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This is a much bigger team than last season. Sek is legit 7-1, 235 and pretty cut. Embeya put on 15 pounds, but I'd like to see him a little more aggressive on the offensive end. Did make a three-point shot day in 5-on-5 action. Sek can negate any big man we play but if we play a 6-8 shooter like a John Camden-type at small ball center, I don't think he can defend a player like that and not sure he and Embeya will be much more than dunkers and layup guys in the offense. However, Tyler Tejada, at 15 pounds heavier, should get more points in the lane because he has more strength to get to the basket and post up. He also should be much more active on the boards. Jake Doumbia, the Wright State transfer, was impressive as another ballhandler at 6-6. Somewhat similar to Mekhi Lowery, but a better offensive performer with slashing ability and some midrange game. Not a three-point shooter, though he's working on it. Biggest issue to me is his FT shooting (61% LY) and he struggled today. But he's also a secondary ballhandler and can play some point forward. That's why you get a Doumbia, because that will give Chike Ndefo and Jaquan Womack the chance to develop and hopefully take over for him and probably Tejada next season. Womack (6-7, 225) impressed me the most. He's a better three-point shooter than I anticipated seeing even after watching many highlights from his Paul VI days. Looked very confident, excellent rebounder and has the length to be a very good defender. But as with most freshmen, that can be a learning curve playing against bigger wings and power forwards at this level. Chike Ndefo (6-7, 215) has improved after sitting out last season. I see great things for him in the future, though not sure he's ready in his first season playing D1 ball. Still is a post player trying to play wing. A little like TJPR because he's explosive and can get after it on the boards. Had a great block today where he came out of nowhere to swat it off the glass. The biggest question is how many minutes will these guys get because Tejada is going to play 30+ and Doumbia at least 25+. I think when you look at DWill, you know he can score. But with Tyler Schmidt on the wing and Jaiden Cole returning to the fold, you have more 3-point shooters in the mix compared to last season when he had few options to dish the ball to. Schmidt wasn't great today, but he's known as a marksman (39%) and you can see there are some Antonio Rizzuto attributes (similar size, but he's not as athletic). Has quick hands and does other things aside from shoot, but his key is to make open 3s. I don't think Cole has to be great. He could be serviceable as a backup point guard but not sure he's much more than a shooter. He's an upgrade over Rad Hicks, though not sure he's a better defender. I think if PS is looking for that Hicks-type to come in just for defense, that could be freshman Jon Barton (6-3, 215). You look at him on the surface and he looks a little like N. Tarke because he's left-handed and built like a linebacker. But he's more of a combo or even a point guard. He has no problem getting into the lane and finishing off contact. I know he could shoot in HS, but want to see more of him on the perimeter along with the big kid Brandon Holmes from Mt. St. Joe's. I know he has the size, but didn't really see him do a whole lot and that's because it's tough to get on the floor when you're the 4th-string center. Add small ball centers like Tyler Coleman (was injured) and Womack, so I assume he's redshirting unless another big gets hurt or he's tremendous. So I still see DWill, Schmidt, Doumbia, Tejada and Sek with Embeya, Womack, Ndefo and either Cole/Barton or both as backup guards (one other option I'll mention in next update). As for schedule, still waiting on some schools. Most of the stuff mentioned before on the general board is true. Also had issues with my tape recorder on my phone. For some reason, it didn't tape.

Here are some pictures from practice today to show some of the newcomers and how big Tejada and others are. Tyler Coleman was out injured. Here is Mor Sek, No. 32 standing next to DWill. He';s 7-1, 235. Embeya is 6-9, 240. This is newcomer Jon Barton, a 6-3, 215-pound lefty freshman. Last picture is Tejada (6-9, 236) and Tyler Schmidt (6-4, 190). Jack Doumbia is No. 33 and watching (6-6, 210)

https://towsontigers.com/sports/football/roster?view=2 No transfer QB. Freshman Andrew Indorf (6-1,195) from Miami will likely be given a shot. But a couple of transfers added at WR in Jarvis Jones (6-2, 185) from UConn, who is a redshirt sophomore. Here are the other additions since the spring. Most were brought up in the transfer thread. *WR Jarvis Jones (6-2, 185, UConn), r-soph. *TE Bryce Butler (6-2, 250, Ohio U.), grad student, Bowie, Md, St. John's College (HS) *TE Peyton Faulkner (6-4, 245, Kent State), freshman, Pittsburgh *RB Al Wooten II (6-0, 230, Duke/Mercer), Grad student, Memphis. Solid numbers at FCS. Didn’t play much at Duke. *OL Michael Williams (6-6, 310, Florida), r-freshman, Upper Marlboro C.H Flowers HS *LB Myles Turner (6-1, 255, UMass), grad student, Wheaton, Bullis School *LB Ja'Mez Drummer (6-1, 225, ODU), senior, Samford, Fla. *LB Shama Graham (6-1, 225, Va. Union), Grad Student, Richmond *DL Wyatt Draeger (6-4, 285, San Diego State) Grad Student, Reno, Nevada *DL Treyvon Adams (6-1, 275, JMU), r-freshman, Rome, Ga. *DB Carnell Davis (6-1, 185, Duquesne), Grad Student, Melbourne, Fla. *DB Bryan Lodge (6-3, 200, NE Oklahoma A&M), junior, West Park, Fla. *DB Nigel Henderson (5-10, 175, Stonehill), Calvert Hall HS

Minus Canada and add in @ JMU (return game from last year). Good Site: The D1 Docket: 2025-26 Dockets: East Coast Leagues

Soild game. A team that has won around the same % of games since covid as the tigers.

Some cool news from abroad: former Towson great Nina Cajic suited up for Serbia yesterday in their Volleyball Nations League match against the USA. She did not play, but she is in the gym playing against world class players and on the coaching staff’s radars. The VNL is a yearly summer tournament in which the 18 best national teams in the world compete. It is a very prestigious tournament to be a part of, and her presence there is a huge moment for any volleyball player. Serbia is one of the strongest nations in international volleyball. They have a ton of talent and won the World Championships in 2022. Hopefully she gets on the court soon.

On schedule "Anytime you open on the road three weeks in a row. You look at that and go, ok, what do we have to get done. The good news is that two of the games are in the state of Maryland (Morgan, Md). Opening up with an opponent in Norfolk State, not knowing what they are going to do is interesting. I know a little bit about what they're going to do offensively because Brian Sheppard (former OC) is their OC and was with us the last two years. Defensively, not sure it's what they did at Florida Memorial or different places. Not having film of what they've done in the past is difficult. Excited about a Thursday matchup and there's a lot of excitement about Coach Vick being there." On the new OC "New system. Completely different way of doing things. Fresh new start. (will be more involved with play calling)." On QB situation "It's as open as there can be. You have two guys who have started eight+ games. That's re-assuring knowing that you have experience there. We've had a limited amount of time that the NCAA gives us in the summer. We've given guys opportunties. (Freshman Andrew Inrdorf) is very advanced for a high school quarterback. Wants to learn and grown. Has had a very good summer. Great arm." On offensive issues last season "Number one, the purpose of offense is to score more points. We've been at 24 or 25 points per game. We need to score more points and get better on third down. That would take care of a lot of our issues." At WR "We returned Jaceon Doss, John Dunmore, Perkins, Reynolds and Londono. We have a handful of guys who play the position well. (UConn transfer) Jarvis (Jones) gives us depth. Cleveland Charlton (redshirt) will help out as well on depth." TE "Tight end is a wide open spot for us. Lose an All-American is a big void. Bryce Butler from Ohio has done a good job. Jack Mahoney, a true freshman, has done well. Excited about the depth. Butler is not 6-6 but he can put his hand on the ground and play in the backfield. Carter played 60% in the wing position. It will be similar." At RB "Al Wooten has done a great job. Both freshmen joined us later. Look at their HS stats and what they were able to produce and it's exciting. Ike (Daniels) had a strong spring." On OL "Playing with that and trying to see what the best five are. (KJ Brooks) played about 18 games at right tackle. We have some nice combinations there. We returned (Volpe, Germain, Brooks), Ian Miller played a lot for us at center. Joden Nelson and Bhular. We have some really good competition to find the next best guy. Mike (Williams) has done a nice job of getting comfortable. (Cousar) did a really good job. Exciting to see how this plays out." On defense "I thought our defense did a great job. We chopped our points down. We got better on third down. I want to see us get better on third downs and give up less explosive plays". On Defensive line "Treyvon Adams, JT Black, Wyatt Draeger were three great additions as transfers. They've come in and worked their tail off this summer to put themselves as a great spot for us. Hammond (big freshman) is a big body at 6-5, 285 and looks the part. Black has been very impressive against whomever he plays against. Probably 6-0, 280 and moves well. Aaron Clark and the guys who went through the spring (Stegall and Boyd) had a great summer. It's a position where we had pretty good depth and should be pretty good." On linebackers "We lost some productive guys, but I love who we brought in and love what they're doing. Feel very good about that position again and getting guys in the right spot and direction. Myler Turner (6-1, 255) is an inside linebacker. (UMass transfer). Both freshmen, Ben Kumpon and Seth Chestnut can help us. On the outside, TJ Sands will be playing some nickel and CJ McClendon played last season at nickel. We have a deep group that has experience and youth." On secondary "Brodie has done everything right and just has really improved. Xavier Terry has played a ton of football for us. Kaden White played a lot for us. Jasin Shiggs played a lot for us and Emiril Gant played a lot. Shiggs, White at safety, Great competition there. At corner, Emiril, Za Brown, Kavon McKinney as a true freshman. Cody Williams at safety. Meeko Lodge will be a nickel." On third season "We have a lot of guys in place who understand how we're doing things. Probably best run summer that we've had. Guys are dialed in. Liked the culture of the team. Excited to add the new guys. Most of them have been here this summer." On first recruiting class "Those guys are now apart of everything we're doing." On CAA departures "Every conference has had (FCS, FBS) has had change. A look at different conferences and go ok, what they thought was a bad situation and two years later, it turns out well. We're in a fluid situation and we're just going to keep plugging forward." First preason practice is July 28

We came out ready to play against St. Mary's and had a pretty solid effort. We just didn't have enough size, but good fight. Three of the next four were not great performances. We showed some good fight to pull out really ugly wins against Morgan State and Nicholls State, completely laid an egg against South Carolina, and had some flashes in JMU win. I still liked how we played against UC Irvine, but we came up short. The effort was there against Kennesaw State and Kent Stat were there, but we had injuries and also didn't play very well. The non-conference really unraveled with the UMBC and Duquesne efforts, and blowing the big lead to Robert Morris stung. To the credit of Skerry and the players, the win over Bryant seemed like it gave us some momentum going into a very successful conference season. I just feel like this program should be 100 or better in the NET by conference play every year, and once every 2-3 years it would be nice to have a year like 2021-22 where we find ourselves in that top 60-70 range. This is what good all-around programs do if we aspired to be one

This has a chance to be a better, bigger, deeper, stronger shooting and rebounding squad than last season, but will be tough to duplicate the 16-2 record in the CAA. Would take 13-5, a better non-conference record and of course, three wins in D.C. It's early, but I like most of the additions. There aren't many weaknesses, but they will need to improve defensively and I think that's where they will miss May, Lowery and Tarke. Need to take care of the ball and push it more to take advantage of Doumbia, Womack and Chike's athleticism. While we might miss those perimeter guys defensively (Doumbia should be a + defender), we add a player with a 7-5 wingspan who is a legit rim protector in Sek. I know he wasn't very good last season on a bad team. He just needs to be solid defensively at the 5. No offense to Messiah Jones, but I felt bad for him at times last season going up against guys 6-9 and taller at around 6-5, 235.

Love this get. Kid had offers from East Carolina, Xavier, Temple, La Salle, Penn State, Albany, St. Joe’s & Bryant, with schools like Minnesota, Notre Dame and Georgetown sniffing around. An athletic 6’5 SG who can shoot. How long have we been waiting for a guy with this kind of potential? 4-star recruit, per some recruiting services. I think I read that 24/7 has him just on the outside of the top 100 recruits nationwide. Say what you will about Skerry, but he’s really stepped up his recruiting game, with kids like Tejada, DWill, Womack etc

At the risk of oversimplifying, the QB play will go a long way in determining how we do this fall. I’m surprised/concerned we didn’t bring in an FBS transfer QB. I would think there were plenty out there. The QB last season had his ups and downs; too many INt’s as I recall & showed little if any ability to make plays with his legs. I assume it’s his job to lose, as all that’s behind him is Kent (no thanks, I saw that movie in 2023 & I know how it ends) and a couple of freshmen.

CT is headed to Germany

247 article on 3* KaRon Ali committing to Towson

@mat1992 Great stuff as usual. Thank you for sharing this Q&A. For all of us on here that want as much information about our teams we take what we can get and appreciate you taking the time to do stuff like this. I know on your side you have to "play nice" a little since they are giving you this opportunity, but was there anything said that surprised you at all during your conversation?

Munchie also had an offer from Manhattan. Considered one of the better on-ball defenders in the 2026 class. I've seen him listed at 5-11, 6-0, and 6-1. Guessing around 6-0, 160, which would be around Dylan's size when he came out of Good Counsel. Not saying he's Dylan, but maybe more of a creator and penetrator. Guys like that have to adjust their play at the next level. Get bigger and stronger to play through contact and then become a playmaker. Good thing is that Sajid is a combo guard and they can play off each other-eventually. When the time comes, they'll need two transfer guards. One wing and one point guard.

Thanks for all of your research. Lots of moving parts here. As opposed to the old days , when only D1 schools would pay for summer classes and lodging, Towson now provides the same resources as UMD etc. this is critical with the transfer portal and , in most cases, ahead of our conference rivals.

Interesting to see an offer for another two-guard after we just got a commitment from one, though Mani Sajid (24th-ranked SG), is also considered a combo guard. I see us probably adding 3 HS players in the early class, but a PG is a must with DWill graduating and likely transferring for his last season. Will be checking out the team at least once next week. Hearing a bunch of guys added weight over the summer. Can't wait to see a bulkier Tejada (235ish) and Embeya (gained 15lbs). Brandon Holmes, a the big freshman from Mount St. Joe's (6-9, 240) apparently has been a surprise. Not sure if he's going to redshirt or not.

🙄I wonder if the University of Lehigh, the University of Vanderbilt or the University of Clemson will also offer him. 😉

Good for Tomiwa! I really grew to like him last year. He made a lot of plays to spark this team, and really seemed to embrace being at Towson in the short time he was here. There are a lot of bad things about the constant transfers and roster turnover, but guys like him show there are players that can come via transfer route who will fully buy into the program. He is part of the long and growing list that I wish could have helped deliver out long-awaited return trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Tyler Tejada and Dylan Williamson were no stars. I've been looking at these rating systems for a long time and they are certainly not an exact science. Other than looking at their highlights or just games, my next judge is how many solid D1 schools have offered them. East Carolina, St. Joe's, Penn State, Xavier, and Temple.

Two names that live in infamy

A 4* shooting guard! Wow!! This is an Isiah Philmore and Jerome Hairston like get!! Exactly what we need!!

yeah going into the season with no transfer QB's is a bit worrying.

Pretty nice writeup by Spiro at this link on the tweet... https://x.com/TowsonTigers/status/1942247926484414885

https://www.si.com/college/fcs/caa/2025-caa-football-preview-fcs sports Illustrated prediction is 4th for a dark horse towson tigers football team

I’m at the California Classic and Jameer is the best player on the floor thus far

Pretty cool to have the opener on a Thursday night on ESPN. Should be a packed house for Coach Vick's debut game! Glad I can watch from my couch and not on Flosports!

That is some good information. Thank you for sharing.

Hey man! What else do you want???! Don't you remember 15 years ago when he got here?? We didn't even have a great personality

"they are a continual competitor." = "she's got a great personality!"

And just like that, she does see the court! Cajic got significant playing time as a substitute in Serbia’s 3-2 loss to France today. She was not heavily involved in the offense, with only 2 kills on 10 total attempts, but they left her in for long stretches of the game and she contributed positively on defense. She wasn’t stellar, but it’s a good foot in the door and she will likely get more opportunities.

same line of thinkng for anyone who is pro on Football, MBB, Baseball, Lax. we need to be shouting when Tigers are on the national and international stage

Regardless of if she plays or not like you said "she is in the gym playing against world class players". This should be celebrated and promoted by our athletic department and volleyball program, but for some reason unless they read this post they probably do not even know about it.

NE is the real winner, all three top teams once, at home in their high school gym. Really like ours, hopefully we can get C of C and UNCW on weekends in February, and a two for trip with Hampton WM & Elon A&T

Oh wow. Our friends down in the Carolinas will not be happy about this 🤣