Cowboy Football Announces Addition of Seven Transfers for the 2025 Season

Group includes players on defense, offense, and special teams

LARAMIE, Wyo.  (May 8, 2025) – Cowboy football head coach Jay Sawvel announced the addition of seven transfers for the 2025 season on Thursday. The group includes additions on defense, offense, and special teams with players from different levels of college football.

“We needed to augment the current roster that we have in certain ways to maximize the competition and depth of our team and we feel like over the last 10 days we have been able to do that,” Sawvel said. “We got additions in key areas with addition of two running backs and two defensive ends. We aren’t done yet, as we will continue to look for additions in certain areas.”

Bart Edmiston Jr., a 6-0, 200-pound punter is a junior College transfer from Jones College. He is a native of Ocean Springs, Miss. In two seasons, Edmiston averaged 44.7 yards per punt on 89 attempts. He also has recorded 45 punts inside the 20-yard line and 28 punts of 50 yards or more. He earned NJCAA All-America, and All-Region honors along with All-Conference honors.

He is a graduate of Ocean Springs High School. He was named 6A All-State and his team was 23-2 in two seasons. His father, Bart Sr. was an All-SEC placekicker at Florida from 1992-96 and was on the 1996 national championship team. His grandfather also played for the Gators.

Peter Eyabi, a 6-2, 240-pound defensive end is a junior college transfer from Riverside City College. He is a native of San Diego, Calif. and played at Mission Hills High School and signed with Washington State out of high school redshirting in 2002. In 2024, Eyabi played in 12 games and recorded 54 tackles. He also added 11.5 sacks for the season and forced one fumble. He finished the season with 5.5 sacks in his final five games.

As a senior at Mission Hills High School, he was named to San Diego Section All-CIF Second Team and selected to play in Alex Spanos All-Star Classic. made 56 tackles with 14 tackles-for-loss including 12.5 sacks

Michael Fitzgerald II, a 6-6, 210-pound wide receiver played the last two seasons at Central Missouri, an NCAA Division II affiliate. He is a native of Atlanta, Ga., and also spent time at UMass. At Central Missouri, Fitzgerald II recorded 55 catches for 835 yards and eight touchdowns in 22 games. Last season in nine contest he had 23 catches or 309 yards and three scores. In 2023, he added 32 receptions for 526 yards with five touchdowns. He has added 15.2 yards per catch for his career. He spent two seasons at UMass before CMU.

He is a graduate of Roswell High School and was a three-star prospect coming out of high school by 247Sports. He earned All-Region honors and was invited to play in the Georgia vs. Florida All-Star Game.

Damashja Harris, is a 6-4, 224-pound running back from North Texas. He is a native of Tallahassee, Fla.

He also spent time at Lamar University. He played in three games for the Mean Green last season before a season-ending injury. He rushed for 193 yards on 22 attempts. He rushed for 142-yards on 10 carries against Stephen F. Austin. He spent three seasons at Lamar. He was named the 2023 Dave Campbell's All-Texas Team Specialist of the Year (non-FBS) in 2023 and also earned First Team All-Southland Conference honors as a kick returner. He led the SLC with 19 kick returns for 509 yards and a touchdown on the year. He also played running back, carrying the ball 65 times for 299 yards and three touchdowns.

He played high school football at Ellison High School in Killeen, Texas. He carried the ball 195 times for 1,459 yards with 12 scores. He was an All-District selection and ran track and played basketball.

Chisom Ifeanyi, a 6-4, 250-pound defensive end comes to Wyoming from Florida Atlantic. He is a native of Langhorne, Pa. He also spent time at Shippensburg University prior to his time at FAU. In 2024, he recorded 22 tackles in 12 games with seven starts with 12 solo stops and 10 assisted tackles. He also added five tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks. He recorded a season-high four tackles against UConn and had 1.5 sacks against Tulsa. He has recorded 12.5 sacks in his college career. He recorded 16 tackles with 6.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks in 2023 at Shippensburg.

He is a graduate of Neshaminy High School. Named to the All-Suburban One League (SOL) honorable mention squad Recorded nine TFLs, six sacks, four pass defenses, and one forced fumble as a senior.

Enock Sibomana (EE-knock see-boe-MAH-nuh), a 5-11, 206-pound linebacker from North Dakota State is a native of Fargo, North Dakota. He played in all 16 games for the Bison last season helping lead his team to a National Championship in FCS. He was tied for second on the team with 56 total tackles. He was third on the team with 7.5 tackles for loss and added two sacks. He recorded a season-high 10 tackles in the NCAA Second Round against Abilene Christian. He did not appear in any contests during the 2023 season missing time with an injury.

He graduated from Fargo South High School in 2021. He was a two-time All-Conference performer and was a three-year start and was a captain his senior season. H led all EDC returners with 19.0 yards per punt return and 50.3 yards per kickoff return. He 687 all-purpose yards his senior year and also spent time at safety.

Max White, a 5-10, 207-pound running back comes to Wyoming after spending four seasons at Iowa. He is a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He appeared in all 13 games last season earning the Brett Greenwood Award. He rushed six times for 35 yards with a long of 17 yards and returned three kickoffs for 64 yards (21.3 per return avg.) with a long of 35 yards on the season... rushed a career-high four times for 14 yards (long of five yards) in 40-14 win over Northwestern. rushed twice for 21 yards in season-opening 40-0 shutout of Illinois State. He appeared in all 14 games in 2023. He added a touchdown in the contest against Western Michigan.

He graduated from Kennedy High School. He earned All-state honors, Al-Metro and All-Conference honors multiple times. Three-year football letterman as quarterback, running back, wide receiver and defensive back… prep team reached state quarterfinals as a senior and semifinals as a junior. He rushed for 1,400 yards and 17 touchdowns in eight games as a senior, while completing 40-76 pass attempts for 554 yards and four touchdowns.