Missouri State Bears’ Update (Preseason)

Larkdight Studios Missouri State Bears' Program Rebuild (Season 1) August 1, 2025 5:00PM CST

Since the Bears won’t be playing in Week 0, this update will simply be a look at the finalized depth chart, redshirt list, and captain designations. We will check back in at their first bye week (Week 4).

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FINALIZED DEPTH CHART

QB Jacob Clark (Sr) / Drew Viotto (So) / Cole Feuerbacher (So) / Elijah Leonard (Fr)

RB Shomari Lawrence (Sr) / Josh Joyner (Fr) / Ramon Greene Jr (Jr)

FB Connor Lair (Sr) / Cade Townsend (Fr)

WR James BlackStrain (Sr) / Jmariyae Robinson (Jr) / Ronnel Johnson (Jr) / Liam O’Reilly (Jr) / Brendon McQueen (Fr) / Zeus Lloyd (So)

TE Jeron Askren (Fr) / Dillon Hipp (Fr) / Jake Whiteside (Fr) / Gary Clinton (Sr) / Gavin Kahler (Sr)

LT Christian Loaiza (Sr) / Noah Gardner (Jr)

LG Ebubedike Nnnakugwu (So) / Brandon Ventross (So) / Justin Curtis (Sr)

C Logan Scrivner (Fr) / Cash Hudson (Jr) / Ryan Mitchell (So)

RG Hutson Lillibridge (Sr) / Milton Cross (Jr) / Ben Liedtke (So) / Matthew Greene (So)

RT Darius Webber (So) / Brayden Thompson (Fr)

DT Mitchell Toney (Jr) / Sterling Smithson (Sr) / Heath Smith (Jr)

LE Davon Townley Jr (Sr) / Caden Wiest (Jr) / Andrew Link (So)

RE DJ Wesolak (Jr) / Ryan Williams (Sr) / Caleb Dietlin (Sr)

SAM Jalen Brooks (Sr) / Eunique Valentine (Sr) / Montrell Holliday (Jr)

MIKE Jared Lloyd (Jr) / Kanye Young (Sr)

WILL Jashawn Cooper (Sr) / Heiko Malone (Fr)

CB Thomas Anderson (Sr) / Camron Williams (Fr) / Navonn Barrett (So) / Dylan Dixson (Jr) / Dylan Simmons (Sr) / Floyd Williams (Jr)

FS Keaton Renfro (Sr) / JJ O’Neal (Sr) / Tanner Turner (Jr) / Antonio Smith (Fr) / Pete Strand (Fr)

SS Gregory Alexis (Sr) / Khalil Anderson (Sr) / Deandre York (Jr)

K Yousef Obeid (So) / Josh Deal (Jr)

P Stewart McDonald (Fr)

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COACHING STAFF

HC Mitchell Francolia (0yr) / lvl 1 / C- Prestige / Recruiter

OC Nick Petrino (0yr) / F Prestige / Scheme Guru

DC LD Scott (0yr) / F Prestige / Master Motivator

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REDSHIRT LIST

• RB Damien Drake (Jr)

• RB Iverson Young (So)

• RB King Davis (Fr)

• WR Dash Luke (Sr)

• WR Juan Nixon Jr (Fr)

• TE Barrett George (Fr)

• DT Tremon Harris III (Fr)

• ED Joe David Evans (So)

• LB Tray Hunter-Bell (So)

• LB Bam Booker (Fr)

• LB Anthony Mahar (Fr)

• CB Quavez Demps (So)

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CAPTAIN DESIGNATIONS

• RB Shomari Lawrence (Sr)

• T Christian Loaiza (Sr)

• G Hutson Lillibridge (Sr)

• LB Jalen Brooks (Sr)

• LB Jashawn Cooper (Sr)

• S Gregory Alexis (Sr)