2024 Maine Black Bears football team

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2024 Maine Black Bears football

Conference	CAA Football Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 CAA)
Head coach	Jordan Stevens (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mikahael Waters (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Umberto Di Meo (1st season)
Home stadium	Alfond Stadium
Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

2024 Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 16 Albany	0	–	0	0	–	0
Bryant	0	–	0	0	–	0
Campbell	0	–	0	0	–	0
Delaware*	0	–	0	0	–	0
Elon	0	–	0	0	–	0
Hampton	0	–	0	0	–	0
Maine	0	–	0	0	–	0
Monmouth	0	–	0	0	–	0
New Hampshire	0	–	0	0	–	0
North Carolina A&T	0	–	0	0	–	0
Rhode Island	0	–	0	0	–	0
No. 13 Richmond	0	–	0	0	–	0
Stony Brook	0	–	0	0	–	0
Towson	0	–	0	0	–	0
No. 6 Villanova	0	–	0	0	–	0
No. 15 William & Mary	0	–	0	0	–	0
* Delaware ineligible for 2024 FCS playoffs due to transition to the FBS

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant As of August 20, 2024 Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2024 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAA) in the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Black Bears were led by third-year head coach Jordan Stevens and played home games at Alfond Stadium in Orono, Maine.

Transfers

Outgoing

Over the off-season, Maine lost twenty players through the transfer portal. Sixteen are currently committed while the remainder are still actively pursuing new schools.^[1]^[2]

Name	Pos.	New school
Cole Baker	K	Unknown
Darius Bell	OL	East Carolina^[3]
Kahzir Brown	CB	Florida Atlantic
Alex Berrouet	RB	Bentley
Stone Compton	RB	Unknown
Aaron Gethers	CB	Benedict
Rohan Jones	TE	Montana State^[4]
Xavier Lozowicki	OT	Cincinnati
Darius McKenzie	LB	South Alabama^[5]
Ayden Pereira	QB	Merrimack
Daniel Plascencia	IOL	Texas A&M–Kingsville
Jayden Platt	LB	William & Mary
Sean Pozniak	OT	Tennessee Tech
Clayton Ritter	LS	Albany
Derek Robertson	QB	Monmouth
Dorian Royal	DT	Georgia State^[6]
Charles Rulon	P	Unknown
Jylun Spence	S	Oklahoma Baptist
Abdul Stewart	S	Unknown
Vince Thomas	LB	CCSU

Incoming

Over the off-season, Maine added fourteen players through the transfer portal.^[1]

Name	Pos.	Class	Previous school
Jermaine Baker	LB	Gr	Yale
Dorian Blackwell	CB	So	Nevada
Kenneth Cooper	S	Sr	Merrimack
Jayden Curry	S	Sr	South Florida
Kesean Dyson	LB	Gr	Saint Francis
Mason Gilbert	TE	Gr	Lafayette
Molayo Irefin	WR/KR	Sr	Saint Vincent
Andrew Kocan	IOL	So	VMI
Zephron Lester	DT	Gr	Stanford
Jaharie Martin	RB	Sr	Montana State
John Olmstead	OL	Gr	Lafayette^[7]
Carter Peevy	QB	Gr	Mercer^[7]
Ty'ee Stephens	WR	R-Fr	Hampton
Isaiah Watson	CB	R-Sr	Samford

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV
August 30	7:00 p.m.	Colgate*	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FloSports
September 7	8:00 p.m.	at Montana State*	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	ESPN+
September 14	3:30 p.m.	Monmouth	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FloSports
September 21	1:00 p.m.	at Merrimack*	Duane Stadium North Andover, MA
September 28	3:30 p.m.	at Albany	Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY	FloSports
October 12	1:00 p.m.	at Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	FloSports
October 19	1:00 p.m.	Villanova	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FloSports
October 26	1:00 p.m.	at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	FloSports
November 2	2:30 p.m.	at Oklahoma*	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	SECN+/ESPN+
November 9	1:00 p.m.	Bryant	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FloSports
November 16	2:00 p.m.	at Elon	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC	FloSports
November 23	1:00 p.m.	New Hampshire	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FloSports
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Roster

2024 Maine Black Bears football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`0`	Ty'ee Stephens	Fr
WR	`2`	Trevin Ewing	Jr
WR	`4`	Molayo Irefin	GS
QB	`10`	Caden Drezek	So
QB	`11`	Carter Peevy	GS
QB	`12`	Noah Carpenter	Fr
RB	`12`	Evan Wallace	So
WR	`13`	Aaron Arteaga	So
QB	`14`	Anthony Harris	Sr
WR	`15`	Zaheem Crawford-Patterson	So
TE	`16`	Eli Mahan	Jr
QB	`17`	Eddie Buehler	Fr
QB	`18`	Keegan Andrews	Fr
WR	`18`	Joe Gillette	GS
RB	`19`	Jaharie Martin	GS
WR	`20`	Nick Laughlin	Fr
RB	`21`	Brian Santana-Fis	Jr
RB	`22`	Tristen Kenan	So
RB	`25`	Tavion Banks	Sr
WR	`28`	Juelz Russell	Fr
RB	`31`	Rashawn Marshall	Fr
RB	`36`	Symon Sathler	So
TE	`42`	Luke Grigson	Fr
TE	`46`	Will Grant	Fr
TE	`48`	Declan McKevitt	Jr
TE	`49`	Elijah Smalls	Fr
OL	`57`	Andrew Kocan	So
OL	`58`	Noah Stanley	Fr
OL	`62`	Pius Ejindu	Fr
OL	`63`	Evan Schaub	Fr
OL	`64`	Jack Boutaugh	So
OL	`65`	Nicolas Cruji	So
OL	`66`	Kylan Lamke	Fr
OL	`68`	Max Gregor	So
OL	`70`	Joe Horn	Jr
OL	`71`	John Olmstead	GS
OL	`72`	Tyler Williams	So
OL	`74`	Anthony Iliano	Fr
OL	`75`	Liam Reamer	Fr
OL	`78`	Jack Lillie	Fr
OL	`79`	Max Lövblad	GS
WR	`80`	Jamie Lamson	GS
WR	`81`	Montigo Moss	Sr
TE	`82`	Cooper Heisey	GS
WR	`83`	Michael Monios	Sr
WR	`84`	Kevin Jackson	Fr
WR	`85`	Blake Thomas	Fr
TE	`86`	Jake Kucera	Fr
TE	`87`	Francisco Pratts	So
TE	`88`	Mason Gilbert	GS
WR	`89`	Gianni Rossitto	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`1`	Alhaji Kamara	Jr
S	`3`	Shakur Smalls	Sr
DT	`5`	John Costanza	Sr
LB	`6`	Jabari Odoemenem	So
LB	`7`	Latrell Couchman	Jr
S	`8`	Robby Riobe	GS
DE	`9`	Xavier Holmes	Jr
LB	`10`	Tyshawn Stewart	Jr
LB	`11`	Christian Thomas	Sr
CB	`13`	Dede Doegan	Jr
LB	`15`	Zion Cheeks	So
S	`17`	Jayden Curry	GS
S	`20`	Jake Kucera	Fr
S	`23`	Amir Byrd	GS
S	`24`	Kenneth Cooper	GS
DB	`25`	Dorian Blackwell	Jr
LB	`26`	Jermaine Baker	GS
DB	`26`	Brayden Isaiah	Fr
CB	`27`	Jamaree Gibson	So
CB	`28`	Isaiah Watson	GS
CB	`29`	Nassir Young	Jr
CB	`30`	Na'Cire Christmas	Fr
LB	`33`	Kesean Dyson	GS
CB	`34`	Daren Omoregie	So
LB	`35`	Devin Hairston	So
DB	`35`	Ja'Darius Steele	Fr
S	`37`	Devin Vaught	Fr
S	`38`	Sherrod Hudson	So
S	`39`	Amari Mack	Fr
DT	`44`	Rayshad Wallace	GS
DE	`45`	Ta'Kai Chisolm	Fr
DE	`47`	Jared Tynes	Fr
S	`48`	Nic Swanson	So
LB	`52`	Grayson DiPietro	Fr
LB	`53`	Isaac Ofielu	GS
DL	`55`	Nathan Lopez	Fr
DE	`56`	Jacob Tuiasosopo	GS
DT	`73`	Jace Negley	Fr
DL	`76`	Ayden Chabak	Fr
DT	`90`	Jaedin Lee	Fr
DT	`91`	Shymell Davis	Jr
DT	`92`	Izaiah Henderson	GS
DE	`93`	Kye Pressley	Fr
DE	`94`	Chris Bacon	Fr
DT	`95`	Mike Hamilton	So
DT	`96`	Gerald Baker III	Fr
DT	`97`	Zephron Lester	GS
DL	`98`	Dillon White	Fr
DE	`99`	Nicolas Kalume	So
LB		Josh Sparacio	Fr
LB		Tim Crockett	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`14`	Aidan Cadogan	GS
K	`40`	Joey Bryson	So
K/P	`43`	Samuel Tremblay	Fr
K/P	`50`	Michael Lewinski	Fr
LS	`38`	Landon Beal	Fr
LS	`49`	Zach Zoglio	Sr
K/P		Kemsley Marsters	Fr

Head coach

Jordan Stevens (Maine)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Mikahael Waters (Nevada)
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Umberto di Meo (Springfield)
Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Spencer Carey (Maine)
Special Teams Coordinator/Cornerbacks
Pushaun Brown (Maine)
Running backs/Assistant Special Teams Coordinator/Pro Liaison
Dave Bucar (Washington & Jefferson)
Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
John Gardner (Washington)
Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator
McCormick Stephenson (Minnesota State)
Tight Ends
AJ McLaughlin (Husson)
Defensive Line
Jalen Hairston (Charleston)
Safeties/Defensive Pass Game Coordinator
Mike DeVito (Maine)
Director of Player Development & Alumni Relations
Trey Hall (Edinboro)
Head Football Sports Performance Coach
Nicole Earley (Temple)
Director of Football Operations
Thatcher Allen (Springfield)
Offensive Quality Control/Video Coordinator
Nathan Kue (Albany)
Recruiting Assistant
Julie Cheville
Athletics Academic Counselor
Muralee Das
Faculty Liaison

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: May 11, 2024

References

^ ^a ^b "2024 Maine Football Transfer Portal". ON3.
^ "2024 College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports.
^ Igoe, Stephen (December 20, 2023). "Maine offensive line transfer Darius Bell commits to East Carolina". 247Sports. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
^ Flores, Victor (December 21, 2023). "Montana State Bobcats expect Maine transfer Rohan Jones to make instant impact". 406 MT Sports. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
^ Konkel, Doug (May 6, 2024). "Jags Add FCS Linebacker McKenzie". 247Sports. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
^ Moore, Ben (March 30, 2024). "GSU Football Lands Maine Transfer Defensive Lineman Dorian Royal". 247Sports. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Lazarczyk, Travis (April 20, 2024). "College football: Transfers could provide spark to UMaine offense". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
^ "2024 Maine Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
^ "2024 Football Schedule". University of Maine Athletics. Retrieved May 11, 2024.

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