Cub Football - Loyola grads in college football and collegiate coaching
MULTIPLE ALUMS REPRESENTING LOYOLA ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROSTERS
As colleges and universities begin unofficial organized team activities in football, many former Cub players populate collegiate rosters from Brunswick, Maine to New Orleans, from Chicago to Seattle, from Austin, Texas to Northfield, Minnesota, from San Diego to Fort Worth, from San Angelo, Texas to New York City, from Athens, Georgia to Dallas, from Princeton, New Jersey to Glenville, Ohio, from South Bend, Indiana to Waco, Texas and from Berkeley to Los Angeles.
Here is the current list of Loyola alumni known to be participating in college football (in alphabetical order):
NICK ANDERSON ‘20, OL (Denison)
STEVE ARELLANO ’20, LB (University of Chicago)
SINJUN ASTANI ‘17, DL (USC)
CHAD BAILEY ‘20, DB (Tulane)
NICHOLAS BARR-MIRA ‘19, K (UCLA)
JAC CASASANTE ‘18, LS (USC)
COLIN CRUCE ‘22, OL (Bowdoin)
MIKE GRAVES ‘19, DB (Notre Dame)
JACOBY KELLY ‘22, WR (San Diego State)
ANDREW KOZHAYA ‘21, LS (Grinnell)
ALEX JOHNSON, ‘18, DB (UCLA)
JEFFREY JOHNSON ‘21, TE (Cal)
CARTER LINK ‘20, LB (SMU)
SHAWN LINN ‘22, DL (Columbia)
TY MAHAR ‘18, OL (Colby)
CONNOR McDOWELL ‘21, DB (Angelo State)
BLAKE NEITHART ‘20 DB (Carleton)
TAHJ OWENS ‘22, RB/DB (Princeton)
NATHAN PRIESTLEY ‘19, QB (Georgia)
RYAN QUINTANAR ‘20, LB (TCU)
PATRICK SODL ‘22, LB (Columbia)
ZAKHARI SPEARS ‘21, DB (Washington)
JOE TATUM ‘22, QB (Texas)
EVAN THOMAS ‘20, DB ( UCLA)
BRAYDEN UTLEY ‘18, DL (Baylor)
CEYAIR WRIGHT ‘21, DB ( USC)
SAM YOON ‘22, OL (UCLA)
The 27 former Loyola players currently on rosters compete in 11 different intercollegiate conferences, in alphabetical order, as follows:
American Athletic Conference (2)
Big 12 (3)
Independent, Notre Dame (1)
Ivy League (3)
Lone Star Conference, Division II (1)
Midwest Conference, Division III (2)
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conf., Div. III (1)
Mountain West Conference (1)
New England Small College Athletic Conf., Div. III (2)
North Coast Athletic Conference, Div. III (1)
Pac-12 Conference (9)
Southeastern Conference (1)
The school with the most former Cub players on its roster is UCLA with four. The conference with the most Loyola graduates in their programs is the PAC-12 with nine.
Seventeen Cub alumni are on the rosters of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) universities.
If any players were not included who should have been, please advise.
FORMER CUB FOOTBALL PLAYERS COACHING COLLEGE FOOTBALL
There are several Loyola graduates currently engaged in the college football coaching ranks. In alphabetical order, the list of alumni currently on college coaching staffs is as follows:
MIKE BEARDEN ‘18
A back-up signal caller at Loyola, Bearden served as a student-assistant on the staff at Northwestern University. Bearden recently joined the coaching staff at UCLA as a graduate assistant.
LIBRADO BORACIO ‘10
A defensive back for the Cubs who played at UCLA, Boracio is a defensive grad assistant under head coach Jim Mora at the University of Connecticut.
JERRY NEUHEISEL ‘11
Neueisel was a two-year starter as a Loyola quarterback, and continued his football career at UCLA. He currently serves as UCLA’s wide receivers coach.
ADAM PILAPIL ‘14
Pilapil was a starting safety and All-League receiver for the Cubs, and followed up with a successful career as a safety and linebacker at the University of Wyoming. After coaching stints at Kansas State and Montana State, he is currently tutoring the linebackers at Colorado State.
ROB QUIGLEY ‘96
An All-CIF offensive guard on Loyola’s 1995 CIF Division I finalist squad, Quigley played with distinction at Georgetown University. After a brief tenure in the commercial real estate field, the continued lure of football led him into the coaching profession. Currently the Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Quigley is in his twentieth season on the Bears’ staff.
DAVID TOLBERT ‘16
A defensive back on the 2015 Cub team which finished its campaign ranked 17th in the state, Tolbert had an outstanding career in the secondary at the University of San Diego. He is now a grad assistant defensive backs coach at Shippensburg University in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
KODI WHITFIELD ‘12
Whitfield was an All-CIF Pac-5 safety in 2011 and was a three-year varsity starter for Loyola for whom he also was an outstanding receiver. He went on to have a standout career at Stanford from which he earned an engineering degree. Whitfield was a grad assistant at UCLA before joining the staff at Sacramento State where he is currently coaching safeties.
As colleges and universities begin unofficial organized team activities in football, many former Cub players populate collegiate rosters from Brunswick, Maine to New Orleans, from Chicago to Seattle, from Austin, Texas to Northfield, Minnesota, from San Diego to Fort Worth, from San Angelo, Texas to New York City, from Athens, Georgia to Dallas, from Princeton, New Jersey to Glenville, Ohio, from South Bend, Indiana to Waco, Texas and from Berkeley to Los Angeles.
Here is the current list of Loyola alumni known to be participating in college football (in alphabetical order):
NICK ANDERSON ‘20, OL (Denison)
STEVE ARELLANO ’20, LB (University of Chicago)
SINJUN ASTANI ‘17, DL (USC)
CHAD BAILEY ‘20, DB (Tulane)
NICHOLAS BARR-MIRA ‘19, K (UCLA)
JAC CASASANTE ‘18, LS (USC)
COLIN CRUCE ‘22, OL (Bowdoin)
MIKE GRAVES ‘19, DB (Notre Dame)
JACOBY KELLY ‘22, WR (San Diego State)
ANDREW KOZHAYA ‘21, LS (Grinnell)
ALEX JOHNSON, ‘18, DB (UCLA)
JEFFREY JOHNSON ‘21, TE (Cal)
CARTER LINK ‘20, LB (SMU)
SHAWN LINN ‘22, DL (Columbia)
TY MAHAR ‘18, OL (Colby)
CONNOR McDOWELL ‘21, DB (Angelo State)
BLAKE NEITHART ‘20 DB (Carleton)
TAHJ OWENS ‘22, RB/DB (Princeton)
NATHAN PRIESTLEY ‘19, QB (Georgia)
RYAN QUINTANAR ‘20, LB (TCU)
PATRICK SODL ‘22, LB (Columbia)
ZAKHARI SPEARS ‘21, DB (Washington)
JOE TATUM ‘22, QB (Texas)
EVAN THOMAS ‘20, DB ( UCLA)
BRAYDEN UTLEY ‘18, DL (Baylor)
CEYAIR WRIGHT ‘21, DB ( USC)
SAM YOON ‘22, OL (UCLA)
The 27 former Loyola players currently on rosters compete in 11 different intercollegiate conferences, in alphabetical order, as follows:
American Athletic Conference (2)
Big 12 (3)
Independent, Notre Dame (1)
Ivy League (3)
Lone Star Conference, Division II (1)
Midwest Conference, Division III (2)
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conf., Div. III (1)
Mountain West Conference (1)
New England Small College Athletic Conf., Div. III (2)
North Coast Athletic Conference, Div. III (1)
Pac-12 Conference (9)
Southeastern Conference (1)
The school with the most former Cub players on its roster is UCLA with four. The conference with the most Loyola graduates in their programs is the PAC-12 with nine.
Seventeen Cub alumni are on the rosters of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) universities.
If any players were not included who should have been, please advise.
FORMER CUB FOOTBALL PLAYERS COACHING COLLEGE FOOTBALL
There are several Loyola graduates currently engaged in the college football coaching ranks. In alphabetical order, the list of alumni currently on college coaching staffs is as follows:
MIKE BEARDEN ‘18
A back-up signal caller at Loyola, Bearden served as a student-assistant on the staff at Northwestern University. Bearden recently joined the coaching staff at UCLA as a graduate assistant.
LIBRADO BORACIO ‘10
A defensive back for the Cubs who played at UCLA, Boracio is a defensive grad assistant under head coach Jim Mora at the University of Connecticut.
JERRY NEUHEISEL ‘11
Neueisel was a two-year starter as a Loyola quarterback, and continued his football career at UCLA. He currently serves as UCLA’s wide receivers coach.
ADAM PILAPIL ‘14
Pilapil was a starting safety and All-League receiver for the Cubs, and followed up with a successful career as a safety and linebacker at the University of Wyoming. After coaching stints at Kansas State and Montana State, he is currently tutoring the linebackers at Colorado State.
ROB QUIGLEY ‘96
An All-CIF offensive guard on Loyola’s 1995 CIF Division I finalist squad, Quigley played with distinction at Georgetown University. After a brief tenure in the commercial real estate field, the continued lure of football led him into the coaching profession. Currently the Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Quigley is in his twentieth season on the Bears’ staff.
DAVID TOLBERT ‘16
A defensive back on the 2015 Cub team which finished its campaign ranked 17th in the state, Tolbert had an outstanding career in the secondary at the University of San Diego. He is now a grad assistant defensive backs coach at Shippensburg University in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
KODI WHITFIELD ‘12
Whitfield was an All-CIF Pac-5 safety in 2011 and was a three-year varsity starter for Loyola for whom he also was an outstanding receiver. He went on to have a standout career at Stanford from which he earned an engineering degree. Whitfield was a grad assistant at UCLA before joining the staff at Sacramento State where he is currently coaching safeties.
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