Whether it is the school's sports publicity office not getting around to it, or coach Bob Surace working an angle, Princeton is the only Ivy team that has not posted a 2026 roster.
That leaves an open question at quarterback where there is, or there could be, an interesting mystery contender to fill the wide-open job.
With 2025 passing leader Kai Colón grad transferring to Albany, and former starter Blaine Hipa now at Duke, there's a help-wanted sign over the quarterback room at Princeton. West Smith, a 6-foot-6 senior who didn't see the field in his first two seasons and was 3-for-6 passing against Penn in his only appearance last year, is the most experienced returning QB on the roster. There were three other underclass quarterbacks who didn't get on the field at all last year.
All that makes mystery man Wyatt Becker that much more interesting.
Becker who threw for 7,223 yards and 68 touchdowns at California's Sierra Canyon High School, had an offer sheet that included Miami, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Penn State among others before enrolling at Utah in January of 2025.
In May of that year, he posted to social media that he was transferring to Princeton. But he wasn't on the roster last fall.
Where was he? Had he changed his mind?
It turns out he was on a Mission and is now officially a member of the Class of 2030, per a Princeton release. A search online even turned up video of him throwing outside of Princeton Stadium HERE.
While Becker is older than the traditional freshman, keep in mind he hasn't yet played in a college football game, and there are no guarantees, something coach Surace knows well. Brevin White famously turned down Alabama to attend Princeton in 2018, and never threw a varsity pass for the Tigers.
How Becker will pan out is anyone's guess, but Surace did have success with Colorado transfer Blake Stenstrom, who threw for 5,036 yards and 29 touchdowns after spending two years in Boulder. And the Princeton coach is no stranger to breaking in new quarterbacks. Stenstrom was the only returning starter at the position Surace has had in nine years.
Whichever QB earns the starting role will join a promising offensive unit headlined by sophomore wide receiver Josh Robinson, named the 2025 Ivy League Rookie of the Year after catching 46 passes for 569 yards and two touchdowns last fall. Roman Laurio caught 19 balls with a healthy 16.1 yards per, and Jackson Green is back after grabbing 17 passes with three touchdowns. Tight end Joey Wassler had 12 catches last fall.
Leading rusher Ethan Clark is back after running for 594 yards and six touchdowns while catching 17 passes for 193 yards and two scores. Clark was a second-team All-Ivy selection.
Offensive linemen Barrett Eddleman and Justin Selbert are returning members of the second All-Ivy team while helping Princeton's line rank second nationally in effectiveness per PFF or whatever source Surace used when he offered that ranking during Ivy media day. Four of five linemen on the top line of the Princeton two-deep for the Dartmouth game last year return with the backup for the only graduate also returning.
Defensively, Princeton loses tackles leader Marco Scarano at linebacker, but returns Chase Christopher, who was second on the team with 79 tackles at linebacker last year. Linebacker Stephen Orville had 20 tackles with 3.5 for a loss last year and fellow backers Jake Moore and AJ Pickford combined for 7.5 stops for a loss.
In the back end the Tigers return All-Ivy second-teamer Torian Roberts, who had 42 tackles and four interceptions last year, along with Kyler Ronquillo (41 tackles) and Casey Etienne (27).
Up front, all three players on the top line of the depth chart for the Dartmouth game return this fall.
Rounding out a veteran roster, Brady Clark returns after earning first-team All-Ivy punter last year with a 44.8 average, and he's joined by kicker Esteban Nunez Perez, who was 9-of-11 on field goals with a long of 38.
