| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Pep Hamilton | Head Coach/General Manager |
| Erik Moses | Team President |
| Smoke Dixon | Director of Football Operations |
| Tanner Engstrand | Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs Coach |
| Christopher Scelfo | Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line/Tight Ends Coach |
| Ted White | Quarterbacks Coach |
| Bob Saunders | Wide Receivers Coach |
| Jeffrey Fitzgerald | Defensive Coordinator |
| Raymond Hamilton | Defensive Line Coach |
| Kurt Gouveia | Linebackers Coach |
| Louie Cioffi | Pass Game Coordinator/Secondary Coach |
| Steven Wilson | Special Teams Coordinator/Conerbacks Coach |
| Pos. | No. | First Name | Last Name | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | 12 | Cardale | Jones | Ohio State |
| QB | 3 | Tyree | Jackson | Buffalo |
| RB | 24 | Donnel | Pumphrey | San Diego State |
| RB | 26 | Jhurell | Pressley | New Mexico |
| RB | 31 | Nick | Brossette | Louisiana State |
| RB | 32 | Khalid | Abdullah | James Madison |
| WR | 1 | DeAndre | Thompkins | Penn State |
| WR | 4 | Eli | Rogers | Louisville |
| WR | 9 | Jalen | Rowell | Air Force |
| WR | 10 | Simmie | Cobbs | Indiana |
| WR | 15 | Rashad | Ross | Arizona State |
| WR | 16 | Tyler | Palka | Gannon |
| WR | 19 | Malachi | Dupre | Louisiana State |
| TE | 80 | Donnie | Ernsberger | Western Michigan |
| TE | 85 | Derrick | Hayward | Maryland |
| TE | 86 | Khari | Lee | Bowie State |
| OC | 64 | Jon | Toth | Kentucky |
| OC | 77 | James | O'Hagan | Buffalo |
| OG | 51 | Dorian | Johnson | Pittsburgh |
| OG | 74 | Rishard | Cook | UAB |
| OG | 75 | Chris | Brown | Southern California |
| OT | 69 | Cole | Boozer | Temple |
| OT | 72 | Logan | Tuley-Tillman | Texas-El Paso |
| OT | 78 | Malcolm | Bunche | UCLA |
| OT | 79 | De'Ondre | Wesley | Brigham Young |
| CB | 21 | Doran | Grant | Ohio State |
| CB | 23 | Jalen | Myrick | Minnesota |
| CB | 25 | Desmond | Lawrence | North Carolina |
| CB | 28 | Elijah | Campbell | Northern Iowa |
| CB | 30 | Bradley | Sylve | Alabama |
| DE | 42 | Brian | Khoury | Carnegie Mellon |
| DE | 56 | KeShun | Freeman | Georgia Tech |
| DE | 91 | Tavaris | Barnes | Clemson |
| DE | 99 | Sam | Montgomery | Louisiana State |
| DT | 90 | Siupeli | Anau | Northern Arizona |
| DT | 92 | Elijah | Qualls | Washington |
| DT | 93 | Tracy | Sprinkle | Ohio State |
| DT | 94 | Kalani | Vakameilalo | Oregon State |
| DT | 95 | Kenny | Bigelow | West Virginia |
| DT | 96 | Jay | Bromley | Syracuse |
| LB | 52 | Jonathan | Celestin | Minnesota |
| LB | 53 | Jameer | Thurman | Indiana State |
| LB | 54 | Jonathan | Massaquoi | Troy |
| LB | 55 | Antwione | Williams | Georgia Southern |
| LB | 58 | Scooby | Wright | Arizona |
| LB | 59 | A.J. | Tarpley | Stanford |
| S | 20 | Carlos | Merritt | Campbell |
| S | 22 | Matt | Elam | Florida |
| S | 29 | Tyree | Kinnel | Michigan |
| S | 38 | Shamarko | Thomas | Syracuse |
| K | 2 | Ty | Rausa | Boise State |
| P | 7 | Hunter | Niswander | Northwestern |
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