UMass Football News--April 5th, 2025

 Yesterday's video interview with UMass DB coach Donald Celiscar mentioned two players new to the defensive backfield.

Malcolm Green is a transfer from UVA and previously played for Clemson. He played in 28 career games and has 40 UT and 56 TT's.  

TJ Magee

TJ Magee transferred from Davidson. He played in 24 career games and had 58 UT and 70 TT's.

UMass lost starters Lake Ellis, Isaiah Rutherford, Te'Rae Powell and Tyler Rudolph to graduation, so the Minutemen could be starting a whole new defensive backfield. 

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UMass QB Ryan Jankowski enters the transfer portal after spending one year with the Minutemen. 

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UMass Football News--April 4th, 2025

 The Minutemen Command has thoughts of HC Joe Harasymiak as the transfer portal opens.

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Zeke Altman has quotes from UMass DB coach Donal Celiscar.

 

Zeke also has an interview with Minuteman DL Tim Gran-Randall.  Tim's UMass bio.

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Major donors to Cal Football say they won't donate to the program unless the school appoints a general manager over the football program that bypasses the Athletic Director.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Daysun Looby

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 Daysun Looby, a 6-3 250 pound DL from Hillside, NJ will visit the Minutemen.

Hudl.com has video. 

MaxPreps has stats. 

 Looby would be a good fit in the new UMass defense under Coach Harasymiak.

UMass Football News--April 2nd, 2025

 The Minutemen Command has a couple of video interviews:

UMass OL coach Kurt Anderson. 

Thoughts from HC Joe Harasymiak. 

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UMass "X" feed has a check in with Malcolm Green. 

Green's UMass bio. With 44 GP and 7 starts in his career, he has a good chance to start for the Minutemen in 2025.

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Toledo schedules a home-and-home with Syracuse.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Max Roche

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 Max Roche, a 6-4 225 pound TE from Niceville, FL has a UMass offer.

247Sports page here. 

Hudl.com has video.

MaxPreps has stats. 

Roche has offers from all three service academies as well as FIU and James Madison. He could get a high level education without the service commitment with Coach Harasymiak and UMass.

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Benny Landi

 

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Benny Landi, a 6-2 235 pound DL from Sickerville, NJ has a UMass offer.

Hudl.com has video. 

Rivals page here. 

MaxPreps has stats.

Landi has a Power Four offer from Virginia. Southern Mississippi, Georgia State and Liberty have offered from the Group-of-Five. He also has an offer from FCS Rhode Island. Landi could see lots of playing time in the new Minuteman defense and get an excellent East coast education in Amherst.

UMass Football News--March 29th, 2025

 The Greenfield Recorder has UMass Football notebook.

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The UMass Daily Collegian has Jakobie Keeney-James shines on Pro Day. 

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UMass special teams coach Joe Castellito speaks about the importance of special teams. 

Special teams have been the stone-in-the-shoe for UMass fans during our tour in FBS. Kicking in particular has lost a number of close games. A number of studies have found special team plays figure in the decision of about one third of all games. Improvement in special team play (in all phases) would really help UMass move to respectability.  

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UMass OC Mike Bajakian thinks a culture shift is happening in the UMass program. 

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A video interview of Minutemen WR Ty Harding. 

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Congrats and good luck to the UMass hockey team who meet MAC foe Western Michigan in tonight's NCAA tournament.  

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