2025 Football Roster

Paul Vernon
Paul Vernon
Matt Dilyard

2 Jake Smothers

  • Class Senior
  • Position Cornerback
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 185
  • Hometown Radnor, Ohio
  • High School Buckeye Valley
  • Letters 3
  • Major(s) Politics and government

Biography

2024:  Won second-team all-region recognition from D3football.com and first-team All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors as cornerback...started all 10 games and won third letter.
  • Led NCAC in interceptions (0.60/game)...ranked third in passes defended (1.00/game).
  • Intercepted one pass and broke up another vs. Otterbein Sept. 7...also recorded 3 tackles.
  • Picked off pass to end Franklin drive late in first half at Franklin Sept. 28...also broke up a pass and made 4 tackles.
  • Had 4 stops and broke up a pass vs. 14th-/16th-ranked DePauw Oct. 5.
  • Made 5 tackles at Wittenberg Oct. 12.
  • Recorded 6 tackles, intercepted one pass, and broke up another at Wooster Oct. 19.
  • Contributed 4 tackles at Kenyon Nov. 9.
  • Had 5 tackles and intercepted a pass vs. Denison Nov. 16.
2023:  Free safety...started all 10 games and won second letter.
  • Tied for third in NCAC in passes defended (1.20/game).
  • Broke up 3 passes and added 2 tackles at Otterbein Sept. 2.
  • Recorded 8 tackles vs. ninth-ranked Wisconsin-River Falls Sept. 9.
  • Made 7 tackles and broke up pass at DePauw Sept. 23.
  • Contributed 5 tackles and broke up 2 passes at Hiram Oct. 14.
  • Picked off pass and broke up 3 others vs. Wittenberg Nov. 4...also made 10 tackles.
  • Had 4 stops at Denison Nov. 11.
2022:  Won first letter as free safety...played in 4 games.
  • Made 2 tackles, including half a tackle for loss, vs. Oberlin Oct. 29.
High School:  Won 4 letters in football and 1 in wrestling.
  • Won second-team all-district and first-team all-conference honors in football.

Statistics

Season:
2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2022Freshman

    Free Safety
    5'11" 175 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2023Sophomore

    Free Safety
    6'0" 185 lbs
    9
  • 2

    2024Junior

    Cornerback
    6'0" 185 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2025Senior

    Cornerback
    6'0" 185 lbs
    2