- February 8, 2025
Football Adds 32 Vaqueros for 2025
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) head football coach Travis Bush announced on Wednesday the addition of 32 Vaqueros for the second recruiting class in program history, giving UTRGV 38 new student-athletes, 28 of whom joined the team for the spring.
2025 UTRGV Football Additions
| Name | POS | HT | WT | YR | Hometown | Previous School(s) |
| Braden Baize | WR | 5-11 | 195 | R-So. | Boerne, Texas | Boerne HS/Oklahoma State |
| Jaxon Baize | ATH | 6-0 | 190 | Fr. | Boerne, Texas | Boerne HS |
| Lane Buetow | LB | 6-0 | 210 | R-So. | New Braunfels, Texas | Canyon HS/Tyler JC |
| Ty Bush | P | 5-9 | 195 | Fr. | Boerne, Texas | Boerne HS |
| Connor Carrigan | DE | 6-5 | 235 | Jr. | Houston, Texas | Cypress Springs HS/Navarro College |
| Tayshaun Davis | DE | 6-2 | 230 | Fr. | Farmersville, Mo. | Farmersville HS |
| Thomas Domain | OL | 6-3 | 300 | Jr. | McAllen, Texas | McAllen Memorial HS/Blinn College |
| Andrew Earls | DB | 5-11 | 177 | Fr. | Murphy, Texas | Plano East HS |
| Nicholas Fernandez | DL | 6-4 | 295 | R-So. | San Pedro, Calif. | San Pedro HS/Arizona |
| Jordan Ford | DB | 6-1 | 185 | R-Jr. | Chapel Hill, Texas | Tyler Legacy HS/Garden City CC/Navarro College |
| Luis Gonzalez | OL | 6-4 | 286 | Sr. | Duncanville, Texas | Duncanville HS/Nichols College |
| Jack Harwell | DL | 6-1 | 283 | Fr. | Plano, Texas | Prestonwood Christian Academy |
| Justin Herman | WR | 5-8 | 175 | R-So. | Montgomery, Texas | Montgomery HS/UT Permian Basin |
| Corey Holmes | WR | 6-2 | 185 | Fr. | Corpus Christi, Texas | Roy Miller HS |
| Justin Kimber | WR | 6-3 | 205 | Gr. | Arlington, Texas | Mansfield Timberview HS/Louisiana Monroe |
| Gannon Lauer | OL | 6-4 | 315 | R-Jr. | Koloa, Hawai’i | Saint Louis School/New Mexico State/Garden City CC |
| Eddie Lee Marburger | QB | 6-1 | 215 | R-Sr. | Mission, Texas | Sharyland Pioneer HS/UTSA |
| TK Mina | OL | 6-3 | 300 | R-Jr. | Arlington, Texas | Bowie HS/UT Permian Basin/Navarro College |
| Cole Molina | OL | 6-3 | 330 | Fr. | Cypress, Texas | Langham Creek HS |
| TJ Neal | DB | 5-10 | 195 | R-Jr. | Wichita, Kan. | Wichita South HS/Washburn/Independence CC |
| Johnken Ngwaba | DE | 6-2 | 238 | R-So. | Houston, Texas | Maur Hill Prep-Mount Academy/Benedictine College |
| Abram Nicklas | OL | 6-3 | 280 | Jr. | Tomball, Texas | Tomball HS/Blinn College |
| David Nwabuoku | DE | 6-3 | 213 | Fr. | Plano, Texas | Plano Senior HS |
| Matthew Ogunrin | WR | 6-0 | 185 | R-So. | Houston, Texas | Tompkins HS/Tulsa |
| Troop O’Neal | K | 6-0 | 192 | R-Fr. | Plano, Texas | Prestonwood Christian HS/Tulsa |
| Jayden Paluseo | QB | 5-11 | 185 | Fr. | Corpus Christi, Texas | Flour Bluff HS |
| Jaden Pettway | DB | 6-2 | 200 | R-Fr. | Rosharon, Texas | Angleton HS/North Texas |
| Amari Pouncy | DE | 6-3 | 240 | Gr. | Perris, Calif. | Orange Vista HS/Village Christian HS/New Mexico State/Utah Tech |
| Brendon Ray | TE | 6-3 | 240 | Fr. | Bishop, Texas | Bishop HS |
| Spencer Rich | LB | 6-2 | 228 | Gr. | Nashville, Tenn. | Brentwood HS/Memphis/Utah Tech |
| Richard Rocquemore | WR | 6-0 | 180 | Gr. | Arlington, Texas | Legacy HS/Abilene Christian/North Texas |
| Christian Sabsook | WR | 6-0 | 188 | R-Fr. | Corpus Christi, Texas | Veterans Memorial HS/Air Force |
| Ismael Smith Flores | TE | 6-5 | 247 | R-So. | Fort Worth, Texas | Martin HS/Nebraska |
| Keilan Sweeny | WR | 5-8 | 160 | Fr. | Richmond, Texas | Richmond Randle HS |
| Broderick Taylor | RB | 5-9 | 175 | Fr. | Corpus Christi, Texas | Roy Miller HS |
| Wes Thompson | OL | 6-6 | 315 | R-So. | Muscle Shoals, Ala. | Muscle Shoals HS/Tennessee Tech/East Mississippi CC |
| Nathaniel Wallace-Dilling | P | 6-2 | 190 | R-Jr. | Grandview Heights, Ohio | St. Francis DeSales HS/Ohio State/Riverside City College/UConn |
| Grayson Zuma | OL | 6-5 | 250 | Fr. | Buda, Texas | Moe & Gene Johnson HS |
Braden and Jaxon Baize, Buetow, Carrigan, Domain, Fernandez, Ford, Gonzalez, Herman, Kimber, Lauer, Marburger, Mina, Neal, Ngwaba, Nicklas, Nwabuoku, Ogunrin, O’Neal, Paluseo, Pettway, Pouncy, Rich, Rocquemore, Sabsook, Smith Flores, Thompson, and Wallace-Dilling are with the Vaqueros this spring. Paluseo is also playing baseball.