D2 · Lone Star Conference

Eastern New Mexico Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Lone Star Conference · Portales, NM

Eastern New Mexico (D2, Lone Star Conference) lists 15 players on the 2025–26 roster; 7 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster15 players
New this season7
Transfer additions4
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2027
Most common home stateNM (4)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2027 — 6 ahead.

2026
Gblocked7 ahead
Fcrowded8 ahead
2027
Gopening6 ahead
Fopening5 ahead
2028
Gopening3 ahead
Fopening3 ahead
2029
Gopen1 ahead
Fopen2 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (7)
Alex Alfaro6′2″RS-So
Mo Austin5′10″So
Jesus Licon6′0″Fr
Cooper Jackson6′2″Sr
Kobe Smith6′0″Jr
Austin Abrams6′5″Jr
Elijah Hollins6′3″Jr
Forwards in that room (8)
Modibo Sanogo6′11″Jr
Mika Tangermann6′11″Fr
Jaden Clarke6′6″Sr
Zaylan Chaney6′7″Jr
Treyvon Byrd6′7″Sr
Jose Murillo6′9″Sr
Brandon Kehres6′5″So
Kayle Covington6′4″Fr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Eastern New Mexico

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (7 ahead), F crowded (8 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 7 arrivals, 3 came straight from high school and 4 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from NM, KS, CO.

0 of 15 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

53% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 15 players

Guards 7 of 15

Austin Abrams6′5″Jr12.8 PPG
Elijah Hollins6′3″Jr4.6 PPG
Alex Alfaro6′2″RS-So1.9 PPG
Cooper Jackson6′2″Sr · final yr14.0 PPG
Jesus Licon6′0″Fr
Kobe Smith6′0″Jr3.2 PPG
Mo Austin5′10″So14.5 PPG

Frontcourt 8 of 15 · forwards + centers

Modibo Sanogo6′11″Jr · F1.8 PPG
Mika Tangermann6′11″Fr · F3.8 PPG
Jose Murillo6′9″Sr · F · final yr16.2 PPG
Zaylan Chaney6′7″Jr · F3.5 PPG
Treyvon Byrd6′7″Sr · F · final yr11.6 PPG
Jaden Clarke6′6″Sr · F · final yr
Brandon Kehres6′5″So · F1.4 PPG
Kayle Covington6′4″Fr · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

53%of recorded scoring returns
2 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Mo Austin14.5 PPG · returning
Austin Abrams12.8 PPG · returning
Elijah Hollins4.6 PPG · returning

Computed from 12 of 15 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

3from high school4via the portal

11 of 15 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 15

0 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

NM 4 · KS 3 · CO 2 · NY 2 · GA 1 · MD 1

5 international: Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bamako; Norderstedt; Chihuahua and 1 more

High schools: Highland ×2; Deming; Frankenmuth HS and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Modibo Sanogo
→Zaylan Chaney
→Kobe Smith
→Elijah Hollins

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Johnathan Lyons Jr.
←Mario Whitley
←Andrija Maric
←Isaiah Randolph
←Raul Stanford
←Kevin Rankin
←Cougar Downing

How this roster compares

Lone Star Conference (14 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureEastern New MexicoConference
Average guard height6′1″6′2″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′8″6′7″+1″
Roster size1514+1
Freshman share20%23%−3pp

Coaching staff

Cam ParkerAssistant men's basketball coach
Lloyd DanielsAssistant men's basketball coach
Staff changes4 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24, 2 before 2024–25, 1 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate92%
SAT midpoint980
ACT midpoint19

How this page is made: Rosters: official Eastern New Mexico rosters, 2024–25 and 2025–26, read from the athletic department's own site · New this season: players not listed on the 2024–25 roster; a newcomer who is not a freshman counts as a transfer addition · 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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