Leading up to the first game of the historic 2026 season, hornetsports.com will take a look at each position group. Today features the quarterbacks coached by Milo Austin.

• The Hornets will only bring back one starting specialist from 2025 but do have the luxury in it being the team's leading scorer Grant Meadors. The kicker finished the year with 87 total points after making 12-of-15 field goal attempts and 51-of-53 PATs. Meadors earned Big Sky Special Teams Player of the Week honors during the year after making four field goals, including a season-long 42-yarder, against Northern Colorado. He concluded the year ranked fourth in school single-season history in extra points and was just one field goal shy of moving into a tie for ninth in program history.
• Meadors will compete with true freshman Saul Marks who was an all-state selection at Serra HS. Marks made three field goals of at least 50 yards and added 58 touchbacks on kickoffs.
• For the first time in three years, Sacramento State will be looking for a new punter following the graduation of Cal McGough. Senior Mike Melanson and redshirt freshman Hamish Adams were both with the team in 2025 but did not appear in a game. Transfer Jay Brockhaus comes from Southeastern (FL) where he was an all-conference selection as a freshman. Brockhaus boasts a career-long 73-yard punt which came in 2023.
• JC transfer Kellan Sutton and true freshman Caden Sim are the two long snappers on the roster. Sutton won a pair of California state titles while a member of College of San Mateo. Sim prepped at Verrado HS in Buckeye, Ariz., and was ranked a 4.5 star long snapper by Kohl's Kicking.
• Jaxon Fresques and Ajon Bryant are the only returning players with experience returning punts and kicks for the Hornets. Fresques was the team's primary punt return in 2025 as he had five attempts with a long of 23 yards. He also returned five kickoffs with a long of 18. Bryant had six kick returns in 2024 with a best of 39 yards.
• Jamar Curtis did return kickoffs at Lafayette as a freshman and had a long of 68 yards.