St. Joe’s (Montvale) Green Knights
2020:
- 6-2
- 258 points scored; 32.25 average
- 148 points allowed; 18.5 average
- Wins: Don Bosco, DePaul, Seton Hall Prep, Paramus Catholic, Cherokee, Hun School
- Losses: Bergen Catholic, St. Peter’s Prep
Graduation:
- RB Audric Estime – Notre Dame
- T Geno VanDeMark – Michigan State
- LB Frank Monte – Holy Cross
- LB Logan Rivera – Fordham
- TE James Morrison – Dartmouth
- K Sebastien Tosko – Harvard
- G Chris Servideo – Marist
- WR Justin Mucci – Bryant
- DB Justin Brooks – American International
- G Jack Centrelli – TCNJ
- FB/LS Nick Civitello – TCNJ
- C Liam Mitchell – Middlebury
- DT Vahn Friday – Stonehill
- WR Blake Wypler – enlisted in US Navy
- WR Nuri Robinson – Colby
- DT Cy Menard – St. Thomas More as post-grad and verballed to New Hampshire in 2022
- WR/DB Christian Abraham – East Coast Prep (Mass.)
- DL Ja’naz Williams – Western New England
- DB Sam White – Pace
2021 Captains:
- Not named
Offense:
- Formation: Multiple Spread
- Returning Starters: 1
Quarterback:
- Luke Henrich, Junior, 6-1, 215 – projected starter; saw action
Running Back:
- Luke Tucci, Junior, 5-9, 180 – competing and will get carries
- Yasin Willis, Sophomore, 6-1, 210 – competing and will get carries
- Devin Miller-Singh, Senior, 5-10, 195 – competing and will get carries
H-back (situational):
- Brendan Stapleton, Senior, 6-1, 215 – competing
- Joey Barrise, Senior, 5-10, 195 – competing
- AJ Fricchione, Junior, 6-0, 195 – competing
Wide Receiver:
- Jaden Wimberly, Senior, 6-1, 190 – projected starter; Hackensack transfer, where he started
- Donovan McKoy, Junior, 6-5, 195 – projected starter
- Kenyon Massey, Sophomore, 5-10, 185 – projected starter
- Emmanuel Laracuente, Senior, 5-10, 195 – competing and will play
- Conor Mahoney, Senior, 6-3, 185 – competing and will play
- Danny Hernandez, Senior, 5-11, 185 – competing and will play
- Jazir Francois, Senior, 6-0, 185 – competing and will play
- Mekhi Rossignol, Freshman, 6-1, 170 – competing and will play
- Jimmy Montesano, Sophomore, 6-1, 175 – competing and will play
Tight End:
- Brendan Errity, Junior, 6-1, 225 – projected starter
- Jack Smiechowski, Senior, 6-2, 195 – will see action
Offensive Line:
- Kevin Loughlin, Senior, 6-4, 290 – returning starter at tackle
- Johnny Ohnegian, Senior, 6-3, 280 – projected starter at center
- Yann Silva, Senior, 6-1, 270 – projected starter at guard
- Mike Kudlacik, Senior, 6-3, 285 – competing at guard and tackle
- Al Shahdanian, Senior, 6-3, 260 – competing at guard and tackle
- Connor McAllen, Junior, 6-4, 290 – competing at guard and tackle
- Jonny Parkes, Junior, 6-4, 285 – competing at guard and tackle
Defense:
- Formation: Multiple 4-2-5
- Returning Starters: 5
Defensive Line:
- Jimmy Mullen, Junior, 6-2, 245 – 3-year starter at end
- Pierce Kelly, Senior, 6-2, 265 – projected starter at end
- Charlie Blessing, Junior, 6-2, 265 – competing at tackle
- Jeremy Mendez, Senior, 6-3, 270 – competing at tackle
- Stephen Laguerre, Junior, 6-1, 255 – competing at tackle
- Brandon Toranzo, Sophomore, 5-11, 250 – competing at tackle
Linebacker:
- Jack Smiechowski, Senior, 6-2, 195 – projected starter; saw action
- AJ Fricchione, Junior, 6-0, 195 – competing
- Takai Chisolm, Junior, 6-3, 215 – competing
- Cooper Kurtz, Junior, 5-11, 200 – competing
- Raquan Harvey, Sophomore, 6-1, 215 – competing
- Brendan Stapleton, Senior, 6-1, 215 – competing
Secondary:
- JaTy Mayes, Senior, 5-10, 180 – returning starter at cornerback
- Jalen Wade, Senior, 5-10, 185 – returning starter at cornerback
- Peter Schuh, Senior, 5-11, 190 – returning starter at safety
- Trey Watkins, Senior, 6-0, 190 – returning starter at safety
- Brandon Wu, Senior, 5-9, 190 – competing at safety
- Roberto Padilla, Senior, 5-11,185 – competing at safety
- Jaden Wimberly, Senior, 6-1, 190 – rotating at cornerback and safety
Special Teams:
- Junior Marcos Ruiz will be the kicker and punter is undecided
- Wade, Watkins, Wimberly, and others will be the return men
Schedule:
- Saturday, 8/28, Good Counsel (Md.) at home
- Friday, 9/3, at St. Frances (Md.)
- Saturday, 9/11, DePaul at home
- 9/17-18, Bye Week
- Saturday, 9/25, at Pope John
- Saturday, 10/2, Montclair at home
- Saturday, 10/9, St. Peter’s Prep at home
- Saturday, 10/16, at Bergen Catholic
- Saturday, 10/23, Don Bosco at home
- Saturday, 10/30, at Delbarton
Concerns:
- Lack of game experience
- Limit turnovers
Recruiting:
- Wimberly verballed to Lehigh
- Loughlin has interest from Patriot League schools and others
- Smiechowski, Watkins, and Schuh are Ivy/Patriot prospects
- Mayes and Wade are 1-AA candidates
- Silva, Ohnegian, Kelly, and Mahoney are NESCAC/Centennial prospects
- Underclassmen:
- Mullen has a Rutgers offer for both football and wrestling; has offers from every wrestling power except Iowa
- Henrich and Chisolm are 1-A/1-AA candidates
- McKoy has a UMass offer for football and Wagner offer for basketball
- Tucci and Errity are Ivy League prospects
- McAllen will be at a high-academic Power-5
- Parkes is an Ivy/Patriot candidate
- Blessing is a 1-AA prospect
- Fricchione is Ivy/Patriot and may wrestle in the Ivy League
- Sophomore Willis has offers from Ole Miss, West Virginia, Temple, and Syracuse
- Harvey has Ole Miss, Temple, and West Virginia offers
- Massey has a Syracuse offer
Coach’s Comments:
“I like where we’re at and I like our leadership. We’re looking forward to the season where we improve each week as we gain experience.” – Head Coach Dan Marangi