National Signing Day standouts make it official. Who did Sac State, UC Davis add?
Wednesday was a big day for high school and college football programs across the country: National Signing Day.
Months-long verbal pledges from student-athletes became binding with signed letters of intent for full athletic scholarships to NCAA Division I programs across the land, and the theme resonated right through the greater Sacramento region.
The Folsom Bulldogs, The Sacramento Bee’s top-ranked football team for the better part of 16 seasons, had an area-best seven players sign four-year deals and will likely have more sign later this week or this winter, as Wednesday is the first day prospects can sign but not the only day.
Five-star quarterback Ryder Lyons, the region’s top player, signed with BYU on Wednesday afternoon following a verbal commitment in June. He will graduate from Folsom early, in December, before embarking on a one-year Mormon mission.
Folsom receiver Jameson Powell was verbally committed to sign with Ole Miss before coach Lane Kiffin departed over the weekend to accept the LSU post. Powell held 17 scholarship offers from across the country, and on Wednesday he signed with Oregon State.
Longtime regional prep powerhouse programs Oak Ridge in El Dorado Hills had two players sign deals and Rocklin had three.
UC Davis is preparing for an FCS playoff home game this Saturday against Rhode Island on ESPN2, and amid busy times, Aggies coach Tim Plough and his staff found time to secure commitments from 16 prep players, 11 of them from California.
Sacramento State, which just missed out on reaching the FCS playoffs for the fifth time since 2019 with a Causeway Classic loss to the Aggies last month, signed 11 players Wednesday with more expected this week. This is the second recruiting haul for coach Brennan Marion, whose Hornets finished 7-5 overall and 5-3 in Big Sky Conference play in what was their last season based in that conference.
Where the high school stars are headed
Josiah Andrews, DB, Rocklin, Northern Arizona
Dominic Coelho, DE/LB, Rocklin, San Diego State
Brooks Dupree, DB, Folsom: Army
August Dupree, LB, Folsom: Dartmouth
Vlad Dyakonov, OL, Folsom: USC
Isaiah Ene, RB, Granite Bay: Sacramento State
Luke Galer, TE, Del Oro: Washington State
Jermell Green, DB, Destiny Christian Academy, Idaho
Jason Hill Jr., DB, Folsom: Stanford
Colton Hogge, OL, Twelve Bridges: Nevada
Javon Joseph, DL, Oak Ridge: Washington State
Ryder Lyons, QB, Folsom: BYU
Jameson Powell, WR, Folsom: Oregon State
Reeve Slone, QB, Rocklin: Nevada
Isaiah Williams, WR, Folsom: Nevada
Roger Vanderhoef, OL, Grant: Sacramento State
Jasen Womack, DB, Oak Ridge: Cal Poly
Who UC Davis signed
Robert Beverly, OL, Carmel HS, Carmel
Nikolas Blocker, WR, Victor Valley HS, Victorville
Jack Brant, QB, Timberline HS, Boise, Idaho
Jeremiah Brown, DB, San Jacinto HS, Moreno Valley
Jackson Fay, WR, East Union HS, Manteca
Chaz Gilbreath, DB, Mayfair HS, Bellflower
Sam Haener, OL, Timberline HS, Boise, Idaho
Coby Herman, RB, La Costa Canyon HS, Encinitas
Ben Honebein, DL, Kailua HS, Hawaii
Rickey Johnson, LB, Independence HS, Bakersfield
Marcus McGeilberry, DB, Aquinas HS, San Bernardino
Koen Parnell, WR, Mater Dei HS, Newport Coast
Anthony Rodriguez, OL, Long Beach Poly HS, Long Beach
Donnie Vercher, LB, Central Catholic HS, Portland, Ore.
Corbin Wade, DL, Green Mountain HS, Lakewood, Colo.
Lucas Winkler, OL, Rancho Bernardo HS, Ramona
Who Sacramento State signed
Devyn Blake, DT, Edison HS, Huntington Beach
Federico Cobarubio, DL, Valley Christian HS, San Jose
Isaiah Ene, RB, Granite Bay HS, Granite Bay
Dezmyn Hardy, WR, Calabasas HS, Calabasas
Leki Holani, LB, Santa Margarita HS, Santa Margarita
Daniel Mataele, OL, Patterson HS, Patterson
Jackson Presley, QB, Glacier HS, Kalispell, Mont.
Chakai Scott, DB, West Orange HS, Winter Garden, Fla.
Roger Vanderhoef, OL, Grant HS, Sacramento
Jiah Walls, LB, Evans HS, Orlando, Fla.
Marquez Wimberly, RB, Nazareth Area HS, Nazareth, Pa.
Who’d we miss? Email Joe Davidson at jdavidson@sacbee.com if we overlooked a Sacramento-area prospect who signed a full athletic football scholarship with an NCAA Division I program on Wednesday morning.
This story was originally published December 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM.