D3 · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Blackburn Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Carlinville, IL

Blackburn (D3, St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) lists 18 players on the 2025–26 roster; 5 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster18 players
New this season5
Transfer additions0
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2027
Most common home stateIL (1)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2027 — 10 ahead.

2026
Gcrowded12 ahead
Fblocked5 ahead · multi-yr
2027
Gopening10 ahead
Fopening5 ahead
2028
Gopening5 ahead
Fopening2 ahead
2029
Gopen4 ahead
Fopen1 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (13)
Kamerin Carter5′9″Jr
Cayden Paquette6′3″Sr
Ayson McLuskie6′5″Jr
Jaylen Jeter5′10″Fr
Kcion Welch6′3″Jr
Camden Nelson6′1″Jr
Blake Horn6′3″Fr
Darius Duff6′4″Sr
Cooper Carter6′1″Fr
Victor McGill5′10″So
Cameron Johnson6′0″Sr
Evan Jordan5′11″Fr
Bradyn Pieper6′2″Jr
Forwards in that room (5)
Seth Macke6′5″So
Ryan Lash6′5″Fr
Owen Walter6′6″Jr
Payton Cook6′7″Jr
Cody Marcinko6′3″Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Blackburn

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (12 ahead), F blocked (5 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 5 arrivals, 5 came straight from high school and 0 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from IL.

0 of 18 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 18 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 18 players

Guards 13 of 18

Ayson McLuskie6′5″Jr
Darius Duff6′4″Sr · final yr
Cayden Paquette6′3″Sr · final yr
Kcion Welch6′3″Jr
Blake Horn6′3″Fr
Bradyn Pieper6′2″Jr
Camden Nelson6′1″Jr
Cooper Carter6′1″Fr
Cameron Johnson6′0″Sr · final yr
Evan Jordan5′11″Fr
Jaylen Jeter5′10″Fr
Victor McGill5′10″So
Kamerin Carter5′9″Jr

Frontcourt 5 of 18 · forwards + centers

Payton Cook6′7″Jr · F
Owen Walter6′6″Jr · F
Seth Macke6′5″So · F
Ryan Lash6′5″Fr · F
Cody Marcinko6′3″Jr · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

5from high school0via the portal

18 of 18 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 18

0 of 18 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

IL 1

17 international: Mount Juliet; Divernon; Litchfield; Ballwin and 13 more

High schools: Lincoln Community ×3; Auburn ×2; Timberlake and 2 more

How this roster compares

St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (9 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureBlackburnConference
Average guard height6′1″6′1″
Average frontcourt height6′5″6′6″−1″
Roster size1818
Freshman share28%27%+1pp

Coaching staff

Bryson KirbyAssistant men's basketball coach
Carson ProstAssistant men's basketball coach
Staff changesNo on-court staff changes across the last 4 offseasons.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate63%
SAT midpoint1007
ACT midpoint20

How this page is made: Rosters: official Blackburn rosters, 2024–25 and 2025–26, read from the athletic department's own site · Openings: Depth Chart's roster projection from listed class years; confidence stated per year · Sample: among players who made a college roster — the data cannot see who didn't. Among players who made a college roster. Model judgments describe positions and cohorts, never a named player's future. Refreshed automatically when the rosters change. Corrections: research@mydepthchart.com.

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