D1 · Atlantic Sun Conference

West Florida Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 1 · Atlantic Sun Conference · Pensacola, FL

West Florida (D1, Atlantic Sun Conference) lists 15 players on the 2026–27 roster; 8 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster15 players
New this season8
Transfer additions6
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2027
Most common home stateFL (5)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2027 — 3 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2028.

2027
Gbalanced12 ahead
Fopening3 ahead
2028
Gopening6 ahead
Fopening1 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopening3 ahead · multi-yr
Fopen1 ahead
2030
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (12)
Eze Wali6′1″Jr
Alex Godley6′5″Sr
DJ Shine6′2″Jr
Trajan Thompson6′6″RS-Fr
Julius Jay King6′1″Sr
Oluwatomisin Ayodele-Osho6′2″Fr
Hutson Rowe6′1″RS-Fr
Isaiah Alexander6′7″RS-Sr
Christian Monroe6′4″Sr
Daylon Dickerson6′6″Sr
Christian Valarezo6′2″Sr
Rodrigo Farias6′2″Jr
Forwards in that room (3)
Sano Rutatika6′9″RS-Sr
Tim Hall Jr.6′7″Sr
Jordan Samuel6′7″So
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at West Florida

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G balanced (12 ahead), F opening (3 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 9 arrivals, 3 came straight from high school and 6 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from FL, NC, GA.

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.

29% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 15 players

Guards 12 of 15

Isaiah Alexander6′7″RS-Sr · final yr
Trajan Thompson6′6″RS-Fr
Daylon Dickerson6′6″Sr · final yr
Alex Godley6′5″Sr · final yr
Christian Monroe6′4″Sr · final yr4.8 PPG
DJ Shine6′2″Jr
Oluwatomisin Ayodele-Osho6′2″Fr
Christian Valarezo6′2″Sr · final yr3.1 PPG
Rodrigo Farias6′2″Jr
Eze Wali6′1″Jr
Julius Jay King6′1″Sr · final yr7.0 PPG
Hutson Rowe6′1″RS-Fr2.0 PPG

Frontcourt 3 of 15 · forwards + centers

Sano Rutatika6′9″RS-Sr · F · final yr1.7 PPG
Tim Hall Jr.6′7″Sr · F · final yr10.0 PPG
Jordan Samuel6′7″So · F1.5 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

29%of recorded scoring returns
1 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Tim Hall Jr.10.0 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Julius Jay King7.0 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Christian Monroe4.8 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 16 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

3from high school6via the portal

9 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

FL 5 · NC 4 · GA 3 · NY 2 · TX 2 · AL 1

5 international: Emunim; St. Michael; Kigali; Baton Rouge and 1 more

High schools: Pensacola; Lake Forest Academy; Gulf Breeze High School and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Eze Wali
→Alex Godley
→DJ Shine
→Isaiah Alexander
→Daylon Dickerson
→Rodrigo Farias

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Anthony Igiede
←Andrew Sineway
←Makhaya Moore
←Aric Demings
←Zac Clarke

How this roster compares

Atlantic Sun Conference (8 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureWest FloridaConference
Average guard height6′3″6′3″
Average frontcourt height6′8″6′8″
Roster size1516−1
Freshman share20%33%−13pp

Coaching staff

Tanner SmithHead coach
Patrick CorriganAssociate head coach
Raheem MartinAssistant coach
Staff changes6 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25, 2 before 2025–26, 1 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate58%
SAT midpoint1135
ACT midpoint24

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