College players, eager to find a potential four-year home to continue their careers, instead won't even get the opportunity to finish their 2025 season, FootballScoop has learned.
Sources on Thursday told FootballScoop that Sussex County Community College, in Newton, New Jersey, and merely some 60 miles from New York's Times Square, has terminated the remaining portion of its 2025 slate. The program competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association, which is the nationwide governing body for junior college athletics.
The Skylanders, off to an 0-6 start after posting an 3-6 ledger in 2024, had positioned Weldon Braxton to become the program's interim head coach, as well as offensive coordinator. James Robertson previously had been the Sussex CC head coach.
Though the program has just six coaches listed on its official website, Sussex County had 32 players on its roster -- according to player Josiah Welch, who posted about the abrupt end to the Skylanders' season.
"I don't understand it," Welch, a sophomore cornerback from Port Jervis High School (N.Y.), posted on X (formerly Twitter). "We're at Juco to get film and go (NCAA) D1 (sic) despite everything that happened this past week with the Coaching staff, the AD took over as HC and asked the 32 of us that were left if we still wanted to play and people said no???with five games left????."
I don’t Understand it,we’re at Juco to get film and go D1 despite everything that happend this past week with the Coaching staff,the AD took over as HC and asked the 32 of us that were left if we still wanted to play and people said no???with five games left???? And because of… pic.twitter.com/eRCYIrGkMS
— Josiah welch (@Josiah_1124) October 15, 2025
The Skylanders were scheduled to host Lackawanna College (Scranton, Pennsylvania) on Saturday before embarking on a stretch of three-straight games away from home.
Originally, Sussex was scheduled to conclude its season at home Thursday, Nov. 13, against Snow College, a traditional junior college powerhouse from Ephraim, Utah, that was positioned to fly cross-country for the season finale.
While according to Welch's post the team had just 32 remaining players, Sussex had entered this season with an 76-man roster according to the school's website (sussexskylanders.com).
FootballScoop has requested comment and will update the story when appropriate.