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Youngstown State Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #189 · 15–17 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Horizon League · Youngstown, OH

Youngstown State finished 15–17 (Horizon 7th, KenPom #189) in 2025–26. 14 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 13 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster14 players
New this season13
Transfer additions8
Clearest projected openingCenters · 2026
Most common home stateGA (3)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Centers: open from 2026 — 1 ahead.

Forwards: blocked until 2030.

2026
Gbalanced7 ahead
Fcrowded4 ahead
Copen1 ahead
2027
Gblocked8 ahead
Fcrowded4 ahead
Copen1 ahead
2028
Gcrowded7 ahead
Fcrowded3 ahead · multi-yr
Copen0 ahead
2029
Gopening6 ahead
Fbalanced3 ahead
Copen0 ahead
2030
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen2 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
Kaelen Destin5′3″Fr
Linus Holmström6′5″Jr
Jayden Tyler5′3″So
Jaiden Haynes6′1″So
Dom Aekins5′1″So
Jeff Nwankwo6′11″—
Jamar Livingston6′3″Sr
Jacob Spurlock7′1″Fr
Andrew Adcock-Vidouria6′3″Fr
Forwards in that room (4)
Japhet Moupadele6′8″So
Jermaine Coleman6′9″Sr
Elijah Summers-Livingston7′1″Fr
Luka Lokhmanchuk6′9″Fr
Centers in that room (1)
Kelvin Amoako6′11″Sr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Youngstown State

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G balanced (7 ahead), F crowded (4 ahead), C open (1 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 13 arrivals, 5 came straight from high school and 8 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from GA, OH, AZ.

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.

5% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 14 players

Guards 9 of 14

Jacob Spurlock7′1″Fr
Jeff Nwankwo6′11″—
Linus Holmström6′5″Jr
Jamar Livingston6′3″Sr · final yr
Andrew Adcock-Vidouria6′3″Fr
Jaiden Haynes6′1″So4.8 PPG
Kaelen Destin5′3″Fr
Jayden Tyler5′3″So
Dom Aekins5′1″So

Frontcourt 5 of 14 · forwards + centers

Elijah Summers-Livingston7′1″Fr · F
Kelvin Amoako6′11″Sr · C · final yr
Jermaine Coleman6′9″Sr · F · final yr
Luka Lokhmanchuk6′9″Fr · F
Japhet Moupadele6′8″So · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

5%of recorded scoring returns
0 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Jaiden Haynes4.8 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 13 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

5from high school8via the portal

6 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: Jermaine Coleman #400.

Where from

GA 3 · OH 3 · AZ 2 · IL 2 · NY 2 · AL 1

4 international: Lille, France; Stockholm; Paramaribo, Suriname; Kyiv, Ukraine

High schools: Robert L. Osborne; John Marshall; Lane Tech and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Linus Holmström
→Japhet Moupadele
→Jayden Tyler
→Jermaine Coleman
→Dom Aekins
→Jeff Nwankwo
→Jamar Livingston
→Kelvin Amoako

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Markus Navarra
←Shaheed Solebo
←Drew King
←Connor Swider
←Cam Polak
←Tae Blackshear
←Vlad Salaridze
←Derrick Anderson
←Rich Rolf
←Tyler Robinett

How this roster compares

Horizon League (11 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureYoungstown StateConference
Average guard height6′1″6′3″−2″
Average frontcourt height6′10″6′8″+2″
Roster size1415−1
Freshman share36%36%

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#2462021–22#1542022–23#1402023–24#2032024–25#1892025–26
19–15 · Horizon 7th24–10 · Horizon 2nd22–10 · Horizon 2nd21–13 · Horizon 6th15–17 · Horizon 7th

Coaching staff

Ethan FaulknerHead men's basketball coach
Dwaine OsborneAssociate men's basketball head coach
Danny ReeseAssistant men's basketball coach
Anthony JohnsonAssistant men's basketball coach
Mark RichmondAssistant men's basketball coach
Staff changes3 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 3 before 2024–25.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate84%
SAT midpoint1055
ACT midpoint21

How this page is made: Rosters: official Youngstown State rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Youngstown State'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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