FB: New England Small College Athletic Conference

[Trin9-0]

With 26 incoming first year players announced this cycle, Trinity's recruiting class is certainly smaller in quantity than in recent past. They've averaged 31.5 over the previous 6 years:

2024 - 29
2023 - 32
2022 - 33
2021 - 29
2020 - 31
2019 - 29

Here's the full class of Bantams to be:

NAME

SCHOOL

TOWN

STATE

Position

Height

Weight

Nikolas Lukis	Westfield	Westfield	NJ	Athlete	6'2"	185
Connor Fahey	St. Joseph	Trumbull	CT	Cornerback	5'10"	170
Shane Lewis	Spring-Ford	Royersford	PA	Cornerback	5'10"	170
Zach Strauser	Hamden Hall	Hamden	CT	Cornerback	6'	185
Kenneth Forbes	Salisbury School	Salisbury	CT	Defensive Line	6'4"	230
Jacob Harkins	Xavier	Middletown	CT	Defensive Line	6'2"	260
Lucas Harkins	Xavier	Middletown	CT	Defensive Line	6'2"	260
Max Wallace	La Salle Academy	Providence	RI	Kicker	5'10"	180
Nolan Eilender	Seton Hall Prep	West Orange	NJ	Linebacker	6'	220
Jack Rees	Duxbury	Duxbury	MA	Linebacker	5'11"	220
Lucas Candiotto	St. Sebastian's	Neeham	MA	Offensive Line	6'5"	305
Nathan Kennedy	Brookfield	Brookfield	CT	Offensive Line	6'2"	285
Jake Mulrey	St. Sebastian's	Neeham	MA	Offensive Line	5'11"	250
Davian McDonald	Williston Northampton	Easthampton	MA	Quarterback	6'2"	180
Justin Bourque	St. Sebastian's	Neeham	MA	Running Back	5'11"	210
Jack Carroll	Greenwich	Greenwich	CT	Safety	5'10	180
Joshua Stahl	Pembroke Hill	Kansas City	MO	Safety	6'	190
Jacob Tobias	Rumson-Fair Haven	Rumson	NJ	Safety	6'	205
Alex Wilson	Westford Academy	Westford	MA	Safety	6'1"	185
Teddy Galbraith	Carmel	Carmel	NY	Tight End	6'5"	215
Ethan Burke	South Windsor	South Windsor	CT	Wide Receiver	6'1"	190
Joshua Genwright	Archbishop Stepinac	White Plains	NY	Wide Receiver	6'	175
Shane Hanlon	Northern Highlands	Allendale	NJ	Wide Receiver	6'	185
Nick Krakovitz	Haverford	Haverford	PA	Wide Receiver	6'2"	190
Nathan Smith	Staples	Westport	CT	Wide Receiver	6'	180
Nick Thomas	Rumson-Fair Haven	Rumson	NJ	Wide Receiver	5'10"	175

As is typical, more than half the class hails from either CT or MA. There's five from the Garden State this year. Trinity seems to have made a concerted effort to reload at Wide Receiver; they had 8 in last year's class and another 5 for this year (the most of any position group). Also, for the second year in a row there's only one incoming Quarterback for the Bants.

Wesleyan has also announced 26 commits this cycle (down from 31 last year). It would logically appear that the NESCAC roster limit is making an impact. Just five future Cards from in-state, but lots of geographic diversity with players from VA, TX, CA, FL, NC). Interesting that there is not a single Quarterback listed in the incoming class for Wes.

Midd appears to be announcing their class throughout the month (just two listed thus far). Bowdoin indicated they're announcing their class starting tomorrow. At the time of this posting Colby has listed just three, and Hamilton only two. Nothing yet from Tufts, Amherst, Bates, and as usual Williams is likely to not share their recruiting class via social media.

[Charlie]

Curious to see how Trinity works these numbers. Theses numbers might not be official. There roster last year was at 100 players graduating roughly 23 and adding 29 players this would put them at 106. If roster limits I am assuming is at 80 now that would mean 26 players are going to get cut or already have been cut.

What I am not understanding is this just for 2025 or with playoffs in 2026 will this be gone seems like NESCAC is hurting themselves by the lower roster sizes for any type of playoff runs against schools able to recruit in larger numbers.

[westcoastnescac]

oh YAYYYYY Roster limit discussions are back

[The Mole]

planned roster cap is 84 (with Williams and Amherst leading the charge for limitations). The top half schools are trying for a workaround (JV schedule) to avoid cuts.