2026 Delaware Football Positional Preview: Offensive Linemen

We are moving back to the offensive side of the ball with the positional group that doesn’t get enough credit: the offensive line. This preseason’s framework will cover the four who’s: 1) who is back 2) who is new 3) who said what during the local media availability and 4) who (or what) caught my attention. Let us know if this is a format that you appreciate or if you would like us to try something new.

*Note: All snap counts, PFF grades, and recognition are from the 2025 season

Who is Back?

#61 Steven Demboski (850 offensive snaps. 70.1 PFF Grade. All-CUSA Second Team)
#62 Anthony Caccese (981 offensive snaps, 63 special teams snaps. 65.7 PFF Grade)
#75 Noah Rosahac (824 offensive snaps, 63 special teams snaps. 59.9 PFF Grade)
#59 Patrick Methlie (41 special teams snaps)
#51 Chandler Telfaire
#74 Tyler Burnham
#65 Wahkeem Roman
#55 Dylan Stewart
#60 Carter Sareyka (1 special teams snap, Walk-On)
#78 Bentley Allen II (Walk-On)

Who is New?

#67 Mustafa Feika (Tiffin/D2 Transfer): 2025 Second Team All-GMAC
#77 Jack Small (Duke Transfer): 3 offensive snaps. 60.0 PFF Grade
#52 Miles Muldrow (High School)
#63 Collier Book (High School)
#71 Brandon Truszkowski (High School)
#79 Jaiden Edwards (High School)

Who Said What?

Delaware Head Coach Ryan Carty
- (On how Steven Demboski’s presence helps new players get acclimated to the offense): “Steven Demboski is a one-of-a-kind person and an unbelievable football player that has a shot at playing at the next level. We’re just so fortunate to have somebody like that touching the ball to start every play. He’s going to get us in the right spot, play relentlessly, and make sure that we finish as a team because he’s such a great leader.”
Delaware Run Game Coordinator, Offensive Line Coach Chris Rogers
- (On what the biggest revelation of last year’s first FBS season was): “There was a jump in skill set and what that means as far as the scheme that we’re going to put out there and the techniques that we’re going to use, so it does change things slightly. But for the most part, football is football. It doesn’t matter whether you’re 7 or 40… it’s a game that has to be played with your hands and your feet, so that’s what we work at.”
- (On offseason developments for Anthony Caccese and Noah Rosahac): “Both of them stepped up big. Anthony really has been an anchor for us out there, stepping up and getting his old man muscles as time goes on here. Starting to play with his hands better, with a better bend, and the technique’s starting to hone in. He’s becoming a student of the game and all that adds up… it’ll reflect on Saturdays. And Noah has done the same. Sometimes I think about him like he’s an older guy, but we played him really young in his career. It was his second year of college when he was playing for us, so I can’t wait to see what he can do going into his third year. I’ve seen improvement in him as a person, player, student… all of it. It’s going to the next level for him now.”
- (On what the program liked from Mustafa Feika out of the transfer portal): “He played college football originally at Notre Dame College. He left that school, we evaluated him at that time and liked him as a player but we just took one player from Notre Dame College in Wahkeem Roman, who also is a good player for us. Him and Wahkeem were best friends and roommates… (On his Tiffin University film) he was physical, athletic, and played as a tackle for them. We knew he could probably play both tackle and guard for us, so it was about getting him in our program. We’re trying to find the right people, and he had a good personality. He’s a good person, he plays hard, football matters to him, and ultimately his life and the success of what he has beyond this game matters to him… and that’s what we’re looking for.”
- (On Chandler Telfaire’s second-year growth): “On top of being a second-year player, Chandler’s a really young player. I have some guys in my room who just came in this year and are older than him. But he’s done a great job… he’s looking to step up and be a young leader and be a guy in this program for years to come. In times where we need to be humble, Chandler isn’t afraid to be humble. He’s certainly got an opportunity to be a big piece for us this year.”
Delaware Quarterback Nick Minicucci
- (On how Steven Demboski impacts the offense): “He’s the best in the country at what he does. And I think that we have the best offensive line in the country.”
Delaware Offensive Lineman Steven Demboski
- (On what Delaware means to him): “It means so much. I remember coming here my freshman year and didn’t really know what to expect. It was all new to me, but it’s been the best decision of my life coming here. I just feel like I owe so much back to this place because it’s given me so much.”
- (On personal offseason focus): “The biggest thing was just keeping the room all together. I feel like a tight offensive line room is the biggest thing to success, and we’ve always had such a tight offensive line room. I think it was my job to keep everyone just as tight as we were for the past years with some new guys… and I think this is the tightest room that I’ve been a part of.”
- (On how he learned to manage calls for the offensive line): “When I first got here, I never played center before. I was just watching the meetings and trying to learn. I wasn’t really getting a ton of reps my freshman year, but I was so focused on trying to learn the right call that if I were to get the opportunity to go in, I could make the right call. It is a little different when you’re out there and everyone’s moving, but I think that just watching film, studying, and trusting yourself is the biggest thing. Once you learn what the call is, the game slows down a lot.”
Delaware Offensive Lineman Mustafa Feika
- (On why he entered the transfer portal): “I wanted to challenge myself. When I was playing DII and got all-conference, it kind of got easier practicing and playing in the game so I wanted to challenge myself and go to a higher division to see if I can compete.”
- (On his portal recruitment and Wahkeem Roman’s impact in him choosing Delaware): “Wahkeem gave me the perspective most other people don’t see, so that’s why it was really Delaware. He told me how close the team is and the opportunity was really there… I was looking at other schools too. I told Coach Rogers that I made my decision to go to Toledo and he told me to come take a visit first. I gave it a try, came and loved it, so I decided to commit.”
Delaware Offensive Lineman Chandler Telfaire
- (On biggest adjustments to the college level): “In high school, there’s a lot more basic inside zone, outside zone, pass protection… but then you come to the next level and there’s a lot more technical plays. The technique is more sharper at the next level in college.”
- (On what helped him learn the offense as fast as possible): “Getting reps at center helped me learn the offense better and easier. Just getting reps, trial and error, and having to learn from my mistakes really helped out. And just playing throughout last season, seeing the guys before me and knowing how to attack the game helped me have a good preseason fall camp.”

Who (or What) Caught my Attention?

If you ask anyone in the program about Steven Demboski, known as “Dembo” in the locker room, it’s easy to understand that he is the glue to this offense. It’s seen from both Head Coach Ryan Carty and quarterback Nick Minicucci above, as well as supported by Run Game Coordinator and Offensive Line Coach Chris Rogers. “Every year is about reloading regardless of whether you lose 2 to 3 or 5 players. You have to reload and you have to get better,” Rogers opened. “And having Dembo is the biggest difference in all of that. He makes the calls, lines everyone up, sets the standard, and is the captain of our room.” When asking Mustafa Feika and Chandler Telfaire about Demboski, they both immediately smiled while the question was being asked. “We’re on the line for the first day of practice and boy… when he’s making the calls, I’m like, ‘This dude is a genius,'” Feika expressed. Telfaire added to this, stating “He knows everything like the back of his hand. He’s a great guy to be around.” The 5th-year center was named to the four preseason watch lists so far: the Outland Trophy, the Rimington Trophy, the Wuerffel Trophy, and the Lombardi Award. He deserves every bit of this recognition.
The “Blocking Department” in Newark has a couple of big shoes to fill after graduating guards Fintan Brose and Patrick Shupp, who played a combined 5,762 snaps (Brose 3,067, Shupp 2,695) in the last 6 seasons for the Blue Hens. Feika and Telfaire could end up being the guards to each side of Demboski, but that competition is still ongoing in camp. “We know Demboski’s going to anchor the middle of the line, we know both Caccese and Rosahac are going to play, and then we’re going to figure out the rest of this as it gets going,” Rogers said. “We have to go in there and win a game, and it’s not about 5 guys… it’s about the Blocking Department being successful.”
Rogers noted that a couple of the incoming freshmen are older than Telfaire, so I asked him how this incoming class has looked in the early development of fall camp. He noted that Miles Muldrow and Brandon Truszkowski have been in the program since the spring, while Collier Book and Jaiden Edwards joined right before fall camp. “When you have a bunch of older guys like we have in the room right now, those younger guys come along faster,” Rogers summarized. “It looks like all four of them are ready to develop and get better every day.”