D3 · New Jersey Athletic Conference

NJCU Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Jersey City, NJ

NJCU (D3, New Jersey Athletic Conference) lists 16 players on the 2025–26 roster; 10 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster16 players
New this season10
Transfer additions6
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2027
Most common home stateNJ (25)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2027 — 8 ahead.

Centers: blocked until 2029.

2026
Gblocked9 ahead
Fbalanced5 ahead
Cbalanced2 ahead
2027
Gopening8 ahead
Fopening3 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopening4 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
Copen1 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
Kameron McGainey6′0″So
Isaiah Green6′1″Fr
Marc Brown, Jr.5′10″Jr
Mekhi Philogene5′11″Fr
Bakhi Rogers-Robinson6′1″Sr
Brince Shelton6′2″Jr
Jayden Brown5′11″Jr
Cameron Diogene6′1″Fr
Elijah Scott6′3″Jr
Forwards in that room (5)
Leon Lawson6′4″Sr
Travis Pittman6′7″Jr
Arterio Williams6′4″Sr
Matt McSorley6′4″So
Donovan Crawford6′6″Jr
Centers in that room (2)
Darnell Derosin6′6″Fr
Raymond Ezike6′8″Sr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at NJCU

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (9 ahead), F balanced (5 ahead), C balanced (2 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 10 arrivals, 4 came straight from high school and 6 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from NJ, NY.

0 of 16 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 16 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

57% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 16 players

Guards 9 of 16

Elijah Scott6′3″Jr0.6 PPG
Brince Shelton6′2″Jr7.8 PPG
Isaiah Green6′1″Fr2.9 PPG
Bakhi Rogers-Robinson6′1″Sr · final yr20.3 PPG
Cameron Diogene6′1″Fr0.8 PPG
Kameron McGainey6′0″So1.3 PPG
Mekhi Philogene5′11″Fr4.0 PPG
Jayden Brown5′11″Jr6.0 PPG
Marc Brown, Jr.5′10″Jr

Frontcourt 7 of 16 · forwards + centers

Raymond Ezike6′8″Sr · C · final yr1.9 PPG
Travis Pittman6′7″Jr · F2.1 PPG
Darnell Derosin6′6″Fr · C1.2 PPG
Donovan Crawford6′6″Jr · F10.5 PPG
Leon Lawson6′4″Sr · F · final yr1.9 PPG
Arterio Williams6′4″Sr · F · final yr6.7 PPG
Matt McSorley6′4″So · F3.6 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

57%of recorded scoring returns
3 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Donovan Crawford10.5 PPG · returning
Brince Shelton7.8 PPG · returning
Jayden Brown6.0 PPG · returning

Computed from 15 of 16 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

4from high school6via the portal

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

Rankings

0 of 16

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

Where from

NJ 25 · NY 2

High schools: McNair Academic High School; International; Elizabeth High School and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Marc Brown, Jr.
→Travis Pittman
→Brince Shelton
→Jayden Brown
→Elijah Scott
→Donovan Crawford

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Carlos Calder
←Jaheim Lewis
←Julian Caldejon
←Keshawn Alexander
←Isaiah Johnson-Williams
←Brenden Kelly
←Hakeem Wilson
←Prime Payton
←Avante Gilbert
←Zaire Jefferson
←Quamir Martin

How this roster compares

New Jersey Athletic Conference (10 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureNJCUConference
Average guard height6′0″6′1″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′6″6′5″+1″
Roster size1616
Freshman share25%33%−8pp

Coaching staff

Marc BrownHead men's basketball coach
Ted BlackAssociate men's basketball coach
Ray Jean-PaulAssistant men's basketball coach/recruiting coordinator
Jason BattleAssistant men's basketball coach/strength & conditioning coach
Jonathan GreeneVolunteer assistant men's basketball coach
Staff changes4 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2023–24, 2 before 2024–25.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate98%
SAT midpoint1015

How this page is made: Rosters: official NJCU 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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