For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (9 ahead · multi-yr), F blocked (4 ahead · multi-yr), C crowded (2 ahead · multi-yr).
Of the latest cycle's 10 arrivals, 7 came straight from high school and 3 from the transfer portal.
Most arrivals come from NJ, MD.
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.
100% of last season's scoring returns.
The roster, as a depth chart
2025–26 · 15 players
Guards 9 of 15
Talan Bacote6′3″Fr0.0 PPG
Ayden Brown6′3″Jr13.8 PPG
Zahkai Sylvester6′2″Fr4.8 PPG
Osa Osagie6′1″Jr5.2 PPG
Preston Brown6′0″Jr4.7 PPG
Raheem Murray6′0″Fr15.0 PPG
Greg Jones5′11″Jr4.4 PPG
CJ Karis5′11″Fr4.4 PPG
Krish Patel5′11″Fr3.2 PPG
Frontcourt 6 of 15 · forwards + centers
Adiel Fred6′7″Fr · F1.7 PPG
Henry Kasunmu6′5″Jr · F4.7 PPG
Will Ndio6′4″So · C6.7 PPG
Xavier Villar6′4″So · C0.4 PPG
Eli'sha Brown6′4″So · F4.9 PPG
Manny Rodriguez6′3″Fr · F5.4 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning
Returning production
100%of recorded scoring returns
5 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Raheem Murray15.0 PPG · returning
Ayden Brown13.8 PPG · returning
Will Ndio6.7 PPG · returning
Computed from 15 of 15 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.
Who actually gets onto this roster?
How players arrive
7from high school3via the portal
12 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
NJ 26 · MD 1
1 international: Passaic
High schools: Science Park High School ×2; Morristown Beard; Passaic County Technical Institute and 2 more
Transfer flow
named arrivals and departures
2024–25 → 2025–26 · in
→Xavier Villar
→Osa Osagie
→Henry Kasunmu
2024–25 → 2025–26 · out
←Jayden Green
←David Kema
←Nate Pluviose
←Shy'Heed Jenkins-Floyd
←Travis Miles
←Essam Assaf
←Deon Mingo
←Jaron Afuola
←Anthony Farmer
←Levi Holton
←Donovan Crawford
←Eli Camacho
←Clarence Obiajulu
How this roster compares
New Jersey Athletic Conference (10 programs, 2025–26 medians)
Measure
Rutgers-Newark
Conference
Average guard height
6′1″
6′1″
Average frontcourt height
6′5″
6′5″
Roster size
15
16
−1
Freshman share
47%
33%
+14pp
Coaching staff
Joe LoughranHead coach
Kurt VillaniAssistant coach
Derryck AlexanderAssistant coach
Fateen BelfieldAssistant coach
Tyler OfrayAssistant coach
Tyrone BowensAssistant coach
Staff changes2 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2022–23, 1 before 2023–24.
Academics
published admissions data
Acceptance rate71%
SAT midpoint1150
ACT midpoint25
How this page is made: Rosters: official Rutgers-Newark 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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