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2026 Football Roster

58 Mandel Pettiford Jr.

  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 265
  • Class Sophomore
  • Position Defensive Line
  • Hometown Mays Landing, NJ
  • Highschool Cedar Creek

Biography

2025 (Freshman)
  • Played one game as a true freshman with 1 assisted tackle at N.C. A&T (11/15)

Before Monmouth
  • Played defensive tackle and offensive guard at Cedar Creek High School for head coach James Melody
  • Four-year varsity starter and letter winner
  • Two-time First Team All-Conference and First Team All-County selection on defense
  • First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-County selection on offense as a sophomore
  • Totaled 150 tackles, including 122 solo stops, with 50 tackles for loss, 18 sacks, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and three pass breakups in his career
  • Holds the Cedar Creek records for sacks and tackles for loss
  • Helped Cedar Creek win the 2022 Sectional and Conference Championships
  • Also competed in track and field where he was the school record holder and a First Team All-Conference selection in the discus
  • Four-time Honor Roll student and Varsity Scholar
Personal
  • Son of Mandel Pettiford Sr. 
  • Intends to major in Psychology

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 58

    2025Freshman

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 265 lbs
    58
  • 58

    2026Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 265 lbs
    58