FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State head coach Jeff Tedford announced two signees, and six mid-year additions, for the 2023 class on Wednesday.
2023 Signing Class Notes
Fresno State completed its 2023 signing class on Wednesday, bringing the class to 24 total additions.
Fresno State added eight new faces to its 2023 class in the February signing period.
The Bulldogs added two true signees to the class on Wednesday - Ah'Marion Ashley and Ezra Christensen. The remaining six in Wednesday's announcement are mid-year additions who began workouts with the team in January.
In total, the class is made up of 14 offensive players and 10 defensive players.
18 additions come from the State of California, with three from the Central Valley.
13 of Fresno State's 24 new faces for the 2023 season come to the Valley with prior college football experience. Four players have Division I experience.
Of the new additions, two have All-State honor; 10 have All-League honors.
Two incoming freshmen were recognized with "player of the year" honors as Mordecai Hines (DL) was the Golden League Lineman of the Year and Jayden Mandal (QB) was the TRAC Football Player of the Year.
Fresno State had three additions to each the wide receiver room, the running back room, the tight end room and the offensive line room in the 2023 additions.
The position group with the most additions was defensive line with four.
Fresno State also adds four new defensive backs - three safeties and a corner.
A bulk of Wednesday's announcement comes from the announcement of 15 mid-year additions in Artis Cole (WR), Edward Fonua (OL), Tim Grear Jr. (WR), Mikey Keene (QB), Jayden Mandal (QB), Damien Moore (RB), Hayden Pulis (OL), Antoine Sullivan (WR), Jake Tarwater (TE), Dean Clark (DB), Dupre Mendoza (DL) and Tuasivi Nomura (LB).
Grear Jr., Keene, Mandal, Pulis, Tarwater and Mendoza were all signees in the early signing period in December.
Of the 15 mid-year additions, four are Division I transfers, seven are junior college additions and one is a high school early enrollee.
Fresno State also has three mid-year walk-on players that are training with the team in Tyler Carr (TE), Camryn Bracha (DB) and Landon Ogles (P).
Offense
QB Jayden Mandal 6-0 221 Clovis, Calif. (Buchanan)
QB Mikey Keene 5-11 180 Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler/UCF)
WR Tim Grear Jr. 6-1 175 New Orleans, La. (John Ehert/Ventura College)
WR Artis Cole 6-0 188 Benton, La. (Benton/Glendale CC)
WR Antoine Sullivan 6-2 178 Hemet, Calif. (San Jacinto/San Diego Mesa)
RB Charles Greer 5-10 190 Pittsburg, Calif. (De La Salle)
RB Devon Rivers 5-7 170 Brentwood, Calif. (Heritage)
RB Damien Moore 5-10 212 La Puente, Calif. (Bishop Amat/Cal)
TE Brock Lium 6-5 215 Highland, Calif. (Citrus Valley)
TE Jake Tarwater 6-4 230 South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (College of the Sequoias)
TE Richie Anderson 6-4 230 Tualatin, Ore. (Tualatin)
OL Hayden Pulis 6-6 285 Hanford, Calif. (Hanford/Fresno City)
OL Caleb Barajas 6-5 275 Ventura, Calif. (Ventura/Ventura College)
OL Edward Fonua 6-3 315 Orange, Calif. (Orange/Cerritos College)
Defense
DL Dupre Mendoza 6-4 330 El Monte, Calif. (Arroyo/Mt. San Antonio College)
DL Mordecai Hines 6-5 265 Palmdale, Calif. (Highland)
DL Isiah Chala 6-4 255 San Francisco, Calif. (Archbishop Riordan)
DL Ezra Christensen 6-2 260 San Diego, Calif. (Poway/San Diego Mesa College)
LB RL Miller 6-3 190 San Francisco, Calif. (Sacred Heart)
LB Tuasivi Nomura 6-1 227 Corona, Calif. (Centennial/USC)
S Brandon Ramirez 6-0 205 Hanford, Calif. (San Joaquin Memorial)
S Justin Johnson 6-1 200 Los Angeles, Calif. (Inglewood)
S Dean Clark 6-1 207 Massillon, Ohio (Massillon Washington/Kent State)
CB Ah'Marion Ashley 5-11 170 Jacksonville, Fla. (Stockton Edison)