2021 Illinois Fighting Illini Roster

No Name Pos Yr Ht Wt Hometown Last School
6 Tony Adams DB SR 6-0 205 Belleville, IL St. Louis University HS
40 Lucas Althaus TE FR 6-6 230 Alpha, IL Alwood
8 Jafar Armstrong WR JR 6-1 220 Lee's Summit, MO Bishop Miege / Notre Dame
93 Calvin Avery DL JR 6-2 335 Dallas, TX Bishop Dunne
72 Jack Badovinac OL SR 6-1 300 Wilmette, IL Loyola Academy / Colgate
87 Daniel Barker TE JR 6-4 250 Fort Lauderdale, FL Deerfield Beach
68 Zachary Barlev OL FR 6-5 300 Bolingbrook, IL Plainfield East
48 Bryce Barnes OLB SO 6-2 255 Gibson City, IL Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley
44 Tarique Barnes LB SO 6-1 230 Memphis, TN Cordova
83 Keion Battle WR FR 6-1 190 Plainfield, IL Oswego East / Northern Illinois
81 Marquez Beason WR FR 5-11 185 Dallas, TX Duncanville
83 John Bickel WR FR 5-9 170 Tinley Park, IL Andrew
29 Christian Bobak DB SR 6-0 195 Hinsdale, IL Hinsdale Central
27 Matthew Bobak RB FR 5-11 190 Hinsdale, IL Hinsdale Central
2 Chase Brown RB SO 5-11 205 London, Canada St. Stephens Episcopal (Fla.) / Western Michigan
30 Sydney Brown DB JR 6-0 205 London, Canada St. Stephens Episcopal (Fla.)
52 Verdis Brown DL SO 6-4 345 Chicago, IL IMG Academy (Fla.)
90 Alec Bryant OLB FR 6-3 240 Pearland, TX Shadow Creek / Virginia Tech
13 Pat Bryant WR FR 6-3 195 Jacksonville, FL Atlantic Coast
19 Dalevon Campbell WR SO 6-4 215 Missouri City, TX Ford Bend Marshall
99 Owen Carney Jr. OLB SR 6-3 275 Miami, FL Miami Central
48 Mike Cerniglia Jr. TE FR 6-3 240 Madison, WI Memorial / Northern Illinois
51 Sean Coghlan LB JR 6-0 220 Chicago, IL St. Rita
49 Seth Coleman OLB FR 6-5 235 Melbourne, FL Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
16 Samari Collier QB FR 6-2 230 Dallas, TX DeSoto
40 Shammond Cooper OLB FR 6-2 220 St. Louis, MO Trinity Catholic
70 Tommy Cronin OL FR 6-4 305 Oak Park, IL Oak Park River Forest
1 Kionte Curry DB FR 6-0 195 Mims, FL Cocoa
10 Desmond Dan Jr. WR SR 6-3 195 Checotah, OK Checotah / New Mexico State
38 Isaac Darkangelo LB JR 6-1 235 Brighton, MI Detroit Catholic Central
47 Cooper Davis TE FR 6-6 250 Melbourne, FL Viera
2 Daniel Edwards DB FR 5-11 160 Winter Park, FL Winter Park
41 Preston Engel TE SO 6-0 250 Normal, IL Normal Community
26 Mike Epstein RB SR 6-0 205 Ft. Lauderdale, FL St. Thomas Aquinas
24 Nick Fedanzo RB FR 6-0 205 Lombard, IL Montini Catholic
82 Luke Ford TE JR 6-6 260 Carterville, IL Carterville / Georgia
92 Isaiah Gay OLB SR 6-3 245 Nashville, NC Northern Nash
73 Josh Gesky OL FR 6-5 300 Manteno, IL Manteno
15 Prince Green DB FR 6-3 205 Griffin, GA Griffin
5 Caleb Griffin K SO 6-3 225 Danville, IL Danville
72 Phifer Griffin OL FR 6-6 280 Monroe, NC Union Academy
53 Devin Hale OL FR 6-0 310 Springfield, IL Sacred Heart-Griffin
39 Aidan Hall LS FR 6-2 205 Glen Ellyn, IL Benet Academy
35 Jake Hansen LB SR 6-1 235 Tarpon Springs, FL East Lake
36 Lane Hansen LS FR 6-0 220 East Lake, FL East Lake
5 Calvin Hart Jr. LB SO 6-1 230 Fort Lauderdale, FL American Heritage / North Carolina State
22 Chase Hayden RB JR 5-10 205 Memphis, TN Saint George's Independent / Arkansas/ECU
14 Blake Hayes P SR 6-6 225 Melbourne, Australia Brighton
84 Owen Hickey WR FR 6-2 180 Des Plaines, IL Saint Viator
7 Brian Hightower WR JR 6-3 215 Los Angeles, CA IMG Academy (Fla.) / Miami (Fla.)
88 Branden Hohenstein TE SR 6-4 240 Jackson, NE Bishop Heelan / Nebraska/Abilene Christian
33 Ezekiel Holmes OLB SO 6-5 245 Wichita Falls, TX Hirschi
24 Prather Hudson DB SR 5-11 200 Columbus, GA Brookstone / Georgia
68 Ryan Ingold OL FR 6-5 305 Batavia, IL Batavia
55 Blake Jeresaty OL SR 6-2 305 Charleston, SC Bishop England / Wofford
26 DJ Johnson OLB FR 6-4 225 Snellville, GA South Gwinnett
17 Ryan Johnson QB JR 6-4 200 Green Bay, WI Ashwaubenon / Northern Michigan
37 Jaden Jones-Watkins DB SO 6-0 185 Fisher, IL Fisher
25 Kerby Joseph DB JR 6-1 200 Orlando, FL Jones
57 Evan Kirts OL FR 6-5 300 Evergreen Park, IL Brother Rice
65 Doug Kramer OL SR 6-2 305 Hinsdale, IL Hinsdale Central
64 Josh Kreutz OL FR 6-2 280 Bannockburn, IL Loyola Academy
32 Tailon Leitzsey DB SR 6-0 185 Laurel, MD Riverside / Missouri Baptist University
15 Ty Lindenman WR FR 5-6 165 Shawnee, KS Shawnee Mission Northwest
23 Reggie Love III RB FR 5-11 195 St. Louis, MO Trinity Catholic
79 Vederian Lowe OL SR 6-6 320 Rockford, IL Auburn
27 Mike Manning DB SO 5-8 190 Frankfort, IL Lincoln-Way East / Butler
42 Michael Marchese TE SR 6-4 235 Vernon Hills, IL Stevenson
21 Jartavius Martin DB JR 6-0 195 Lehigh Acres, FL Lehigh Acres
55 Sed McConnell DL FR 6-3 280 Atlanta, GA Westlake
17 James McCourt K SR 6-1 215 Parkland, FL St. Thomas Aquinas
47 Quinton McCoy DL FR 6-3 290 Valrico, FL Bloomingdale
0 Josh McCray RB FR 6-1 240 Enterprise, AL Enterprise
46 Alec McEachern LB JR 6-1 225 Plainfield, IL Benet Academy
34 Ryan Meed LB FR 6-1 225 Brooklyn, NY Canarsie
54 Marc Mondesir OLB SR 6-2 240 Chicago, IL St. Rita
43 Griffin Moore TE FR 6-4 245 Bloomington, IL Bloomington
86 Donny Navarro III WR JR 5-11 185 Naperville, IL Neuqua Valley / Valparaiso
94 Jer'Zhan Newton DL FR 6-2 290 St. Petersburg, FL Clearwater Central Catholic
10 Tahveon Nicholson DB FR 5-11 175 Jacksonville, FL Lee
3 Jakari Norwood RB SO 5-10 185 Pompano Beach, FL Deerfield Beach
39 Kenenna Odeluga LB FR 6-1 225 South Holland, IL Mount Carmel
69 Moses Okpala OL FR 6-7 295 St. Louis, MO Ladue Horton Watkins
63 Alex Palczewski OL SR 6-6 315 Mount Prospect, IL Prospect
98 Deon Pate DL JR 6-2 265 Jacksonville, FL Trinity Christian Academy
54 Julian Pearl OL SO 6-6 310 Danville, IL Danville
96 Roderick Perry II DL SR 6-2 315 Raleigh, NC Cary / South Carolina State
18 Brandon Peters QB SR 6-5 230 Avon, IN Avon / Michigan
75 Alex Pihlstrom OL JR 6-6 300 Glen Ellyn, IL Glenbard West
59 Josh Plohr OL FR 6-3 300 St. Louis, MO Christian Brothers College HS
43 Marko Rajkovic OLB FR 6-4 235 Franklin, WI Franklin
88 Keith Randolph Jr. DL FR 6-5 300 Belleville, IL Belleville West
89 Tip Reiman TE FR 6-5 250 Rapid City, SD O'Gorman
19 Hugh Robertson P FR 6-2 225 Melbourne, Australia Assumption College Kilmore
12 Matt Robinson QB SO 6-1 190 San Clemente, CA J Serra Catholic
49 Max Rosenthal TE JR 6-2 260 Glencoe, IL New Trier / Michigan State
28 Dylan Rosiek LB FR 6-1 215 East Lake, FL East Lake
11 Carlos Sandy WR SO 5-9 185 Dania Beach, FL Cardinal Gibbons
36 Ben Schultz OLB FR 6-3 230 Champaign, IL Central
85 Miles Scott WR FR 5-11 190 Dolton, IL Thornton Fractional North
9 Artur Sitkowski QB SO 6-5 225 Old Bridge, NJ IMG Academy (Fla.) / Rutgers
66 Jordyn Slaughter OL SO 6-5 320 Belleville, IL Althoff Catholic
4 Derrick Smith DB JR 6-2 220 Jacksonville, FL Trinity Catholic / Miami (Fla.)
8 Eddie Smith DB SO 6-0 200 Slidell, LA Salmen / Alabama
7 Kendall Smith DB SR 6-1 200 Bolingbrook, IL Bolingbrook
3 DD Snyder II DB FR 6-0 175 Tampa, FL Tampa Catholic
6 Deuce Spann WR FR 6-4 195 St. Petersburg, FL Lakewood
20 Tyler Strain DB FR 5-9 175 Pace, FL Pace (Fla.)
56 Ethan Tabel LS SR 6-0 230 Barrington, IL Barrington
9 Coran Taylor DB SO 6-2 200 Peoria, IL Peoria
22 Dylan Thomas DB SO 5-11 190 Monticello, IL Monticello
4 Khmari Thompson WR SO 6-1 210 Lawrenceville, GA Central Gwennett / Missouri
45 Khalan Tolson LB JR 6-0 235 St. Petersburg, FL Admiral Farragut Academy
54 Kalen Villanueva LB FR 6-1 210 Falls Church, VA Justice
80 Peyton Vining WR JR 6-2 200 Bradenton, FL Saint Stephens / Denison
14 Casey Washington WR SO 6-2 190 Round Rock, TX Pflugerville
41 Joriell Washington DB FR 6-3 200 Fort Myers, FL Fort Myers Senior
1 Isaiah Williams WR FR 5-10 180 St. Louis, MO Trinity Catholic
67 Brody Wisecarver OL FR 6-5 300 Chesterfield, MO Osage
31 Devon Witherspoon DB SO 6-0 180 Pensacola, FL Pine Forest
91 Jamal Woods DL SR 6-2 290 Hueytown, AL Hueytown
62 Terry Zapf OL SO 6-6 310 Winnetka, IL New Trier / Williams (Mass.)
42 Luke Zardzin LB FR 6-0 205 Mount Prospect, IL Prospect