Listed below are biography sketches on players who signed National Letters of Intent with the Youngstown State football program. Additional bios will be added throughout the day.
- DB – D'Marco Augustin (Boyton Beach, Fla./Park Vista H.S.)
- DT – Chris Fitzgerald (Youngstown, Ohio/East H.S.)
- LS – Dean Palumbo (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson H.S.)
- LB – Gianni Rizzo (Norwin, Pa./Norwin H.S.)
- DT – Jelani Stafford (Coal Center, Pa./California H.S.)
- WR – Steven Victoria (Huber Heights, Ohio/Wayne H.S.)
- QB – Mark Waid (Girard, Ohio/Girard H.S.)
- DB – Jordan White (Havre de Grace, Md./Havre de Grace H.S.)
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D'Marco Augustin
6-2 | 190 | Defensive Back
Boyton Beach, Fla.
Park Vista High School
High School: Played strong safety, tight end and outside linebacker...selected to play in the Palm Beach County All-Star Game (American Team)...coach was Brian Dodds.
Chris Fitzgerald
6-0 | 280 | Defensive Tackle
Youngstown, Ohio
East High School
High School: Played defensive end and offensive tackle...was a first-team All-Ohio Division IV selection as a senior...was named the All-American Conference Red Tier Defensive Player of the Year...was a first-team Division IV All-Northeast Inland District honoree...helped lead East to the Class 4 quarterfinals where the Golden Bears dropped a hard-fought 34-30 contest to Girard...had 20 career sacks...was a three-time first-team all-conference selection...as a junior, had 67 total tackles, including 20 TFLs...coach was Bryan Marrow.
Dean Palumbo
5-10 | 180 | Long Snapper
Hudson, Ohio
Hudson High School
High School: Was the team's snapper and played tight at Hudson...will get the chance to work with former teammate Grant Gonya who should be YSU's placekicker for the upcoming season...coach was Jeff Gough.
Gianni Rizzo
6-2 | 195 | Linebacker
Norwin, Pa.
Norwin High School
High School: Played linebacker and wide receiver at Norwin...as a senior, caught 21 passes for 542 yards...had 22 carries for 139 yards...scored 12 touchdowns...had 72 tackles as a senior...as a junior, caught 39 passes for 506 yards and three touchdowns...credited with 49 tackles (29 solos), had 11 TFLs and five sacks...coach was David Brozeski...also competes in track and field.
Jelani Stafford
6-2 | 265 | Defensive Tackle
Coal Center, Pa.
California High School
High School: Played defensive tackle and running back...rushed for more than 1,000 yards as a senior...California earned a share of the Tri-County South Conference championship...played defensive tackle for the first time as a senior...as a junior, was a Class 1A Pennsylvania Football Writers all-state pick as a running back...rushed for 1,608 yards and 28 touchdowns as a junior...Trojans reached the WPIAL semifinals in 2017...coach was Darrin Dillow.
Steven Victoria
5-11 | 185 | Wide Receiver
Huber Heights, Ohio
Wayne High School
High School: Played wide receiver at Wayne...was a first-team Division I all-area pick by the Dayton Daily News...was a second-team Division I All-Southwest District selection...named first-team All-GWOC...caught 41 passes for 700 yards and nine touchdowns...coach was Jay Minton.
Mark Waid
6-3 | 215 | Quarterback
Girard, Ohio
Girard High School
High School: Winner of the 2018 James A. Rhodes Award presented by the Touchdown Club of Columbus to the Ohio High School Football Player of the Year...finished fourth in Ohio history with 11,658 yards passing for his career...trailed only Maty Mauk (Kenton), Ben Mauk (Kenton) and Parker Carmichael (Wooster Triway) in career passing yardage...threw 117 touchdown passes in his career ranking ninth in state history...as a senior, was a first-team All-Ohio Division IV selection...named the Trumbull County Player of the Year... named the WKBN Big 22 Ohio Player of the Year...named the All American Conference Blue Tier Player of the Year...was a first-team Division IV Northeast Inland District selection...passed for 4,376 yards and 48 touchdowns completing 267-of-409 passes in 15 games...had eight 300-yard passing efforts...had four-or-more passing TDs seven times and had three in four other games...also rushed for 1,776 yards and 26 touchdowns...rushed for more than 100 yards on eight occasions...finished second in the country in total offense (6,152 yards) behind Landry Gilpin of Mission, Texas (6,656)...was 11th in passing yardage...in five playoff games, racked up 2,279 total offensive yards while accounting for 24 touchdowns...helped lead Girard to the Class 4A State Championship in 2018, the first state title game appearance in school history...Indians dropped a 42-14 contest in the state final to Cincinnati Wyoming to finish the season 13-2...in a come-from-behind 53-48 win over Licking Valley, put up 414 passing yards (31-of-45), 162 rushing yards and produced seven touchdowns... rushed for 337 yards and four touchdowns on 27 carries against Hubbard in the quarterfinals...as a junior, completed 214-of-343 passes for 3,506 yards and 37 touchdowns in 12 games...named the WKBN Big 22 Ohio Player of the Year...had a season-best six touchdown passes against Newton Falls...rushed for 1,129 yards on 153 carries and scored 19 touchdowns...had seven 100-yard rushing games...as a sophomore, completed 139-of-151 passes for 2,624 yards and 22 touchdowns in 10 games...rushed for 725 yards on 214 carries and scored 16 touchdowns...as a freshman, completed 95-of-190 passes for 1,152 yards and 10 touchdowns...rushed for 394 yards on 119 attempts and had four scores...threw a touchdown pass in each of his last 31 games...coach was Pat Pearson.
Jordan White
6-2 | 185 | Defensive Back
Havre de Grace, Md.
Havre de Grace High School
High School: Played free safety and wide receiver...named second-team Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference - Chesapeake Division...Warriors reached the MPSSAA Class 1A football semifinals in 2018...Havre de Grace finished with a 10-3 record...coach was Brian Eberhardt...also plays basketball.
