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NJIT Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #324 · 16–17 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · America East Conference · Newark, NJ

NJIT finished 16–17 (America East 5th, KenPom #324) in 2025–26. 12 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 6 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster12 players
New this season6
Transfer additions5
Clearest projected openingCenters · 2028
Most common home stateNJ (9)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Centers: open from 2028 — 1 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2029.

2026
Gblocked8 ahead · multi-yr
Fblocked5 ahead
Ccrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2027
Gblocked5 ahead · multi-yr
Fblocked4 ahead · multi-yr
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gblocked5 ahead
Fcrowded4 ahead
Copen1 ahead
2029
Gopening4 ahead
Fopen3 ahead
Copen0 ahead
2030
Gopen1 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (7)
Jayonni Durrough6′6″Fr
AJ Altobelli6′0″So
Mario Tatum, Jr.6′3″So
Quentin Duncan6′4″Jr
Brandon Stores6′11″Redshirt Freshman
David Bolden6′0″So
Rocco Awad6′2″So
Forwards in that room (4)
Brendan Oliver6′6″So
John Kelly6′9″Jr
Mathéo Coffi6′10″So
Zack Scherler6′11″So
Centers in that room (1)
Stefan Jimenez-Vojnic6′11″Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at NJIT

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (8 ahead · multi-yr), F blocked (5 ahead), C crowded (2 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 6 arrivals, 1 came straight from high school and 5 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from NJ, CT, MD.

1 of 12 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 1 of 12 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

32% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 12 players

Guards 7 of 12

Brandon Stores6′11″Redshirt Freshman
Jayonni Durrough6′6″Fr
Quentin Duncan6′4″Jr4.4 PPG
Mario Tatum, Jr.6′3″So
Rocco Awad6′2″So3.1 PPG
AJ Altobelli6′0″So
David Bolden6′0″So11.8 PPG

Frontcourt 5 of 12 · forwards + centers

Zack Scherler6′11″So · F1.0 PPG
Stefan Jimenez-Vojnic6′11″Jr · C
Mathéo Coffi6′10″So · F
John Kelly6′9″Jr · F4.3 PPG
Brendan Oliver6′6″So · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

32%of recorded scoring returns
1 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
David Bolden11.8 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Quentin Duncan4.4 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
John Kelly4.3 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 13 of 15 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

1from high school5via the portal

7 of 12 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

1 of 12

1 of 12 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Best-ranked: Brandon Stores #262.

Where from

NJ 9 · CT 1 · MD 1 · MI 1 · NC 1 · NV 1

5 international: Welling; Windsor; Trappes; Strasbourg and 1 more

High schools: Rutgers Prep ×2; Union Catholic ×2; Avon Old Farms (CT) and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Brendan Oliver
→AJ Altobelli
→Mathéo Coffi
→Mario Tatum, Jr.
→Brandon Stores

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Ari Fulton
←Jeremy Clayville
←Sebastian Robinson
←Malachi Arrington
←AJ Altobelli
←Jordan Rogers
←Cameron Piggee
←Jeffrey Akintolu

How this roster compares

America East Conference (9 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureNJITConference
Average guard height6′4″6′3″+1″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′8″+1″
Roster size1215−3
Freshman share8%27%−19pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#3442021–22#3192022–23#3282023–24#3522024–25#3242025–26
11–18 · America East 8th7–23 · America East 8th7–21 · America East 9th6–25 · America East 8th16–17 · America East 5th

Coaching staff

Grant BillmeierHead coach
RaShawn StoresAssistant coach
Pete LappasAssistant coach
Thomas MessingerAssistant coach
Staff changes6 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 5 before 2023–24, 1 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate65%
SAT midpoint1305
ACT midpoint30

How this page is made: Rosters: official NJIT rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: NJIT'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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