Rhode Island Rams vs Merrimack Warriors

atRhode Island at Merrimack

Week 1

August 28 · 6:00 PM EDT

· URI -20.5 · O/U 53.5

URI looks to keep rolling against struggling Merrimack

Rhode Island arrives at Duane Stadium riding a four-game winning streak, while Merrimack has won just one of its last five.

Keys to the game

The Rams will have recent offensive momentum led by Joey Acciardo and Tre Alexander, tested against a Warriors defense anchored by Nick Almanzar and Jayden Bright.

Our predictionMedium confidence

Our pick, projected final

Rhode Island21

Merrimack23

Merrimack to win

Rosters

Each club's roster, as filed with ESPN. Neither side has a confirmed lineup on file to project from yet, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

Rhode Island Rams100 players

Offense51

Joey Acciardo5' 9"4 yr

Tre Alexander6' 2"4 yr

Stephen Antonucci Jr.6' 3"2 yr

Alvarez Baker5' 9"4 yr

BJ Barrow5' 8"4 yr

Jayden Bass6' 6"4 yr

Dontay Bishop6' 6"4 yr

Rian Black6' 0"4 yr

Marquis Buchanan6' 4"4 yr

Tyler Budge6' 3"3 yr

Sean Byrd6' 4"4 yr

Terrence Campbell6' 1"2 yr

Ethan Charnley6' 3"2 yr

Robby Chetirkin6' 1"4 yr

Eddie Combs III5' 11"4 yr

Dominic Deluca6' 6"3 yr

Will Dixon6' 5"4 yr

Felix Doege6' 4"3 yr

Jordan Duke6' 0"1 yr

Devin Farrell6' 0"4 yr

Larry Gailloux Jr.5' 8"2 yr

Kevin Green Jr.5' 11"4 yr

Carson Harwood6' 0"4 yr

CJ Hawkins6' 7"4 yr

Liam Hubacz6' 5"2 yr

Griffin Kleinknecht6' 3"2 yr

Aboraa Kwarteng6' 2"4 yr

Jadon Lafontant6' 4"3 yr

Marvin Landy6' 2"4 yr

Kevin Loughlin6' 4"4 yr

Dayen Marouf-Araibi6' 3"2 yr

Will Matasavage6' 7"1 yr

Alex McClelland6' 2"3 yr

Ben McClelland6' 0"1 yr

Dylan McDonough6' 4"1 yr

Damon McMillian Jr.6' 3"3 yr

Jamall Mensah5' 11"4 yr

Jackson Morrice5' 11"2 yr

Elliot Newcomb5' 10"1 yr

Tyler Poirier6' 0"4 yr

Jeremy Redd6' 5"2 yr

Hayden Reilly6' 5"1 yr

Brayden Richardson6' 0"1 yr

Ben Roden6' 3"2 yr

Mekhi Rossignol6' 0"2 yr

Anthony Santoro5' 11"4 yr

Joshua Schuetzmann6' 7"3 yr

Evan Spencer6' 0"2 yr

Darryl St Clermont6' 4"1 yr

Teddy Welch6' 2"1 yr

Reece Williams5' 8"2 yr

Defense43

Sayyidi Abdul-Kareem5' 10"2 yr

Tosin Akinsulire6' 4"4 yr

Xavier Ali6' 3"2 yr

Marquese Avery6' 1"3 yr

Artin Balidemaj6' 2"2 yr

Toddrick Brewton6' 5"4 yr

Jermel Bynum6' 0"2 yr

P.J. Coffey5' 11"2 yr

Oumar Conde6' 3"4 yr

Patrick Conserve6' 3"4 yr

D.J. Cureton6' 2"4 yr

Jamal Davis Jr.6' 0"2 yr

Rohan Davy5' 10"3 yr

Andre DePina-Gray6' 1"4 yr

Tate Finer6' 0"1 yr

Mitchell Garner6' 3"4 yr

Tyson Grimm6' 1"4 yr

Gage Hinkley6' 1"3 yr

Kamari Hughes6' 2"2 yr

Aldarius Johnson Jr.6' 2"1 yr

Thomas Kubera6' 3"3 yr

Kamden Laudenslager6' 3"2 yr

Trey Lubin6' 0"4 yr

Case Mankins6' 3"4 yr

Ethan McCann-Carter6' 0"4 yr

Chaas McCoy5' 11"3 yr

Moses Meus6' 3"4 yr

Antonio Morgan6' 0"3 yr

Elias Murray6' 1"1 yr

Joseph Obeto5' 11"4 yr

Sam Ofurie6' 2"4 yr

Josh Philostin5' 11"3 yr

Dane Picariello6' 3"4 yr

John Rabet6' 3"1 yr

Elijah Rich6' 3"2 yr

Earl Smith IV6' 3"2 yr

Tremel States-Jones6' 0"4 yr

Timoy Stitchell Jr.6' 1"2 yr

Sahnai Swain-Price6' 1"4 yr

Shaun Ukeje6' 0"2 yr

Okah Wali6' 1"1 yr

Tristan Washington6' 1"1 yr

Kareem Wilson Jr.6' 4"4 yr

Special teams6

Ty Groff5' 10"4 yr

Josh Hamel6' 1"4 yr

Liam Kennett6' 5"2 yr

Dillon Keough6' 3"3 yr

Randy Leavitt6' 0"4 yr

Adam Okonowicz6' 1"3 yr

Merrimack Warriors100 players

Offense48

Cooper Allen6' 4"1 yr

Nick Almanzar5' 10"3 yr

Jeremiah Anemelechi-Ford5' 11"2 yr

Jake Attaway6' 1"1 yr

Arnolds Bergmanis6' 5"1 yr

Mike Bowman6' 2"3 yr

Jayden Bright5' 9"2 yr

Chase Carney6' 3"2 yr

Nick Caruso6' 3"3 yr

Dustin Coldrey6' 4"4 yr

Tafari Corson-James5' 11"2 yr

Ethan Crite6' 2"4 yr

Cael DeNigris6' 4"2 yr

Tommy Dickinson6' 4"4 yr

James Donahue6' 4"2 yr

Lukas Donahue6' 3"3 yr

Stevens Exateur5' 8"3 yr

Connor Flaherty6' 3"1 yr

Bryce Goulet5' 10"3 yr

Casey Grusser6' 2"1 yr

AJ Hairston Jr6' 3"2 yr

Sean Joy6' 5"2 yr

Andrew Korkosz6' 7"2 yr

Matthias Latham5' 10"4 yr

Antonio Ledbetter Jr5' 9"1 yr

Cooper Lehman6' 0"2 yr

Chris Leonardo6' 3"4 yr

Landen Lilly6' 4"2 yr

Ra'Qui Martin6' 5"2 yr

Kenyon Massey5' 10"2 yr

Jalen McDonald5' 11"4 yr

DeMarcus McElroy5' 9"4 yr

Cole Meehan6' 2"3 yr

Timothy Monroe5' 9"1 yr

Dennis Morgan6' 1"3 yr

Galamama Mulbah6' 1"4 yr

Michael O'Connor6' 3"2 yr

Ayden Osvald6' 5"2 yr

Austin Palmer6' 3"3 yr

Stephon Patrick6' 0"4 yr

George Percy6' 1"4 yr

Jake Petrow6' 3"3 yr

Dean Pullman6' 3"2 yr

Jake Quinlan6' 3"1 yr

TJ Richardson6' 0"3 yr

Michael Robinson5' 10"1 yr

Derek Schlupf6' 5"2 yr

Lakeem Steele6' 3"3 yr

Defense45

Shaheed Armstrong6' 2"2 yr

Jerrium Berry Jr6' 3"2 yr

Corday Bethel5' 8"2 yr

Ayden Bowe5' 10"2 yr

Trent Brown6' 0"3 yr

Michael Butler5' 10"2 yr

Jordan Byron5' 11"1 yr

Crawford Cantave6' 0"4 yr

Kendall Carter6' 2"3 yr

Will Claude6' 1"3 yr

Rajahn Cooper6' 0"4 yr

Emmanuel Dankwa3 yr

Emilie Dore6' 0"2 yr

Kellen Fraser6' 1"1 yr

Bryce Gentry-Warrick6' 0"4 yr

Logan Graham6' 2"3 yr

Will Granger6' 3"3 yr

Micah Green5' 11"4 yr

Dwayne Green Jr6' 1"2 yr

Brian Guerrero6' 2"1 yr

Darrell Hamilton5' 11"3 yr

Justyce Hathaway6' 0"4 yr

Kasir Hicks5' 8"2 yr

Markeith Hogan6' 0"3 yr

Tylor Hunter6' 2"1 yr

Garret Jackson5' 10"3 yr

Joshua Johnson Jr5' 10"1 yr

Benjamin Kennedy-Chaanhing6' 2"1 yr

Xavier Maple6' 0"3 yr

Tyler Martinovich6' 3"3 yr

J.P. Methodius6' 2"2 yr

Kayden Mills6' 0"2 yr

Logan Monteyne6' 0"1 yr

DeAndre Orgill6' 1"1 yr

Bertin Placide6' 0"4 yr

Max Poirier6' 1"2 yr

Bryce Ricks6' 1"4 yr

Juice Ricks5' 11"4 yr

Sean Robertson6' 0"3 yr

Adrian Rufo6' 1"4 yr

Ronald Sadm6' 3"2 yr

Neal Sharma6' 1"1 yr

Danny Simms6' 2"4 yr

Antwan Smith-Ray Jr6' 4"1 yr

Trent Taylor6' 2"2 yr

Special teams7

Nick Araujo6' 0"2 yr

Guytano Bartolomeo5' 11"2 yr

Ronald Juarez5' 9"4 yr

Mathias Nicholls6' 0"2 yr

Mike Ryan5' 11"4 yr

Liam Shintaffer6' 0"3 yr

Noah Shintaffer6' 0"2 yr

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atRhode Island at Merrimack

Week 1

August 28 · 6:00 PM EDT

· URI -20.5 · O/U 53.5

URI looks to keep rolling against struggling Merrimack

Rhode Island arrives at Duane Stadium riding a four-game winning streak, while Merrimack has won just one of its last five.

Keys to the game

The Rams will have recent offensive momentum led by Joey Acciardo and Tre Alexander, tested against a Warriors defense anchored by Nick Almanzar and Jayden Bright.

Our predictionMedium confidence

Our pick, projected final

Rhode Island21

Merrimack23

Merrimack to win

Rosters

Each club's roster, as filed with ESPN. Neither side has a confirmed lineup on file to project from yet, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

Rhode Island Rams100 players

Offense51

Joey Acciardo5' 9"4 yr

Tre Alexander6' 2"4 yr

Stephen Antonucci Jr.6' 3"2 yr

Alvarez Baker5' 9"4 yr

BJ Barrow5' 8"4 yr

Jayden Bass6' 6"4 yr

Dontay Bishop6' 6"4 yr

Rian Black6' 0"4 yr

Marquis Buchanan6' 4"4 yr

Tyler Budge6' 3"3 yr

Sean Byrd6' 4"4 yr

Terrence Campbell6' 1"2 yr

Ethan Charnley6' 3"2 yr

Robby Chetirkin6' 1"4 yr

Eddie Combs III5' 11"4 yr

Dominic Deluca6' 6"3 yr

Will Dixon6' 5"4 yr

Felix Doege6' 4"3 yr

Jordan Duke6' 0"1 yr

Devin Farrell6' 0"4 yr

Larry Gailloux Jr.5' 8"2 yr

Kevin Green Jr.5' 11"4 yr

Carson Harwood6' 0"4 yr

CJ Hawkins6' 7"4 yr

Liam Hubacz6' 5"2 yr

Griffin Kleinknecht6' 3"2 yr

Aboraa Kwarteng6' 2"4 yr

Jadon Lafontant6' 4"3 yr

Marvin Landy6' 2"4 yr

Kevin Loughlin6' 4"4 yr

Dayen Marouf-Araibi6' 3"2 yr

Will Matasavage6' 7"1 yr

Alex McClelland6' 2"3 yr

Ben McClelland6' 0"1 yr

Dylan McDonough6' 4"1 yr

Damon McMillian Jr.6' 3"3 yr

Jamall Mensah5' 11"4 yr

Jackson Morrice5' 11"2 yr

Elliot Newcomb5' 10"1 yr

Tyler Poirier6' 0"4 yr

Jeremy Redd6' 5"2 yr

Hayden Reilly6' 5"1 yr

Brayden Richardson6' 0"1 yr

Ben Roden6' 3"2 yr

Mekhi Rossignol6' 0"2 yr

Anthony Santoro5' 11"4 yr

Joshua Schuetzmann6' 7"3 yr

Evan Spencer6' 0"2 yr

Darryl St Clermont6' 4"1 yr

Teddy Welch6' 2"1 yr

Reece Williams5' 8"2 yr

Defense43

Sayyidi Abdul-Kareem5' 10"2 yr

Tosin Akinsulire6' 4"4 yr

Xavier Ali6' 3"2 yr

Marquese Avery6' 1"3 yr

Artin Balidemaj6' 2"2 yr

Toddrick Brewton6' 5"4 yr

Jermel Bynum6' 0"2 yr

P.J. Coffey5' 11"2 yr

Oumar Conde6' 3"4 yr

Patrick Conserve6' 3"4 yr

D.J. Cureton6' 2"4 yr

Jamal Davis Jr.6' 0"2 yr

Rohan Davy5' 10"3 yr

Andre DePina-Gray6' 1"4 yr

Tate Finer6' 0"1 yr

Mitchell Garner6' 3"4 yr

Tyson Grimm6' 1"4 yr

Gage Hinkley6' 1"3 yr

Kamari Hughes6' 2"2 yr

Aldarius Johnson Jr.6' 2"1 yr

Thomas Kubera6' 3"3 yr

Kamden Laudenslager6' 3"2 yr

Trey Lubin6' 0"4 yr

Case Mankins6' 3"4 yr

Ethan McCann-Carter6' 0"4 yr

Chaas McCoy5' 11"3 yr

Moses Meus6' 3"4 yr

Antonio Morgan6' 0"3 yr

Elias Murray6' 1"1 yr

Joseph Obeto5' 11"4 yr

Sam Ofurie6' 2"4 yr

Josh Philostin5' 11"3 yr

Dane Picariello6' 3"4 yr

John Rabet6' 3"1 yr

Elijah Rich6' 3"2 yr

Earl Smith IV6' 3"2 yr

Tremel States-Jones6' 0"4 yr

Timoy Stitchell Jr.6' 1"2 yr

Sahnai Swain-Price6' 1"4 yr

Shaun Ukeje6' 0"2 yr

Okah Wali6' 1"1 yr

Tristan Washington6' 1"1 yr

Kareem Wilson Jr.6' 4"4 yr

Special teams6

Ty Groff5' 10"4 yr

Josh Hamel6' 1"4 yr

Liam Kennett6' 5"2 yr

Dillon Keough6' 3"3 yr

Randy Leavitt6' 0"4 yr

Adam Okonowicz6' 1"3 yr

Merrimack Warriors100 players

Offense48

Cooper Allen6' 4"1 yr

Nick Almanzar5' 10"3 yr

Jeremiah Anemelechi-Ford5' 11"2 yr

Jake Attaway6' 1"1 yr

Arnolds Bergmanis6' 5"1 yr

Mike Bowman6' 2"3 yr

Jayden Bright5' 9"2 yr

Chase Carney6' 3"2 yr

Nick Caruso6' 3"3 yr

Dustin Coldrey6' 4"4 yr

Tafari Corson-James5' 11"2 yr

Ethan Crite6' 2"4 yr

Cael DeNigris6' 4"2 yr

Tommy Dickinson6' 4"4 yr

James Donahue6' 4"2 yr

Lukas Donahue6' 3"3 yr

Stevens Exateur5' 8"3 yr

Connor Flaherty6' 3"1 yr

Bryce Goulet5' 10"3 yr

Casey Grusser6' 2"1 yr

AJ Hairston Jr6' 3"2 yr

Sean Joy6' 5"2 yr

Andrew Korkosz6' 7"2 yr

Matthias Latham5' 10"4 yr

Antonio Ledbetter Jr5' 9"1 yr

Cooper Lehman6' 0"2 yr

Chris Leonardo6' 3"4 yr

Landen Lilly6' 4"2 yr

Ra'Qui Martin6' 5"2 yr

Kenyon Massey5' 10"2 yr

Jalen McDonald5' 11"4 yr

DeMarcus McElroy5' 9"4 yr

Cole Meehan6' 2"3 yr

Timothy Monroe5' 9"1 yr

Dennis Morgan6' 1"3 yr

Galamama Mulbah6' 1"4 yr

Michael O'Connor6' 3"2 yr

Ayden Osvald6' 5"2 yr

Austin Palmer6' 3"3 yr

Stephon Patrick6' 0"4 yr

George Percy6' 1"4 yr

Jake Petrow6' 3"3 yr

Dean Pullman6' 3"2 yr

Jake Quinlan6' 3"1 yr

TJ Richardson6' 0"3 yr

Michael Robinson5' 10"1 yr

Derek Schlupf6' 5"2 yr

Lakeem Steele6' 3"3 yr

Defense45

Shaheed Armstrong6' 2"2 yr

Jerrium Berry Jr6' 3"2 yr

Corday Bethel5' 8"2 yr

Ayden Bowe5' 10"2 yr

Trent Brown6' 0"3 yr

Michael Butler5' 10"2 yr

Jordan Byron5' 11"1 yr

Crawford Cantave6' 0"4 yr

Kendall Carter6' 2"3 yr

Will Claude6' 1"3 yr

Rajahn Cooper6' 0"4 yr

Emmanuel Dankwa3 yr

Emilie Dore6' 0"2 yr

Kellen Fraser6' 1"1 yr

Bryce Gentry-Warrick6' 0"4 yr

Logan Graham6' 2"3 yr

Will Granger6' 3"3 yr

Micah Green5' 11"4 yr

Dwayne Green Jr6' 1"2 yr

Brian Guerrero6' 2"1 yr

Darrell Hamilton5' 11"3 yr

Justyce Hathaway6' 0"4 yr

Kasir Hicks5' 8"2 yr

Markeith Hogan6' 0"3 yr

Tylor Hunter6' 2"1 yr

Garret Jackson5' 10"3 yr

Joshua Johnson Jr5' 10"1 yr

Benjamin Kennedy-Chaanhing6' 2"1 yr

Xavier Maple6' 0"3 yr

Tyler Martinovich6' 3"3 yr

J.P. Methodius6' 2"2 yr

Kayden Mills6' 0"2 yr

Logan Monteyne6' 0"1 yr

DeAndre Orgill6' 1"1 yr

Bertin Placide6' 0"4 yr

Max Poirier6' 1"2 yr

Bryce Ricks6' 1"4 yr

Juice Ricks5' 11"4 yr

Sean Robertson6' 0"3 yr

Adrian Rufo6' 1"4 yr

Ronald Sadm6' 3"2 yr

Neal Sharma6' 1"1 yr

Danny Simms6' 2"4 yr

Antwan Smith-Ray Jr6' 4"1 yr

Trent Taylor6' 2"2 yr

Special teams7

Nick Araujo6' 0"2 yr

Guytano Bartolomeo5' 11"2 yr

Ronald Juarez5' 9"4 yr

Mathias Nicholls6' 0"2 yr

Mike Ryan5' 11"4 yr

Liam Shintaffer6' 0"3 yr

Noah Shintaffer6' 0"2 yr

Rhode Island Rams vs Merrimack Warriors — Aug 28, 2026

URI looks to keep rolling against struggling Merrimack

Keys to the game

Rosters

Rhode Island Rams vs Merrimack Warriors — Aug 28, 2026

URI looks to keep rolling against struggling Merrimack

Keys to the game

Rosters