This Week in Valpo Football: The Valparaiso University football team will play a second straight home game to begin a season for the first time since 2002 as the Beacons host Adrian under the lights as part of the Popcorn Fest Finale game on Saturday. As thousands of people flock to downtown Valparaiso for the annual one-day celebration of the city's famous popcorn king, Orville Redenbacher, a day of fun will culminate with the Beacons hosting the Bulldogs. Free popcorn will be given away at the game as part of the celebration, plus postgame fireworks will light up the air.
 
Previously: The Beacons recorded their highest point total and most lopsided victory since 1958, downing Virginia Lynchburg 67-10 in Andy Waddle's first game as the squad's head coach. Michael Mansaray ran for 134 yards (one shy of a career high) and two scores on 15 attempts, while Gabriel Batres had four tackles for loss and three sacks to lead the defense. The Beacons accrued 409 yards of total offense, while on the other side of the ball they racked up 18 tackles for loss and eight sacks.  
 
Glancing Ahead: Valpo will play road games against scholarship, FCS opponents each of the next two weeks, visiting Western Illinois in Week 3 and North Dakota in Week 4.
 
Series Notes: This will mark the second matchup between the two teams and first since 1926. A century ago, these two teams tied 13-13 on Nov. 6 at Adrian.
 
Following the Beacons: All 12 games this season will be streamed nationally, with 10 on ESPN+, one on Midco Sports Plus (at St. Thomas) and one on FloSports (at Butler). Saturday's game will air on ESPN+ with longtime Valpo voice Todd Ickow (play-by-play) and former Northwest Indiana high school football head coach Brett Jennings (analyst). The game will also air on WVUR, 95.1 FM Valparaiso. For in-game updates, follow @valpoufootball on X. Links to live video and stats can be found on ValpoAthletics.com.
 
Under the Lights

• This will mark the first time Valpo has played a home game on Popcorn Fest Saturday since hosting Duquesne on Sept. 9, 2017.
• The game against Duquesne was a day game held during the fest. The last time Valpo played a Popcorn Fest night game was Sept. 6, 2014 vs. Saint Joseph's College.
• This is the first time since 2002 that Valpo has started the season with consecutive home dates.
• This will mark just the third home night game in over a decade. The Beacons hosted Indiana Wesleyan in 2022 and 2024 under the lights. Prior to 2022, Valpo had not played a home night game since 2014.

With a win on Saturday, Valpo Would…

• Be off to a 2-0 start for the first time since 2000, when the season started with road victories at Tri-State and Hope before Valpo went on to garner its first Pioneer Football League championship. The Beacons won their season opener for just the third time since 2007.
• Own a 2-0 record under head coach Andy Waddle, making him the first Valpo head coach to start his tenure 2-0 since 1942, when Loren Ellis started his career as Valpo head coach with wins at Central Normal and Indiana State. Waddle is already the first Valpo head coach to win his debut since Stacy Adams in 2005.
• Extend its winning streak to three, dating back to last season's finale vs. Davidson. That would mark Valpo's longest winning streak since the 2004 and 2005 seasons, when the squad beat Butler and Aurora to finish 2004 before winning at Wisconsin Lutheran to open up the 2005 campaign.

One for the Record Books

• Valpo's season-opening 67-10 victory over Virginia Lynchburg marked the program's most lopsided victory and highest single-game point total since 1958.
• The 67 points were the fourth most in a single game in program history, behind 110 vs. Lewis in 1923, 85 vs. Northwestern in 1920 and 78 vs. Indiana Central in 1958.
• The 57-point margin of victory was tied for the seventh largest in program history.

Sack Attack

• Valpo recorded eight sacks in the season opener vs. Virginia Lynchburg, the most of any FCS program nationally in Week 1 of the 2025 season.
• The eight sacks would have ranked tied for eighth nationally in a single FCS game in 2024.
• This marked Valpo's most sacks in a game since 10 on Nov. 6, 2021 vs. Presbyterian. 
• The Beacons had 18 tackles for loss against the Dragons. Valpo became the first team in the FCS nation with 18 tackles for loss since N.C. Central on Oct. 12, 2024 (also vs. VUL). That total led the FCS nation for team single-game TFL for all of last season. Valpo's 18 TFL tied for the most by an FCS team in a single game since Oct. 12, 2019, when Sam Houston had 19 vs. Lamar. 

Batres Recognized by PFL

• Gabriel Batres led the way with a team-high six tackles in Week 1 vs. Virginia Lynchburg. He tallied four tackles for loss, three sacks and a forced fumble.Batres became the first player nationally in FCS with a three-sack game this season. He joined Tulsa's Byron Turner Jr. and Oklahoma State's Wendell Gregory as the only Division-I players (FBS or FCS) with a three-sack game in Week 1.
• Batres had the most TFL by any Valpo player in a game since Trejuan Purty had five on Nov. 20, 2021 vs. Presbyterian. The three sacks were the most by a Beacon since Purty and Nick Prine each had three in that game against the Blue Hose.
• Valpo has already equaled its PFL Defensive Player of the Week award total from last season, when Mark Johnson was the lone Beacon to earn that distinction, doing so on Oct. 27.

Other Notes Wrapping Up Week 1: Valpo 67, Virginia Lynchburg 10

• The Beacons rushed for 296 yards, the team's highest total since 298 on Nov. 6, 2021 vs. Presbyterian. Valpo had the eighth-highest rushing total nationally in FCS in Week 1.
• Valpo picked up 409 yards of total offense while holding the Dragons to 161 total yards including just 25 on the ground. This marked the team's highest offensive output since 460 on Nov. 12, 2022 at Marist.
• Mark Johnson made his first career interception, while Nic Lendino had his third.
• Michael Mansaray ran for 134 yards, one shy of a career high, with two scores on 15 attempts. He is up to 15 career rushing touchdowns including 11 at Valpo.
• Dawaiian McNelly had six carries for 54 yards including his third career TD run. Rowen Keefe and Noah Long each had their first collegiate rushing scores.
• Jay Melchiori and Ryan Ricketti led the receivers with three grabs apiece, while Melchiori paced the squad with 41 receiving yards. Ricketti and Colin Hayes each hauled in their first collegiate TD grabs.
• Redshirt freshman Luke Scoma went 2-for-2 on field goals with a long of 43 and 6-for-6 on PATs in his collegiate debut.

Scouting Adrian

• Will play its first game of the season on Saturday.
• Went 6-4 last season in head coach Joe Palka's first season after the squad went 1-9 the previous year.
• Member of the Division-III Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA).

Welcoming Waddle

• Andy Waddle was named the 19^th head coach of the Valpo football program on Dec. 9, 2024.
• A two-time Ohio Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, Waddle possesses over two decades of collegiate coaching experience including the last 12 years as the head coach at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio.
• The Pioneers started the 2024 season 8-0, the first 8-0 start in program history. The program enjoyed a 13-game winning streak that spanned the end of the 2023 season and start of the 2024 campaign, tied for the longest in program history and the program's longest since 1920. The 13-game winning streak was at the time tied with Army for the second longest active winning streak in all of NCAA college football, behind only Division-III SUNY-Cortland's 20-game streak.
• Waddle guided the squad to a combined 16-5 record and 14-2 mark in the NCAA Division-III Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) over the last two seasons. He successfully engineered a turnaround of the Marietta program, leading the team to a record of .500 or better in seven of the last eight years after the Pioneers had previously experienced nine consecutive losing seasons.
• When Waddle took over as the head coach at Marietta prior to the 2013 season, he inherited a program that had won three or fewer games in each of the previous six years and was coming off an 0-10 season. Before Waddle's eight-year run of sustained success that began in 2017, Marietta had a winning record just twice in a 20-year span. The program enjoyed as many winning seasons in Waddle's final eight years as head coach as it had experienced in the previous 30 years combined.
• The 2024 season culminated with Marietta's second-ever postseason appearance and first since 1973 as the Pioneers competed in the Extra Points Bowl, hosted at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio. After the 8-0 start, Marietta was ranked 22nd nationally by D3Football.com and 23rd by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). The Pioneers finished the 2024 campaign ranked among national leaders in the following categories – third-down conversion percentage defense (first, .250), redzone offense (eighth, .912), total defense (10th, 236.1), sacks per game (3.18, 16th), total offense (453.9, 19th), scoring offense (40.5, 21st) and scoring defense (14.9, 23rd).
• Marietta placed 16 players on the All-OAC team in 2024 and had 101 total all-league selections during Waddle's tenure. Following the 2023 campaign, Waddle was named the OAC Coach of the Year after leading Marietta to its highest win total since 1995. Waddle earned his first OAC Coach of the Year award in 2017 after leading the Pioneers to a 6-4 mark, the team's first winning season in 11 years. During his time at Marietta, Waddle instructed 19 all-region performers, 22 All-Americans and four Academic All-Americans.
• Prior to his dozen years leading the Marietta program, Waddle spent eight seasons at Wittenberg University, where he joined the staff in 2005 as the defensive secondary coach and was promoted to defensive coordinator a year later. Wittenberg won four North Coast Athletic Conference championships and made four NCAA playoff appearances in the seven seasons with Waddle running the defense. His 2009 defensive unit led all of the NCAA in total defense (189.9) and scoring defense (8.85) and the program tied a school record with 12 wins.
• Waddle began his coaching career in 2003 at Mansfield University (Pa.) as the defensive backs coach. The NCAA Division-II Mountaineers went 8-3, a six-game improvement over the previous season, and recorded the team's first winning season in nearly 30 years. In 2004, Waddle served as the secondary coach at D-III Maryville College (Tenn.), where he helped the program win as many games as it had in the previous three seasons combined.
• An all-conference defensive back, Waddle played for two North Coast Athletic Conference championship teams and made three NCAA playoff appearances at Wittenberg. He spent two seasons at the University of Findlay prior to transferring to Wittenberg. He was redshirted during the Oilers' 1997 NAIA national championship season and was a starter the following year.
• Waddle earned his bachelor's degree in sociology from Wittenberg in 2003 and completed his master's in executive leadership from Liberty University in 2014. A native of Enon, Ohio, Waddle and his wife Kerry Jean have a daughter, Hopelyn, and a son, Spencer. The Waddles are involved with the Be The Match Bone Marrow Registry and have raised nearly $20,000 while registering over 2,000 potential bone marrow donors.

Preseason Prognostications

• Running back Michael Mansaray was tabbed to the All-Pioneer Football League Team that was released by the league office and garnered Phil Steele Preseason All-PFL Second Team honors.
• Mansaray was named to the All-PFL Second Team in 2024, ranking seventh in the league with 58.36 rushing yards per game.
• His 4.52 yards per rush ranked sixth in the league, while his nine rushing touchdowns were tied for fourth and his 642 total yards ranked seventh. He was one rushing score away from becoming just the eighth player in program history with double-figure rushing touchdowns in a single season. Mansaray had a season-best 135 rushing yards on Oct. 26 at Marist, narrowly ahead of his 132 on Sept. 21 vs. Roosevelt.
• The Beacons will look to prove the league's head coaches' preseason balloting to be wide of the mark, as they were projected 10^th of 11 in the preseason poll. San Diego was picked to win the league, outdoing defending champion Drake atop the survey.

Leading The Way

• Redshirt junior offensive lineman Niko Paic and junior defensive back Mark Johnson have been named team captains for the 2025 season.
• Paic played in all 22 games over the last two seasons, starting all 11 during the 2024 campaign. He made his collegiate debut in 2022 at FBS foe New Mexico State while redshirting that season.
• Johnson appeared in 10 games and made seven starts a year ago, posting 45 tackles including 18 solos, 4.5 tackles for loss and one sack. He was named the Pioneer Football League's Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 27 after a season-high 10 tackles in the Oct. 26 win at Marist, a matchup during which he delivered the game-winning pass breakup on Marist's final offensive snap. Johnson has played in 21 games since arriving on campus prior to the 2023 campaign.

Roster Rundown: The program has continued to bring in talent from all over the United States. Half of the 50 states are represented on the roster, with Illinois (27) and Indiana (21) leading the way followed by Ohio (17) and California (nine).
 
Who's Back?: The 2024 Beacons boast four returning starters on offense and three on defense.
 
Campbell Candidate

• Redshirt senior defensive lineman De'Andre Wilborn is a candidate for the 2025 Campbell Trophy.
• A 2021-2023 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll member at Georgetown, he was part of the PFL Academic Honor Roll in 2024.
• Wilborn served as part of the Black Student Athlete Coalition at Georgetown from 2020-2023.
• He was a FlagStar football coach/intern from 2020-2023, teaching youth and low-income students how to play football.
• He also participated in "Dress for School," is a Valpo football team leader and completed an internship this summer working for Jason Friedman running for Congress Illinois 7^th District. He has interned for the Valpo athletic department and worked as part of the gameday staff.

Meet the Staff

• Reed Florence – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach – In his first season at Valpo after spending the last three seasons on Waddle's staff at Marietta, where he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
• Zach Feltrop – Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach – Spent the last six seasons at Marietta College, serving as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach under Waddle.
• RJ Ghilarducci – Assistant Head Coach / Special Teams Coordinator / Defensive Line Coach – Is in his sixth season on the Valpo football staff.
• Terry Geiger – Wide Receivers Coach / Recruiting Coordinator – Spent the last three seasons on staff at Marietta, where he was the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator under Waddle.
• Peter Nank – Offensive Line Coach – Spent the last two seasons as the offensive line coach under Waddle at Marietta.
• Michael Joseph – Defensive Backs Coach – Played at Division-III University of Dubuque before going on to spend five years in the National Football League as a member of the Chicago Bears from 2018-2022 before he spent 2023 and 2024 as a member of the United Football League's DC Defenders. He is the lone member of the coaching staff who was not at either Valpo or Marietta last season.
• Connor Vierstra – Tight Ends Coach – Graduated from Marietta College in December 2024, finishing as the program's all-time career leader in passing touchdowns, completions and pass attempts for the Pioneers.
• Evan Matthes – Running Backs Coach / Specialists Coach – Is in his second year on Valpo's staff after serving as a punter for the Beacons in 2022 and 2023. He was an All-PFL First Team choice in 2023.
• Colin Graves – Safeties Coach – Finished his collegiate playing career at Valpo in 2024.
• David Busch – Quality Control / Defensive Line – Was a five-year starter on the Marietta offensive line from 2020 to 2024.
• Danny Files – Assistant Offensive Line Coach – Graduated from Valpo with a degree in sport management and minor in business administration in May 2023 after playing four years for the Beacons.

Family Tree

• QB Marcus Brown and DB Donovan Brown are brothers.
• QB Caron Tyler's father is rapper Aaron Tyler, better known by stage name MC Eiht.
• DB Mark Johnson's father Mark played football at Vanderbilt from 1986-91.
• RB Amir Simmons is the cousin of Taco Charlton, who played at Michigan and was a 2017 first-round NFL draft pick.
• TE Brayden Welch is the son of Joshua Welch, part of MMA Team Quest for 17 years.
• DL Betrand Berry II is the son of former Notre Dame defensive end Betrand Berry, who went on to play 12 years in the NFL for the Indianapolis Colts, St. Louis Rams, Denver Broncos and Arizona Cardinals. He was Second-Team All-Pro and a Pro Bowl selection in 2004.
• TE JT Gawrys is the son of Steve Gawrys, who played baseball at BYU from 1987-1991 and went on to play semi-pro ball.
• RB Michael Rumoro's uncle Mark Tortorice played baseball at Grand Canyon from 1982-1985 and played minor league baseball in the Oakland A's and Chicago White Sox's farm systems
• DB Xavier Gipson's relative Tashaun Gipson has played in the NFL since 2012 for the Browns, Jaguars, Texans, Bears and 49ers and was a 2014 Pro Bowl choice
• OL Billy Jack McCool's father Billy Wade McCool played football at Wake Forest (1999-2000) and Valdosta State (2000-2001) and rugby at North Texas (2001-2003).
• QB Nathan Downey's grandfather Jim Rucks played football, basketball and baseball at the University of Illinois from 1969-1973
• DL Emmanuel Olojo's brother Jeremiah played football at Valpo in 2017 and 2018.
• OL Ralph Suarez's father, also Ralph, played football at Minnesota (2000-2001) and FIU (2002-2004).
• LB Tristan Pusateri's sister Taylor is a member of the Valpo track & field and cheerleading teams.
• QB Johnny DiBlasio's relative Karen DiBlasio swam at Harvard and in the 1980 Olympics.
• DB David Akinbosoye's cousin Adetomiwa Adebawore has played for the Indianapolis Colts since 2023.
• DL Caleb Baczek's father Todd played football at Northwestern and was signed by the New York Jets.
• QB Jacob Ritter's mother played volleyball at Iowa and father played football at Michigan.
• OL Marco Morales' grandfather Jaime was a professional Bolivian soccer player in the 1960s.
• RB DJ Manns II's brother Myron played football at Vanderbilt and for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2010-2014.
• WR Luke Doyle's father Sean was an offensive lineman at UCLA from 1989-1994
• LB Nathan Harris' uncle Robert Mathis played at Alabama A&M and for the Indianapolis Colts.
• LS Ace McKinnis' father Don was a Big Eight champion in the javelin at Kansas State and also played football from 1980-1985. His uncle Tim McKinnis was a minor league baseball pitcher and professional golfer.
• DL Jacardon Hardemon's relative Joshua Ellison played minor league baseball in the Mariners and Yankees organizations, reaching as high as Triple-A.
• P Nate Hillenburg's cousin Damon Bailey was an All-American in men's basketball at Indiana University and went on to play for the Indiana Pacers.
• QB Iosua Stephens' mother was the princess of American Samoa.

Did You Know? #BeaconBits

• LB Justin Jurmu's oldest brother Jordan was a national finalist in the Drive, Chip and Putt Championship in 2015 at Augusta National.
• DL Alex Goworowski has never seen Star Wars, Rocky, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones or Caddyshack.
• DL Dawson Rye had a pet aquatic frog for over 15 years.
• OL Noah Kline's extended family is so large that at one point he had a relative living in every state except Maine.
• WR Tyler Threat was born and raised in Dallas as a huge Cowboys fan. During a youth football season in Texas, he played against Coach Deion Sanders' team and executed very well on both sides of the ball. His team won and Coach Prime came up to him after the game and gave him a high five.
• WR Ryan Ricketti trains MMA.
• OL Nathan Snedegar is a second-degree blackbelt in Taekwondo. 
• RB Michael Rumoro is a first-generation American.
• WR Bryson Winbush's biggest fear is big statues.
• WR Nolan Teising is named after MLB legend Nolan Ryan.
• P Zander Lankford is in the top 0.1 percent in the video game Marvel Rivals.
• OL Billy Jack McCool lived in the cities/suburbs in the southern United States until eighth grade, then moved with his family to a ranch in Wyoming and learned cattle ranching and horses.
• DB Kaiser Wilhelm is a self-taught gymnast.
• DL Cameron Waldon has lived in seven states.
• DL Caleb Baczek can play the harmonica.
• OL Marco Morales Created and ran his high school's "Barstool" account that has 1,300+ followers. This account was used to promote his high school's athletics in a fun way that was up to date with current trends/memes and also updated fans/parents on schedules and game times.
• WR Robbie Spang is a student senator at Valpo and a Christ College (honors college) student at Valpo.
• OL Mathew Gasior is a first-generation Polish American.
• DB Uriel Richardson won district and state titles in taekwondo.
• P Nate Hillenburg earned the rank of Eagle Scout in November of 2018.

Player-by-Player Quick Hits – Projected Offensive Starters
*Based on two-deep, starters subject to change

• QB #1 Caron Tyler, R-So. – Appeared on SportsCenter's Top 10 plays twice in 2024, for a play made with his legs early in the year at Youngstown State and for one made with his arm to close the year against Davidson… Appeared in 10 games and made six starts in the 2024 season, going 89-of-158 for 978 yards and six touchdowns while rushing for 398 yards and three scores… Named the team's Most-Improved Player in 2024.
• QB #2 Rowan Keefe, R-Jr. – Named the team's Most-Improved Player in 2023… Played in five games and made four starts in 2023 including 187 passing yards on 9-of-12 through the air, three touchdowns and no interceptions while playing only the second half on Oct. 21 at Davidson… In 2024, started each of the season's first two games.
• RB #7 Michael Mansaray, 6^th – Achieved 2025 Preseason All-Pioneer Football League recognition… Rushed for nine touchdowns in 2024, one away from becoming just the eighth player in program history with double-figure rushing touchdowns in a single season… Had a season-best 135 rushing yards on Oct. 26 at Marist, narrowly ahead of his 132 on Sept. 21 vs. Roosevelt… Opened the 2025 season by rushing for 134 yards and two scores on 15 attempts on Aug. 30 vs. Virginia Lynchburg, finishing a yard shy of his season best from a year ago.
• WR #4 Jay Melchiori, Sr. – Played for Waddle at Marietta each of the last three seasons and earned all-conference second team honors each of the last two years. Last season, he had 46 receptions and 723 receiving yards, ranking seventh on the Pioneers in both categories… Led the team with three catches for 41 yards in his Valpo debut on Aug. 30 vs. Virginia Lynchburg.
• WR #9 Chris Gundy, R-Jr. – Made 41 catches in 21 games over the last two seasons including 29 grabs for 297 yards a year ago… Has found the end zone once in each of the last two years.
• WR #14 Ryan Ricketti, R-Fr. – Redshirted and retained four seasons of eligibility while playing in four games during his first year on campus in 2024… Tied for the team lead with three catches in the Aug. 30 season opener vs. Virginia Lynchburg while also ripping off a 71-yard kickoff return.
• TE #87 Brayden Welch, R-Fr. – At the forefront of a tight end room that features four true or redshirt freshmen… Did not see game action and redshirted in 2024.
• LT #67 Brendan Mcilvenna, R-So. – Did not see game action in 2023 and played in one game in 2024.
• LG #55 Dan Theiss, R-Fr. – Did not see game action in 2024, retaining four years of eligibility.
• C #56 Justin Hemmersbach, R-So. – Redshirted in 2023 and played in two games in 2024. 
• RG #50 Niko Paic, R-Jr. – Has played in all 22 games over the last two seasons… In his fourth year at Valpo…. Was elected a team captain by his peers prior to the season.

Player-by-Player Quick Hits – Projected Defensive Starters
*Based two-deep, starters subject to change

• DE #11 De'Andre Wilborn, R-Sr. – Nominee for the prestigious Campbell Trophy Award, based on a combination of athletics, academics and community service… Played in all 11 games in 2024 after transferring from Georgetown.
• DT #98 Antony Morris, R-So. – Played in nine games and made five starts for the Beacons in 2024.  
• NT #99 Isaiah Fowler, R-So. – Started the majority of Valpo's games last season.
• DE #42 Alex Goworowski, R-Jr. – Earned the 2024 team Scholar-Athlete Award and was the 2023 Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Year… Blocked two kicks in 2024, one of only 22 players nationally in FCS with multiple blocked kicks.
• LB #19 Connor Cervantes, R-So. – Did not see game action in 2023 and played in two contests in 2024.
• LB #41 Micah Markley, Fr. – Was the lone true freshman who started in Week 1.
• LB #1 Max Samuel, Jr. – Was the team's Newcomer of the Year in 2023 and was tabbed PFL Special Teams Player of the Week on Nov. 13 of that season… Has played in 21 games over the last two years.
• CB #0 Nic Lendino, R-So. – Was a two-time PFL nominee for National Freshman of the Week last season and was named the team's Newcomer of the Year… Made his third career interception in the Aug. 30 season opener vs. Virginia Lynchburg.
• CB #8 O.C. Nurse, Jr. – Appeared in 20 games over the last two seasons while playing for head coach Andy Waddle at Marietta.
• S #5 Wyatt Little, R-Fr. – Redshirted while playing in four games and making one start in 2024.
• S #3 Mark Johnson, Jr. – Team captain and returning starter… Had 45 tackles a year ago, including 10 to go along with a game-winning pass breakup at Marist, helping him garner PFL Defensive Player of the Week laurels… Made his first career interception in the Aug. 30 season opener vs. Virginia Lynchburg.

Specialist Quick Hits – Projected Starters

• K #26 Luke Scoma, R-Fr. – Did not see game action in his first season on campus and is poised to make his collegiate debut as Valpo's top kicker in 2025… Went 2-for-2 on field goals with a long of 43 and 6-for-6 on PATs in his collegiate debut.
• P #48 Nate Hillenburg, R-Jr. – Joins the Beacons as a transfer after spending the last four years at Cornell.