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Elon Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #258 · 14–18 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Coastal Athletic Association · Elon, NC

Elon finished 14–18 (CAA 10th, KenPom #258) in 2025–26. 16 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 11 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster16 players
New this season11
Transfer additions7
Clearest projected openingCenters · 2027
Most common home stateNC (8)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Centers: open from 2027 — 1 ahead.

Forwards: blocked until 2029.

2027
Gcrowded9 ahead
Fblocked6 ahead · multi-yr
Copen1 ahead
2028
Gopening7 ahead
Fcrowded6 ahead
Copen0 ahead
2029
Gopening4 ahead
Fopening4 ahead
Copen0 ahead
2030
Gopen2 ahead
Fopen2 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
Randall Pettus II6′3″Sr
Alex Brabec6′2″So
Ben Safran6′1″Fr
Raúl Villar6′3″So
Bryson Cokley6′6″Jr
Cam Thrower6′3″Grad
Isaiah Mbeng6′1″Jr
Korbin Dixon6′5″Jr
Dacen Petty6′5″Fr
Forwards in that room (6)
Marko Šarenac6′10″Jr
Iker Garmendia6′9″RS-So
Brady Sehlhorst6′7″Fr
Josh Dalton6′10″So
Caleb Zhu6′10″Fr
Alex Olander6′4″Jr
Centers in that room (1)
Hunter Harding7′1″Sr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Elon

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (9 ahead), F blocked (6 ahead · multi-yr), C open (1 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 11 arrivals, 4 came straight from high school and 7 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from NC, MD, CA.

1 of 16 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 1 of 16 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

30% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 16 players

Guards 9 of 16

Bryson Cokley6′6″Jr12.3 PPG
Korbin Dixon6′5″Jr
Dacen Petty6′5″Fr
Randall Pettus II6′3″Sr · final yr11.0 PPG
Raúl Villar6′3″So
Cam Thrower6′3″Grad · final yr
Alex Brabec6′2″So
Ben Safran6′1″Fr
Isaiah Mbeng6′1″Jr

Frontcourt 7 of 16 · forwards + centers

Hunter Harding7′1″Sr · C · final yr
Marko Šarenac6′10″Jr · F
Josh Dalton6′10″So · F
Caleb Zhu6′10″Fr · F
Iker Garmendia6′9″RS-So · F1.3 PPG
Brady Sehlhorst6′7″Fr · F
Alex Olander6′4″Jr · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

30%of recorded scoring returns
2 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Bryson Cokley12.3 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Randall Pettus II11.0 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Iker Garmendia1.3 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 11 of 16 players on the 2025–26 roster with recorded stats; "returning" means listed on the 2026–27 roster.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

4from high school7via the portal

9 of 16 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

1 of 16

1 of 16 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Best-ranked: Bryson Cokley #304.

Where from

NC 8 · MD 3 · CA 2 · AR 1 · IL 1 · MI 1

8 international: Barcelona; Toronto; Chorzow; Toronto and 4 more

High schools: Christ School ×2; Jonesboro HS; Latin School and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Marko Šarenac
→Josh Dalton
→Raúl Villar
→Cam Thrower
→Isaiah Mbeng
→Korbin Dixon
→Hunter Harding

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Trey O'Neil
←Caleb Middleton
←Isaac Harrell
←Ned Hull
←DeMarco Johnson
←Savion Taylor

How this roster compares

Coastal Athletic Association (13 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureElonConference
Average guard height6′3″6′4″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′9″
Roster size1615+1
Freshman share25%21%+4pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#2552021–22#3172022–23#3092023–24#2352024–25#2582025–26
10–22 · CAA 9th8–24 · CAA 9th13–19 · CAA 11th17–16 · CAA 11th14–18 · CAA 10th

Coaching staff

Billy TaylorHead coach
Ryan SaundersAssistant coach
Al SeibertAssistant coach & general manager
Darius StokesAssistant coach
John KrikorianAssistant coach
Steve RobinsonSpecial assistant to the head coach
Staff changes7 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25, 3 before 2025–26, 1 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate66%
SAT midpoint1208

How this page is made: Rosters: official Elon rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Elon's 2026–27 roster is posted, so this page reads it; the conference comparison uses 2025–26, the newest season every program has on file. · Stats: 2025–26, the last season played — the 2026–27 season has no games yet. · New this season: players not listed on the 2025–26 roster; a newcomer who is not a freshman counts as a transfer addition · Ratings: KenPom, five seasons; conference finish computed among same-conference teams by rating · 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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