.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

3from high school6via the portal

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

Rankings

1 of 14

1 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Best-ranked: DeZhon Hall #307.

Where from

GA 4 · UT 3 · NV 2 · CA 1 · CO 1 · DE 1

5 international: Lagos; Scranton; Salem, Utah; Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 1 more

High schools: NC GBB High School ×2; Herriman High School; West Oaks Academy and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Chase Degraffenried
→Jordan Brown
→Dylan Sanders
→JaJuan Nicholls
→Anthony Breland
→Jalik Nicholls

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Tanner Hayhurst
←Jalen "Roc" Lee
←Elijah Duval
←Chuks Isitua

How this roster compares

Big Sky Conference (11 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureSouthern UtahConference
Average guard height6′3″6′4″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′8″6′9″−1″
Roster size1415−1
Freshman share21%20%+1pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#1792021–22#117→ moved to the WAC2022–23#2522023–24#3272024–25#2712025–26
23–12 · Big Sky 2nd24–13 · WAC 4th10–21 · WAC 9th12–19 · WAC 9th10–22 · WAC 7th

Coaching staff

Will RyanAssistant coach
Rob JeterHead men's basketball coach
Donald WilliamsAssistant coach
Tennessee OwensAssistant coach
Braden LamarSpecial assistant to the head coach
Staff changes4 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25, 2 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate82%
SAT midpoint1135
ACT midpoint23

How this page is made: Rosters: official Southern Utah rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Southern Utah'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. · Stats: 2025–26, the last season played — the 2026–27 season has no games yet. · New this season: players not listed on the 2025–26 roster; a newcomer who is not a freshman counts as a transfer addition · Ratings: KenPom, five seasons; conference finish computed among same-conference teams by rating · 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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