Meet The 2026 UCF Knights: Countdown To Kickoff

Welcome to UCF Knights on SI's countdown to kickoff!

In this series, we are going to introduce you to every single player on the 2026 UCF football roster so that you can know what to expect from them or even pinpoint the ones you want to follow throughout the coming season. We are going to go through the Knights' roster in reverse jersey-number order, with the day each player's entry is published corresponding to the number of days remaining until UCF's season-opener on Sep. 3 at 7 p.m. against Bethune-Cookman.

This entry, however, will deviate a bit from that formula. While there are no players on UCF's roster wearing jersey numbers 59 and 60, as of July 5, new players have been added to the roster who have received jersey numbers we have already passed along in our countdown.

So, with this spare time until No. 58 Connor Meadows's entry on July 7, let's take a moment to meet UCF's newest offensive lineman, Daniel Marcellinus:

Who is Daniel Marcellinus?
What did he do last season?
What role is he going to have in 2026?

1. Who is Daniel Marcellinus?

Welcome to UCF, @MarcellinusDan4 ⚔️

6’11” joining the trenches 😮‍💨 pic.twitter.com/VfYC6W9xyo
— UCF Football (@UCF_Football) June 11, 2026

Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Redshirt Freshman

Height/Weight: 6-foot-11 / 275 pounds

Hometown: Albia State, Nigeria

High School: Hoosac School

Daniel Marcellinus moved to the United States from Nigeria at the age of 16 and started out playing basketball. During his high school career, he played for Prolific Prep in California and Roselle Catholic in New Jersey before finishing at Hoosac School in Upstate New York.

2. What did he do last season?

Daniel Marcellinus will take a medical redshirt for the 2025-26 season as a result of a serious health issue.

Daniel, his family, and our program appreciate the support he has received during this time. pic.twitter.com/yTNCF7dhSp
— Campbell Basketball (@GoCamelsMBB) December 31, 2025

Marcellinus played in just two games for Campbell in early November during the 2025-26 season before getting sidelined for the rest of it with what the program said was "a serious health issue" in a New Year's Eve post to social media. This allowed him to use a medical redshirt and preserve his four years of eligibility as he begins his football career.

3. What role is he going to have in 2026?

This is not the first time UCF has converted a former college basketball player into an offensive lineman, with Dominick Campbell doing so after transferring in from Howard last offseason. While Marcellinus, at 275 pounds, is lighter than Campbell's 310 pounds, the Nigerian is two inches taller at 6-foot-11, making him the tallest player on the team, and has four years of eligibility to work with. Campbell only had two, with the 2026 season set to be his second.

Considering Campbell did not see the field in 2025 in his first season of college football, it seems the likeliest Marcellinus is going to take a similar path as he learns the game and fully transitions from a basketball player to a football player. However, with Campbell, who made the transition last season, there to help him through the process and the freedom to develop over a longer period of time, Marcellinus could develop into quite the presence for the Knights up front in the future.

Catch up on the rest of the list below:

No. 13 Caleb Rollerson

No. 14 Alonza Barnett III and Kahmel Johnson

No. 15 Will Stone and Preston Hall


No. 16 Dante Carr and TJ Branch	No. 17 Jailen Duffie	No. 18 Caleb Flagg and Caden Piening	No. 19 Rashad Henry	No. 20 Lewis Carter and Kaj Baker
No. 21 Ty Bartrum	No. 22 Amarion Queen	No. 23 Jordan Nunuha and Jayden Burnett	No. 24 Tackett Curtis and Arthur Lewis IV	No. 25 Rukeem Stroud
No. 26 Duke Watson and Elijah Keys	No. 27 Nicholas Antoine	No. 28 Matt Irwin	No. 29 Tyce Porcher	No. 30 Otis Hardy
No. 31 Noah McGough	No. 32 Matthew Occhipinti	No. 33 Phil Picciotti	No. 34 Jahleel Culbreath	No. 35 Agyeman Addae
No. 36 Dylan Bennett	No. 37 Rocklyn Kelley	No. 38 Jayden Jennings	No. 39 Andrea Parisi	No. 41 Bruno Dall
No. 42 Artavius Jones and Chance Nixon	No. 43 Cole Kozlowski	No. 44 Kyle Hicks	No. 45 Quentin Hatch	No. 47 Arthur Kingdom and Sam Powell
No. 49 Atticus Bertrams and Donnell Johnson III	No. 53 LaParka Langston	No. 54 Cooper Terpstra and Trenton Turner	No. 55 Jacob Maiava and Noah Mercer	No. 56 Patrick Ryan
No. 57 Camp Lott	No. 58 Connor Meadows	No. 61 Owen Spell	No. 66 Brady Wayburn	No. 67 Noah Senka
No. 68 Ethan Higgins	No. 70 RaiShaun McHaney	No. 71 Amahn Williams	No. 72 Dominick Campbell	No. 73 Henry Tabansi
No. 74 Matthew Prigmore	No. 75 Tyler Gibson	No. 76 Justin Royes	No. 77 Kasiyah Charlton	No. 78 Preston Cushman
No. 79 Daniel Marcellinus	No. 80 Elijah Hardy	No. 81 Zack Palmer	No. 82 Jordyn Bridgewater	No. 83 Dylan Burk
No. 84 Thomas Wadsworth	No. 85 Carson Hinshaw	No. 86 Chase Hinshaw	No. 87 Brooks Hall	No. 88 Grayson Brousseau
No. 90 Mujahid Jefferson	No. 91 Donteye Drew	No. 92 Jeffson Lafontant	No. 93 Brad Gurley	No. 94 L A Jesse Harrold
No. 95 RJ Jackson Jr.	No. 96 Anthony Coaxum	No. 97 Josh Schell and Mason Denaberg	No. 98 Alhassan Iddrissu	No. 99 Thomas Collins

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