Kayon Whitaker

Biography

Alma Mater: Maine '19 Season at Massachusetts: First Kayon Whitaker joins the Minutemen in an analyst role in December of 2024 after spending the past three seasons at Rutgers, most recently as a player personnel assistant in 2024. In 2023, he was a graduate assistant defensive line coach for the Scarlet Knights after serving as a player development/wide receivers graduate assistant coach in 2022. Before joining Rutgers, Whitaker worked in defensive quality control coach and assistant operations at Maine in 2021. Whitaker was a standout defensive lineman at Maine from 2016-19, appearing in 40 career games for the Black Bears from 2016-19. He finished his collegiate career with 183 tackles, 45.5 tackles-for-loss, 27 sacks and seven forced fumbles, earning all-conference laurels three times. As a senior in 2019, Whitaker produced 20 stops in the backfield with nine sacks en route to First Team All-CAA accolades and was named the team's most outstanding defensive player. A native of Washington, D.C., Whitaker earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Maine in 2019.